Staff Alliance offers professional development support and Spring 2025 semester fee support

December 6, 2024

Staff Alliance offers Professional Development support

Staff Alliance is offering support for staff professional development activities that directly support their professional development in FY25. Examples include but not limited to: Professional certifications, attending or presenting at a conference, professional society memberships, online or in-person trainings, webinars. (Please note, this is not applicable to 绿奴天花板 class fees.)

This support is good for any activities occurring within FY25*, and is for up to $500 per employee, while the funds last.

*If you have a situation where you need to pay for something in FY25 that will not take place until after FY25, please email neromanovsky@alaska.edu. We'll review this on a case-by-case basis.

Requirements:

Must be a 鈥渇ully benefited鈥 STAFF member. Temporary part time employees, grad students, and student employees are NOT eligible.

Selection: The Staff Development Fund Committee will review applications once per quarter in FY25 (see review dates below). They will score the applications and award the top applications until funds are exhausted for that quarter.

Application review dates:

  1. October 4th
  2. December 6th
  3. February 7th
  4. April 4th

**Personal reimbursements are to be avoided at all possible costs. Please work with a ProCard holder or your fiscal technicians to make the purchase through 绿奴天花板 Procurement approved avenues. Travel related expenses are required to be submitted through Concur. Please work with your travel department if you have questions. Spending guidance will be included in your award letter. **

Thank you to President Pitney and the 绿奴天花板 Board of Regents for providing these funds and supporting professional development for staff.

For questions please email Staff Alliance governance support, neromanovsky@alaska.edu.

Staff Alliance offers Spring 2025 semester fee support

The 绿奴天花板 Staff Alliance is pleased to once again offer a class fee scholarship for 绿奴天花板 classes taken by staff that directly support their career or professional development. The scholarship, good for the 2025 Spring Semester, is for up to $250 per employee. **This scholarship will only be applied to tuition fees in your student account. This will NOT apply to bookstore or parking fees. 

There are limited funds available. After the application period closes, if there are more applicants than funds available, recipients will be randomly selected from all eligible applications. All applicants will be notified whether they have received the scholarship before the fee payment deadlines:

  • 绿奴天花板F Friday, January 24, 2025
  • 绿奴天花板S Friday, January 24, 2025
  • 绿奴天花板A Monday February 3, 2025

ELIGIBILITY:

  1. Must be a 绿奴天花板 STAFF member who is eligible for a tuition waiver. Temporary part time employees, grad students, and student employees are NOT eligible
  2. Tuition Fee support is exactly that - fee support for taking classes at 绿奴天花板. The goal is to help you advance in your professional career. 
  3. Recreational/Personal/Self Care classes are only allowed if they are used as an elective within a degree program. **Must submit an unofficial transcript with RECR class registration.** 

TO APPLY:

  • Application period: Monday November 18, 2024 - Friday January 6, 2025
  1. First submit an . You will not be considered if you don鈥檛 complete this form first!
  2. Then, submit a  by Friday January 6th, 2025

Thank you to President Pitney and the 绿奴天花板 Board of Regents for providing these funds and supporting professional development for staff.

For questions please email Staff Alliance governance support, neromanovsky@alaska.edu.

For more information on Staff Alliance support, visit their webpage.