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For more information on joining the University of the Arctic Mobile
Faculty Roster or for information on the Roster or the University
itself, please contact:

University of the Arctic (UArctic)
Circumpolar Co-ordination Office (CCO)
P.O. Box 122
96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Phone: +358-16-341-2716
Fax: +348-16-341-2777
Email: uarctic [at] urova.fi
http://www.urova.fi/home/uarctic


Greetings,
Are you a northern scholar interested in teaching a course at another
circumpolar institution, or does your institution need additional
faculty to teach northern courses?

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is currently inviting northern
scholars to register in the UArctic Mobile Faculty Roster - a catalogue
of scholars who would like to be considered for short- or long-term
teaching residencies on UArctic campuses throughout the circumpolar
world.

To join the UArctic Mobile Faculty Roster, you can register online at
http://www.urova.fi/home/uarctic/cmp/roster.html The information you
submit will be published in online and print versions of the Roster to
be released in June of 2001. The Mobile Faculty Roster will be used by
UArctic Member institutions to implement faculty mobility programs
developed under the umbrella Circumpolar Mobility Program (CMP).

At the moment there are two programs being developed as part of
UArctic's Circumpolar Mobility Program: north2north, a multilateral
exchange program which facilitates longer term student and faculty
exchanges; and northTREX which facilitates short-term teaching
residencies at UArctic Member institutions. A draft program proposal for
northTREX is available on the UArctic web site at
http://www.urova.fi/home/uarctic/pub/northtrex.pdf

Your participation in any UArctic exchange program is subject to your
prior approval and will be negotiated only at the time an institution
expresses interest in your Roster profile. You may remove yourself from
the online Roster at any time, and from the print version annually.

Sharing knowledge and resources between institutions across the
circumpolar world is a fundamental goal of the University of the Arctic.
By offering to share your expertise on UArctic campuses, participating
scholars improve the depth of faculty from which UArctic Member
institutions may draw, enrich northern programming on campuses around
the world, and gain first-hand experience of other northern regions.

A complete list of UArctic Member institutions, and additional
information about the University of the Arctic initiative is available
on the UArctic web site at http://www.urova.fi/home/uarctic/index.html
If you require additional information or would like to speak to a
University of the Arctic representative, please contact us.

We encourage you to consider participating in this practical tool and
become a part of education built In the North, For the North, By the
North.

Sincerely,

Outi Snellman
Head of the UArctic Circumpolar Coordination Office (CCO)