|
Current UAS News Releases
Evening at Egan: Where Cold is Hot-- A Murrelet’s-eye View of Glacier Bay, Lecture at 7:00 P.M. in the Egan Library Friday, November 6, 2009, 7 p.m. Egan
Library, University of Alaska Southeast
Join Matt Kirchhoff, the Director of Bird Conservation at Audubon, Alaska, as he describes the unusual life history of Southeast Alaska’s signature seabirds-- The Marbled Murrelet and the Kittlitz’s Murrelet. Glacier Bay is a vital stronghold, supporting more birds of each species than any similar sized area in the world. What is it about glaciers, past and present, that makes Glacier Bay such a magnet? And will the rapid retreat of the glaciers be good, bad, or mixed for these birds? Join us for a peek into the Murrelet’s day-to-day life, both above and below the water’s surface, as Matt describes how they meet the challenges of a changing world.
Matt Kirchhoff works in Anchorage as the Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon, Alaska. He has studied Murrelets in Southeast Alaska for 5 years, the last 3 of those in Glacier Bay. Matt has worked as a Wildlife Research Biologist for the state and federal government in Southeast Alaska for many years, and is a past recipient of the Olaus Murie award for life-time professional achievement in conservation. He has mentored undergraduate students in the University’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, has taught Marine Ornithology at UAS, and enjoys involving student and citizen volunteers in his research projects.
For locations and complete list and descriptions of the Evening at Egan series, please visit the Evening at Egan Website.
Contact:
Katie Bausler
Director of Public Relations and Marketing
Phone:
(907) 796-6530
Email:
katie.bausler@uas.alaska.edu
Eagle Totem Fundraising CampaignBanquet on Saturday, November 14, 2009, 5 p.m.- 8 p.m.  The University of Alaska Southeast Eagle Totem Fundraising Campaign is celebrating Native History Month with an Eagle Pole Fundraising Banquet on Saturday, November 14, 2009, 5 p.m.- 8p.m. at the Mourant Cafeteria on the Auke Lake campus.
The goal of the project is to balance the Raven pole that was donated to UAS and erected in 1993. Native people belong to either the Eagle or Raven moiety, and in ceremonies and at secular events both moieties are represented for balance. The $160,000 campaign was started with the generous in-kind donation of the 45’ Red Cedar log by Sealaska Corporation, valued at $40,000. Artists Joe and TJ Young of Hydaburg on Prince of Wales Island carved and painted the pole. It will be erected on the UAS campus in the Spring of 2010.
The banquet menu includes halibut, venison, salad, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverages.
An accompanying presentation includes oratory by UAS/PITAAS student Gloria Anderstrom, Woosh.ji.een Dance group performance, Storytelling with Mary Gubatayo & Liana Wallace, and the history of the Eagle Pole!
Limited seating is available and the last day to purchase a ticket is Wednesday November 11 by noon (so that we can get our number of plates to prepare to our caterer). Tickets are $100.00.
Wooch.éen, a Native student club is sponsoring the event. Elders of the Aak’w Kwáan met with Wooch.éen to identify the Eagle clan crests featured on the totem. They wanted to give special recognition to the Wooshkeetaan, an Eagle clan from the Juneau area. The pole features Eagle to represent all Eagle clans plus Shark, Wolf and Thunderbird, with Shark representing the Wooshkeetaan.
To date private fund-raising totals $40,900. The Rasmuson Foundation has awarded a matching grant in support of the project, where private donations will be matched $1 for $1 up to $25,000.
Contact:
Kolene James
UAS, Coordinator of Native and Rural Student Center
Phone:
(907) 796-6454
Email:
kolene.james@uas.alaska.edu
 For a listing of archived news releases by date and headline, please select an archive year.
|
