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A pond covers a city street and adjacent business parking areas. Mountains covered with evergreens and snow provide the background under a cloudy sky.

In the crosshairs of an atmospheric river

Because of where Southeast Alaska sits — at the wetted lips of the planet's widest expanse of blue — it is often soaked by atmospheric rivers, firehoses of moisture flowing up from the tropics.


Conversations in graduate student mentoring

The Graduate School and the Faculty Development, Assessment and Improvement Committee of the Faculty Senate are hosting a graduate student mentoring workshop for faculty from 1-2:30 p.m. on April 5, via Zoom. Tiera Coston will lead the discussion, "Conversations in Mentorship."


Summer 2022 CACNE scholarships available

The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Native Education is offering a limited number of summer 2022 scholarships for degree-seeking undergraduate students.


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March rural staff spotlight: Ashley Miller

Ashley Miller works at the Bristol Bay Campus as the pre- and early-college academic advisor. She is organized and on top of every meeting, keeping BBC's ducks in a row.

What's on today

Deadlines and reminders


Woman holding a sign that says I am an Indigenous runner

Shine a Light: Footprints for the Future

The next talk in UAF's Shine a Light series will feature Carol Seppilu discussing the importance of diversity and inclusion in the world of sports through the experiences of an Indigenous runner. The event, available via Zoom or phone, will be at noon Tuesday, March 22.


Teaching Tip: Demonstrate you care

Help your students get ready for the rest of the semester. Check in with them and provide the objectives or key focus for each segment, what's due and when, including the final exam.


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Kenai Peninsula gardening classes offered

Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Extension Service agent Casey Matney will teach a series of 11 gardening classes that outline the steps to getting your garden ready.


About Cornerstone

The Cornerstone employee newsletter is produced by University Relations and emailed to all UAF staff and faculty. You can submit news items here.

 

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