Student Resources & Opportunities
English Resources
Resources and opportunities for English students.
Current News
Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series: Mieke Eerkens
September 06, 2024
Join us for the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series at UAF, featuring author Mieke Eerkens for an engaging reading and discussion of her acclaimed work.
UAF at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
August 23, 2024
Nancy James, Adjunct Professor of English, attended the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and her article was featured in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
Jewish Life in Libya: Remember the Past, Live the Present, Trust the Future
February 26, 2024
Meet two resilient individuals, in a public talk with Dr. David Gerbi and Penina Meghnagi Solomon, who not only survived but found ways to thrive after the violent destruction of their 2500-year-old Libyan Jewish community.
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Please make your submission a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the event. We will do our best to honor your request but cannot guarantee it if it falls within the 2 week minimum submission period.
Organizations
Student Clubs
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The Creative Writing Club (CWC) provides a forum for undergraduate writers to share their creative work. Members lead workshops, discuss craft issues, and distribute opportunities for publication and professional development.
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The English Graduate Organization (EGO) advocates for graduate students in the Department of English. Its goals are to promote the local literary community and to provide opportunities for professional development.
Sources
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UAF Writing Center
The Writing Center is a student-staffed tutoring service focused on building the writing skills of the UAF learning community. Both in-person and virtual tutoring sessions are offered as well as a wealth of resources. A computer lab is available for students' use and each student can print up to 25 pages free of charge.
Check out their website to book a tutoring appointment or peruse their many helpful resources, such as common mistakes in student writing, citation guidelines, essay writing strategies and more.
801 Gruening Building
907-474-5314 | uaf-writing-center@alaska.edu
CORE
CORE provides access to the world’s largest collection of open access research papers, collecting and indexing research from repositories and journals. It is a not-for-profit service dedicated to the open access mission and one of the signatories of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructures.
Browse publications by discipline through Elmer E. Rasmuson library's UAF Journals database.
Media
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Ice Box is the undergraduate literary journal of the University of ÐÔÊ®°Ë.cc Fairbanks. Published
annually in the spring, it features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, hybrid work,
and artwork from current UAF undergraduate students.
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Founded in 1977, Permafrost is housed at the University of ÐÔÊ®°Ë.cc Fairbanks MFA program, and run by dedicated creative writing graduate students. We publish a winter online issue as well as a spring print issue, both of which feature compelling poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction by established writers and new voices alike.
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The Sun Star is a student run newspaper; by students, for students. It gives students
the opportunity to get published and paid, and has engaged with ÐÔÊ®°Ë.ccn news and culture
for over 70 years. The Sun Star is funded directly by the UAF student body.
Funding
There are many scholarship opportunities for English students at UAF. Visit our dedicated scholarship page to learn about the criteria and application processes
for these English department-specific opportunities!
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The office of Undergraduate Research & Scholarly Activity (URSA) is UAF's resource for the development and promotion of experiential learning activities that engage undergraduate students to support UAF's goal to become a leading student-focused research university.
Undergraduate research and creative activity at UAF covers all disciplines, from climate sciences to music, engineering, anthropology, life sciences, art and theater.