UAA Master Plan 2013 open house- June 13

UAA Master Plan 2013 open house June 13, LIB 307

Thursday, June 13, 3-7 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

You are invited to an open house to meet with planners and discuss the UAA Master Plan 2013, an in-progress document.

USEFUL LINK: http://uaamasterplan2012.blogspot.com

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Todd Moss, editor of ‘The Governor’s Solution’ (Alaska’s PFD) to speak at UAA June 3

Todd Moss, editor of ‘The Governor’s Solution’ (Alaska’s PFD) to speak at UAA June 3

Monday, June 3, 3-5 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307
“How the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Could Work In Iraq And Other Countries: A Conversation with Todd Moss, editor of “The Governor’s Solution” will speak at UAA on Monday, June 3, 3-5 p.m.
Reliance on natural resource revenues, particularly oil, is often associated with bad governance, corruption and poverty. Worried about the effect of oil on Alaska, Governor Jay Hammond had a simple yet revolutionary idea: Let citizens have a direct stake. “The Governor’s Solution” features his firsthand account that describes, with brutal honesty and piercing humor, the birth of the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, which has been paid to each resident every year since 1982.
Thirty years later, Hammond’s vision is still influencing oil policies throughout the world. This reader, part of the Center for Global Development’s Oil-to-Cash initiative, includes recent scholarly work examining Alaska’s experience and how other oil-rich societies, particularly Iraq, might apply some of the lessons. It is as a powerful reminder that the combination of new ideas and determined individuals can make a tremendous difference, even in issues as seemingly complex and intractable as fighting the oil curse.
This talk is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Institute for Social and Economic Research. Please note that parking is note free at this time on this day; please find a Pay n Park machine in the lot outside the UAA/APU Consortium Library.

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Charles C. Johnson, author, speaks at UAA June 6

Charles C. Johnson, author, speaks at UAA June 6

Thursday, June 6, 8-9:30 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307
The UAA Department of Political Science presents author Charles C. Johnson. He wrote “Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America’s Most Underrated President,” published in March 2013, and is a contributing writer to The American Spectator.
Here is a description of the book:
Imagine a country in which strikes by public-sector unions occupied the public square; where foreign policy wandered aimlessly as America disentangled itself from wars abroad and a potential civil war on its southern border; where racial and ethnic groups jostled for political influence; where a war on illicit substances led to violence in its cities; where technology was dramatically changing how mankind communicated and moved about—and where the educated harbored increasing contempt for the philosophic underpinnings of our republic.
That country, the America of the 1920s, looked a lot like America today. One would think, then, that the President who successfully navigated these challenges, Calvin Coolidge, might be esteemed today. Instead, Coolidge’s record is little known, the result of efforts by both the left and right to distort his legacy.
Why Coolidge Matters revisits the record of our most underrated president, examining Coolidge’s views on governance, public sector unions, education, race, immigration, and foreign policy. Most importantly, Why Coolidge Matters explains what lessons Coolidge—the last president to pay down the national debt—can offer the limited government movement in the post-industrial age.
Listen to the author discuss his book on C-Span.
This event will take place Thursday, June 6 from 8-9:30 p.m. in the UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307. Parking is free after 7:30 p.m. Mon-Thurs and always free on Fridays and the weekends.

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More Library Hours for Intersession

Starting in the New Year, the Library is increasing its intersession hours to include weekends, remaining open to 8pm. Weekend hours during intersession and summer schedules will be the same. The new intersession hours will better accommodate APU’s semesters and UAA’s courses and programs that have irregular schedules.

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New for the Coming Year..More Study Space, More Library Hours, More Study Rooms, and Wolfcards.

It is hard not to notice the improvements at the Library. On the second floor, near the computers, there is a new open study area. Across the bridge, in the health journals collection area, low shelving has been installed to open up the floor providing more daylight and more visibility for the computer lab, CCEL, and the government documents and Alaska collections. There is now more study space along the windows near the journal collection. In relocating the low shelving from the first to the second floor, new study space was created along the south windows on the first floor. The Library will be purchasing furniture for these new study areas.

In response to student requests, the Library is open more hours this year. The Library is open until 1am, Sunday – Thursday. In order to provide a more secure after hours study facility, university IDs are required to enter the building after 10pm.

GROUP STUDY ROOMS:

An additional group study room was built replacing the copy machine room on the second floor. Use of the copy machines has dropped over the years while the demand for group study rooms remains high. Four closed carrels on the second floor are available on-demand for individual study while the remaining closed carrels will be reserved for graduate students working on their theses or dissertations. Students will soon have the option of reserving group study rooms online.

WOLFCARD ID MACHINE:

To help students obtain their Wolfcards more conveniently, the Library now serves as an additional site for issuing UAA’s ID card. Staff at the circulation desk was trained last month on how to produce Wolfcards. This new service at the Library has been very well received.

