Free with your PolarExpress

The PolarExpress card gets students into many events or activities for a free or reduced price. It's one of the many perks of being a student here at the University. As I was perusing a few of my favorite listservs I came across this announcement:

The UA Museum of the North is hosting an indoor live butterfly pavilion Sept. 18 – Dec. 31. The pavilion will be open weekdays from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Admissions is $2 or free with museum admission. UAF students always receive free admission with their PolarExpress card.

It is just one of the many examples of "free with your PolarExpress card" that I've come across. I'm on the hunt for more things like this... know of any?

Move-in-day

When you move into housing here at UAF it's a team effort. Check out this awesome video!

Go Nanooks!

UAF photo by Todd Paris

Junior goalie Scott Greenham is ready to assume his duty to keep opposing pucks out of the Nanook net this coming season.

I just love this photo and had to share it with all of you in the blogisphere. We have another exciting hockey season to look forward to here at UAF. Can't wait for the first exhibition game on September 25th!

 

UAF recognized in top 15% of military friendly schools

2011 Military Friendly Schools List Released
List shows veterans which colleges are a good fit.

Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 16, 2010 – G.I. Jobs announces the release of its 2011 list of Military Friendly Schools at http://www.militaryfriendlyschools.com/2011list. The list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools which are doing the most to embrace America’s veterans as students.

Schools on the list range from state universities and private colleges to community colleges and trade schools. The common bond is their shared priority of recruiting students with military experience....

To read more: http://www.militaryfriendlyschools.com/2011list




ABOUT G.I. Jobs
G.I. Jobs (www.gijobs.com) is published by Victory Media, a veteran-owned business which also publishes The Guide to Military Friendly Schools, Military Spouse and Vetrepreneur magazines and annually rates the nation’s “Military Friendly Employers,” “Military Spouse Friendly Employers” and “Best Corporations for Veteran-Owned Businesses.”

Source: G.I. Jobs
Contact: Matthew Pavelek
(412) 269-1663 (412) 269-1663 x145
matthew.pavelek@gijobs.com
www.militaryfriendlyschools.com/press

Letter from the Chancellor

Aug. 30, 2010

TO: UAF students

FROM: UAF Chancellor Brian Rogers

SUBJECT: Welcome to Fall 2010

Whether you’re in Fairbanks or downtown at UAF's Community and Technical College, at the Interior-Aleutians Campus or at one of our community campuses in Bethel, Dillingham, Kotzebue or Nome, I'd like to officially welcome you to UAF for the 2010-2011 academic year.

I encourage you to get involved at your campus. Take advantage of opportunities for leadership development, undergraduate and graduate research and public service. Together with our faculty, your involvement could help make a difference in one of the many Alaska communities where we study, teach and serve.

I encourage you help to shape the campus of the future. That's what Fairbanks students did in 2009 when they voted to charge themselves a $20 sustainability fee. The fee—funds that are matched by my office—will, over the next decade, help support overall efforts for a greener campus.

The best of Alaska's future is, in many ways, represented by some 10,000 students from all over the state, the U.S. and more than three dozen countries converging this week at UAF's campuses. Your involvement is essential to your success and to ours.

I wish you all the very best -- academically and personally. Have a fantastic semester!
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Students, staff and faculty are invited to attend fall convocation, Thursday, Sept. 9 from 1 - 2 p.m. in the Charles Davis Concert Hall. An ice cream social will take place at each of the campuses afterward. The event will also be webcast.

Information about the fall semester is also online in the Cornerstone newsletter at http://www.uaf.edu/cornerstone/. Be sure to follow UAF on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/uafairbanks and Twitter http://twitter.com/uafairbanks for updates

Orientation events welcome students to campus, community

Once again, UAF welcomes our incoming students to campus. Orientation is one of my favorite times of the year! I always feel the energy and excitement for the start of the fresh new academic year. This morning the admissions counselors and I welcomed the newest members of our community and asked them how many had met with one of us. It was not too surprising to us that the majority of the audience stood to acknowledge that they had received some sort of help from the admissions team. In the coming weeks the admissions counselors will head out on the road to meet the next class (starting in Fall 2011)! Keep an eye out at your high school for one of the counselors and hopefully we'll see you at Orientation next year!

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Fairbanks Summer!!

Campus from in front of my office in Signers' Hall

Today is one of my favorite days in Fairbanks - Summer Solstice - the longest day of the year. The sun rose at 2:58am this morning, and won't set until tomorrow at 12:48am - and it's light out for 24 hours around the clock. The sun is shining, and Fairbanksans are celebrating!

Fellow Admissions Counselors Carrie Coxon and Chris Wheeler both completed the 10k Midnight Sun Run, where people come out in droves to run and walk through Fairbanks under the midnight sun, often in costume!

Wherever you are, I wish you a warm, sunny, Summer Solstice (or a warm, sunny, Winter Solstice for those of you in the Southern Hemisphere!) full of joy and friendship!!

Outdoor Adventures

Now that it is summer in Fairbanks and the sun is shining almost 20 hours a day, everybody is outside. The UAF Outdoor Adventures office provides a way for people of the Fairbanks community to get outside and be adventurous. Whether you are an experienced outdoorsman or someone who just likes to try new things, Outdoor Adventures has something for you. You can choose to go on one of their trips or rent some equipment from them and take your own adventure. So whether you want to go canoeing, snow camping, ice climbing or hiking, Outdoor Adventures can help you. To see pictures of past trips and get more information, visit their website at: http://www.uaf.edu/woodcenter/outdoor/ or check out their Facebook page at UAF Outdoor Adventures.

- Jessica

The Really Free Market: Not your everyday garage sale.

Ask most UAF students, and they’ll tell you Alaskans do some things a little differently than most folks in the lower 48. They might drive to work on a snow machine in the winter, choose to live without running water in a dry cabin, or have some reindeer sausage with their eggs in the morning. And the Really Free Market is no exception.

The basic idea of the Really Free Market is simple; sustainability can be simple and free.

Here’s how it works:

1) Members of the Fairbanks and UAF communities donate clean, safe unwanted items that still have some life left in them to the market. (For example, brand new Columbia jackets and sweaters or nice furniture pieces are not uncommon finds at the market.)

2) Anyone needing or wanting any of these items can show up during the designated Really Free Market dates and times to find what they’re looking for and take them home for free.

That’s it. No selling, bartering, or swapping takes place. Everything is free; no bucks needed! So bust out your calendar’s and circle August 14^th, when the next Really Free Market will be held on UAF’s campus. Do things a little differently this summer, like an Alaskan!

UAF Celebrates is 88th Commencement

Hello!
This weekend, UAF celebrated its 88th Commencement on May 16th at the Carlson Center here in Fairbanks. At the event, we honored more than 1,000 graduates completing programs ranging from Certificates all the way through PhDs. We were particularly honored to be conferring 42 PhDs this year, and three honorary PhDs. This was also President Hamilton's final Commencement as President, and he was honored with the title of President Emeritus, an honor which has only been given to three other presidents in UAF's nearly 90 Commencements.

On a personal note, there's a certain weight that comes with commencement. It actually hits you that you've completed something big, something important. For those reading this, I heartily encourage you to participate and walk if you can when you complete whatever program you dream of completing. It's a rite of passage, and you may think you're doing it for your family, I know I did, but I found out during the ceremony that it was really for me. I'm thrilled to still be involved in UAF's Commencements.

If you want to learn more about the event, read the official article here.

Thanks for reading, and Ad Summum!

Posted by Joe Alloway, Admissions Counselor, UAF Alum '07, '08, and soon to be '11

PS: Our class speaker for this year was excellent, check her out