Spring Break Ice Alaska Excursion
The Center for Student Engagement is sponsoring a free spring break excursion TODAY for students who are looking for a way to get out and experience an exciting Alaska
activity at Ice Alaska, home of the World Ice Art Championships. Shuttle provided,
leaving from the Wood Center roundabout to Ice Alaska at the top of every hour from
1-4 p.m. A staff member will be at Ice Alaska to pay for student tickets.
A federal agency expanded Jim Buckingham’s weather camera system across Alaska and
now is taking it nationwide. Read more in the Spring 2024 Aurora.
The inaugural meeting of the newly-formed UAF wildland fire group for people involved
in fire-related research, academic, and operations will meet in the BP Design Theater
on Thursday, March 14 at 4 p.m. Read more about the meeting.
The UAF Troth Yeddha’ Ph.D. Fellowship is a new opportunity with funding available
to support a limited number of Ph.D. students over the upcoming year (through spring
2025) starting May 5. Learn more including how to apply.
Come on down for a very special FEM CON SoBear Lounge with Adrianne Chalepah as the
guest performer for comedy night on Thursday, March 28 from 6-8 p.m. Enjoy free mocktails,
appetizers and entertainment in the Wood Center Multi-Level Lounge. Learn more about the event and get free tickets.
Every year, Staff Alliance members partner with UAA, UAF, UAS, and System Office Staff
Councils to honor staff who go above and beyond to support students in the university
system. Complete the nomination packet on the Staff Make Students Count website for these hidden gems and submit it to Molly Enochs in the UAF Governance Office by March 18. Learn more about nominations.
The EHSRM Department invites you to join one of the upcoming Town Hall meetings. The first meeting is March 20 at 2:30 p.m. in Murie 104.
The International Arctic Research Center and the College of Rural and Community Development's
next conversation in the virtual seminar series "A Place for Knowledge Exchange" is on March 21 at noon with Sonia Natalie Ibarra and Craig Chythlook on how the Tamamta program at the UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences uplifts Indigenous Knowledge.
Learn more about the event and register.
A free workshop on Geospatial Cloud Computing with the Google Earth Engine is scheduled
for March 21-22. The workshop is hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute
of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension and is open to students, research
staff and faculty. Read more and register.
This in-person class teaches the fundamentals of gardening in Alaska. Topics include
planning, botany, soil science, soil sample interpretation, organic and conventional
fertilizer recommendations and much more. Registration closes at 5 p.m. on March 13. Learn more about the class and how to register.
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CRAVE: Place orders in the dining location
A kiosk in CRAVE (located in Arctic Health Research Building) is now available for
ordering. Some guests were having trouble accessing Transact Mobile Ordering. With
the self-ordering kiosk guests can easily get their CRAVE on!
The UAF Biology Graduate Student Association is pleased to announce their 2024 Midnight
Sun Science Symposium scheduled for April 11-12 at the UAF Troth Yeddha' Campus! The
symposium will be hybrid this year, with in-person and virtual components. Learn more and register to present or attend.
Explore sound as a method of expressing educational journeys, research, personal growth,
and discoveries. MILL open hours are Tuesday through Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. Learn more about sound in the March challenge.
We are looking for musicians, poets, actors, jugglers - performers of all kinds -
who would like to share their talents at UAF's SoBear Lounge night; "UAF's Got Talent!"
on Thursday, April 4 from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom. Learn more about the event and how to sign-up to participate.
A $1.9 million federal grant will allow the University of Alaska Fairbanks Military
Health and Readiness Consortium to expand its suicide prevention research by partnering
with the Alaska National Guard and U.S. Coast Guard. Read more about the grant for expanded research.
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