Header Logo

Budget update: Aug. 11, 2021

— by Dan White. After years of budget reductions, the UA system has been asked to provide areas for potential investment by the state for FY23. In particular, we have been asked to shape our thinking around areas that would impact the state’s economy.


Save the date: Chancellor’s forum on the budget Aug. 19

Save the date for a chancellor’s forum on UAF’s budget Thursday, Aug. 19, from 1-2 p.m. The forum will be held online. More details will be available soon.


Join UAF’s Heart Walk team

— by Dan White. The 2021 Fairbanks Heart Walk sponsored by the American Heart Association is next Saturday, Aug. 21. The walk begins at 10 a.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park in downtown Fairbanks. 


Bathroom beer launches career: Glenn Brady ’93 

picture of man

Silver Gulch grew from just a single employee more than two decades ago to a payroll of about 150. Then 2020 challenged it all. Read this story and more in the summer 2021 Aurora.


Teaching Tip: Communicating to students as UAF adopts Canvas

Screenshot of UAF homepage banner "Find your courses"

Both Blackboard and Canvas will be used this semester. Learn how UAF is helping students have a smooth transition, and make your own communication plan.

What's on

Deadlines and  reminders 


Nanook Rifle Range Day

team photo

Faculty and staff are invited to the E.F. Horton Rifle Range on Aug. 20 to learn about competitive shooting and to try their hand at it with instruction from Alaska Nanooks rifle coaches and athletes.


KUAC hosts virtual culinary event

head shot of a man

Join KUAC Sunday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m. via Zoom for a conversation about food and life with American Public Media’s The Splendid Table host Francis Lam and chef Laura Cole of 229 Parks Restaurant. 

 

UAF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination/.