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Alaska is described as a “resource state.” We are a state rich in natural resources.
Rich in awe-inspiring landscapes, abundant freshwater resources and wildlife that
thrive in an environment with the wildest seasonal swings on earth. Above and below
ground are natural resources valuable to society and infrastructure. Oil, gas, minerals,
timber and fish. These resources provide not only the building blocks of human habitation
but jobs. Jobs that support our way of life. In this resource state, the greatest
resource is our people. And at UAF, it is our responsibility to steward the most valuable
resource; the class of students that graduates each year from this great institution.
Continue reading this week's Friday Focus.
Don't miss out on the chance to celebrate your students at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m. at the Carlson Center
in Fairbanks. Please join us in supporting the graduates by marching in the faculty
procession. Read more on important deadlines.
University of Alaska Fairbanks supporters broke another record this year with more
than 1,000 individual donations during the 49-hour UA Giving Day event March 26-28,
an increase of more than 25% percent over 2023. Read more about this year's Giving Day.
Applications for the 2024 Arctic Remote Energy Networks Academy will close on Wednesday,
April 3. ARENA is held in partnership with Canada, the U.S. and Iceland and endorsed
by the Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council. Learn more about applying to join the ARENA cohort.
UAF in the News
UAF professor awarded $25k prize from NASA (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Project seeks to gather Alaska environmental knowledge embedded in Indigenous languages (Alaska Beacon)
JWM: Low-flying aircraft affect polar bear behavior (The Wildlife Society)
Theatre UAF premieres original production, 'Something in the Living Room' (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
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UAF Residence Life would like to offer UAF departments, that hire summer student employees,
a 10% discount on Summer Student Housing. The goal of the discount is to give UAF
departments a competitive edge while recruiting their summer student employees. Student
employees must be working a minimum of 20 hours/week to be eligible for the discount.
Learn more about the hiring incentive.
If you could have read that frost-covered fat-biker's mind as he rolled toward McGrath,
Alaska, "as if Velcroed to the snow," you might have suspected he was a scientist.
Read more about how napping can help with long winter rides.
The University of Alaska is developing an Arctic Leadership Initiative to advance
UA's Arctic engagement, position Alaskans as world leaders in Arctic issues, and amplify
Alaska Native voices in Arctic policy development. Learn more about the three new funding opportunities and apply.
Join us Aug. 13-15 at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage for the
second annual Global Autonomous Systems Conference. ACUASI is seeking speakers and
sponsors to participate in the conference. Contact Marine Gillespie at 907-455-2011 for more info. Read more on the conference.
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