On November 1, Alaska Pacific University (APU) senior Rachel Fritz walked to the stage to welcome the attendees of Mental Health Awareness Day. Fritz aimed to change how Alaskans talk…
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APU Alum Simon Frez-Albrecht Talks Guiding at 20,310 Feet
How long have you been a guide? How long of that has been on Denali? I started my guiding career in 2012 as a canoe guide in Connecticut on the…
APU Senior Cristian Ortega Shines at the International Snow Science Workshop in Austria
When APU senior Cristian Ortega was preparing for his speech at the International Snow Science Workshop in Innsbruck, Austria, he was instructed by Professor Eeva Latosuo to practice so much…
Meet James Temte, APU’s New Project Manager
What does your role at APU entail? I like to think of my role as the “Sweeper” in soccer. I fill in where is needed as well as work on…
Photo Book: 2018 Indigenous Peoples Day
The second annual Indigenous Peoples Day, celebrated Monday, October 8 on APU’s campus, was both a time of celebration and action. During the two and a half hour event, various…
Senior Project Connects Local Elementary School with the Outdoors
It’s just after noon, and the students in Dawn Wilcox’s second-grade class at Campbell STEM Elementary are excited. They’re about to go outside to play. Not for recess, but for…
A Lasting Impact in Liberia
On a sweltering Liberian day, Alaska Pacific University alum Katy Lovegreen Bishoff received a long-awaited package. From a parcel with a return label marked “Anchorage, Alaska” she pulled out something…
Photo Book: Expedition Alaska 2018
For the sixth year, the Expedition Alaska took students into some of the most remote land in the nation’s most remote state for their first college course. Over the course…
Jim Mahaffey, Trail Blazer and Team Builder
For many Anchorage residents, the return of mustard-yellow school buses, dipping temperatures and the ebb of out-of-state guests signal that Alaska’s brief autumn is here. But for Anchorage runners, the…
Provost Hilton Hallock Offers Words of Welcome to Incoming Class at Convocation
The following is the transcript from our Fall Convocation Ceremony. Good morning and, on behalf of the faculty and staff of Alaska Pacific University, welcome to Convocation and the start…
