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Meet Your Colleagues is a weekly feature highlighting employees who make a positive impact at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ through their work every day. This week, we're featuring Jennifer Motes, senior development officer for College of Health, University Advancement.

The Employee Transitions and Benefits team would like to announce that effective immediately, the grace period to use FY20 Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) funds has been extended from September 15, 2020 to December 31, 2020. This means that the money leftover in your Health Care FSA after June 30, 2020 can be used for any services rendered up through December 31, 2020 and will not be forfeited until after December 31. If you enrolled or re-elected the Health Care FSA for FY21, those dollars will be used after your FY20 dollars have been exhausted. There is no action required by employees as this will all happen automatically through ASIFlex.

The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Summer Engineering Academies offer a series of week-long, STEM-themed, and hands-on summer camps for students in 5th grade through 12th grade. This year, the camps are fully online and there is still room in the following camps: July 6-10 - Videography (Grades 6-8) - Arduino Robotics (Grades 8-12) July 13-17 - Creative Coding (Grades 5-8) - Advanced Coding (Grades 8-12) July 20-24 - Creative Coding (Grades 6-8) - Advanced Coding (Grades 8-12) July 27-31 - Advanced Coding

On June 20th, 2020, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament "Go For The Gold (and Green) 2.0" was hosted by the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Esports Lounge and USF Esports, in partnership with MTA Gaming, for players in their respective states of Alaska and Florida. With over 40 participants, the tournament had some amazing competition with skilled players from the top of the Power Ranking (the system in which competitive Smash players are ranked regionally) in their home cities. After an intense Alaska v. Florida finale, Fortunato on Yoshi won the tournament, representing the Sunshine State. Next month, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Esports Lounge and USF Esports, in tandem with sponsor GCI, will introduce a new collaboration tournament featuring the popular MOBA League of Legends. This tournament, dubbed "North & South: League of Legends" will take place over four weeks of high-stakes games, with a final invitational bracket for the top 8 teams.

2 BR, 21/2 B, fully furnished and everything incl. even an electric sauna on the deck! Gas fireplace is cozy in the morning

The following policy change to the UA system Accounting and Administrative Manual

For Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s student population, COVID-19 hit hard. Transitioning from the classroom to alternative learning was hard enough already without the financial burden of worrying about how to make ends meet. For more than 340 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ students, the Student Support Fund offered financial relief and peace of mind.

Thanks to a generous donation from Northrim Bank, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s College of Business and Public Policy was able to distribute iPads to students at Anchorage’s Clark Middle School who graduated from the Tom Case Leadership Fellows Junior program.

Dear UA Staff, Faculty & Students, Acting President Michelle Rizk and I write to advise you that President Jim Johnsen has resigned as UA System president, a decision that was mutual and made after considerable reflection by the Board. The Board of Regents accepted his resignation this afternoon, authorized me to implement the details of his resignation, and appoint an acting president. President Johnsen will be available to assist with the transition until July 1 when his resignation goes into effect.