Earth Day Fair

Being in academia is fulfilling in itself but its also important to me to participate in making sure UAF is working to be an environmentally sustainable campus. Every year the "Sustainable Campus Task Force in coalition with a variety of other student and community groups participate in the Earth Day Fair which is held on the roof of the Lola Tilly Commons.

There is free music, free food and a variety of educational tables to check out such as Cold Housing Climate Research, Sierra Club, and The Northern Alaska Environmental Center. There were also tables teaching about efforts on campus such as the composting and recycling done at Facility Services. There is also a recycled art contest.

There were free burritos and awesome bands such as Work, The Good Daze, and Extra Tuffs.

There were all kinds of cool things to do such as plant seeds and hop on a bike to help power the band.

It was a beautiful sunny day with lots of socializing and discussing important issues about the natural environment while making UAF a better place.

Student Clubs and Events

~So Much to Do~

Wow! What a busy time of the year-Spring! The sun has returned and the snow is melting. The intensity of finishing end of the year papers, presentations and projects is in full force.

Along with making sure all my lose ends are tied with my 6 classes I also have been busy with several extracurricular activities. UAF has a diverse range of clubs events, and activities to keep every type of student busy all year long.

My classes are important to me but the hands-on organizing and participation in events and organizations gives me extra life experiences to help prepare me for the "real world".

All year long I have been organizing and holding events in an effort to educate the campus community about the environmental and human health impacts of our energy use and consumption. This has kept me VERY busy. This club is called UAF Beyond Coal.

This weekend April 17th and 18th another one of my clubs Righteous Ladies rebelling will be performing The Vagina Monologues at the Schaible Auditorium.

Next weekend I have designed an event with another one of my club's Pi Sigma Alpha. It will be hosted by Campus Progress and other cool speakers will be there like Evon Peter. This event is part of a larger tradition at UAF- Spring Fest!!

It is all very exciting and even if you are not interested in these clubs UAF is sure to have something that entertains your particular interests...and if it doesn't you can become a student leader and start your own club in just a few simple steps.

As the semester ends...

Wow, I can't believe we are three weeks away from the end of the semester.  I don't know about the rest of the student body, but I'm not anticipating too much more stress!  There are just a couple of short papers to write, a couple of finals and a couple of presentations and I'm done!

Aside from school, there is one last campus tradition that is approaching: SpringFest!
Springfest is a 3-day event that starts with a campus barbecue, then there are service projects, a field day, mud volleyball, I think lotta-no-booza occurs this weekend!  It's a fun three day weekend!  I'm looking forward to taking lots of pictures and enjoying all of the events