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UAF Employee Giving Initiative

Cornerstone — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:16:50 +0000

April 25, 2012 TO: UAF staff and faculty FROM: Brian Rogers, UAF Chancellor SUBJECT: UAF Employee Giving Initiative By now, most of you should have received word of the third annual UAF Employee Giving Initiative. Employee postcards are out and informational packets will be arriving to your mailboxes soon. This year’s co-chairs, Susan Sugai and [...]

Administrative Services performance survey

Cornerstone — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:16:17 +0000

April 24, 2012 TO: UAF Staff and Faculty FROM: Brian Rogers, UAF Chancellor SUBJECT: Administrative Services performance survey As part of my 2008 transition teams, a survey was conducted to assess the performance of UAF’s Administrative Services Division. A number of recommendations were made following that assessment. Vice Chancellor Pat Pitney joined UAF in October [...]

UAF logo usage

Cornerstone — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:53:29 +0000

April 24, 2012 TO: Staff and faculty FROM: Brian Rogers, UAF Chancellor SUBJECT: UAF logo usage This morning, an email was circulated to a number of schools, colleges and departments regarding the consistent use of the UAF logo. In May of last year, I asked all UAF departments to use the version of the UAF [...]

Heartwalk 2012 staff and faculty fundraising incentives

Cornerstone — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:13:24 +0000

From: Erik Ofelt, Assistant Director for Facilities – DRAW It’s once again the time of year when Fairbanks fundraisers turn red, and the American Heart Association (AHA) kicks off their annual Heartwalk fundraising event. Almost everyone knows someone effected by heart disease, and as the no. 1 killer of all Americans, cardiovascular disease research is [...]

Alert beacons installed on campus

Marketing and Communications — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:17:14 +0000

From Sean McGee, UAF Police Chief While traveling around campus, you may notice new wall-mounted alert beacons in more than a dozen locations. In an emergency, the beacon flashes, sounds an alert and displays a message from the UAF Police Department about the nature of the incident and appropriate response. The initial pilot program placed [...]

Administrative process improvement update

Cornerstone — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:16:42 +0000

From Pat Pitney, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services April 2, 2012 Hopefully, you are all aware of the process improvement initiative underway as part of the Administrative and Support Review process. Two projects are moving forward, Grant Award Setup and the Employee Recruitment Process, each with its own campus-wide project team. In the coming weeks, each team [...]

Fittest Winner Competition off to a great start

Chancellor Rogers — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:29:17 +0000

As it is with any new endeavor, when we made the decision to launch the first ever Fittest Winner Competition, we had no idea what type of response we would get. We knew we had within the UAF family no shortage of faculty and staff who were game for a challenge and a little friendly [...]

Participate in Heart Walk 2012

Chancellor Rogers — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:11:27 +0000

Let’s have a heart-to-heart chat: it’s time to start thinking about the 2012 Heart Walk on May 19. I want to encourage each of you to consider participation in this community-building, heart-healthy event that raises awareness of heart risks and raises funds for research. Heart disease and stroke are leading killers of both men and [...]

Accreditation success

Cornerstone — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:05:09 +0000

I am extremely pleased to report that UAF received notification of reaffirmation from the commissioners of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities on the basis of the Fall 2011 Comprehensive Evaluation. The commission made three recommendations based on their evaluation: The evaluation committee recommends that UAF coordinate its planning and evaluation processes of core [...]

Welcome back

Chancellor Rogers — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:42:40 +0000

Welcome back from the winter break, and welcome to the new year and a new semester. The spring semester is always an exciting one as it culminates with our biggest event of the year, commencement. Behind every student who makes it to that pinnacle moment in their life, there are faculty members and staff who [...]