Marmian Grimes
907-474-7902
7/19/10
Local musicians Pat Fitzgerald and Robin Dale Ford will be the final performers at the Beluga Nights series of concerts July 25 at 6 p.m. at Beluga Field on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

The concert is free and open to the public. Beluga Field is located next to the Student Recreation Center at UAF. In case of rain, the event will be moved to Wood Center. Picnickers are welcome. Please no dogs or alcohol.

MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Rogers, student activities coordinator, at 907-474-6026 or via e-mail at [email protected]. Marmian Grimes, UAF public information officer, at 907-474-7902 or via e-mail at [email protected].

ON THE WEB: http://www.uaf.edu/woodcenter/activities/

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Peggy Shumaker, teacher and author of poetry collections including “Blaze” and “Gnawed Bones,” as well as a book of lyrical non-fiction called “Just Breathe Normally,” will moderate a discussion led by poets Derick Burleson, Cynthia Hardy and Jeanne Clark, during the poetry installment of the Alaska Classics series held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 28.

Burleson is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and author of “Never Night.” His first collection of poems, “Ejo: Poems, Rwanda 1991-94,” won the 2000 Felix Pollack Prize in Poetry.

Hardy is an associate professor of English at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and author of collections of poetry including “Beneath a Portrait of a Horse.”

Clark is creative writing faculty member at California State University, Chico and the author of the poem collections “Ohio Blue Tips” and “”Gorrill’s Orchard.” All Alaska Classics lectures will be held in the Schaible Auditorium on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. For information call 474-7021.

The 2009 eruption of Mount Redoubt provided the perfect opportunity for volcanologist Peter Webley of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute to use photographs and technology to track ash clouds in real time.

Peter Webley. photo courtesy UAF Summer Sessions

Webley will discuss his research, and his tracking equipment and use of Google Earth for visualizing real-time satellite data, in his free lecture and learning session, “The World From Above: Natural Hazards in Alaska,” at 7 p.m. Monday, July 26. The event is part of the Monday Marvels series, a free hands-on session and lecture series presented by UAF Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning and the Alaska Summer Research Academy.

All events are held in 201 Reichardt on UAF campus. Sessions are taught by ASRA faculty, cover a wide range of scientific topics, and are free. For information call 474-7077 or visit www.uaf.edu/summer.

Julie Estey
907-474-1144
7/14/10

The Alaska Center for Energy and Power will host a community lecture Tuesday, July 20 at 6 p.m. at the Blue Loon.

The lecture will focus on Alaska’s geothermal resources. A panel of university and community experts will talk about geothermal projects across the state and will discuss innovative geothermal exploration techniques.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the ACEP website at www.uaf.edu/acep/

MEDIA CONTACT: Julie Estey, ACEP business director, at 907-474-1144 or [email protected].

ON THE WEB: www.uaf.edu/acep

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Marmian Grimes
907-474-7902
7/12/10

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Rural Alaska Honors Institute will honor RAHI students at a graduation ceremony on Wednesday, July 14, at 1 p.m. in the Schaible Auditorium with a public reception to follow at 2:30 p.m. in the Great Hall in the Fine Arts Complex.

The 63 students participating in this year’s program come from 41 communities across Alaska. They spent six weeks living in UAF residence halls, building their academic skills and learning firsthand about college life. They earned up to 10 college credits.

Organized in 1983 at the request of the Alaska Federation of Natives, RAHI aims to help increase college success for rural and Alaska Native students. Hundreds of RAHI graduates have gone on to earn graduate, baccalaureate and associate degrees. Many have joined Alaska’s professional workforce and many more are pursuing postsecondary education.

