Lectures to highlight commercial fishing, Alaska blueberries

June 23, 2011

Marmian Grimes

Marmian Grimes

907-474-7902

6/23/11

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is hosting free Alaska-themed lectures throughout the summer, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the UAF campus.

On Tuesday, June 28, Sunny Rice will offer the Land and Sea Lecture “Trawlers, Trollers and Tenders: Commercial Fishing in Alaska.” On Wednesday, June 29, Pat Holloway and Tom Kuhn will give the Discover Alaska Lecture “All About Alaska Blueberries.”

Lectures are free and open to the public.  For more information, including a full schedule of upcoming events, visit www.uaf.edu/summer or call 907-474-7021.

MEDIA CONTACT: Marmian Grimes, UAF public information officer, at 907-474-7902 or via e-mail at marmian.grimes@alaska.edu.

ON THE WEB: http://www.uaf.edu/summer/summer-events/land-and-sea/ http://www.uaf.edu/summer/summer-events/discover-alaska/

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