Rainbow over the Fairbanks campus

Friday Focus: Two more
'words that matter'

Portrait of Chancellor Dan White
My leadership column last month was titled, “Words Matter.” The column was about respect, diversity, inclusion and caring. It was about making sure that in the universe of words we have at our disposal, the ones we pick contribute to the inclusive culture we want on campus. In today’s column I encourage you to choose two more words that matter. Read more

Financial Services leadership updates

Amanda Wall, Jennie Witter and Jason Theis will take on interim roles in finance, the Bursar's Office and budget planning. Read more

How many Alaska glaciers? There’s no easy answer

How many Alaska glaciers? There’s no easy answer
Not long ago, a glaciologist wrote that the number of glaciers in Alaska “is estimated at (greater than) 100,000.” That fuzzy number, maybe written in passive voice for a reason, might be correct. But it depends upon how you count. Read more

Update on OU Campus transition and new features

UAF continues to transition from Roxen to a website platform called OU Campus, a system that’s easy to use and designed for higher education. Read more

What's on today

Archivist candidate: Rachel Cohen
Food truck: Blue Flame Street Side

What's on this weekend

LARS Birthday Bash

Deadlines and reminders

UArctic call for projects (today)
Summer Music Academy late registration (Sun.)

UAF Large Animal Research Station to host Birthday Bash

Claire Squires checks the vital signs of Zari, a juvenile muskox, with classmate Billyann Monrean at UAF’s Large Animal Research Station in March 2018.
UAF will host its annual Birthday Bash on Saturday, June 1, at the Large Animal Research Station on Yankovich Road. The free event, which celebrates reindeer and muskoxen calves born this spring at LARS, will include food, games and crafts. Read more

Featured photo of the week

Members of Nanook Nation greeted a 1978 Beechcraft King Air 200 at the UAF CTC aviation facility located on the east ramp of Fairbanks International Airport. The $600,000 airframe was donated by Bering Air and will benefit aviation maintenance technology program students.
UAF photo by JR Ancheta. Members of Nanook Nation greeted a 1978 Beechcraft King Air 200 at the UAF CTC aviation facility located on the East Ramp of the Fairbanks International Airport. Read more

Save the date:
Nanooks hockey meeting

Chancellor Dan White will host a Nanook hockey stakeholder’s meeting to discuss recent announcements about the UAF hockey playing venue on Tuesday, June 18 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Wood Center multi-level lounge. Read more

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