Brandi Berg Leaving the Foundation to join the President’s Staff

Brandi Berg will be leaving the University of Alaska Foundation to join the University President’s staff.  While we will miss working with Brandi on a daily basis, having her join the President’s staff means she will be right next door and available to help guide her successor through the transition.

Updated: 05/02/2008, 1:45pm AKST

Prospect Research and Tracking Coordinator Position Adjusted

The Prospect Research and Tracking Coordinator position has been adjusted to “Prospect Research and Management Director” to more accurately reflect the work being done by that position.  Thank you to David Woodley for bringing this program together.  Watch for the full roll-out of PM at the June Development Council!

Updated: 05/02/2008, 1:45pm AKST

Mary Rutherford Invited to Represent Alaska on the CASE District VIII Board

Mary Rutherford has been invited to represent Alaska on the CASE District VIII Board for two year term.  In addition to serving on the board, she will also serve on the Community on Opportunity and Equity.

Updated: 04/25/2008, 3:00pm AKST

Update on the Executive Director of Advancement Services (EDAS) Search

RI Arlington has been engaged in Phase II of their contract to assist us in searching for the EDAS.  In addition to actively seeking prospective candidates by way of individual inquiry, advertising for the position will be placed in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, on various CASE web sites and in UAKjobs.  Charlie & John have started a list of prospective candidates who they have contacted and are interested in the position.  It is our goal to have the position filled by July 1, and have a candidate on board as soon as possible.

Updated: 04/25/2008, 3:00pm AKST

Duplicate Degrees Removed from RE

This week, we finally completed a project in RE to remove all the duplicate educational relationships between individuals and UA campuses. This means that you will no longer waste time looking at three different relationship records on the same individual only to see they all tell you that the individual was a 1952 matriculate at UAF!

Updated: 04/11/2008, 2:15pm AKST

NCOA Update

The NCOA (AddressFinder) update was done this week. As a reminder, these updates are done approximately every 6 months after grads for the previous semester have been imported.

Updated: 04/04/2008, 1:30pm AKST

Employee Update

All current employees for all campuses were successfully imported last week.  The list should be current as of 3/27/2008.  If you see any problems, please let the database staff know so we can investigate. These updates will occur every quarter, so the next update is scheduled for around 7/1/2008

Updated: 04/04/2008, 1:30pm AKST

Grad Import

The Grad Import for Fall 2007 was completed last week.  All graduates from this semester should now be in our database. Phone numbers and emails are next up for grads.

Updated: 04/04/2008, 1:30pm AKST

UAF Hosts Representatives from Shell

UAF successfully hosted representatives from Shell on their campus on March 24th. The day was filled with the sharing of information and identification of ways to collaborate on current and future projects. The best example is when both parties (UAF and Shell) identified they both have sound testing equipment in the Beaufort Sea and discussed ways to protect and help one another with their sound testing activity. This meeting represents the beginnings of an ongoing relationship with Shell that will last well into the future.

Special kudos to Emily Drygas at UAF who flawlessly planned and implemented the tour. Her professionalism, sense of humor, detailed attention and UA dedication was evident throughout the process AND to the tour participants. UA is fortunate and proud to have Emily on our team!

UAA will be hosting a similar tour on their campus during the month of April. Stay tuned for updates from this tour.

Updated: 04/04/2008, 1:30pm AKST

Stewardship Roundtable

The second Stewardship Roundtable was held on March 20th at the Alaska Coffee Roasting House. The discussion included information about the 2007 Annual Report, donor stories deadlines, TVC Marketing approach, UAF Development/Advancement website launch and the upcoming UA Museum Chocolate Bash. Those in attendance included Lisa Scerbak (UAF), Jen Hoppough (UA Foundation), Kalynn Coffey (UAF), Michelle Renfrew (UAF/TVC), and Barbara Travis (UA Museum). The next roundtable meeting will be held on April 3rd at 8:30 a.m. at the Alaska Coffee Roasting House.

Updated: 03/28/2008, 2:40pm AKST

Scott Taylor's Planned Giving Presentation

On March 18th, Scott Taylor gave a planned giving presentation to the Development Council in Anchorage. To download the presentation, click here.

Updated: 03/26/2008, 10:30am AKST

Advancement Services Work Teams Meet to Tackle Challenges Presented in the Review

Just this week, the Advancement Services Work Teams participated in a full day retreat to begin solving the challenges identified in the Advancement Services Review.  Representatives from each campus serve on the Work Teams which will bring solutions to challenges faced by all campuses.  Thank you for your dedication to solving these challenges.

Updated: 03/21/2008, 2:00pm AKST