April 2021 Archive

Director of Multicultural Student Services Open Forum

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 student open forums on Thursday, April 22, and Friday, April 23, from 12:30-1 p.m.

Director of Shared Services update

Steven Wildeck will assume the role of Acting Director of UAA Shared Services while the search for a permanent director continues, Interim Vice Chancellor Bill Jacob announced April 12. The appointment is effective immediately.

UAA IT Services FY21 Desktop and Telecommunications labor billing

UAA IT Services is preparing to start billing for Desktop and Telecom labor and parts. Most parts and equipment expenses are reconciled directly to the provided fund/orgs throughout the fiscal year. Labor expenses are billed once the labor rate is approved and are billed along with any equipment that wasn't directly expensed against a department's fund/org.

2021 UAA's Got Talent voting open through noon Friday, April 23

UAA's Got Talent

This year, from April 1 to April 21 at NOON, Student Activities & Commuter Programs will be taking submissions for the second annual UAA's Got Talent online virtual competition. This year, we have multiple cash prizes!

Feedback request: UAA Administrative Management Structure Review

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.

Announcement of finalists for the Institutional Research Director position

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.

April 21: Department of Writing's Celebration of Student Writing

Special invitation to a Celebration of UAA Student Writing — Awards, Fun, Reading

Please join us in celebrating our students' work and pass along this invitation to students and anyone else you think might be interested in joining this fun and special event.

ISER Webinar: The state and the stimulus: a presentation on Alaska’s economy

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.

POSTPONED: School of Nursing DNP Project Defense - David Ampong

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.

Enthusiasm for research benefits undergraduates in the Department of Economics

UAA Associate Professor Of Economics Alexander James photographed outside Rasmuson Hall.

“We really feel like we’re building something here,” said Alexander James, associate professor of economics. “We’re a teaching department and also a nationally and internationally recognized research department, and we’re bringing our students with us in some respects. For students that want to do real research, UAA provides an opportunity to discover something and contribute to the existing body of knowledge in economics, and that’s exciting.”

April Archive