News and Press Releases 2012
Search Narrowed to Three Finalists for UAS Ketchikan Director
Three finalists have been chosen by a UAS Ketchikan search committee for a new campus director.
Evening at Egan Friday Fall Lecture Series, “Big Arts in a Small Town”
Art, Kyle and Linda will talk about the audacity of creating large-scale productions in a small community and why it is important.First National Bank Alaska donates $26,000 in continued support for UAS’ “Getting Ready for College” program
For the sixth consecutive year, First National Bank Alaska has supported the Getting Ready for College program at the University of Alaska Southeast with a gift of $26,000
UA Board of Regents votes unanimously to approve UA’s Strategic Direction Initiative
The Strategic Direction Initiative is the plan for the organizational change.Evening at Egan Friday Fall Lecture Series, Israel, the Occupied Territories, and Nonviolent Resistance
Skip Schiel will give a multi-media presentation illustrating the reality of the occupation and highlighting Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent responses.
Evening at Egan Friday Fall Lecture Series, Monitoring the Mendenhall Outburst Flood
Hood and Assistant Professor of Geophysics Jason Amundson will discuss the origins of the Suicide Basin outburst flood on the Mendenhall Glacier and present results from flood monitoring efforts on the glacier in the summer of 2012 and discuss future work aimed at better understanding this local natural hazard.
Campus and Community Open House: Presentation of UAS Draft Master Plan
The Master Plan is developed based on criteria set by the UA Board of Regents, and makes recommendations for the physical development of the UAS campuses (Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka) over the next ten years.Evening at Egan Friday Fall Lecture Series, Sept. 14-Nov.16, 2012
The annual Evening at Egan Fall Lecture series at the University Southeast starts Friday September 14 with Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil author Ross Coen in the Egan Library at 7 p.m.$50,000 Memorial Estate Gift to endow the UAS Dr. Alfred E. Widmark Alaska Native and Rural Center Support Fund
"It is clear that one of the most important factors driving student success is the student’s ability to find or create a home away from home on campus..."
Original Ziegler Oil Painting Donated to Egan Library, UAS
An original oil painting on canvas by one of Alaska’s most prolific artists, Eustace Paul Ziegler (1881-1969) has been donated to the University of Alaska Southeast Egan Library, Auke Lake Campus.
UAS Fall Course Openings
Course openings for the University of Alaska Southeast fall 2012 session.Dr. Priscilla Schulte appointed Interim Director, UAS Ketchikan Campus
The UAS Juneau campus is hosting the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment conference June 14-17, 2012.UAS Hosts Literature and Environment Symposium
The UAS Juneau campus is hosting the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment conference June 14-17, 2012.Nelson Appointed Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management
University of Alaska Southeast Chancellor John Pugh announces the appointment of Dean Joe Nelson as the new Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management effective June 3, 2012.
New Dean Appointed to Head School of Management
Blanchard has served as a faculty member since January 2011 and took over as interim dean in July 2011.