November 2021 Archive

The College of Arts and Sciences is accepting applicants for an Academic & Student Support Administrative Assistant. This position is classified as an Administrative Generalist 3 and is crucial to maintaining Academic and Student support for multiple departments in one or more divisions within the College of Arts and Sciences. The position will facilitate and participate in clerical functions in order to ensure the smooth organization and work flow in a team office setting.

Campus Services has generously provided Military & Veteran Student Services with suite tickets to basketball games and a volleyball game on Saturday, Nov. 20. Stop the MVSS Resource Center located in the Student Union, Room 102 to pick up your tickets. Limit two tickets per person and must provide proof of military affiliation. Please contact Military and Veteran Student Services if you have any questions.

Join UAA Military & Veteran Student Services and Student Veterans at UAA for a week of events celebrating Veterans Day Nov. 8-12.

Many of our students are the first of their family to attend college and this is a really big achievement. So this week we celebrate our First Generation College Students with a week full of activities both in-person and virtual.

The Center for Human Development at the University of Alaska Anchorage in the College of Health is recruiting a Behavioral Health Training Coordinator with the Alaska Training Cooperative program.

What does racial equity demand of us? Join a cohort of community members to have transformative intergenerational conversations about racial identity and racism in Alaska. Program runs Dec. 4, 2021-Jan. 8, 2022. Free of charge and open to all. Apply here: https://bit.ly/CxGCohort5. Hosted by the Alaska Humanities Forum

ALEKS placement test for Mathematics now includes proctoring through Respondus. This is a statewide update to improve placement accuracy and student success. Other ALEKS PPL configurations will remain the same. Through the virtual proctoring format, students may complete the placement test at any time. Students will continue to be limited to a maximum of three hours per test and a maximum of five tests per year.

Today marks the beginning of University of Alaska Giving Day, an opportunity for us to come together to show UAA students we believe in them and support their goals and education. Celebrate the spirit of generosity during 49 hours of online giving for Alaska.

Alaska NSF EPSCoR Fire & Ice program and Telesomm present: A Science Pub chat with Zav Grabinski on wildfire science drivers in Alaska, and Kaitlin Kolarik on the effect of wildfire in wine-growing regions of the US, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 4:30 p.m.