2020 Archive

In this episode of Just the Facts, Chancellor Sandeen answers questions about tuition, following the Jan. 17 UA Board of Regents vote to increase tuition.

Recent headlines have forced many Alaskans to think about the effects of coronavirus for the first time. But for a team of UAA researchers led by Associate Professor Eric Bortz, studying coronavirus has been all in a day’s work for more than 15 years.

UAA’s Alaska Area Health Education Center Scholars Program partnered with Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield to distribute baby boxes to new parents in rural communities across Alaska.

Take a look at what UAA Student Activities and Commuter Programs has planned for this month. Most events are free for UAA students.

Please join Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Bruce Schultz and the Academic Student Response Team for a session on supporting our students through the program review process. Opportunities to attend Feb. 10, 11 and 12.

Please join Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Bruce Schultz and the Academic Student Response Team for a session on supporting our students through the program review process. Opportunities to attend Feb. 10, 11 and 12.

The Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) workshop explores the Quality Matters Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online and blended courses. Participants use the rubric to review their own online/blended course and develop a course improvement plan.

Academic Innovations & eLearning is thrilled to offer all UAA faculty access to video captioning for course video at no cost to you or your department. Captioning will be done by humans to the 99 percent level through 3Play Media.

Are you interested or do you know someone who would be a great addition to the Orientation (Wolf Pack) Leader team? We are hiring the Summer 2020 Wolf Pack team.

Miriam Matejova (economist, Environment Canada; fellow, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University) will discuss how climate changes have shifted Canadian perceptions of security in the North and how these changes may affect Alaska.