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all new students

Welcome in Alaska, Fairbanks, at the Geophysical Institute, Geodesy Lab!

This brief list should give you some points to start with. If you encounter difficulties, ask questions, contact people, ...

It is not unusual, that people use abbreviations, which you might not be familiar with, especially if you are not American. So follow the link abbreviations, where we listed a few of them. And again ask, if you do not understand what people are talking about.

meet Jeff

get username and password (e.g. for GI webpage/account)
Jeff will introduce you to Dave Covey (-5913) and/or Paul Delys (-7418) at CRC, who can help you also with about any computer and/or software problem you might have. http://www.gi.alaska.edu/crc/

visit human resources and payroll office
Offices are located on the 6th floor in the GI. Expect that you have to do a lot of paperwork. http://www.gi.alaska.edu/admin/human_resources/

timesheets
You need to fill out timesheets in order to get payed. Therefore it is necessary that (1) the timesheet-link is present on your account page (https://patch.gi.alaska.edu/index.php) and (2) you fill it out and submit it to payroll.

Help to set up that tool will be through CRC (for (1)) and payroll itself (for(2)).

Graduate School
If you are a gratuate student you will need to see the Graduate School staff in order to resive instructions for your degree program, register for classes, get health insurence ... . http://www.uaf.edu/gradsch/

health insurence Make sure you have it eather through UAF/GI or private.

keys

international students

+ see the International Student Advisor(s) at the Office of International Programs

  http://www.uaf.edu/oip