Students outside the MBS complex around a firepit enjoying conversation and smores..

Sierra von Hafften: ASUAF Senate chair

Head shot of Sierra von Hafften. She is wearing a plaid shirt and looking away from the camera.
While there are many ways to get engaged on campus, here are 10 reasons to be a part of the ASUAF student government. Read more

Funding, jobs, careers

2020-2021 financial aid applications open
Explore health care careers and education (Oct. 19)
URSA mentor, community engagement awards
(Oct. 20)
EPSCoR seed grant proposals (Oct. 21)
URSA undergrad grants for spring (Nov. 10)
Dining jobs available on campus

Navigating rapid change

Provost Anupma Prakash, right, speaks during a Faculty Senate meeting Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Faculty Senate President Sine Anahita sits to the far left, with Chancellor Dan White in the middle. All three are sitting at a table. The provost has a microphone in front of her.
We have an opportunity to step back, breathe, listen, think, thoughtfully choose a direction, and then again move forward with increased focus and energy. Read more

Lectures

'Yup'ik Mask Come Home' (Oct. 18)
Impacts of aspen leaf miner in the Interior (Oct. 18)
Winter climate change and glacier activity (Oct.18)
Invasive species conference (Oct. 21-24)
Evolutionary geneticist: Ancient DNA (Oct. 22)
'Alaska's 2019 extended wildfire season' (Oct. 24)
Tribal governance symposium (Nov. 5-7)

Events and things to do

Library archives open house (Oct. 17)
CLA open house (Oct. 19)
Arctic Innovation Competition finals (Oct. 19)
ResLife multicultural potluck (Oct. 20)
RSS 50th anniversary celebration (Oct. 20)
Dead Writers (Oct. 26)
Boulderween (Oct. 26)
ResLife Children's Carnival (Oct. 26)
Climbing competition (Nov. 9)
UA Press Book Club at the Pub

Life skills

Winter biking workshop (Oct. 23)
Understanding credit workshop (Oct. 24)

Health and wellness

FYUL: Eat like a Nanook
Fall blood drive (Oct. 24)

Good to know

UAF seeks veterans, active military for portraits
Oct. 28: Spring course list available at UAOnline
Nov. 1: Deadline to apply for admission for spring semester (undergrads)
Nov. 1: Last day for withdrawals for fall semester
Ester shuttle canceled
Winter break housing apps open

Nanook from the Inside Out

Head shot of Ray Alda. She is wearing a yellow UAF sweatshirt and is photographed outside near trees.
My experience with Inside Out as a student ambassador has been everything I’ve ever thought it would be and more. Read more

Your opinion matters

Dining survey (ends Oct. 31)
#RealCollege survey
Two students stand side by side holding a cardboard frame with Indigenous People Day graphic image painted on the bottom f it. They are in Wood Center.
John Fredricks and Larissa Strunk helped celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. UAF photo by JR Ancheta.
Alaska Nanooks logo
Volleyball v. Western Washington (Oct. 17)
Swimming v. Azusa Pacific (Oct. 18-19)
Volleyball v. Simon Fraser (Oct. 19)

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