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Women and Investing for the Future- Sept 12

Women and Investing for the Future

- the first seminar in a series on Life and Estate Planning presented by UAA and the U/Med Collaborative

Sept. 12th in Room 307 of the UAA/APU Consortium Library, 6-7:30 p.m.

Do you want to get a better handle on investing for the future? Figure out how you can plan for your retirement, take care of your family needs and still give back to the community? Please join UAA and the U-Med Collaborative for a special series on Life and Estate Planning beginning September 12th.

Speakers: Marie Murdock, CRPC, VP-Investments, Wealth Advisor UBS Financial Services, Inc. with special guest Jo Michalski

Time: 6 – 7:30 p.m. cookies and coffee will be provided
Marie Murdock and Jo Michalski will discuss finances, budgeting, investing and philanthropy.
Feel free to invite your partner as the information will be beneficial to all who want to achieve financial independence. Email college_of_fellows@uaa.alaska.edu or call (907) 786-1887 to reserve your seat. Space is limited, so R.S.V.P. today.

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Graduate School Welcome Reception and Resource Fair, Sept. 20

Graduate School Welcome Reception and Resource Fair

Thursday, Sept. 20, 4-7 p.m. 
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Rooms 307/309

The Graduate School Reception and Resource Fair introduces and reacquaints new and returning graduate students to and with the many resources available at UAA. This year’s fair will be Sept. 20 from 4-7 p.m. in LIB 307/309.
The reception will include food, beverages, door prizes, an opportunity to meet staff and, best of all, a chance to make some new friends in your master’s cohort. A resource fair will take place in the alcove outside of LIB 307 and 309 during the Welcome Reception. Staff from across campus will have tables set up to provide information about their services. Student clubs will also be represented.
For more information, please visit the Graduate School website.

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Lloyd Cluff presents ‘The Practice of Earthquake Geology: Career-Changing Events and Life Stories,’ Sept. 11

Lloyd Cluff presents ‘The Practice of Earthquake Geology: Career-Changing Events and Life Stories,’
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Earthquake geologist Lloyd Cluff has gained international renown for his work investigating more than 50 major earthquakes and safeguarding critical facilities around the world, including the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, the Aswan Dam in Egypt and the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in California, among others.
His background as a mountaineer and skier, coupled with his investigation following the 1964 Good Friday ‘quake made Cluff a natural choice to lead a team of earthquake geologists during the construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline that has set the industry standard for Alaska’s oil transportation security for the past 35 years.
Cluff has received numerous awards for his work, including the George W. Housner Medal–the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s highest honor. He is also the recipient of the Western States Seismic Policy Council’s Award in Excellence for Lifetime Achievements in Earthquake Risk Reduction. Cluff was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1978 and is still a member today. He is director emeritus of Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Francisco, where he’s spent the past 26 years of his career managing the company’s earthquake risks.
Admission is free. For more information, call (907) 786-1900.
This event is sponsored by the UAA School of Engineering and the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission with support from the Ralph and Marie George Engineering Professorship Fund.

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‘Dinosaurs Under the Aurora’ presented by Roland A. Gangloff

‘Dinosaurs Under the Aurora’ presented by Roland A. Gangloff

Thursday, Aug. 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Long before the North Slope of Alaska was being exploited for its petroleum resources, it was a place where dinosaurs roamed. ‘Dinosaurs under the Aurora’ immerses readers in the challenges, stark beauty and hard-earned rewards of conducting paleontological field work in the Arctic. Roland A. Gangloff recounts the significant discoveries of field and museum research on Arctic dinosaurs, most notably of the last 25 years when the remarkable record of dinosaurs from Alaska was compiled.
Roland A. Gangloff is emeritus associate professor of geology and geophysics at UAF and former curator of Earth Science at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. He is presently a visiting scholar at the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
This event is free and open to the public. There will also be free parking in the South Lot (the lot just across from the bookstore) for it.
For more information, visit the Bookstore website or contact Rachel Epstein at repstein2@uaa.alaska.edu or (907) 786-4782.

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Webinar: ‘Effective academic advising for first-year students: a critical foundation for success,’ July 10

Webinar: ‘Effective academic advising for first-year students: a critical foundation for success,’ July 10

Tuesday, July 10, 9 a.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 302A

This webinar, based on the recent work of Betsy Barefoot, Ph.D., will explore the integral role advising plays in the success of first-year and undecided students and suggest effective practices to improve the persistence of today’s increasingly diverse population of students entering college. Participants will learn how to define student success broadly, looking at and beyond issues of academic performance and retention. Participants will also look closely at the best practices for promoting success among several unique subgroups of students. Participants will leave with tools to create effective policies and practices at their own institutions.
Community campuses are welcome to call in, but must R.S.V.P. by Friday, July 6, by calling (907) 786-4506.

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