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One of the great pleasures of my role as vice chancellor of student affairs and enrollment
management is the regular meeting of the leaders in our division. At our most recent
gathering a couple of days ago, we had nine directors and our associate vice-chancellor
present. Attending the gathering of such hard working and capable people is a great
experience. It is like being present with the knights of the round table as they share
stories of their heroic deeds on their return to Camelot.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Music in the Garden concert series will kick off
on May 26 at the Georgeson Botanical Garden, offering 12 weeks of family-friendly
performances throughout the summer. The series, organized by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong
Learning, will be held at 7 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 11. Concerts are free, but
donations to support the botanical garden are welcome. The concerts also will include
welcoming bands at 5:30 p.m. as people settle.
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What's on this weekend
Deadlines and reminders
Provost Anupma Prakash has appointed Karsten Hueffer to serve as the acting dean of
the College of Natural Science and Mathematics. Hueffer is a tenured professor and
CNSM associate dean for veterinary medicine. Hueffer will take over for Kinchel Doerner,
who served as CNSM dean for the last three years. Doerner resigned earlier this month.
Prakash plans to appoint an interim dean in June. She is accepting letters of interest
from those who want to serve as interim dean. UAF will conduct a search for the permanent
CNSM dean in Spring 2023.
Snow geese flew in a ragged V overhead, rasping as they looked down upon Alaska’s
bumpy face for the first time in 2022. Nine hundred feet below, the Yukon River flowed
by quietly, except for the dull thuds of icebergs skidding along the river bottom
near the shore. Sensing a break in the ice traffic, U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist Heather Best
— wearing chest waders with a hole she would soon discover — stepped into the river.
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Wading into the icy Yukon River for science