Among the graduates are participants in RAHI II, Next Step, a program that allows students to do research alongside UAF scientists. Following is a list of graduates:

Andrew Adams, Noatak
Ezra Adams, Noatak
Vaughn Agwiak, Mountain Village
Margaret Anderson, Chevak
Marina Anderson, Craig
Ashley Apokedak, Koliganek
Willie Augustine, Emmonak
Rachel Ayaprun, Kipnuk
Niviaaluk Brandt, Nome
Britney Caspersen, Metlakatla
Roberta Charles, White Mountain
Kayla Christiansen, Old Harbor
Sierra Corsetti, Unalakleet
Deedre’ Deaton, Fairbanks
Casey Dinnocenzo, Kodiak
Robert Doerning, Cold Bay
Daniel Edwards Russian Mission
Tiana Elkins, Barrow
Courtney Enright, Ketchikan
Conor Ferguson, Chevak
Jack Green, Galena
Catherine Greene, Kotzebue
Monalisa Harpak, Emmonak
Donna Hill, Trapper Creek
Chelsey Kasayulie, Koliganek
Brett Kirk, Noatak
Georgia Koonuk, Point Hope
Yuriy Koval, Delta Junction
Kyle Kruger, Grayling
Chelsea Lake, Chevak
Deanne Lincoln, White Mountain
Maren Lind, Dillingham
Stephanie Maxie, Napaskiak
Gabriel Miller, Nome
Erin Norback, McGrath
Jalen Paukan, St. Mary’s
Nicole Pingayak, Chevak
Marina Polushkin, Homer
Samuel Schmidt, Nome
Eviqsiq Sears, Point Hope
Gabriella Sergie, Kasigluk
Johnnie Stock, Sutton
Lonny Strunk, Quinhagak
Tamara Swenson, Old Harbor
Samantha Taylor, Thorne Bay
Amelai Tulim, Chevak
Nicole Twitchell, Kasigluk
Scott Wandersee, Kodiak
Samantha Welch, Skagway
Bridget Westlock, Emmonak
Tiana Woods, Fairbanks
Clarissa Zeller, Red Devil
Marlena Acord, Wasilla
Saije Bowler, Yakutat
Christopher Clement Sitka
Marina Cron, Willow
Caitlin Green, Nikiski
Samuel McEllwee, White Mountain
Brianna Nelson, Koliganek
Tayesia Nick, Pilot Station
Aeshia Upton, Togiak
Samantha Wilson, Craig

RAHI sponsors include several UAF departments, New York Life, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Wells Fargo, Rasmuson Foundation, the Alaska INBRE program, the Department of Education’s Future Educators of Alaska, NSF EPSCoR, the NIH’s BioPrep programs and The Boeing Corporation.

CONTACT: Denise Wartes, RAHI director, at 907-474-6886 or 800-478-6886 or via e-mail at [email protected].

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Brook Gamble
907-474-7812
7/9/10

The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy will host a statewide webinar Tuesday, July 13 at 10 a.m.

The webinar will focus on a new online tool, which combines seasonal climate summaries and weather, sea ice and wildfire forecasts into a single document. John Walsh with the International Arctic Research Center will offer a preview of the tool and answer questions.

For registration, visit ACCAP online at ine.uaf.edu/accap and follow the webinar links or call 907-474-7812.

CONTACT: Brook Gamble, ACCAP outreach and education specialist, at 907-474-7812 or e-mail [email protected].

ON THE WEB: For registration and dial-in instructions, visit http://ine.uaf.edu/accap/teleconference.htm.

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Photo courtesy of Rob RoyRob Roy will give a free public lecture Monday, July 26 at UAF.

Marmian Grimes
907-474-7902
7/7/10

Rob Roy, author of “Living Mortgage Free: Innovative Strategies for Debt-Free Home Ownership,” will present a free public lecture Monday, July 26 at 7 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

Roy is the owner of the eco-friendly Earthwood Building School and author of more than 15 books on affordable and green building methods. He will discuss what he calls “radical but workable strategies that enable you to own your own home.” He’ll explain how to find and buy affordable land, use of temporary shelters, low-cost home design and other ideas.

Roy will also lead a subsequent cordwood masonry workshop July 27-29 at the Georgeson Botanical Garden Pavilion. Roy and his wife and business partner, Jaki Roy, will build a cordwood garden shed during the three-day workshop. Registration is $300.

