Soundings, September 3, 2004 - University of Alaska Southeast

9.3.04
uas.alaska.edu/soundings
Vol. 17 • No. 12
University of Alaska Southeast Faculty and Staff Newsletter
Frank Fisher's Final Gift
Library and Facilities folks, along with other members of the campus
community gathered in the Egan Library Technical Services area
last Thursday morning to recognize Frank Fisher’s library materials
bequest before the books were shelved throughout the collection.
Frank, delivered UAS campus mail for many years, left approximately
520 volumes, including 8-10 video sets, to the Egan Library. The
collection is particularly strong in military history, American history
and biography, literature, and social issues. Other topics include
philosophy, political science, religion, and science. Almost 200 less
scholarly titles went to Friends of the Library Amazing Bookstore
providing support for local public libraries.
3) Credit Card Gifts of Visa or
Mastercard can be made by
calling the Development Office
at 465-6416 or ONLINE at
the UA
Foundation’s
secure website: ssl.uaf.edu/ua/
A local note in the library catalog record identifies these materials
as part of the Frank Fisher Collection, and each volume contains
a bookplate acknowledging Frank’s contribution. Many were
instrumental in gathering and preparing this collection for library
users; among them are Becky Fitzpatrick, Candy Murdoch, Wayne
Haas, and Judy Regan. Frank’s contribution will enrich UAS and the
Juneau community libraries for many years, and his generosity is
greatly appreciated.
4) Payroll Deduction Folks will be able to contribute to this fund
in the upcoming Faculty / Staff campaign. Forms will be sent
out at the end of September
uafound/forms/securegift.html
folks just need to add UAS
- Frank Fisher Memorial in the
form’s text box that asks what
the gift should be used for
Facilities Services is also spearheading a fundraising effort for a
Frank Fisher memorial bench to place in the courtyard. Donations
can be made to Lynne Johnson in the Development office.
There are 4 ways to donate:
1) Cash Come by and see me at the Development Office
2) Check payable to:
University of Alaska Southeast and then put Frank Fisher
Memorial in the check Memo line
Terry Dean is Cancer Free and
Thankful.
Terry Dean’s last results showed she is cancer free!
As many of you know I have been going through a lot of health
issues and many of you have donated time, food, cards and prayers.
I would like to take this opportunity to Thank everyone for all those
that have given. I am on the mend and am through with my Chemo
and radiation. I am back to work part-time for a while, don’t know
for how long.
Thanks Again,
Terry Dean
Activities for Everyone
Friday, September 10 - Last Day to Sign Up For Tram, Activities &
Housing Office, Noon (for Friday, September 24th @ 6 PM, $10 for
students/$20 for faculty and staff)
Wednesday, September 15 - Last Day to Sign Up for River Rafting,
Activities & Housing Office, Noon (for Sunday, September 19th @
1:30 PM, $15 for students/$30 for faculty and staff)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Silver Anniversary
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004 6pm
September marks the 50th Anniversary of the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan. The campus will be
celebrating during the week of September 20 with the
following events:
Faculty and Staff wishing to take a student(s) to dinner should call
or email Tish Griffin Satre (465-6529/ tish.satre) right away! More
than 50 Students have signed up to be “hosted” by a faculty or staff
member for dinner on Thursday, September 16th. You can request
particular majors, the number you’d like to host and names if you
know any. Please be prepared to transport the students from the
Mourant Courtyard meeting place to your dinner destination and
return them to campus after the meal. As a retention activity there
are few activities that truly connect the student to the faculty in
a non-academic environment. Students have indicated that they
felt welcome at UAS, cared for and got to know someone by first
name early in their stay. Many wished to explore their major area of
interest with those teaching in the field. We’ll need over 20 homes
to meet the need of these first time freshmen! Please give it your
serious consideration. We know it’s a busy academic night, but
for those not teaching then, please take a student or two(or three)
home for dinner! Thanks! Tish, UAS Activities
For Students with Disabilities
If you have a documented disability for which academic or
programmatic accommodations are necessary, please contact the
Disability Support services office at 465-1298 A reminder to faculty
that in-class note takers are needed for a number of students with
disabilities. Please ask in your class if any students would be
interested in providing this service to another student.
Note takers are paid $25.00 per credit per class. Please contact DSS
at 465-1298.
Ketchikan
On August 23rd through the 27th the Gathering of Carvers was held
in Ketchikan and utilized UAS Ketchikan Technical Center as the
staging and work areas for three totem poles that were carved by a
multitude of carvers from Southeast Alaska as well as Japan. The
event was the first of its kind and organizer Nyna Fleury hopes that
it will grow into an annual gathering of master carvers.
