Please report safety concerns

By Kari Burrell
UAF vice chancellor, administrative services

Last Friday, a concerned faculty member (thank you, Terrence Cole!) snapped and forwarded this photo of a potential hazard in Schaible Auditorium. We appreciated receiving the report, and UAF Facilities Services maintenance staff fixed the loose trim this past weekend.

I would encourage all UAF employees and students to be equally as quick to report maintenance and safety problems — particularly those in shared spaces that do not "belong" to anyone in particular. Please don't assume Facilities Services already knows of the situation. We especially want to fix unsafe items, but we also try to repair other damage as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your help in keeping our UAF home in good condition.

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<i>Photo by Peggy Hetman</i><br>After-school volunteers can help bring museum specimens to local kids at the University of Alaska Museum of the North.

Photo by Peggy Hetman
After-school volunteers can help bring museum specimens to local kids at the University of Alaska Museum of the North.

The University of Alaska Museum of the North and the University of Alaska Fairbanks 4-H program are looking for volunteers to work with school students in community after-school programs. UAF credit is available.

After-school interns will volunteer one afternoon a week to teach local school kids using museum kits and 4-H curriculum. All training is provided. Read more

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Featured photo of the week

The winter light casts a warm glow across the Fairbanks campus on a December afternoon. UAF photo by J.R. Ancheta

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