Office of the Chancellor

Interim Chancellor Bruce Schultz
Dr. Bruce Schultz began his role as UAA Interim Chancellor Jan. 4, 2021, and will serve until a permanent chancellor is named. Prior to beginning his new role, Schultz served as UAA’s Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs since 2009, and his career in leadership roles at UAA spans nearly three decades. As Vice Chancellor, he led the development of a culture of assessment in student affairs, created the Military and Veterans Student Services Office, supported a multi-year transformation of UAA’s enrollment services operations and restructured student affairs to improve effectiveness while addressing significant reductions in funding. Read more about Dr. Schultz.
UAA 2025
The UAA 2025 Strategic Plan provides a framework to define, communicate, and clarify expectations for our mission, vision, values and shared goals. It builds on our strengths and focuses our attention and resources on delivering tangible value to our stakeholders and creating areas of distinction. It clarifies our mission, sets an aspirational vision for the future, establishes the values that shape our behaviors and decisions, and results in a set of goals and objectives that reflect our ambitions and priorities, focuses our investments, and guides our continuous improvement efforts. The elements of this plan are cascaded throughout the academic and administrative units in Anchorage and our Community Campuses to align our efforts and maximize our shared contribution to success.
Coronavirus
The University of Alaska is partnering with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus disease 2019. Our health and emergency management teams are monitoring the status of the outbreak and are reporting back to university leaders so we can be prepared if COVID-19 directly affects our students or employees. UAA coronavirus information.
Chancellor Messages
- January 2021
- December 2020
- Dec. 17: Recharge, reflect and look forward
- Dec. 14: Farewell, Seawolves
- Dec. 14: The power of community
- Dec. 9: Bruce Schultz to start as Interim Chancellor January 4, 2021- message from President Pitney
- Dec. 9: State to begin using the AAC for COVID-19 treatment
- Dec. 4: Update on UAA's COVID-19 response and protocols
- Dec 1: Announcing UAA Interim Chancellor finalists and Town Halls- message from President Pitney
- November 2020
- Nov. 30: Update on Anchorage Emergency Order EO-16
- Nov. 25: Happy Thanksgiving, Seawolves
- Nov. 20: Update on Interim chancellor selection- message from Steve Patin, CHRO
- Nov. 16: New UA COVID-19 statewide guidance
- Nov. 13: Chancellor decision on '20-21 winter indoor sports season
- Nov. 12: Chancellor response to Gov. Dunleavy message on COVID-19
- Nov. 11: Process for selecting Interim UAA Chancellor - message from President Pitney
- Nov. 11: Expressing gratitude on Veterans Day
- Nov. 2: Early voting on campus election civility
- October 2020
- Oct. 29: Chancellor message regarding departure
- Oct. 14: Update on campus alignment
- Oct. 12: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
- September 2020
- Sept. 30: Appointment of Shared Services Task Force
- Sept. 25: Thanksgiving holiday and winter closure
- Sept. 23: UAA to remain mostly remote for Spring 2021 semester
- Sept. 21: Join a UAA 2025 strategic planning open forum
- Sept. 16: Chancellor update on shared services decision
- Sept. 11: Chancellor update on BOR athletics decision
- Sept. 3: Chancellor focuses on alignment of UAA campuses
- Sept. 2: Shared Services proposal: Your feedback is requested
- Sept. 2: Chancellor shares UAA's ongoing work on diversity, inclusion and equity
- August 2020
- August 31: Title IX and COVID-19 trainings available this week
- August 31: Shared Services proposal: Your feedback is requested
- August 26: Chancellor update on Strategic Planning and Shared Services
- August 19: Chancellor announces reconfiguration of UAA Athletics
- August 14: Senior Vice Provost Rene Carter-Chapman retires from UAA
- August 10: Chancellor Sandeen discusses College during COVID
- August 6: College During COVID: How will UAA operate this fall?
- July 2020
- June 2020
- June 30: Face covering policy update
- June 26: UAA to remain in Phase B for fall semester
- June 23: UA universities will move forward together
- June 18: Celebrating Pride Month and Juneteenth
- June 5: Chancellor update: June 4-5 BOR meeting
- June 1: Reaffirming UAA's commitment to equity
- May 2020
- May 29: Update on UAA's on-site operations
- May 26: UAA Administration Updates
- May 21: BOR charge: Transformative structural options for UA system
- May 20: Just the facts: On-site operations plan
- May 13: UAA announces new Kodiak College Director
- May 8: UAA announces new leadership hires for diversity, academics and research
- May 7: Congratulations to Chancellor Awards and Affordable Course Material Award winners
- May 6: Have a great Summer
- May 5: Launching Shared Services Planning
- May 4: UAA Fall 2020 plans
- April 2020
- April 30: Chancellor update on furloughs
- April 27: Ideas needed for UA inter-university collaborations
- April 24: Share your congrats to our grads
- April 16: A tribute to our Grads: UAA Spring 2020 Graduation Day Celebration
- April 15: Chancellor update on expedited program review, furloughs and more
- April 10: Chancellor Sandeen recaps COVID-19 developments for week April 5-10
- April 3: Chancellor Sandeen recaps the most recent COVID-19 developments
- March 2020
- March 28: What the new state health mandates mean for UAA
- March 27: Chancellor to entire UAA Community, thank you
- March 23: Chancellor decisions posted for expedited program and administrative reviews
- March 21: What does "Hunker Down" order mean for UAA
- March 21: Alternate Course Delivery begins March 23
- March 20: COVID-19 updates for campus buildings, technology and remote work
- March 16: COVID-19 updates for campus events and UAA Community
- March 15: COVID-19 update to UA Travel Policy
- March 12: Update on UA's COVID-19 response
- March 9: UAA Budget Reduction Update
- March 5: Coronavirus update
- March 4: Community Listening Session for Expedited Program & Administrative Review Scheduled for March 11
- February 2020
- February 28: John Nofsinger to serve as interim dean of CBPP
- February 25: Expedited Program Review Deans' Recommendations
- February 19: Just the Facts: Chancellor answers questions about expedited program reviews
- February 18: Expedited program review update
- February 6: Administrative review update
- February 5: Just the Facts: Chancellor Sandeen answers questions about tuition
- January 2020
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