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Charlene Stern, vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education

Friday Focus: RCNE planning forward

The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Rural and Community Development and the Community and Technical College have been busy working to update their 10-year campus master plan. Board of Regents Policy 05.12.030 requires a CMP for each campus. The 2023 CRCD and CTC campus master planning effort is informed by a shared vision that will guide the development of the two college's campuses and instructional sites over the next decade.


Close-up shot of a willow twig with new leaves emerging beneath moose-nipped ends

Feltleaf willows: Alaska's most abundant tree

Imagine being a moose in late May: You have just survived 200 days of cold and darkness by munching the equivalent of a large garbage bag full of frozen twigs each day. Now, billions of salad greens are unfolding from those same woody plants, providing a scent and texture savored for an instant before one sweep of the moose's head strips a wispy branch. All over Alaska, moose are sucking in new leaves like whales inhaling plankton.


UAF in the News

How to take a year-long road trip with reliable 70-degree weather (The Washington Post)

Climate Change Is a Wake-Up Call for Hibernating Squirrels (Smithsonian)

Ice Age North Americans Were Freshwater Fishers, New Evidence Suggests (Gizmodo)

Molly of Denali: A visit to the Museum of the North starts at 7:12:39 (PBS)

UAF Yugtun occupational endorsement certificate gives high school students in the Y-K Delta a head start (KYUK)

Can Alaska achieve the lowest energy costs in the world? (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

Deadlines and reminders


UAF student Sarah Olson.

New tool will help students who want to transfer to UAF

The Office of Admissions is launching a new transfer credit tool that will allow users to see how courses taken at other universities transfer to UAF. The estimator will allow students can pick their intended major and the institution they'll be transferring credits from, and the estimator will give them an unofficial degree completion report so they can see how credits will transfer. Students will also be able to see how close they are to completing a UAF degree. Learn more ... 


New URSA funding opportunities for 2023-24 opening July 31

The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity is pleased to announce three new funding opportunities for the 2023-24 school year. Each opportunity will open for applications on July 31, 2023, and close on Sept. 10, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Funds for each award must be spent by June 15, 2024.


Arctic Health flower bed.

Volunteers for campus Flower Planting Day

The UAF Grounds crew is looking for volunteers for the 2023 campus Flower Planting Day on Wednesday, June 7, beginning at 9 a.m. Flower beds will be available to plant across the Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' campus.


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