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This past week I participated in some of my favorite events at UAF, welcoming students
to the start of a new fall semester. All week, hundreds of new UAF students came onto
campus from across the state and around the world to start their educational journey.
Each one of them took a unique path to get to this starting line, and each one of
them will make the UAF experience their own. This year's incoming first-year students
are arriving at UAF at a time of great transition and opportunity. Continue reading the Friday Focus.
UAF in the News
Octopus Garden Exploration Reveals Secrets of Deep-Sea Habitat (Newsweek)
Exclusive: Efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth to modern day reaches Alaska classrooms (USA Today)
Ocean Gardeners: Why Whale Poop Matters Now More Than Ever (Discover)
UAF students kick off school year with academic induction (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
UAF Northwest Campus offers one of a kind arts course (KNOM)
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What's happening today
Deadlines & reminders
All documents requiring the chancellor's digital signature should be sent to uaf.chancellor@alaska.edu. Documents sent to other email accounts will not be approved.
Registration for beginner swim lessons at the Patty Pool opens Monday, Aug. 28, at
9 a.m. Sessions include ten thirty-minute lessons beginning on Sept. 16 and 17. Read more details about the swim class.
The Office of Student Success would like to remind advisors, instructors, and staff
the Nanook Navigator (Navigate Student) Mobile App is free for all active students
to download. Read more about the Navigate app.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Education has received an "A" grade from
the National Council on Teacher Quality for its program preparing future educators
to teach reading. Learn more about the education program's recognition.
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