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Temporary Â鶹´«Ã½Online outage April 30

April 17, 2020

Please note that there will be a scheduled outage of Â鶹´«Ã½Online on Thursday, April 30, from 5pm until about midnight. The university system always tries to schedule outages outside of final grading periods. However, from time to time, they are unavoidable.

Early graduation offered to Â鶹´«Ã½A nursing seniors as need for nurses surges

April 17, 2020

As part of Â鶹´«Ã½A's response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the College of Health (COH) and School of Nursing (SON) are supporting nursing students to help them join Alaska's health workforce as quickly as possible -- potentially sooner than they would otherwise be able to.

Staying social while distanced

April 17, 2020

How is everyone doing? After about a month in, even the introverts among us are starting to have a hard time. As time goes on, the effects of social distancing start to wear on us all. Below are some tips for staying social while distanced:

Expedited Program Review update

April 15, 2020

This week, the Board of Regents' Academic and Student Affairs Committee met to review and make recommendations to the full Board on a slate of academic program reductions. The discussion was rigorous during the two-day meeting, and ultimately the committee voted to recommend discontinuation, suspension or reduction of 46 academic programs proposed by the chancellors, endorsed by the Academic Council, and supported by me. The committee also set aside three programs for further discussion in May.

Emergency regulation change - COVID-19 furloughs

April 07, 2020

Yesterday afternoon, in consultation with the chancellors and senior leadership, I implemented an emergency regulation change that reduced the minimum notification period for temporary COVID-19 related furloughs to 30 days. The change to the notification period only applies to furloughs of employees whose jobs have been impacted by the university's COVID-19 response.

President Johnsen to hold listening session on Expedited Academic Review Recommendations

April 02, 2020

In the coming days, there will be several important virtual events in which you can participate as recommendations for academic changes at the university move forward.

Updated Â鶹´«Ã½ leave policies and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

April 02, 2020

Today, the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act goes into effect. This new nationwide legislation will require us to use different approaches to managing employee leave during our COVID-19 response.

Equity and Compliance resources

March 31, 2020

The Equity and Compliance offices wanted to take this opportunity to remind members of our community that maintaining learning and working environments free from discrimination remains a high priority for the university.

Student support initiative addresses emergency financial needs

March 31, 2020

Student services professionals throughout the Â鶹´«Ã½ will be able to quickly address student needs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a new student support initiative.

Capitol Report: Legislature Adjourns

March 30, 2020

Legislature Adjourns For Now The Legislature has concluded its business and recessed for the foreseeable future. Today is only the 70th day of the 120-day session, but the COVID-19 crisis has seriously disrupted the process and lawmakers became increasingly concerned with working in close quarters in the State Capitol. House Speaker Bryce Edgmon called this one of the most uncertain periods in the state's history. Legislators and their non-Juneau staff, will be transitioning home over the next several days.