May 30, 2025
Dear University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Faculty and Staff,
In a spirit of gratitude after a rewarding 30-year career at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, I have decided to
retire from my position as ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ chancellor. Earlier this week, I informed President
Pitney that my last day will be July 26, 2025. In the near term, I will retain my
affiliation with ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ through my faculty position in civil engineering.
I am so thankful to the many ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ employees, alumni and affiliates who have given me
opportunity, advice, support, and mentorship. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ is such an amazing institution and
I appreciate the joy the institution has brought to my life.Ìý
Today, like times in the past, the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks faces uncertainty.
There is also a great deal of opportunity within reach! ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ has an outstanding core
of leadership, a growing collection of emerging leaders, strong and growing enrollment,
state support for our run to R1, and a wide range of expertise that will serve the
state, nation, and world well into the future. The university has choices to make,
but those choices will be made wisely by a very thoughtful, strategic, and experienced
leadership core, President Pitney, and the Board of Regents who are well-aligned and
well-positioned to support the university. Thank you so much to those who have given
your time, talent, and treasure to ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. It is worthy of your support.Ìý
I look forward to conversations with many of you in the coming months as an opportunity
to express my thanks to you for your positive impact on ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ and on my life. I have
expressed a few of my personal thoughts in my Friday Focus that will be in this afternoon’s
Cornerstone.
Thank you and thanks for choosing ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ!
Dan White, chancellor
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