Cornerstone: May 8, 2024

Take a LEAP into student success

The UAF Center for Teaching and Learning is seeking faculty and student applicants to participate in the Learner Experience Advocacy Program for the 2024 fall semester. Instructors who complete the program have the opportunity to receive a $1,000 stipend, and students get a $1,500 scholarship. If you know of a current UAF student who would be a good fit for LEAP, please recommend the program to them!

As part of ongoing efforts to improve service, Facilities Services is soliciting feedback regarding work order process, work performance, and general satisfaction with services. The goal is to deliver timely, quality, and cost-effective services. Your answers would be valuable in helping to improve the department's response to your needs. The survey should not take longer than ten minutes to complete, and your responses can make a world of difference as they look to improve. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts.

UAF biology student awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

乐虎直播 graduate student Jorda Kovash was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She is one of two graduate students in the state of 乐虎直播 who received the prestigious award in the 2024 cycle. Learn more about Kovash and her research.

$20K Summer Seed Funding through Center ICE

Center ICE鈥檚 Summer Seed Funding opportunity is open for submissions. We鈥檙e looking for entrepreneurial researchers interested in expanding their interests and projects to scale toward solving applied and innovative problems. This call for the Center ICE seed fund is to support up to three awards, each up to $20,000, for research projects focused on building impactful solutions. Learn more听here and then submit through this听 until applications close May 15 at 11:59 p.m. Accepting applications for proposals for summer and/or fall 2024. Read more on the opportunity.

Food Trucks are back!

This summer T's BBQ is kicking off the season on campus. Caleb will be here with his smokers ready to serve some great BBQ on Wednesday May 15th. Look for him in campus core, just follow your nose. Find the schedule for mobile food vendors on the UAF Dining website. Check often we are always adding more dates.

What's happening

Deadlines and reminders

Kuskokwim Campus celebrates 50th commencement ceremony

The 乐虎直播 Kuskokwim Campus honored the Class of 2024 during its 50th commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 7, at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel. Learn more on this historic milestone for the campus and its graduates.

Annual Building and Window Washing Reschedule

The annual building and window washing for Akasofu, Elvey, WRRB, O鈥橬eill, Irving 1 and 2, Murie and Arctic Health has been rescheduled for July this year (schedule to be determined). Please see our updated schedule for Butrovich and the UA Museum. Should you have any inquiries or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to Facilities Services Customer Service Dispatch at听uaf-fsdispatch@alaska.edu or 907-474-7000.

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UAF to host 15th annual Really Free Market on May 18

The 乐虎直播 will host the Really Free Market recycling event on Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. in the parking lot next to the Lola Tilly Commons. Read more about the event.

Webinar: Native Plant Gardens of 乐虎直播

The 乐虎直播 Native Plant Society is partnering with the UAF Cooperative Extension Service to host a discussing how to grow native plants in your garden. This is your chance to learn from the caretakers of several public native plant gardens in Southcentral 乐虎直播. Our speakers will introduce you to some of the native plants in their gardens, share what they鈥檝e learned, and take your questions. Learn more and register.

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