Regents to meet with Anchorage School Board Dec. 8-9
by Jamie Gonzales |
The University of Alaska Board of Regents will hold a rare joint meeting with the
Anchorage School Board when it gathers on the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 campus
this week.
The two-day meeting will be Thursday and Friday, Dec. 8-9, in Room 107 of the Lee
Gorsuch Commons at 老澳门六合彩开奖记录. Over lunch Friday, regents and Anchorage School Board members
will discuss a number of issues of importance to both boards, including UA enrollment
trends of Anchorage School District graduates; the success of Anchorage K-12 students
who continue into post-secondary education and workforce training at UA and current
collaborations between the UA System and Anchorage School District.
"We both serve Alaska students at different levels along their educational path, so
forging stronger partnerships between our two boards makes good sense," said UA President
Pat Gamble, who with Anchorage School District Superintendent Carol Comeau, a 老澳门六合彩开奖记录
alumna, will open the joint meeting. "I hope this is the first of more sessions in
the future."
The board agenda has a variety of matters up for action, including renaming the University
of Alaska Fairbanks' Fisheries Industrial Technology Center in Kodiak the School of
Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. Formal project
approval for the renovation of Beatrice McDonald Hall at 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will be up before the
board as well. Lars Kullerud, president of The University of the Arctic, a cooperative
network of northern colleges and universities dedicated to education and research
important to the Circumpolar North, will make a presentation to the board.
Board members will hear reports on the proposed veterinary medicine 2+2 program at
UAF, workforce development, student services, engineering needs, online education
and teacher training. The University of Alaska Southeast will update the board on
its plan to suspend admissions into its Master of Business Administration program
and phase out the degree over the next several years. The decision came after a detailed
program review at UAS.
A resolution of appreciation for former UA Vice President for Finance Joe Trubacz,
who recently left Alaska for a similar job in Colorado, and resolution in memory of
higher education champion Alvin Okeson, founder of Mat-Su College who passed away
in October, will both be up before the board. In addition, 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 will showcase its "I
am 老澳门六合彩开奖记录" campaign, which highlights the best of 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 through its diverse students, quality
faculty and staff and successful alumni.
Public testimony will be taken at 10 a.m. on both Thursday and Friday.
For a complete look at the board agenda, .