September 22nd to the 25th, Alaska Pacific University celebrated its first Homecoming in 12 years. Homecoming at Alaska Pacific University unites the past with the present with a weekend of…
Photos From APU Homecoming 2022
Downtown Potlatch kicks off series on Indigenous food sovereignty
This August, a city-wide Potlatch in downtown Anchorage kicked off a series of Indigenous food sovereignty events hosted in part by Alaska Pacific University. The events were largely coordinated by…
Photos: Expedition Alaska 2022
This year’s Expedition Alaska crew took off from Anchorage at the end of August, driving 10 hours to Eagle, Alaska to start their trip. First-year students enrolled in Natural History…
Crystal Worl: The artist behind the G Street mural
By Laura Ditto Part 3 in a series on APU’s involvement Indigenizing the G Street mural. A new public art installation painted by the Seattle Mural Art company was just…
LEO Network: Tracking environmental anomalies worldwide
This July was full of environmental anomalies. An Arctic shark turned up in Belize while a lost walrus flopped ashore in Finland. Lightning lit up the sky over Nunavut and…
Alumni connection revamps Grant Hall gardens
Grant Hall’s front yard is getting a facelift thanks to an APU alum and a team of student landscapers. 2018 APU graduate Kelly Ballantyne is the farm and food industries…
Creating connection and vitality in Anchorage through art
By Laura Ditto Part 2 in a series on APU’s involvement Indigenizing the G Street mural. With the new mural coming to 645 G Street, I reached out to one…
New public art project sparks discussion of history, land, and community
By Laura Ditto Part 1 in a series on APU’s involvement Indigenizing the G Street mural. In late February, a new mural project was introduced to the public in an…
“The value of this connection is unexplainable:” EPH students visit Napaskiak
In March, four environmental public health students from Alaska Pacific University (APU) traveled to the Native Village of Napaskiak in southwest Alaska, a traditional Yup’ik community just up the Kuskokwim…
APU grads present Arctic research at the Explorers Club
The Explorers Club is an international hub for adventurers, based just a block from New York’s Central Park. The club’s headquarters features a spiral staircase and rooms lined with maps,…
