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Get outdoors and celebrate Earth Day with UAA by joining the Grounds Department as we clean up a winter's worth of trash on campus. Drop by any time during the event to pick up trash bags, tongs, nitrile gloves and safety vests. Supply pick-up will be located near the greenhouse at the east entry of Gordon Hartlieb Hall.

As co-chairs of the UAA Institutional Research Director search committee, we are pleased to announce the finalists for the position and the process for virtual campus visits next week.

UAA Faculty Senate has arranged faculty forums with each of the eight candidates for UAA Chancellor still under consideration. Please pass the word to other faculty members who might not see this message. The forums will be from 3:30-4:30 p.m. as follows.

As you may recall, Chancellor Sandeen initiated the Administrative Management Structure Review in December 2020. The task was given to the Campus Planning Advisory Board (CPAB). The committee was charged to conduct a review of administrative management positions at UAA, alongside similar efforts at UAF, UAS and the system office.

UAA is proud to partner with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies to host an Earth Day 2021 keynote discussion. This event is part of the UAA/APU Books of the Year program and supports the theme of building community resilience.

On Wednesday April 21, David Ampong, MS, MSN, MHA, APRN, PMHNP-BC will present his final DNP project, “Evaluating the Patient Experience in Outpatient Detoxification: Implication for Improvement of the Early Stages of Alcohol Use Disorder and /or Opioid Use Disorder: Implication for Recovery Treatment Process," beginning at 3:30 p.m.

UAA Dental Hygiene students are looking for their board examination patients!! Typically patients that qualify have not had their teeth cleaned in a long time (5+ years) since students need a certain amount of "build up" on teeth to take their national examination board.

Join us for a lunchtime webinar with Associate Professor of Economics Mouhcine Guettabi. He will discuss the state of the economy, how the stimulus affects his forecast, and will offer a few notes on the budget. If you missed his recent testimony to the legislature, this is your chance to watch a similar presentation and participate in a Q&A session.

The University of Alaska Human Resources is pleased to announce the upcoming HR Coordinator Training Sessions.

We have two finalists for the Director of Multicultural Student Services joining us virtually next week for their "campus" interviews. Please join us for the open forums on Thursday, April 22, and Friday, April 23, from 11 a.m.-noon.