Read the latest updates on the university budget, Board of Regents, and other major Â鶹´«Ã½ System news
Â鶹´«Ã½ System News
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Six New Board Members Join the Â鶹´«Ã½ Foundation
February 05, 2021
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Foundation has named six new members to its Board of Directors, each of whom was elected to serve a three-year term beginning in January 2021.
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February 05, 2021
An in-depth analysis of nine major Alaska industries captures the impact that university programs have in preparing its students for jobs in Alaska's workforce. The reports answer key questions related to the largest and fastest growing occupations that require some postsecondary education and highlights important employment indicators such as average wages earned, where Â鶹´«Ã½ grads work in Alaska, what industries they work in, and how they help boost the Alaska hire rate.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Board of Regents to hear public testimony Feb. 16
February 05, 2021
Please call 1-866-831-8713 between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to offer feedback to the Board of Regents on topics of concern or to provide input on any issue facing the Â鶹´«Ã½.
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Save the Date for State of the University Address
February 05, 2021
Save the date for the State of the University Address, to be delivered by Â鶹´«Ã½ Interim President Pat Pitney on February 24 at 12 p.m.
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Alaska 529: Give your education savings some love
February 05, 2021
Love is in the air! The Alaska 529 team invites you to show your loved ones (little and grown-up) you care by focusing on education savings.
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February 05, 2021
Â鶹´«Ã½ Interim President Pat Pitney met with the Senate Education Committee Feb. 3 to provide an in-depth presentation outlining the university's legislative priorities and highlighting university successes.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ moves forward with Alaska Native Success Initiative
January 22, 2021
Next week, working groups and committees for Â鶹´«Ã½'s new Alaska Native Success Initiative will kick off its effort to improve support for Alaska Native faculty, staff and students and begin to meet to assess campuses, climates and positive changes that can be made to increase Â鶹´«Ã½'s equity and inclusion.
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An update on the Â鶹´«Ã½A Chancellor search
January 22, 2021
At the start of the Spring semester, Â鶹´«Ã½ Interim President Pitney provided the Â鶹´«Ã½ community with an update on the search for a Â鶹´«Ã½ Anchorage chancellor. The search will be national in scope and it is Pitney's intent to "hire a chancellor who is deeply committed to and interested in the future of Alaska," she said. It is expected that Pitney will make this appointment no later than the end of April, with the new chancellor starting over the summer.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Board of Regents Chair Sheri Buretta announces extension of Pitney's presidential term
January 22, 2021
As the Â鶹´«Ã½ continues to pursue budget stability and deal with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, I wanted to share with you that the Board of Regents decided at its January 15 meeting to postpone the search for the next president until spring 2022 and extend President Pat Pitney's contract until the next president is named.
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Â鶹´«Ã½F to launch Shine A Light speaker series to spotlight racial justice and equity
January 22, 2021
The Northwest Campus, in partnership with Â鶹´«Ã½F's Department of Equity and Compliance and the Nanook Diversity and Action Center, announces a new speaker series, Shine a Light: Promoting Conversation on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.