Staff Recognition and Development Day events, prizes

May 2, 2018

Tori Tragis

Registration is still open for the 2018 Staff Recognition and Development Day on Wednesday, May 9. Participants can sign up for classes and register for lunch and the ice cream social.

The day begins at 8 a.m. in Wood Center, followed by the 8:45 a.m. keynote address by Yatibaey Evans, director of the Alaska Native Education Program at the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. The chancellor's welcome and the longevity awards presentation is at 9:30 a.m. Three one-hour-long sessions of personal and professional development are at 10:45, 1:30 and 2:45. Lunch is offered at noon in Wood Center, and the day ends with an ice cream social in the Engineering and Learning Innovation Facility.

View the list of longevity recipients here. The awards presentation will be webcast at https://media.uaf.edu/.

Door prizes will be handed out at the ice cream social. Donors include:


  • Alaska Airlines

  • The Prospector

  • Beaver Sports

  • Arctic Java

  • Lane's Quickie Tacos

  • Taylor's Gold-n-Stones

  • Big Daddy's BBQ

  • Chena Hot Springs Resort

  • Pike's Landing

  • North Star Ballet

  • HooDoo Brewing Co.

  • Heartstream Yoga

  • Fly Trampoline Park

  • Expressions in Glass

  • Jevoné Baca

  • Macy Possenti

  • Northern Alaska Tour Co.

  • Mocha Dan's

  • various UAF departments


For more information email Amy Bristor at albristor@alaska.edu or Lisa Yancey at lisa.yancey@alaska.edu.