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    UA Foundation seeks proposals for the Harold T. Caven Professorship

    October 30, 2020

    The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of the Harold T. Caven Professorship. The professorship, which includes a $20,000 budget of $10,000 for two consecutive years, is awarded to a faculty member in business and finance within the university system.

  • Title IX

    2020 Responsible Employee Designation

    August 28, 2020

    UA staff are reminded of your duties as a "responsible ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ." Title IX creates a duty for the university's ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æs to report any sex or gender-based discrimination, including sexual assault and sexual harassment, they become aware of to their campus Title IX coordinator.

  • Change in the phone number for Board of Regents audio public testimony

    August 28, 2020

    There is a change in the call-in number for ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æns who want to participate in the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Board of Regents public testimony.

  • Calling All SW VPN Users! Upgrade Today

    August 28, 2020

    All SW and ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ VPN users need to download and install the new GlobalProtect VPN client on their PC, phone or tablet before December 31, 2020.

  • 2020 Title IX training

    August 28, 2020

    Annual required title IX training for ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æs is available Sept. 1 through MyUA

  • Brian Barnes Receives University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Foundation Bullock Prize

    August 28, 2020

    The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ (UA) Foundation announced that it will award the 2020 Edith R. Bullock Prize to University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks's Brian Barnes.

  • Postponing listening sessions for Digital Transformation Readiness Assessment

    July 31, 2020

    As stated in the Board of Regents meetings and Dr. Jim Johnsen's June 16, 2020, memo to the UA Summit Team regarding the Digital Transformation Readiness Assessment, a $100,000 investment will identify and investigate opportunities afforded by modern cloud-based approaches. The resulting assessment will serve as a roadmap for engaging students across the lifecycle, and for holistically monitoring and improving UA's key performance indicators.

  • July HR updates

    July 31, 2020

    Each month Human Resources provides an update on systemwide projects currently in process. The details of these projects are still being worked on and communication will also be sent to those directly impacted prior to the effective date of the change.

  • On-site operations implementation plan for Statewide

    July 31, 2020

    The following plans / procedures apply to UA statewide operations for the Butrovich facility to transition to operating under Phase B of the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ On-site operations plan.

  • Announcing August 2 Butrovich Computing Facilities' Annual Systems Test

    July 31, 2020

    OIT will conduct a planned Facility Annual Systems Test (FAST) in the Butrovich Computing Facility (BCF) on Sunday, August 2, 2020, from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m.. No system outages are anticipated as a result of this activity. UA Blackboard Learn, Banner, and UAOnline will be available during this time.