December 2015
Upcoming Events December 14th-18th: Snacks for Finals Week December 21st: Food Drive SSS Office Open Dec 21-23 8-5pm
Contents: Resource Guide
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New Sign-In
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New Tutors
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Asst. Director
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Office Manager
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Emerging Scholars Academy SSS was proud to host the second year of ESA! This year the program was two weeks long, with twice the fun. Fourteen new incoming freshman participated in the program engaging in college credit courses. Students completed a study skills class gathering tools for success. A second class prepped students for the ALEKS math placement and
Student of the Month: October Tegan with SSS Director, Ginny Redmond, and Vice Provost, Alex Fitts (left)
Tegan White-Nesbitt began her studies at UAF in 2010. She originally declared as a music major, studying classical voice. Studying German in this context
helped her develop an interest in foreign languages. During her studies in the music program, Tegan discovered she was interested in German. When she applied for a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange (Continued on page 2)
explored test anxiety strategies. With campus navigation, financial aid literacy, and learning to apply
for student jobs, the intensive orientation, fosters student confidence to help ease the transition to college life. Students met other SSS participants as well as faculty and staff on campus. Students guest hosted the weekly SSS radio show, visit LARS, and go bowling, The students also took the train to Denali and enjoyed a beautiful day at Denali National Park.
Student of the Month: November Over the course of this past summer, Ruth Osborne continued a research project in the lab of Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Guerard, investigating the seasonal variation of dissolved organic matter Ruth with SSS Director, Ginny (DOM) in a small subarctic Redmond, and Vice Provost, Alex Fitts (above) stream. Specifically, samples of DOM from analyzed to determine the winter, spring, and late summer were isolated using compositional an extraction technique and characteristics. Experiments (Continued on page 2)