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Student Commencement Speaker and Leadership Honors applications available

Applications are now available for Spring 2021 Commencement and Leadership Honors. All applicants must be graduating in Spring 2021 and the deadline to apply is Friday, March 5 at 11:59 p.m.

Alaska expands Tier 2 vaccination group, opens eligibility

Earlier today Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) announced it would open vaccine eligibility for Phase 1b Tier 2 beginning tomorrow at noon. This tier includes Alaskans age 50 and older who are at high risk of contracting COVID-19 due to existing medical conditions and frontline essential workers. Phase 2 also opens up the availability of the vaccine to pre-K, K-12, child care education staff and people living and working in some congregate settings. This will not affect eligibility for most UAA employees and students but may open up eligibility for some.

Get cozy: Nine in the Spine and Winterfest come home

Winterfest 2021 logo

One of the major annual fundraisers supporting the UAA Alumni Scholarship, Nine in the Spine and Winterfest have been reimagined in light of the pandemic. Themed around the hit ‘Star Wars’ show ‘The Mandalorian,’ this year’s festivities will take place Feb. 22-27.

Leadership in Her Style

Katie Scoggin poses with guitar.

First-year political science student Katie Scoggin recently won the top prize in UAA’s Leadership in Your Style competition. Her winning song, "It Starts with Me," urges individuals and communities to identify unfilled needs and then work together to meet them.

EPSCoR Conference and Development Awards

The Alaska NSF EPSCoR Fire & Ice project announces the availability of funding for UA-affiliated individuals to present their research, to interact with colleagues and mentors, and/or to obtain training in science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) fields. Awards can be used to participate in conferences, workshops, trainings, or other appropriate academic activities, either remotely or in person.

Seawolf Student Leader, Seawolf Community Service and Mabil Duir Leadership Scholarship applications available

Applications are now available for Seawolf Student Leader, Seawolf Community Service and Mabil Duir Leadership Scholarship. Recipients receive a tuition credit for the following semester. Applications are due Friday, March 5 by 11:59 pm.

Register for February's Zoom training

Monthly live Zoom training, presented by OIT Video Conferencing Services staff, will start Feb. 9 and continue throughout the year. Offerings include the “Zoom Basics Training” and an “Advanced/Ask Me Anything” section. The advanced training will cover breakout rooms, meeting security and any other topics you have questions about. Please register through the OIT training calendar in a time slot that fits your schedule.

Encourage a student to apply for commencement speaker

Do you know a graduating student who would make a great commencement speaker? Encourage them to apply! Please submit the provided form by Friday, Feb. 19. Please feel free to contact Zac Clark at zac@alaska.edu if you have any questions.

Slideshow: Introduction to Surveying Laboratory

Morgen Khachadoorian learns to use a surveying level as Geomatics Term Assistant Professor David Brock teaches Introduction to Surveying Laboratory (GEO A155L) outside UAA's Engineering and Compuation Building.

Using the Anchorage campus as their classroom, students in David Brock's Introduction to Surveying Laboratory learned how to use tools of the trade during a recent session. Although UAA's spring semester is mostly remote, limited in-person labs are offered for some fields in which hands-on learning is considered critical.

Search Committee Training

The purpose of this training session is to discuss an overview of important guidelines for search committees to consider before and during the recruitment process as well as provide an overview of diversity and implicit bias and how it can affect the recruitment process. Please sign up through myUA at least one day prior to the training. Zoom information will be sent to you the day of the event.

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