UAF Day at the Tanana Valley State Fair will include UAF activities throughout the
fairgrounds. UAF employees, students, alumni and friends will receive $1 off admission
by wearing UAF apparel or showing their PolarExpress card. In addition to various special activities, UAF will also have booths in the Borealis
Pavilion throughout the fair. Cooperative Extension will host several 4-H activities
on UAF Day, including a horse show and a market poultry and rabbit show. See the full
event schedule on the fair's website.
Quality Matters is a nationally recognized program designed to help you reflect on
and improve your online course. The workshop on Aug. 14 and 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
explores the new 7th edition of the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve
the quality of online courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review one of their
own online or hybrid courses and develop a course improvement plan. This workshop
is open to faculty across the UA system. Participants must attend the Zoom session
both days. Contact uaa_design@alaska.edu or kmwalker@alaska.edu for questions. Register for the QM Workshop here.
Six graduate students were announced as the third cohort of fellows in the Tamamta
program, which centers on bridging Indigenous and Western sciences to transform graduate
education and research in fisheries and marine sciences.