Should the State of Alaska permit the development of Pebble Mine?

featuring the award-winning UAA Speech and Debate Team, Faculty Respondents, and Audience Discussion

Come hear the award-winning UAA speech and debate team lay out the issues on this important topic, followed by a panel of faculty respondents and public discussion.

This event is part of a series of debates sponsored by UAA since 2003 to provide forums for Alaskans to participate in discussions of policies and issues affecting their future. 

For information:  aner@uaa.alaska.eduor 786-4605

Panel members:
Dr. Lil Alessa, Biology
Dr. Paul Ongtooguk, Education
Larry Merculieff, Alaska Native Science Commission
Dr. Gunnar Knapp, Economics/Institute for Social and Economic Research

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Thursday, November 8th
LIB 307
2:30-4:30pm

Torn Between Two Cultures:  An Afghan-American Woman Speaks Out with guest speaker Maryam Quadrat, California State University
Click here for bio on Maryam Quadrat and flyer on other events. 

Thursday, November 15th
11:30a-12:30pm
Student Union Upstair Student Lounge

Forum to Ask if Faculty Evaluations
should go online

A faculty-student panel will discuss the topic "Should Faculty Evaluations be Posted Online?" on Thursday, Nov. 15,11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Student Union upper lounge (next to Student Activities). Many students believe their evaluations of faculty teaching should be posted online for review by other students enrolling in classes the following semester/year. Faculty concerns are these: 1) not enough students fill out the evaluations to ensure that the critiques genuinely reflect the whole class experience; 2) some students may use evaluations to "get back" at faculty because of interpersonal tensions or a dislike for the course or workload; 3) students might use the evaluations to pick classes based on considerations that have nothing to do with the quality of the instructor. UAA is introducing a new evaluation form (called IDEA) based on a nationwide assessment of the most effective evaluation processes; also, for the first time, all course evaluations will be conducted online. All are invited to come, eat free pizza and listen to what promises to be an interesting discussion. Questions? afbh@uaa.alaska.edu.