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Giving day starts at noon on March 26 and runs for 49 hours through 1 p.m. on March
28. The entire UAF community is invited to join Nanooks around the world – alumni,
parents and friends – as we rally together for UA Giving Day. Please consider donating
to a program or challenge important to you, and signing up as a UAF champion to maximize support for UAF during Giving Day 2024! Visit the website to see where your donations can be supersized thanks to our challenge
sponsors.
New Employee Welcome event April 4
Our employees lie at the heart of everything we do. The New Employee Welcome event is intended to help new employees acclimate and network. Employees hired since
Feb. 7 should have received an invitation. New employees hired in the last year who
would like to attend, can contact Carla Browning by March 29.
Roweena Carlos has been selected to serve as UAF's new Nanook Technology Services
chief information officer. This position, reporting to the vice chancellor for administrative
services, is part of the updated IT structure, enabling UAF to address university
needs and provide innovative campus-centered solutions. Learn more about the experience Carlos brings to UAF.
On these March nights, a male boreal owl has been singing from a wooden owl box near
our home. The late biologist Dave Klein attached the nest box to a black spruce tree
north of the University of Alaska Fairbanks ski trails many years ago. Read more about this friendly-looking owl.
On March 28 and 29, the Faculty Alliance will hold a forum for UA faculty, staff,
and students to explore the ethical integration of Artificial Intelligence into educational
practices. The forum will be via Zoom and run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday,
March 28 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, March 29. See the complete agenda and a link for registration. Zoom links will be provided upon registration. The sessions will be recorded for
later viewing as well. Read more about the forum.
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