Proclamations from both City Council & Borough Assembly
(this week)
Essay contest for the public
“Higher Education 2054”
Tuesday, Sept 21 – Rotary 2000 12Noon
Presentation/Announcement
Food & student door prizes throughout the day for current students
at upper & lower campus; AM – Donuts, Muffins, Juice; PM – Subs
& Soda
Wednesday, Sept 22
Newspaper Article/Feature
KRBD AM Radio Session
Thursday, Sept 23
First City Rotary 7:00am
Presentation/Announcement
Friday, Sept 24
Deadline for essay contest – 12noon
Alumni Cocktail Party
Saturday, Sept 25 – 10:00am
50 year Commemoration Main Campus
Award winner of essay contest announced 11:00am
Walk A Ways Back (historical overview & family walk)
Starts at Upper Campus and walk to Lower Campus 12:00-2:00pm
Community Appreciation Barbecue
Technical Center includes barbecue, music, trivia contest & door
prizes.
Sitka
UAS Sitka Campus held their annual Open House Saturday, August
28. We featured a live auction, rummage sale, mini-workshops and
demonstrations, and free lunch! Faculty and staff were on hand
so students could speak with advisors and register for classes.
Jonathan Anderson, Shontay Delalue King and Paul Kraft were here
from Juneau Campus to be available for student questions.
Karen Polley with Bill Pfeifer working on one of the poles
The cow eye dissection was a popular demonstration at the open
house festivities.
If you have UAS faculty, staff, student or alumni news, please contact Kevin Myers at 465-6530 or media.info@uas.alaska.edu.
Layout by Alison Caputo. UAS is an AA/EO employer and educational institution.
Attention Databrowser Users
New Hires (Faculty):
Statewide is looking for replacement software for Databrowser and
is giving UAS an opportunity to give them input into the functions
we the most and additional functions we would like its replacement
to possess. If you use Databrowser it is important that you contact
Barbara Hegel to let her know the functions looking for what kind
of user you are. If you are not sure of your user type you can check
with Barbara Hegel by Email Barbara.Hegel@uas.alaska.edu or
Phone 465-6294
Jeremy Kane has been hired as an Assistant Professor of Art at
UAS. Jeremy will teach ceramics and sculpture at UAS. His work
can be seen on the following website: www.archiebray.org/
Faculty and Staff
Marsha Gladhart has been hired as an assistant professor of
Education.
Tony Martin presented a PowerPoint called “Tips and Tricks for
the Classroom and Lab” and “Preparing Your Automotive Program
for NATEF/ASE Certification” at the North American Council of
Automotive Teachers conference in Crystal Lake, Illinois on July
18-23.”
Yuliy Ivanova has been hired as an assistant professor of
Management.
UAS psychology professor Ann Ropp appeared on KTOO’s "A
Juneau Afternoon with Susan Fitzgerald" on August 31st. Ann
spoke with Susan about her Introduction to Women’s and Gender
Studies course, along with the new minor in Women’s and Gender
Studies. If you have any questions about this new minor, please
contact Ann Ropp at 465-6436 or ann.ropp@uas.alaska.edu.
Kevin Maier has been hired as a term assistant professor of
English.
Ali Bower went with Dr. Lisa Hoferkamp and husband Jon Bower
to the American Chemical Society Conference in Philadelphia to
present a poster at the conference sharing with others their recent
UAS research project on metal mobility in soils.
Tim Powers attended the Cisco Networkers international
convention and got certified as a Cisco Certified Network Associate
while I was there. I also attended Cisco’s Fundamentals of Network
Security course and became certified to teach Cisco’s Fundamentals
of Network Security curriculum (covers advanced network security
practices and performance
residents/Kane/index.html
Jay Corwin has been hired as a term assistant professor of
Spanish.
Brian Edmonds has been hired as a term assistant professor of
Biology.
Martine Jago has been hired as an assistant professor of
Education.
Ann Ropp has been hired as an assistant professor of Psychology.
Mark Speece has been hired as an associate professor of
Marketing.
David Tallmon has been hired as an assistant professor of Biology.
Robert Taylor has been hired as a term assistant professor of Public
Administration.
UAS Photo Database
Eve Dillingham, Maureen O’Halloran, Mollie Kabler, and Susie
Feero attended the 20th annual conference on Distance Teaching
and Learning in Madison, WI August 4-6, 2004. Jason Ohler
was a panelist on the forum: “Next generation technologies meet
next generation learners”. Information about the conference:
www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/
New Hires (Staff )
Marjorie Byrd has been hired as a records technician in Records &
Registration.
Amanda Lee has been hired as an administrative assistant,
Education.
Heather Conway has been hired as an administrative assistant,
Chancellor’s Office.
Julie Staveland has been hired as a transcript clerk, Records &
Registration.
Virginia Berg has been hired as an administrative assistant,
Humanities.
Jeff Tappe has been hired as a plumber, Facilities Services.
Joe Nelson has been hired as the PITAS (Putting Indigenous
Teachers in Alaska Schools) grant coordinator.
New to the UAS site is the Photo Catalog. This is a visual database
that allows users to search by several criteria. This database
currently consists of over 1,300 photos in high resolution (300dpi)
.tiff format. Due to file sizes (ave. 6mb) the database allows for
both .zip and .sit compression while allowing users to collect their
desired photos to a cart for future compression and retrieval.
