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Photo of Brittany Van Eck, UAF space planner and leasing manager.Our corner of space: Why planning matters

Space planning, both at UAF and across a variety of institutions, is an important piece of the larger puzzle that works to make an organization flexible, planned, and poised for growth. How an entity uses its space, determines how much an organization can grow or change using already allocated resources. My first month in this position was spent understanding what UAF had done for space planning, and more specifically, for space change decisions.


OIT adding advanced threat protections to staff computers

To increase the security of UAF's technology infrastructure, OIT is in the process of adding additional anti-virus detection measures to all staff computers. The added protections combine continual monitoring, collection of endpoint data, automation and analysis that improve overall detection and response time to potential compromises occurring within the UA network.


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Last Call: Nanook Grown Accepting Applications

The Office of Sustainability is taking applications for the Nanook Grown Gardening Education Program. Each year students accepted into the program get to learn how to grow their own food. The group meets 1-2 times per week. Tools, seeds, plants, an on-campus garden space, and guidance is provided. Limited spots are available and sign ups have been extended and will close May 20. Questions can be directed to bcbolduc@alaska.edu


Yukon River ice flows down from the Canada portion of the river about 24 hours after the river broke up in front of Eagle, Alaska, the first U.S. town on the Yukon.Alaska’s big river breaks up at Eagle

While most of the town was sleeping, the ice slipped out. Breakup occured on the Yukon River in Eagle, Alaska, at its first settlement in the United States at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2022.


Staff Recognition and Development Day keynote recording now available to view

A recording of Dr. Kevin McClure's Staff Recognition and Development Day keynote presentation titled "A More Caring University: Higher Education Leadership in the Age of Low Morale and Burnout" is now available to view online.


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.

 

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