REEL History presents Call of the Wild May 31
Call of the Wild will play at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 31, in room 340 of the Rasmuson Library as part of the REEL History film series, where movies are shown every Thursday by Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning. All movies in the series are free to attend. For more information contact summer@alaska.edu or 474–7021.
The Top 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Alaska lecture by Ned Rozell May 30
Sure, you’ve lived in Alaska for a long time, but did you know we’ve got super chickadees, 57 Willow creeks, islands that both we and nature have blown up, and we boast the same all-time high temperature as both Hawaii and Albany, New York? If you didn’t, come and see Ned Rozell’s presentation on the many reasons there are [more ...]
Staff Council meeting #228 May 15
The May Staff Council meeting is scheduled from 8:45 – 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 15, in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom. The meeting is also available by audio conference at: 1-800-893-8850, PIN: 8244236. 2012-2013 Staff Council officers will be elected at this meeting. Nominations may be submitted during the meeting, on the floor, up to the time [more ...]
Art department activities in May and June
The Art department is offering special events to round out the school year. Danny Pierce, UAF’s 2012 honorary doctor of fine arts recipient, will have his prints and paintings featured at the Well Street Art Company and in the UAF Art department display cases until the end of May. Klara Maisch’s BFA Exhibit in printmaking will [more ...]
Webinar to focus on climate, yellow cedar decline, May 15
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy will host a statewide webinar at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 15. During the webinar, U.S. Forest Service scientists will describe how they use climate and ecological information to solve the mystery of the dying yellow-cedar forests in coastal Alaska and British Columbia. The research became the [more ...]
Presentation Skills: Foundations workshop May 31
A workshop, Presentation Skills: Foundations, will be held from 8:30 a.m – 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 31, in 401 IARC. Lunch will be on your own. This 6-hour workshop introduces the fundamental principles of designing and conducting a training session. Participants will learn to identify the ideas they want to share with their audiences, how [more ...]
Ice Cream Thursdays start May 24
Ice Cream Thursdays, sponsored by Student Activities, will start May 24 outside of the Wood Center. Come grab a scoop for a $1 every Thursday, and enjoy the warm summer days at UAF!
Spring plant sale May 19
Support the Georgeson Botanical Garden by attending the spring plant sale from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, May 19, at Risse’s Greenhouse, 981 Risse Road, 6.4 mile Chena Hot Springs Road.
UAF Commencement May 13
UAF’s 90th graduation ceremony will be held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 13. The ceremony will be viewable via webcast during the ceremony. National Endowment for the Humanities chairman Jim Leach will give the keynote address. Graduating student Jordan Kathleen Culver will be the student speaker. Culver is a degree [more ...]
Hatcher lectures on “Ouch, That Stereotype Hurts!” May 15
Join Sherry Hatcher from 10 – 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 15 in the Globe Room at the Geophysical Institute, to hear her lecture “Ouch, That Stereotype Hurts!”* The speech concerns the complications of communicating in today’s diverse workplace. Whether you are a supervisor, project manager, faculty or staff, communicating respectfully is a must to be successful in your job. Biased, [more ...]
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