University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen will deliver the State of the University address in the Murie Building auditorium on Tuesday, Jan.�12,�at 7 p.m.

The address will also be available by webcast at www.uaf.edu/summer. For more information, contact Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning at 474-7021.

Sixteen-year-old Charles Franznick of Palmer was randomly selected to win a $25,000 scholarship account in the UA College Savings Plan and four more young Alaskans have won $2,500 scholarship accounts.

All Permanent Fund Dividend applicants who answered “yes” to question number six of their PFD application were automatically entered into the annual scholarship account drawing. The PFD check-off asks residents if they would like to automatically contribute half of their dividend to their UA College Savings Plan account. Lael Oldmixon, director of the UA College Savings Plan said, “The giveaway is a fun way to encourage Alaskans to save
for college. Letting the winners know they’ve won is a highlight of our entire year!”

The winners of the $2,500 scholarship accounts are:

• Andrew Gifford, age 14, Anchorage
• Grace Newman, Age 14, Juneau
• Timothy O’Rourke, age 17, Palmer
• Aaron Campbell, age 14, Wasilla

The UA College Savings Plan has offered the scholarship account giveaway for the last six years. The scholarships are funded by the Education Trust of Alaska, which was established in 2001 to administer the UA College Savings Plan.� MORE....

The deadline to nominate an Alaska youth for the Spirit of Youth award is drawing near! You have the power to recognize an awesome young person in Alaska age 12-19. It only takes about 10 mi nutes online. Every youth nominated is publicly recognized and eligible for one of several scholarships from UA College Savings Plan.

Visit this site to sign-up or see what others are bringing.
https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/2015- holiday - potluck /

The annual food drive started November 20 and runs until the December 18 potluck. Please bring in unopened, non-perishable food items and place them in the wrapped boxes located by Erector Bear and the Arctic Floats on the east and west ends of the Butrovich Building's first floor. As you check your pantry and cabinets for good food donations keep an eye open for any spare mugs for the mug drive, too. Bring them to Lisa Sporeleder's cubicle in Suite 102, by the windows, behind the purple vine. Lisa and her elves will stuff the mugs with a packet of gourmet cocoa and a candy cane, fill them with wrapped chocolates, and then give them a festive wrapping and a bow. The mugs go to the Food Bank along with the rest of the food we collect.

The Bugle, a bi-weekly online publication of the University of Alaska Foundation, features donor recognition, announcements, training opportunities and staff news from development offices across the system. Keep up-to-date on our UA Foundation partners HERE.

President Johnsen and Mary Johnsen invite statewide staff and their families to join them for good food, music and a visit by Santa Claus! The Holiday Open House is December 17, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the University House (formerly the president's residence). Children welcome!

Due to limited parking at University House, please take the shuttles that will run every 20 minutes from Butrovich and the Taku parking lot on the UAF campus starting at 2:50 p.m.

The second of a three-day November 2015 Joint Health Care Committee meeting in Anchorage featured a round robin report by representatives from all of the auxiliary services provided as a part of the UA Choice health plan. They included Best Doctors, Patient Care, ComPsych, Healthyroads and VSP. Premera also gave an overview of the health care climate in Alaska.

The PowerPoint presentations from each auxiliary service will be posted when available on the UA Benefits site under the Joint Health Care Committee’s Nov. 11, 2015 meeting link.

Here are some highlights from their reports.� MORE....

The university is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for its students, employees, and visitors, by prohibiting tobacco use and smoking, including the use of electronic cigarettes and similar products, within its campuses and facilities. BOR Policy P05.12.102.

Tobacco product use is prohibited in all buildings, grounds, trails, parking garages, parking lots (except personally owned vehicles not parked in parking garages), university-owned streets and sidewalks, and spaces leased or owned by the university.

The policy includes all of UAF’s campuses and applies to all employees, students, visitors, volunteers, contractors and vendors.

If you are an employee looking for information to help you kick the tobacco habit, visit�www.alaska.edu/benefits/tobacco-use/.

Additional information and FAQs are available on the UAF Tobacco Free Campus site: http://www.uaf.edu/tobaccofreecampus/

A new option to earn your wellness points this year is to attend an On-Site Education Session.
These are provided by UAs on-site program manager, Sara Rodewald and will be over a variety of health and wellness topics. If you want to look-ahead to see what will be offered, check the wellness calendar! All dates, times and locations will be updated as they are selected.

Stay tuned in January for information on biometric screening oportunities.