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REEL History presents Arctic Dance June 7

Cornerstone — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:00:43 +0000

Arctic Dance will play at 7 p.m.,Thursday, June 7, in room 340 of the Rasmuson Library. Movies featured in REEL History series are free to attend. For more information visit the Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning website or call 474–7021.

2012 Spotlight Series: Stress Reduction Techniques June 6

Cornerstone — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:40 +0000

Dr.Brian Gerrard will describe seven effective approaches to stress reduction: thought-stopping, deep breathing, systematic muscle relaxation, desensitization, chanting, cognitive restructuring and assertion at 7 p.m. on June 6 in Schaible Auditorium as part of the 2012 Spotlight Series. Dr. Gerrard is an Associate Professor in the Counseling Psychology Department at the University of San Francisco and is Executive Director of [...]

Administrative Services open forum May 30

Cornerstone — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:19:20 +0000

Vice Chancellor Pat Pitney will host an Administrative Services open forum at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 30, in the Reichardt Auditorium, 201 Reichardt Building. E-Live will be available at this link: https://elive.uaf.edu/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1258614283724 Agenda items include: FY13 budget update FY13 reallocations UAF procurement analysis Smart classroom updates Transforming the student experience Q&A with administrative services directors The forum is open to all staff and faculty. [...]

Sign up for Campus Community Garden plot and May 26 work day

Cornerstone — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:46:47 +0000

The UAF Campus Community Garden has 42 raised garden beds available for UAF students, staff, faculty and faculty emeritus on a first-come, first-served basis. The next garden work day is Saturday, May 26, and everybody that receives a garden plot is needed to help, if possible. The garden was an idea developed jointly by UAF’s [...]

Alaska’s Land & Sea Lecture Series: Common Garden Pests and How to Manage Them June 5

Cornerstone — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:39 +0000

Alaska’s Land & Sea Lecture Series will begin with a lecture by Taylor Maida on how to identify and manage common garden pests at 7 p.m. in 201 O’Neill as part of Alaska’s Land and Sea Lecture Series. Maida will describe pests, how they affect plants and methods of how to manage them. Maida is the [...]

Annual EPSCoR meeting May 24 – 25

Cornerstone — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:50:37 +0000

The Annual Meeting of the Alaska Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) will be held Thursday and Friday, May 24 and 25. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. both days and is free and open to the public. The Alaska EPSCoR meeting will have guest speakers Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell, UAF Chancellor Rogers, [...]

UAF Visual Art Academy topic on radio May 23

Cornerstone — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:46:20 +0000

Todd Sherman, director of the UAF Visual Art Academy, will be interviewed on KIAK and KFBX radio stations on Wednesday, May 23, to talk about this year’s two-week camp. The UAF Visual Art Academy will be held June 4 – 15 in the Art department. The eighth academy is open to students in grades 6 – [...]

Annual Legacy Lecture: An evening with Willie Hensley June 4

Cornerstone — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:06 +0000

Political leader and author Willie Hensley will be featured at this year’s Annual Legacy Lecture Monday, June 4 at the Davis Concert Hall. The one-hour lecture begins at 7 p.m. Hensley grew up on the Noatak River delta. He has held numerous political seats from the Alaska State House of Representatives to the United States Senate. Join [...]

REEL History presents Call of the Wild May 31

Cornerstone — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:18 +0000

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

Cornerstone — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:43 +0000

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 [...]