University of Alaska-Anchorage

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CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS

University of Alaska Anchorage

3211 Providence Dr.

Anchorage, AK 99508

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/

 

CAMPUS AT A GLANCE (brief description)

The mission of the University of Alaska Anchorage is to discover and disseminate knowledge through teaching, research, engagement, and creative expression.

 

Located in Anchorage and on community campuses in Southcentral Alaska, UAA is committed to serving the higher education needs of the state, its communities, and its diverse peoples.

 

The University of Alaska Anchorage is an open access university with academic programs leading to occupational endorsements; undergraduate and graduate certificates; and associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees in a rich, diverse, and inclusive environment.

 

KEY FACTS

Location: about 9 minutes southeast of downtown Anchorage, AK

Enrollment: 16,242

Other interesting tidbits: Active community engaged learning, research, and creative expression projects in over 60 courses, found in such programs as, Undergraduate Research, the Honors College, Civic Engagement Certificate, Applied Ethics Certificate in Philosophy, and the Chester Creek Watershed Project coordinated out the Biological Sciences Department.

 

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Name of Campus-Wide Center: Center for Community Engagement & Learning

Relevant website: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/engage/

 

Type of Program: Bonner Leaders

Year Began: 2006

Bonner Program website: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/engage/bonner/index.cfm

 

Number of Bonner Leaders: 9

Active in UAA Community-Service Learning Advocates Tuition Award: 9

Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award: 0

Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award: 0

Active in Learn & Serve CBR: Yes

Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certficate/Minor: Yes

 

KEY CONTACTS

President: Fran Ulmer

Center Director: Nancy Andes

Project Coordinator: Shauna S. Dunn

Civic Engagement Certificate Faculty Advisor: Diane Hirshberg

 

MORE ABOUT US (our partners, trips, structure, best or unique practices)

Active civic engagement connects University of Alaska Anchorage students to real-world problem-solving and prepares them for lifelong success.  Each year UAA – designated a Community Engaged Campus for its “curricular engagement” and “outreach and partnerships” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching - offers over 50 different courses with a community-engaged assignment or project  and a Civic Engagement Certificate for those who wish to pursue public issues, action research, and service projects. 

 

Intended for “people committed to action for the greater good,” the Civic Engagement Certificate is offered through UAA’s Center for Community Engagement & Learning to baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate students and includes courses in Civic Engagement, Human and Civil Rights, Environmental Sustainability, Community-building, Public Policy, and Ethics in Civic Life.

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 

2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 

Click here to complete next wiki-based portion of Annual Report.   

 

Student Leadership Planning:

 Click here for Congress Leadership Plans:

Alaska Congress Action Planning

 

SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES

Serve 2.0

  • Staff Point Person for project:  name - email
  • Student Point Person for project:  name - email
  • Planning to submit mini-grant proposal:  no
  • Bonner Program or Campus-Wide Wiki status:  not created; if yes, provide URL
  • Participating in Bonner Video Project:  no
    • Student BVL (Bonner Video Liaison) contact info posted on link: Bonner Video Liaisons
    • Need a Flip Cam? (we can provide one per campus): yes - no
  • See useful links:  Serve 2.0 Resource Wiki   |   Mini-Grant RFP

 

BWBRS

  • Using BWBRS 3.0: no
  • Need for additional training:  not yet
  • See useful links:  BWBRS 3.0 Help Guide

 

Bonner AmeriCorps

  • Please list the contact information of the staff and student interns who manage your AmeriCorps Paperwork:
    • Note:  due to the audit and the transition to BWBRS 3, all current AmeriCorps Managers will be scheduled for an AmeriCorps Management Training for 2009 within the first few weeks of the semester. Please schedule this phone call with your Foundation Program Associate as soon as possible.
  • Spring Enrollments 2009:  Please complete this survey right away: AmeriCorps Survey
  • Please note: This survey is for the Spring semester slots only. It does not matter if your campus had previously requested slots and have "left overs." Please fill out this survey to specify how many members your campus will enroll this semester. If you do not want slots, they should fill it in with zeroes. We will be sending out a Summer and Fall request as well, so this is only for this semester. 

 

Issue-Based Research

 

PHOTOS

Feel free to upload photos, especially of events like Orientation, First Year Trip, Second Year Exchange, Congress Representatives and Senior Interns, Campus-Wide projects, or the Bonner community.  Provide brief captions if you can.

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