Friday, Feb. 12,1-2:30 p.m.

Gordon Hartlieb Hall (GHH), Room 103

We will read and discuss Peer Coaching in Higher Education (2009) by Dr. Barbara Gottesman. A professor in education and educational leadership, Gottesman brought her expertise to UAA in 2007 for a workshop. Her experiences with us and the insights she gained are included in the book. Our focus for this session will be on the relationship between the quality of our collegial relationships and student success. Register here.

Reception:

Monday, Feb. 15, 5:30-7 p.m.

Fine Arts Building, 2nd Floor

Blue McRight Presentation:
Monday, Feb. 15, 7:15 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Room 117

Gallery Hours:
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Morandi’s Lawn is an installation by artist Blue McRight. Many thanks to the Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica, California for making this exhibit possible. For more information on the exhibit, call Information (907) 786-1783.

The University of Alaska Foundation announces Lila Tauzer as the recipient of the 2010 Angus Gavin Memorial Migratory Bird Research Grant.

Tauzer, a graduate student in ecology and remote sensing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, received the $15,000 award for her research proposal entitled “Habitat Change and Avian Communities as Indicators of Environmental Change at Creamer’s Refuge, Fairbanks, Alaska.”

The award is provided to support research on bird species found either permanently or seasonally in Alaska or its coastal waters, including their biology, general ecology and habitat relationships. With her award, Tauzer intends to establish a baseline in which to study habitat change in an interior Alaska boreal forest ecosystem and the consequences of this change on the avian community.

This grant was established in 1981 with a gift from the Atlantic Richfield Co. to honor the memory of Angus Gavin, an environmental advisor to ARCO.  Gavin was hand-picked by ARCO Chairman Robert O. Anderson to observe, categorize and quantify the little known flora and fauna of Prudhoe Bay in 1969. Gavin was to draw conclusions, pro or con, about the impact of oil field development on the ecology of the North Slope and to recommend operational changes that would minimize or negate any adverse effects on the environment.

For more information, call Dory Straight at the UA Foundation, (907) 450-8030.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 5-8 p.m.

Dairy Queen Grill and Chill, Tudor Road

Alpha Phi Omega celebrates Valentine's Day at Dairy Queen. Stop by between 5-8 p.m. at the DQ Grill and Chill on Tudor to pick up some delicious food, and support the Alpha Zeta Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega! Customers inside will receive a Valentine's treat from Alpha Phi Omega.

Thursday, Feb. 18, Noon-1 p.m.

Diplomacy Building, Fifth Floor conference room

Heather Hudson will review current policies and strategies designed to extend rural broadband access in Canada and the U.S., giving particular attention to initiatives relevant to Alaska. Professor Hudson became ISER’s director in January 2010; this presentation is based on research she conducted in the fall of 2009, as Fulbright Visiting Policy Research Chair at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Both Canada and the U.S. have policy and regulatory mechanisms to address the need for Internet and broadband access in rural and remote regions. In 2009 both countries also allocated economic stimulus funds for broadband. Professor Hudson will provide an overview of:

• Key elements of rural broadband stimulus initiatives in the U.S. and Canada
• Roles of the U.S. and Canadian regulators
• Factors influencing adoption and use of broadband in rural areas
• Research needed to evaluate the effects of broadband investment and assess the contribution of broadband to social service delivery and economic productivity

Please join us to meet ISER’s new director and learn about current efforts to extend broadband to rural areas in Alaska and elsewhere in the U.S. and Canada.

The Diplomacy Building is at 4500 Diplomacy Drive, at the corner of Tudor Road and Tudor Centre Drive. Parking is free. Call (907) 786-7710 if you need directions.