College, Alaska

• New dean may help put controversy in past
  

  The University of Alaska Southeast has hired a new dean for its largest school, the College of Arts and Sciences, as it attempts to put nearly two years of controversy behind it.

• Search continues for CTC dean
  

  The University of Alaska Fairbanks Community and Technical College is starting the school year without a permanent dean.

• Nenana burglar changes plea
  

  Michael Roddey, the Culinary Arts coordinator at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Community and Technical College, poses in the wardroom of the U.S.S. Boxer on Sunday, Aug.

• Chugiak grad wrestling a new challenge
  

  Army National Guard 1st Lt. Lenny Tol, son of Dennis and Signe Tol of Chugiak and a former high school wrestling standout, is a student in the Interservice Physician Assistant Program at the Army Medical Department in Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio.

• Free Songwriter Night ...
  

  First Friday monthly Songwriter Night hosted by Ken Brown at the College Coffeehouse from 8:00-10:00 p.m. Fairbanks Songwriters Association meets from 7:00-8:00 p.m. to discuss songwriting, do songwriting exercises, etc.

• Kodiak College Sees Increase in Enrollment
  

  The first week enrollment numbers for Kodiak College are in, and they paint a pretty picture.

• First Friday Gallery Walk: Sept. 3
  

  On the first Friday of each month, Juneau galleries, museums and shops stay open late and host show and exhibit openings, artist meet-and-greets and more.

• Marine Corps leader in Pacific, a former Fairbanksan, to retire
  

  Lt. Gen. Keith J. Stalder is to retire this week as Commanding General for U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, at Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii, after a 38-year military career.

• Slain Hoonah policeman was Fairbanks academy grad
  

  One of the two Hoonah police officers fatally shot during the weekend was the valedictorian of his graduating class at the law enforcement academy in Fairbanks.

• 08/28/2010 - Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
  

  A new program is launched to help transition the men and women that served the United States of America transition from a miltary role into a successful business role.

• 13 graduates ready to become paramedics
  

  The official name of the school is the UAF Community and Technical College Paramedic Academy, and graduation will be held Friday afternoon in Fairbanks.

• Group: UW-Madison is among the most liberal
  

  It probably doesn't shock anybody in Wisconsin, but according to one group, CampusReform.org, the University of Wisconsin is one of the most liberally biased universities in the United States.

• MU adds off-campus housing locations
  

  With a record-breaking freshman class and several residence halls construction and renovation, Residential Life faced space constraints.

• Sheldon Jackson College of great historical value to Sitka
  

  I was recently in Sitka, visiting en route to Ketchikan, where my niece works for the Forest Service.

• UAF Plans Layoffs, Eliminates Jobs
  

  The University of Alaska Fairbanks plans to eliminate more than a dozen jobs to reallocate $6.2 million and balance the campus budget, according to a plan released Monday.

• UAF plans layoffs, eliminates jobs
  

  The University of Alaska Fairbanks plans to eliminate more than a dozen jobs to reallocate $6.2 million and balance the campus budget, according to a plan released Monday.

• 'Hurricane Dave' blows into Fairbanks
  

  "Hurricane Dave" Rush says he's the first "hurricane" to ever hit Alaska. Technically, he's right.

• Playing on a grand stage
  

  During the 1940s, Maxim Schapiro, a famous Russian pianist, loved to come to Juneau.

• A look at Ted Stevens' career
  

  Theodore Fulton Stevens was born in Indianapolis on Nov. 18, 1923. His parents divorced when he was a young boy, and he was raised in the Midwest and in California during the Great Depression.

City Description

College is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 13,428 at the 2007 census. This community lies adjacent to the city of Fairbanks. The University of Alaska Fairbanks lies within its boundaries and serves as its core. The area is often referred to as part of Fairbanks, and not as a separate entity. The area is served by the University of Alaska Fairbanks for fire protection and ambulance service, and jointly by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Police Department and Alaska State Troopers for police protection. College is located at 64°50′54″N 147°49′38″W / 64.84833°N 147.82722°W / 64.84833; -147.82722 (64.848302, -147.827194). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 19.1 square miles (49.4 km²), of which, 18.7 square miles (48.4 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (2.15%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,402 people, 4,104 households, and 2,638 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 610.7 people per square mile (235.8/km²). There were 4,501 housing units at

City Contained By:

• Fairbanks North Star Borough
• Alaska
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Rainey's Cabin

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 49.4687729074 km squared

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