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HELLO Welcome! I’m really happy you’re considering coming to UAF. I work here, and I earned my first degree here. I think this is a remarkable place, and I want to show you a little about why. UAF students are a friendly, downto-earth, free-thinking bunch. They make their own paths — exploring, researching and innovating in and out of the classroom. The opportunities to challenge yourself here in Alaska are thrilling, not only at school but also in life. Ask questions. You can find a lot on our website, and we’re here to help you each step of the way. I want to help you make the decision that’s best for you.
Samara Taber Director of Admissions
a of a thousand miles begins with a click.
Ready to apply? www.uaf.edu/apply/ Find out how much it costs and how you can get help paying for it. www.uaf.edu/costs/ www.uaf.edu/finaid/ Plan a visit. www.uaf.edu/visit/ Can’t make it to campus? No problem! www.uaf.edu/virtualtour/
#NANOOKNATION
Professor Margaret Darrow (center, in hat) and students in her introductory geological engineering class rest atop Angel Rocks, a granite tor northeast of Fairbanks, during a fall 2018 field trip.
WHERE WE ARE
On the edge of Fairbanks Big landscapes — you know Alaska has ’em. In the state’s center is a land of wide river valleys with Denali and the spectacular Alaska Range on the southern horizon. That’s Interior Alaska, home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Fairbanks
Seasons change fast here as they rush from midnight sun to midwinter snow. Summer days can reach 90 degrees Fahrenheit, while winter nights will dip below minus 40. Fairbanks still feels its gold rush roots, the days of sled dogs and sternwheelers. But today, it’s Alaska’s second-largest city, with modern road and air connections to Anchorage and the Lower 48. Asking “what’s happening?” always gets an answer. Sports and outdoor adventures? Check. Coffee shops, food trucks, farmers’ markets and restaurants? Check. Art galleries and theaters? Check. If you’re looking for adventure and a unique, down-to-earth community, you belong here. Anchorage Alaska’s largest city is home to the University of Alaska Anchorage, with a campus located just a few miles from the gorgeous Chugach Mountains. Juneau The University of Alaska Southeast, in Alaska’s capital city of Juneau, enjoys a view of glaciers out its back door.
Anchorage
Juneau
Learn about our academic programs at www.uaf.edu/academics/programs/.
ANNUAL TUITION & FEES
Daniel Dykes first got interested in neuroscience as he watched doctors on the fictional TV program “House.” Now the sophomore from North Pole is studying the subject at UAF. An admissions counselor got him to try UAF. “She told me all of the scholarships that I’d be getting and the research opportunities that I could do here,” he said. A UA Scholar, Dykes now works in labs with the Biomedical Learning and Student Training program. “It is some cool stuff,” he said. “UAF has got some great research going on for neuroscience.”
an shouldn’t cost you a fortune. Even with our low tuition, everyone can use help paying for college. So there are grants, scholarships, student jobs, work-study and loans. www.uaf.edu/finaid/ FAFSA opens Oct. 1 Scholarship application deadline Feb. 15
Annual tuition/fees
Based on 30 lower- and upper-division credits
Room/board
Based on double room and meal plan
Annual total
Includes tuition/fees and room/board. Does not include textbooks, supplies, personal expenses or transportation costs.
Alaska resident
Nonresident
*WUE
$9,258
$26,928
$13,084
$10,440
$10,440
$10,440
$19,698
$37,368
$23,524
All costs are subject to change. * Western Undergraduate Exchange scholarship, www.uaf.edu/admissions/apply/wue.php
nanook
nanook /na•nu. k/ noun
Like other painters, Ruth Nashookpuk uses canvas as a foundation. But when she’s done, Nashookpuk can lace up her work and apply it to her other passion: basketball. Nike Air Forces, Air Jordans and Vans all have supplied “canvas” for Nashookpuk’s colorful paintings. Nashookpuk, an art and business major, comes from Naknek, a small village on the shores of Alaska’s Bristol Bay. She enjoys UAF’s “super-diverse” environment. “You see new people every day,” she said.
1 : A derivation of the Inupiaq Eskimo word for polar bear, nanuq. 2 : Open and friendly, independent but approachable, grounded in reality and always game. Someone who eagerly draws in those around them for work, study and play. Refers to hearty individuals who are enlivened by the vast dynamic laboratory that is Alaska, where a sense of pride comes with everyday living. Those who live in a place that binds, drives, warms and transforms them, a place known as the University of Alaska Fairbanks — a place that is Naturally Inspiring.
ACADEMICS
eCampus: http://ecampus.uaf.edu
your education
Honors Program: www.uaf.edu/honors/ Study Away: https://studyabroad.uaf.edu Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity: www.uaf.edu/ursa/
Joe Bifelt saw firsthand how a cultural connection could transform school in his home village of Huslia, Alaska. A school-based dog mushing program started by his grandfather, legendary racer George Attla, changed his relationship with the teachers. “Once they started taking us to the dog yards and to the elders and showing, basically, respect for our culture, we started respecting them more and paying attention better in class,” he said. Bifelt, a senior in elementary education, hopes to use his training and insights as a teacher in rural Alaska. “UAF has a great elementary ed program,” he said.
UAF GETS IT DONE
www.uaf.edu/facts/rankings.php
UAF is the only National University in Alaska. — U.S. News & World Report 2019
Best Small University — Times Higher Education
Military and their dependents are eligible for in-state tuition.
