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…
Active Learning
Convocation 2018
And the APU adventure begins for the Class of 2022! This morning, new incoming students dyed the Atwood Fountain after our Convocation Ceremony, a tradition six years in the making.
APU To Hold Alaska Native Feast Tray Carving Class
APU’s Elder Artists-in-Residence, Joe and Martha Senungetuk, will be holding a workshop focusing on Alaska Native feast trays in August and September. The course is a sequel to their mask…
FAST Lab Uses Drones, Community Outreach in Collaboration with Nanwalek village
Each summer, Alaska’s mature salmon turn on their internal homing devices and return to their origin waters to finish out their life journey. But as the number of reds returning…
Meet Dee Barker, APU’s New Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Dr. Dee Barker is joining APU as Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Science. Dee has her graduate degrees in chemistry, with specializations in chemical education and biophysical chemistry, and…
Environmental Ethics in Alaska
“Environmental ethics” may sound like a chance to eat chia seeds while wearing Birkenstocks, talking about your favorite tree (there certainly is a bit of hippy tree hugger in the…
Writer-in-Residence Helps Students Achieve Myriad Goals
Brooke Hartman hadn’t planned to be a writer — she actually received her Master’s degree in Business Administration from Alaska Pacific University. “Writing gets under your skin and you find…
May-Term Mask Making Class Teaches Art and Tradition
Alaska Native elders and renowned artists Joe and Martha Senungetuk taught Alaska Pacific University students about the tradition, folklore, and craftsmanship associated with Alaska Native masks during a May-term art…
Writing for Earth: Evans and Pagano offer workshop on strengths-based activism
Professor Mei Mei Evans and Assistant Professor Rosanne Pagano offered a workshop at an Anchorage conference on how the arts may contribute solutions to environmental problems. Responding to a call…
Art Instructor Christina Wilson’s Continued Connection to APU
Though Christina Wilson may have only taught at APU for a year, her connection to the school extends much further back. In 2010, Wilson started in the IT department as…
