Announcements of ÁùºÏ²Ê»ã system leadership changes, employee recognition and personnel news.
Personnel News
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Stephen Jewett wins diving lifetime achievement award
October 08, 2019
Stephen C. Jewett will receive the 2019 American Academy of Underwater Sciences Scientific Diving Lifetime Achievement award. Jewett is a research professor emeritus at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. He retired in 2015 after 42 years of service.
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Chapin to receive 2019 Volvo Environment Prize
October 07, 2019
University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus and ecologist Terry Chapin has been named the 2019 recipient of the Volvo Environment Prize.
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Human Resources leadership transitions
October 05, 2019
University of Alaska Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Keli Hite McGee's last day is Friday, Oct. 4.
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Founder of the Alaska Native Language Center Michael Krauss honored with memorial on Sept. 22
September 20, 2019
The University of Alaska Fairbanks professor who literally put Alaska Native languages on the map passed away last month near his son's house outside of Boston. Michael Kruass was one of the world's foremost scholars of Alaska Native languages and their history and structure.
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Terlynn Olds named executive senior associate director of ÁùºÏ²Ê»ãF athletics
September 18, 2019
Keith Champagne, vice chancellor for student affairs and athletics, announced that Terlynn Olds will now serve as the executive senior associate director for the Alaska Nanooks.
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ÁùºÏ²Ê»ãF announces 2019 Usibelli Award recipients
September 06, 2019
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the winners of the 2019 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Service and Research Awards.
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Mark Herrmann receives Bullock Prize
September 06, 2019
The University of Alaska Foundation has selected Mark Herrmann as recipient of the 2019 Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence. Herrmann is dean of ÁùºÏ²Ê»ãF's School of Management and a faculty member for more than 25 years. The Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence is the Foundation's most prestigious award.
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Alaska author Linda Schandelmeier wins national award
September 06, 2019
Alaska author and ÁùºÏ²Ê»ãF graduate Linda Schandelmeier has won the 2019 WILLA Literary Award for her book of poems "Coming Out of Nowhere," published in 2018 by the University of Alaska Press. This nationally recognized award honors the best each year in literature, featuring women's or girls' stories set in the West.
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Hite McGee resigns as chief human resources officer
August 17, 2019
Keli Hite McGee recently announced her resignation from her position as the University of Alaska’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Her last day with the university will be October 4th.
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Van Flein selected as Director of Employee Transition and Benefits
August 16, 2019
Erika Van Flein has been selected to be the Director of Employee Transition and Benefits. This new role will build on focusing on employee benefits to include new employee onboarding, and offboarding employees leaving ÁùºÏ²Ê»ã.