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Please report safety concerns By Kari Burrell ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp vice chancellor, administrative services Last Friday, a concerned faculty member (thank you, Terrence Cole!) snapped and forwarded this photo of a potential hazard in Schaible Auditorium. We appreciated receiving the report, and UAF Facilities Services maintenance staff fixed the loose trim this past weekend.

I would encourage all ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp employees and students to be equally as quick to report maintenance and safety problems — particularly those in shared spaces that do not "belong" to anyone in particular. Please don't assume Facilities Services already knows of the situation. We especially want to fix unsafe items, but we also try to repair other damage as quickly as possible. Thank you for your help in keeping our ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp home in good condition.

Teaching Tip: Two ways to provide feedback in Blackboard Rubrics are important tools to help instructors grade and provide feedback to students. This Teaching Tips shows two ways to use them in Blackboard.

Kids can attend RecCamp during spring break Kids aged 5-12 can attend a fun-filled RecCamp at ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp's Student Recreation Center during spring break, March 13-17.

Discovery Series planned for spring semester The UAF Museum of the North has planned a new series of presentations for the spring semester. The Museum Discovery Series features a different curator each month unveiling new discoveries based on research in the museum’s collections. The presentations will be held in the Museum Auditorium on Thursdays at 12 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

Major Mania will be March 10 This year’s Major Mania will take place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, March 10, in the Wood Center multilevel lounge. Once again, Major Mania will be combined with Inside Out, a preview event at ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp that brings more than 100 local high school juniors and seniors to campus.

Free hockey shuttle offers students T-shirts and more A free shuttle will take students to and from the final hockey games of the season at the Carlson Center on Feb. 17-18.

Student-led sustainability board seeks new members The Review of Infrastructure, Sustainability and Energy Board is accepting applications for new members. Members review proposals, choose programs and projects for funding, and select the goals and direction of the Office of Sustainability.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp to host radon presentation A March 7 presentation at ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp will focus on radon, which has been detected in a number of Fairbanks homes at levels the Environmental Protection Agency considers unsafe. Energy specialist Art Nash and retired professor Rich Seifert of the UAF Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will talk about where radon comes from and how to detect and mitigate it. The program will begin at 6:15 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium.

Ketchikan workshop will cover wood-fired hydronic systems The UAF Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host an eight-hour workshop on designing and maintaining hydronic systems for wood-burning boilers April 12 in Ketchikan.

Volunteers needed for afterschool programs

Photo by Peggy Hetman After-school volunteers can help bring museum specimens to local kids at the UAF Museum of the North. The UAF Museum of the North and the UAF Fairbanks 4-H program are to work with school students in community after-school programs. ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp credit is available. After-school interns will volunteer one afternoon a week to teach local school kids using museum kits and 4-H curriculum. All training is provided.

Griffith to lead diversity office Margo Griffith has been selected to lead the UAF Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity. Griffith most recently served as assistant director of ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp’s Office of Human Resources and has more than 16 years of human resources-related experience.

Johnsen to give State of the University address in Juneau ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp President Jim Johnsen will deliver his State of the University address at noon Thursday, Feb. 16, in Juneau at the Hangar on the Wharf's ballroom during the Alaska Chamber and Juneau Chamber of Commerce Business Roundtable Luncheon.

The Capitol Report for Feb. 13 Most of the excitement in the Capitol last week centered on the introduction of two major pieces of legislation by the House majority coalition.

Regents to host public testimony session Feb. 21 The UA Board of Regents will host a public testimony session via telephone on Feb. 21, 4 to 6 p.m. Individuals can participate by calling 1-866-726-0757 to share their thoughts on university issues.

HAARP campaign planned The Geophysical Institute is planning its first research campaign at the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility in Gakona.

Fleagle receives indigenous scholar award Elizabeth Fleagle has been named the 2016 Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley Indigenous Scholar. The award is given in recognition of exemplary contributions to articulating the significance of indigenous knowledge systems, ways of knowing and worldviews.

Registration open for Week of the Arctic events The U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council will conclude with a ministerial meeting in Fairbanks on May 11, 2017. Those attending will celebrate the accomplishments under U.S. chairmanship and observe the transition to Finland.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp to celebrate National TRiO Day The staff and students of the UAF Fairbanks TRiO programs invite the public to celebrate National TRiO Day from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Wood Center multilevel lounge.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp's Madnick to co-chair national conference Rosemary Madnick, executive director of the UAF Office of Grants and Contracts Administration, will co-chair a National Council of University Research Administrators conference in March.

Director hired for Matanuska Experiment Farm Susanna Pearlstein has been hired as the new director for the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension center near Palmer. Pearlstein, a postdoctoral researcher based at the Environmental Protection Agency in Corvallis, Oregon, will start her new job April 3.

Agriculture conference scheduled for Fairbanks The Alaska Sustainable Agriculture Conference will take place Feb. 21-23 in Fairbanks with an eclectic mix of sessions that includes reindeer husbandry, farm management and processing birch sap. See agenda and registration information at http://bit.ly/sareconf.

Featured photo of the week

The winter light casts a warm glow across the Fairbanks campus on a December afternoon. ÁùºÏ²ÊÍøÉÏͶעapp photo by J.R. Ancheta

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