• Adult & youth programs
• Community events & services
• Cooperative Extension Service
• Public broadcasting stations
• Museum
• Science Education Outreach Network
• Summer Sessions
• Visiting UAF

Community outreach

The team of musher Eric Butcher bolts from the gate at the start of the grueling 1,000 mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race between Fairbanks, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Butcher is an associate professor in UAF's mechanical engineering program.

"Mysterious Pearl" earned second place in the realistic multi-block category during the 2006 World Ice Art championships in Fairbanks.

Public service is an important part of UAF's mission.

The statewide Cooperative Extension Service, with eight district offices, is headquartered at UAF. Information about home economics, land resources, community development, and 4-H and youth development is available for public access and use. UAF faculty, staff and students such as student athletes with the athletics department play an active role as volunteers in the community.

The Marine Advisory Program, the public extension arm of the Alaska Sea Grant College Program, helps Alaskans wisely develop, use, conserve and enjoy Alaska's marine and coastal resources through translation and communication of research-based information.

UAF's public broadcasting stations, KUAC-FM and AlaskaOne TV, were the first public stations in the state, offering an important resource for students who can get hands-on experience at the facilities. The stations also play a major role in the production and distribution of distance education courses.

The UA Museum of the North is more than a place to look at interesting objects. It's a center for collecting, preserving and disseminating information about the cultural and natural history of Alaska. Many other research facilities at UAF host summer tours open to the public and display diverse and unique ecological and technological aspects of our subarctic environment.