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Tau Beta Pi students welcome visitors to the engineering open house in late February.White Nanook bear logo next to the words Academic Tuesdays against a blue backgroundEngineers and computer scientists are people who combine concepts from science, math, art, humanities and business to create functional products and processes for the betterment of society. Just as society's needs are changing due to climate change, technological advances, resource scarcity and social changes, the approaches we use to create those products and processes must also change. Indeed, the discipline of engineering itself must change. UAF's College of Engineering and Mines is hastening that change by creating Alaska's engineering workforce of tomorrow.


UAF names fall 2022 honors students

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the fall 2022 semester. Students receiving a 3.9 grade point average or higher are placed on the chancellor's list, while those receiving a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.89 are named to the deans' list.


Leading at Level - Leadership Courses specific for your needs

UAF Administrative Services, in partnership with The HumanLink, is offering four leadership courses: Leading at Level: Leadership Courses Specific for your Needs. Courses will be open to participants campus-wide and will be delivered in-person on the Troth Yeddha' Campus in Fairbanks. Prior to submitting your application for consideration, please be sure you have the support of your supervisor and are available to attend in person on the specified course dates. Please follow UA travel approval procedures, if applicable. Application closesApril 21, 2023
* To help make these courses more accessible, 50% of the program fee for UAF units will be covered by Administrative Services.

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Open Enrollment - Your action is required!

Open Enrollment will run from April 17 to May 5, 2023. All benefit-eligible employees must complete an Open Enrollment form this year. If a benefit-eligible employee does not submit an Open Enrollment form, they will be defaulted into a plan. Please review the Open Enrollment website under section 2 "Changes for FY24" to understand the default and all other changes for this year's Open Enrollment.


The UAF Native Games team stops for a group photo after the sixth annual Traditional Games event April 1-2 in Juneau.

UAF Native Games team receives Overall College Team award in Juneau Traditional Games event

The UAF Native Games team traveled to Juneau for the sixth annual Traditional Games event April 1-2. It is a mixed event where middle school, high school, and college students can compete in, as well as the public. The UAA and UAS teams were also there to compete. UAF team members won multiple individual awards as well as the Overall College Team award!


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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