Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Owen Guthrie
Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
303 Signers' Hall Fairbanks, AK 99775
Website: Owen Guthrie became vice chancellor of student affairs and enrollment management in
January 2022. The new position resulted from a merger of two UAF executive posts. Guthrie directed the UAF eCampus for three years before his appointment as vice chancellor. Guthrie also served eight years as an instructor of online pedagogy and instructional
design for the UAF School of Education's master's degree program in online innovation
and design. He played a key role in UAF's strategic enrollment planning starting in
2018, and he served as acting associate vice chancellor for enrollment management
starting in spring 2021. Guthrie, born and raised in Fairbanks, began his UAF career in 1984 at what is today
the Community and Technical College. In 1992, he earned a bachelor's degree from Colorado
State University in wildlife biology, with an emphasis in geographic information systems
and spatial data analysis, and in 2009 he earned a master's degree in military history
from Norwich University. Guthrie also served as director of information technology
at Michigan's Olivet College for four years before returning to UAF in 2013.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Experience
Director Office of Rights, Compliance & Accountability
Director Admissions
Director Military and Veteran Services
Director Financial Aid
Registrar