Brittany Narow’s EMT certificate, which she earned at UAF’s Community and Technical College, expands her options as a technician in Fairbanks Memorial Hospital’s emergency room. “I can clean wounds and remove staples and sutures, and help the PAs,” she said. “It’s a nice hands-on experience to help later on.” “Later on” means nursing school for the first-generation college student from North Pole. Now in CTC’s pre-nursing program, she’s applied to the bachelor’s program operated with UA Anchorage. The program’s quality has impressed her. “We have a really nice lab,” she said. “And then for clinicals for nursing, we just go over to FMH, and we can practice with actual patients there too.”
LIFE UP HERE
West Ridge Research, classrooms, the museum and more food!
Student housing Five-minute walk. Whitaker Building Police, fire, health center, disability services. Wood Center Food, activities, coffee shop, pool tables — the student union has pretty much everything you need.
Constitution Hall Buy your books and UAF gear.
From spring (on the left) through winter (on the right), the seasons cast everchanging colors across the Fairbanks campus. In summer, the midnight sun peeks over hills to the north.
See more of campus at www.uaf.edu/virtualtour/.
quick facts Year established: 1917 Rasmuson Library Check out books, movies, media kits, camera lenses and other stuff.
Total enrollment: 8,336 (Fairbanks campus 5,317) Student-faculty ratio: 11 to 1 Size of Fairbanks campus: 2,250 acres
Fine Arts Complex Music, art, theater.
Size of its largest lake: 29 acres NCAA rifle champions: 10 times Mammoth tusks buried in 1938 somewhere on Fairbanks campus: 30 Population of Fairbanks area: 97,003 Oddly large number of Thai restaurants in Fairbanks: 18, at last count Research sounding rockets launched since 1969 at UAF’s range: 342 Top five home states of all undergrad students: Alaska, California, Florida, Texas, Washington
Signers’ Hall Where you’ll find admissions counselors and can pay your bills.
Diversity* African-American: 3.8% Alaska Native/American Indian: 21% Asian: 3.8% Caucasian: 55% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1.5% Other/Unspecified: 15% *Of all these, 6.9% also identify as Hispanic Alumni: 35,000+
STUDENT LIFE
Beyond the books College is more than classes and exams. It’s also friendships, shared experiences and learning to live life on your terms. Residence Life sponsors about 500 social activities each year, so there’s always something going on. www.uaf.edu/reslife/
Room(s) to grow Depending on your age, class standing and budget, you can choose a single room or a shared apartment. In some housing, students of any gender can share a room. Living-learning communities bring together students based on interests or identities — engineering, honors, outdoors and gender diversity.
Sports for fun and fitness Cheer for UAF’s 10 Nanook athletic teams. Get fit playing intramural sports. Ski, run or walk our 26 miles of on-campus trails. Climb a wall — indoors, outdoors or, in winter, ice-covered.
We welcome everyone We promote a campus free of violence and discrimination. You belong here.
Join a club (100+), run for student government, find a study group or go to a game! www.uaf.edu/woodcenter/ www.asuafstudentgov.org http://alaskananooks.com
campus
Students play a game of foam volleyball in the Student Recreation Center during the 2019 SpringFest celebration.
Six residence halls serve Fairbanks students.
EXPERIENCE
on campus? • First-time, first-year students come from 28 states and five countries. • 65% of incoming collegians are firstyear students; 35% are transfers.
UAF offered the perfect combination for Haley Castillo: a homeland security bachelor’s program, courses in aircraft piloting and a top-ranked rifle team. So the young woman from New Mexico headed north. Castillo started shooting in high school as a freshman. “I’d never touched a gun before,” she said. Now she’s on UAF’s squad, which has won 10 NCAA championships and produced several Olympians over the years. “I like the challenge of trying to keep myself focused, and I like to work hard,” Castillo said of shooting.
As Cameron Blood finished high school in Seattle, his adoptive parents — his grandparents — encouraged him to broaden his horizons. “I said ‘Alaska,’ and my grandma said ‘That is an amazing idea.’” Blood, a freshman justice major, is now thinking of a career in police work. He also enjoys the Model UN club, where he represents different nations in debates. “It’s interesting to argue your case based not on your own opinion but on what that nation would want, what other people would want,” he said.
OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS University of Alaska Fairbanks 2nd floor Signers’ Hall 1810 Salcha Street P.O. Box 757480 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7480
Apply now! www.uaf.edu/apply/
Discover more at www.uaf.edu/admissions/. See UAF from the Inside Out on preview days at www.uaf.edu/insideout/. Take a virtual tour of campus at www.uaf.edu/virtualtour/ or plan your own visit at www.uaf.edu/visit/.
Student ambassadors can give you honest answers about what it’s like to be a Nanook, in and out of class. They’ll tell you what you want to know. www.uaf.edu/ambassadors/
At the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the safety, security and well-being of our students, faculty, staff and visitors are our foremost concern. To help you make an informed decision and comply with the Clery Act, we publish an annual Campus Security Report. This report contains information from the three previous calendar years concerning reported offenses, arrests, crimes and disciplinary referrals that occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by the university; and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, alcohol and other drug use, crime prevention strategies, and how to report crimes, sexual assault and other related matters. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. UAF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution. UAF does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, physical or mental disability, status as a protected veteran, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, parenthood, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation or belief, genetic information, or other legally protected status. The University’s commitment to nondiscrimination, including against sex discrimination, applies to students, employees, and applicants for admission and employment. Contact information, applicable laws, and complaint procedures are included on UA’s statement of nondiscrimination available at www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination/. UAF photos by JR Ancheta, Todd Paris and Zayn Roohi. Produced by UAF University Relations. 06/2019