The Roys have spent their adult lives mastering green building methods and other strategies that allow the type of financial freedom most homeowners only dream about. The couple has been sharing their techniques at workshops at the Earthwood Building School since 1981. Roy’s other books include “Cordwood Building: The State of the Art,” “The Sauna” and “Stoneview: How to Build an Eco-Friendly Little Guesthouse.”

Roy’s lecture is presented by UAF Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Michelle Bartlett, UAF Summer Sessions director, at 907-474-6624, 907-474-7021 or via e-mail at [email protected].

ON THE WEB:
www.uaf.edu/summer/special-events/lectures/
www.cordwoodmasonry.com

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Erica Franich
907-474-7588
7/2/10

The fourth annual Alaska Book Festival has a new look this year, but maintains the same goal: To celebrate literature from and about Alaska.

The festival will consist of a series of lectures that invite local experts to discuss books they consider to be “must reads” in specific topic areas. The series opens Wednesday, July 14, when Tom Bundtzen will discuss the best books on Alaska mining and geology. The series closes Wednesday, Aug. 18 with a panel led by author and news columnist Dermot Cole and Noel Wien Library director Greg Hill. The two will discuss classic Alaska books that are “must-reads” for newcomers to the state. The rest of the schedule is:

July 21 – Alaska aviation, featuring Dirk Tordoff;

July 28 – Poetry, featuring Derick Burleson, Cindy Hardy and Jeanne Clark, moderated by Peggy Shumaker;

Aug. 11- Alaska glaciology, featuring Bruce Molnia.

All lectures are held at 7 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium and are free.

The Alaska Book Festival culminates with a keynote lecture Wednesday, Aug. 25. Charles Wohlforth, author of “The Whale and the Supercomputer,” will present the free lecture at 7 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium.

Information is available by calling 907-474-7021 or at www.uaf.edu/bookfestival.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Marmian Grimes, UAF public information officer, at 907-474-7902 or [email protected].

ON THE WEB: www.uaf.edu/bookfestival/

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Photo courtesy of Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins will speak at UAF Thursday, July 15.

Author and scientist Richard Dawkins will speak at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Thursday, July 15 at 7 p.m. in the Davis Concert Hall on the UAF campus.

Dawkins’ lecture, “Is Religion a Darwinian Adaptation? Or is it Intelligently Designed?” is free and open to the public. A book sale and signing will follow in the Great Hall.

The lecture will also be available via live webcast. Visit www.uafnews.com/webcasts on the day of the lecture for the link.

Dawkins’ lecture is sponsored by the UAF Socratic Society, College of Liberal Arts and Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning.

MEDIA CONTACT: Marmian Grimes, UAF public information officer, at 907-474-7902 or via e-mail at [email protected].

ON THE WEB: www.uafnews.com/webcasts

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Photo courtesy of Libby Casey
APRN Washington, D.C. correspondent Libby Casey will speak at UAF Monday, July 12.

The nation’s capital won’t seem so far away when Alaska Public Radio Network’s Libby Casey returns to Fairbanks to talk about her work covering news from Washington D.C. Her free lecture, “The View From Washington,” begins at 7 p.m. Monday, July 12 in Schaible Auditorium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Casey, who spent more than a decade in Fairbanks reporting for local public radio station KUAC and teaching radio production at UAF, moved to Washington in 2008. During her time in Fairbanks she covered everything from the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race to the service of soldiers in Iraq.

Casey is APRN’s Washington D.C. correspondent and a regular guest host of C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. Her stories have appeared on “All Things Considered,” “Morning Edition,” “The World,” and the CBC. Since moving to Washington she’s discussed Alaska politics on “The Today Show,” CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.

Casey has earned multiple journalistic honors, including three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and the Alaska Press Club’s Public Service Award for a series profiling fallen soldiers in Iraq. Her coverage of the Yukon Quest earned a national Silver Reel from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. She has also earned numerous sports reporting awards from the Alaska Press Club.

Casey’s lecture is presented by UAF Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning. For information call 907-474-7021 or visit www.uaf.edu/summer.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Marmian Grimes, UAF information officer, at 907-474-7902 or [email protected].

ON THE WEB: www.uaf.edu/summer/special-events/lectures/

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