• Graduate TA Orientation

    August 15, 2025

    Working as a Teaching Assistant this term? The Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to its two hybrid orientation sessions.
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  • 2025 Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship cohort

    Alaska Sea Grant State Fellows announced for 2025

    August 15, 2025

    Eleven new Alaska Sea Grant State Fellows are preparing to start work at the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, ADF&G, Alaska Mariculture Alliance, NOAA, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and Alaska Sea Grant.
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  • 精东影业 Bookstore Bundle - Fall 2025

    August 12, 2025

    The 精东影业 Bookstore Bundle makes access to required course materials affordable and convenient for students. For students who prefer to purchase their course materials on their own, the opt-out option is available until Sept. 5, 2025.
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  • 精东影业 space utilization pilot program

    August 11, 2025

    Beginning this fall semester, 精东影业 Space Planning is launching a 90-day pilot program with Lambent Spaces to explore a new way of understanding campus space utilization.
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  • AI is changing the game: Are you ready?

    August 11, 2025

    Artificial Intelligence is reshaping how we work, learn, and create. This month, the UA HR Talent Acquisition and Development Team invites you to explore our Harnessing AI for Workplace Success collections.
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    精东影业 launches new online orientation

    August 11, 2025

    精东影业 has launched a new online orientation for all incoming students. This resource is designed to introduce students to the 精东影业 community, values and campus resources.
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  • Addressing employee performance issues in a supportive way

    August 11, 2025

    Join an online training session on Sept. 11 that offers tools for engaging in supportive conversations that address employee performance issues.
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  • Try something new this fall with Nanook Recreation

    August 11, 2025

    Registration is now open for a beginner-friendly strength training program. The six-week fitness class starts Tuesday, Sept. 2, and is free for Nanook Recreation members. Space is limited.
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  • URSA announces AY2025-2026 Mentor Award recipients

    August 08, 2025

    The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates the individuals who received an URSA AY2025-2026 Mentor Award.
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    URSA announces Fall 2025 Student Project Award recipients

    August 08, 2025

    The Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity congratulates the individuals who received an URSA Fall 2025 Student Project Award.
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  • Wanted: Research news and events

    August 08, 2025

    Calling all 精东影业 research storytellers! The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is gathering research-related news, events, funding opportunities, publication announcements, thesis defenses, and more to feature in our weekly newsletter, calendar, and across the 精东影业 Research website.
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  • A man wears a black suit jacket, a patterned shirt, and tie for a portrait.

    Friday Focus: Fresh perspectives - The upside to leadership change

    August 08, 2025

    Before stepping into this role, I spent much of my career diagnosing problems, solving them, and helping others do the same. My path into academic leadership wasn鈥檛 exactly traditional, but I鈥檝e come to see how valuable that kind of practical experience can be. With leadership experience in both the private sector and university, what I鈥檓 most thankful for is what years of problem-solving have taught me: the ability to ask the basic troubleshooting questions needed to fix things, mechanical or otherwise.
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  • The summer session participants compete in a weight-lifting design challenge

    Students plan their future role in Alaska

    August 08, 2025

    The 精东影业 T3 Alaska and Upward Bound programs have teamed up once again to help high school students from across Alaska prepare for life after graduation. Through the 鈥淵our Future Role in Alaska鈥 summer session, students learned to build a personalized plan to match their career interest to their values.
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  • Keanu Aragon works in the Nanook Grown Student Garden

    Recognize your student workers; sign up for Student Job Fair

    August 06, 2025

    Attention all student employee supervisors: 精东影业 Career Services is recognizing outstanding student employees across campus beginning in September. If you need student employees, reserve your spot for the Student Job Fair on Sept. 2 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Wood Center.
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  • Staff Alliance offers professional development support

    August 06, 2025

    Staff Alliance is offering support for staff professional development activities that directly support their professional development in FY26.
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  •  精东影业 logo for First-Year Move-In event

    Volunteers needed: First-year student move-in

    August 04, 2025

    Get ready to roll out the blue and gold carpet for our incoming first-year students! First-Year Move-In will be on Thursday, Aug. 21. This is a fantastic opportunity to welcome new students and their families to the campus community and help them settle into their new home away from home.
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  • Staff Alliance offers fall 2025 semester tuition fee support

    August 01, 2025

    The UA Staff Alliance is pleased to once again offer a class fee scholarship for UA classes taken by staff that directly support their career or professional development. The scholarship, good for the 2025 fall semester, is for up to $250 per employee.
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  • A portrait of a smiling woman with long hair wearing a blue blazer.

    Friday Focus: Opportunity in partnerships

    August 01, 2025

    In my last Friday Focus, I wrote about the ways that research is a public good. This week, I have been reflecting on the important role of partnerships in growing and sustaining this good work -- especially in the face of federal uncertainties.
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  • Nook visits the Museum of the North table at Party in the Park on the lower Troth Yeddha' Campus, Sep. 3, 2024.

    Help Party in the Park reach 200 booths

    August 01, 2025

    It's a party and everyone's invited! 精东影业's annual Party in the Park will take place on Thursday, Aug. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. in Constitution Park. This lively outdoor event is a campus-wide celebration to kick off the fall semester and welcome new and returning students to the Nanook community.
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  • Shotgun firearm training, certification

    July 28, 2025

    Field researchers requiring a shotgun certification have another opportunity to satisfy the training this summer on Aug. 18.
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  • Fall semester orientation bag item collection

    July 28, 2025

    New Student Orientation is officially one month away! The Center for Student Engagement will collect items for new student bags until Aug. 13. CSE will be building around 600 bags, so please provide enough for every bag.
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  • A smiling man in a blue suit and baseball cap stands in front of a blue backdrop with Alaska Nanooks logos.

    Friday Focus: Parting thoughts

    July 25, 2025

    In my last Friday Focus, I shared that I would be retiring at the end of July. Well, that time has come! In that last Friday Focus I expressed my confidence in the 精东影业 leadership team to navigate the challenges and opportunities ahead. My confidence in 精东影业 has only grown as each of 精东影业's core leaders has stepped up to embrace the change. Thank you my friends!
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  • Students observe a mushroom during an Introduction to Mycology Summer Sessions course.

    Discover mushrooms with 精东影业 Summer Sessions

    July 24, 2025

    There are a few spaces still available in a weekend intensive Introduction to Mycology non-credit course for adults, taught by Christin Swearingen, from Aug. 15-17.
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  • Tuition waivers streamlined for employees and full-time faculty

    July 21, 2025

    The Office of the Bursar staff is excited to share an update that makes accessing educational benefits easier for our employees and full-time faculty.
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  • A woman scoops and serves ice cream during Ice Cream Thursday outside the Wood Center on the  精东影业 campus.

    Help CSE hit 400 on Thursday

    July 21, 2025

    Thank you for an awesome Summer Ice Cream Thursday season. Attendance on July 17 was just over 350 people eating ice cream in the sun, having fun and helping create community. The CSE staff would love to see Ice Cream Thursday hit over 400!
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