Intermission over
Winter break trickled into spring and I spent my time over at The Sun Star. Scroll through the website to read about a possible tuition increase, campus safety alerts, the institution formerly known as TVC (now: UAF Community and Technical College), the University of Alaska’s new president, and more.
Curious about how the bookstore situation resolved itself? Almost everything at the bookstore was on sale the week before last, and it shut down for one day last week to transition. Follet, the company that runs the online arm, took over brick and mortar operations. The biggest change so far is new bags. Nanook colors have been replaced by white and black, with a line about college sweatshirts being fashionable. According to the e-mail sent to students, a bigger change is on its way: books! Keep your eye on The Sun Star’s website for more details – Tom Hewitt will have the full story.
Some other news in the last few months?
Merit scholarships are still in the works. ADN had an update on where they stand earlier this week.
This fall, a bond for mostly education-related projects will be in front of voters. UAF’s coveted Life Sciences Building is on the docket. More on that, here. (The link takes you to a story I wrote for The Sun Star.)
And in more frivolous news, Lisa Murkowski is now following The Sun Star on Twitter and UAF’s disc golf course is getting daily use.
I’ll be back with more updates before another six months pass.