Claudia Wakefield has been hired as a facilities scheduler in
Records & Registration.
Currently the archive covers from 1970 to present. No longer are
images confined to negative or slide sleeves, but are immediately
published to the web for all to benefit. Having these resources on
the web will give faculty and staff greater control of image selection
for web design and powerpoint backgrounds/slides.
Deborah Perkins has been hired as a library assistant in the Egan
Library.
The link for the Photo Catalog is available from the Public and Media
Jacqelli Moniz has been hired as a financial aid technician.
Relations web site in the left column along with public releases,
Soundings and logo/stationary use at www.uas.alaska.edu/pr
. You can also take this database for a test spin by selecting photo
catalog.
We are the Champions
Pictured - back row left to right. Paul Empson, Kellen Kraft,
David Noons, Steve Johnson, Joe Milsap, Melinda Brendon, Jana
MacInnis,. Front row, left to right - Richard Stephens, Paul Kraft,
Vickie Kraft, Mona Yarnall, Sandy Empson and Jonas Lamb. Not
pictured are: Kevin Myers, Toby Clark, Kimberly Jensen, Darren and
Michelle Moslak, Iva Vallejo, Gina Webb and Jennie Vinson.
The UAS Flukes softball team claimed the championship in the G
Division of the Juneau Sports Association softball league. The team was
made up of students, staff and faculty and posted a 9-5 regular season
record before knocking off the UAS neighbor and rivals 13-1 Chapel
Lakers in the championship game. The Flukes finished the summer
with a 7-1 second season mark. A good time was had by all.
August Anniversaries
Ashley Ahrens, 3 years; Jonathan Anderson, 6 years; Judy Andree,
13 years; Jamie Autrey, 3 years; Denise Blankenship, 26 years; Brian
Blitz, 4 years; Jerry Berkey, 2 years; Mike Boyer, 2 years; Steve
Brandow, 4 years; Don Cecil, 24 years; Marnie Chapman, 10 years;
Glen Craig, 9 years; Karen Cummins, 19 years; Mike Dunning, 7
years; Jo Devine-Acres, 14 years; Janet Dye, 11 years; Eve Dillingham,
3 years; Nicole Duclos, 5 years; Alexis Easley, 5 years; Kathy Etulain,
26 years; Susan Feero, 10 years; David Felland, 2 years; Rita Fuller,
6 years; Robin Garnick, 2 years; Wally Gleeson, 25 years; Marquam
George, 3 years; Tish Griffin Satre, 19 years; Tom Harman, 2 years;
David Harper, 2 years; Lisa Hoferkamp, 3 years; Steve Hamilton, 4
years; Christopher Hay-Jahans, 2 years; Barbara Hegel, 2 years; Eran
Hood, 2 years; Wayne Houtcooper, 2 years; Patrick Hughes, 5 years;
Teresa Holt, 18 years; Ron Hulstein, 2 years; Brenda Hurley, 11 years;
Vickie Johnson, 2 years; Kimberley Jensen, 5 years; Dave Klein, 8
years; Kevin Krein, 6 years; Carol Liberty, 12 years; Joseph Liddle, 8
years; Jeff Lofthus, 3 years; Cathy LeCompte, 4 years; Tony Martin,
3 years; Bruce Marvel, 9 years; Kirk McAllister, 9 years; Elizabeth
McKenzie, 6 years; Sharon Mondich, 3 years; Dan Monteith, 5 years;
Ginnie Mulle, 10 years; David Noon, 2 years; Vicki Orazem, 3 years;
Kenneth Parks, 2 years; Allen Puckett, 5 years; Tim Powers, 8 years;
Tim Schroeder, 7 years; Priscilla Schulte, 24 years; Ron Seater, 20
years; William Sallenbach, 3 years; Robert Sewell, 9 years; Mike
Stekoll, 26 years; Richard Stephens, 4 years; Katy Spangler, 21
years; Sherry Tamone, 5 years; Mary-Claire Tarlow, 14 years; Jane
Terzis, 2 years; Elise Tomlinson, 9 years; Julie Vigil, 4 years; Robin
Walz, 7 years; Ray Watkins, 26 years; Sara Willson, 2 years; Rosita
Worl, 10 years; Mona Yarnall, 10 years; Victor Zinger, 2 years.
Orientation Photos
Faculty Watercolor Commissioned
Alice Tersteeg, Prof. of art, Juneau campus created teh watercolor
the Alaska Marine Highway commissioned to advertise the new M/
V Fairweather.
The Gastineau Philatelic Society issued this official souvenir
commemorative cover for the official inaugural run of the Fairweather
between Juneau and haines on June 7, 2004. Alice was onboard to
autograph the covers and to enjoy the perfect two hour and fifteen
minute cruise (78 miles). The Fairweather can carry 250 pasengers
and 35 large cars at 32 knots (37 mph).
On the Fairweather our campus in Sitka is only four hours and
thirty minutes away.
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