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UAF Community Outreach

Find your reason to give.

Name: UAF Community Outreach
Start: 2025-03-25T12:00:00-0800
End: 2025-03-27T13:00:00-0800
Location: UA Giving Day 2025

Ready or not, here it comes – UA Giving Day!

Across all our campuses, you'll find hundreds of reasons to support Nanook Nation. Now through 1 p.m. on March 27, explore the university priorities below to discover new ways to empower students, drive innovation and build brighter futures.

Don't miss out! Scroll the bottom of the page to see if your favorite program or scholarship has a match or challenge, so your impact can be doubled or even tripled.

Select UAF Community Outreach opportunities below to add a gift to your UA Giving Day cart.

Charles C. Georgeson Botanical Garden: Support programs, research and facilities at the nationally recognized botanical garden, located at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm and part of the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI): Support learning opportunities for adults 50 and older in Fairbanks, North Pole and neighboring communities to encourage fun, lifelong learning.

Summer Sessions Support Fund: Support programming that encourages unlimited learning to enrich our community, including non-credit classes for children and adults, concerts, lecture series, travel programs and the Really Free Market.

Alaska Sea Grant: Support healthy coastal ecosystems, strong economies and vibrant communities through this 50+-year partnership between UAF and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

OneTree Alaska: Ensure that every child has ample opportunities to explore their local environment through place- and project-based education through the UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension.

Ski Trail Maintenance: Support maintenance of the UAF ski trails, such as grooming, mowing and clearing downed trees.

KUAC: Improve lives through broadcasting with the first public radio and television stations in the 49th state.

$10,000

UA John C. Hughes Foundation for Alaska Educators

Thank you John C. Hughes Foundation and UA Giving Day donors! $10,000 has been unlocked to support the Patricia Hughes Eastaugh Teaching Scholarship and education students systemwide.

1,500 / 1,500 Donors

Completed

$2,000

UA Engineers Make it Happen Challenge

Thank you Stephanie Erickson and donors that are investing in UA programs as a solution to keeping and cultivating more bright community members working in Alaska. $2,000 has been unlocked for UAA College of Engineering and UAFA College of Engineering and Mines.

750 / 750 Donors

Completed

$2,000

UAF Alumni Challenge

Thank you President Pitney and UAF alumni! $2,000 has been unlocked to support the UAF General Scholarship!

Completed

$2,000

UAA Alumni Challenge

Thank you President Pitney and UAA alumni! $2,000 has been unlocked to support the UAA scholarships.

350 / 350 Donors

Completed

$5,000

UAF Celebrate and Support Our Trails Challenge

Thank you Uma Bhatt and David Newman and UAF Trail Maintenance donors! $5,000 has been unlocked to suppor tthe UAF Trail Maintenance Fund.

Completed

$80,000

UAF Georgeson Botanical Garden Challenge

Thank you to our anonymous donor and Georgeson Botanical Garden donors! $80,000 has been unlocked to support the Charles C. Georgeson Botanical Garden!

Completed

Match

UAF OLLI Advisory Board and Program Director Match

Thank you OLLI Advisory Board and Program Director, and OLLI donors! $4,500 has been unlocked to support the OLLI Annual Fund.

Completed

$10,000

UA Supporting Alaska's Educators Challenge

Thank you UA Foundation Director and Former Regent Mary K. Hughes and UA Giving Day donors! $10,000 has been unlocked to support the Patricia Hughes Eastaugh Teaching Scholarship and education students systemwide.

1,000 / 1,000 Donors

Completed

$10,000

UA Launch Power Hour

Thank you UA Foundation Board of Directors and UA Giving Day's first 200 donors! $10,000 has been unlocked for scholarships at UAA, UAF, UAS, and their community campuses.

200 / 200 Donors

Completed

$2,000

UAS Alumni Challenge

Thank you President Pitney and UAS alumni! $2,000 has been unlocked to support the UAS General Scholarship!

65 / 65 Donors

Completed

$6,000

UA Alaska Values Indigenous Knowledge Challenge

Thank you to the 2025+ donors that unlocked this additional support for these important initiatives at the University of Alaska, Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Center, Alaska Leaders Archive, and Cyril George Indigenous Knowledge Collection.

2,025 / 2,025 Donors

Completed

$7,000

UAF OneTree Alaska Project Challenge

Thank you to our anonymous donors and OneTree Alaska project support donors! $7,000 has been unlocked to support the OneTree Alaska Project Support Fund.

Completed