UA Leadership

Announcements of UA system leadership changes, employee recognition and personnel news.

Personnel News

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    Charlene Stern to serve as UAF interim provost

    May 16, 2025

    Dr. Charlene Stern, vice chancellor for rural, community, and Native education (VCRCNE), has agreed to serve as UAF's interim provost and executive vice chancellor while we conduct a national search for a permanent provost.

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    UAA seeks interim director for Kenai Peninsula College

    May 02, 2025

    Following the April 11 announcement that KPC Director Cheryl Siemers will serve as interim chancellor for UAA, Chancellor Sean Parnell is accepting letters of interest and nominations for the interim director role at Kenai Peninsula College.

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    UAA Interim Chancellor appointed

    May 02, 2025

    Cheryl currently serves as the director of UAA's Kenai Peninsula College (KPC). She has excellent leadership experience, understands and clearly articulates UAA's dual-mission, and has led enrollment growth at KPC. Cheryl will work alongside Chancellor Parnell during his transition and will begin as Interim Chancellor on May 17.

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    Search underway for UAF's next provost and executive vice chancellor

    April 18, 2025

    Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Anupma Prakash has announced her retirement, effective May 31, 2025. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is launching a national search for her successor.

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    UAS Honors Sioux Douglas of Juneau with Meritorious Service Award

    April 18, 2025

    Ms. Douglas has tirelessly advocated for the needs of seniors and people with disabilities in Southeast Alaska. The award will be given at the 2025 Juneau Campus commencement ceremony, taking place at 2:00 pm on Sunday, May 4 in the UAS Recreation Center.

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    Rachael Ball named vice provost for student success and dean of the UAA Honors College

    April 04, 2025

    Ball has been serving in this role in an interim capacity in January 2024. In her role, Ball oversees the Office of Student Success, which supports students through Academic Advising, the Learning Commons, Navigate360 and initiatives like textbook affordability and peer mentoring.

  • Provost Anupma Prakash to retire on May 31, 2025

    April 04, 2025

    Provost Prakash joined the UAF faculty in 2002 as an associate professor of geophysics. Prior to her appointment as provost, she served as associate dean and interim dean in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics and the director of the National Science Foundation's Alaska EPSCoR program.

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    UAS Professor X̱'unei Lance Twitchell Wins Emmy Award

    March 21, 2025

    Dr. X̱'unei Lance Twitchell, Professor of Alaska Native Languages at the University of Alaska Southeast, won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series at the 2025 Children's & Family Emmy® Awards on March 15 in Los Angeles.

  • Staff Make Students Count nominations now open

    March 07, 2025

    Every year, Staff Alliance members partner with UAA, UAF, UAS, and System Office staff councils to honor staff who go above and beyond to support students in the university system. We need your help to learn who and how these hidden gems "Make Students Count."

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    Professor Vladimir Romanovsky Honored with 2025 IASC Medal

    March 07, 2025

    The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) has awarded the 2025 IASC Medal to Professor Emeritus Vladimir Romanovsky, recognizing his exceptional and sustained contributions to Arctic science, particularly in permafrost research.