Announcements, news and events for UA System Office staff
Statewide News & Events
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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August 28, 2020
Annual required title IX training for ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æs is available Sept. 1 through MyUA
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.