May 2020 Archive

Plans are underway to begin expanding on-site campus operations this summer and loosening existing restrictions. The University of Alaska (UA) statewide office, in consultation with the universities, developed a phased framework for re-opening within the university system. This is a positive step toward moving to a mix of remote and face-to-face operations this fall.

UAA Associate Professor of Public Health Philippe Amstislavski will spend spring 2021 working with the biomaterials group at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland to further development on bio-based alternatives to plastic.

In spring 2021 UAA Alaska Native Studies Professor Maria Williams will travel to Vancouver Island University to compare and contrast Canada’s settlement with its First Nations people and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

Recent spring 2020 graduate Alexis Harvey is about to leave the North American continent for the first time in her life to travel to Spain as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, where she will live and work, immersing herself in a whole new language and culture.

Beginning Fall 2020, the UAA Department of Music is offering five scholarships to first-year students who intend to declare music as a major. Each 'Excellence in Music' scholarship is worth $2,000. (To provide perspective on the impact of the award, each scholarship will cover about 30% of a typical full-time, first-year student's tuition.)

Four bedroom home located on the trail behind University Lake is for sale! This house has a two-car garage, fenced yard, hot tub, and new shed!

As noted in my email last week, I’m writing to announce that Ms. Jacelyn Keys will join UAA as the director of Kodiak College. Jacelyn has more than 20 years of experience in higher education and has focused on creating a dynamic, vibrant, inclusive, students-first learning environment. She currently serves as the Hermiston Center director at Blue Mountain Community College in Oregon.