Â鶹´«Ã½rctic appoints new vice presidents
The Â鶹´«Ã½rctic Board has formally approved Diane Hirshberg () as Vice-President Academic and Kirsi Latola () as Vice-President Networks. Additionally, current Â鶹´«Ã½rctic Vice-President Research Arja Rautio (University of Oulu) was named as chair of the new Academic Advisory Board.
In her new role as Vice-President Academic, Diane Hirshberg plans include "highlighting some of the exceptional academic programming being done across Â鶹´«Ã½rctic and identify best practices for offering academic opportunities, supporting the efforts of the Læra Institute to expand Circumpolar Studies programs and courses, and increasing the number of academic offerings across multiple modalities such as short in-person intensives and summer schools, online course exchanges, and joint degree programs across institutions."