Alaska Native elders and renowned artists, Joe and Martha Senungetuk, have been named the inaugural Elder Artists-in-Residence for the heARTS Healing Center and Studio at Alaska Pacific University. From November…
APU Spotlight
One Woman, Two Degrees (Soon to be Three, Plus a Certificate)
When Desirae Roehl moved to Anchorage from King Cove in the Aleutians in 2008, she was looking for new opportunities. She had had a job at her tribal office doing…
Activist to Host Community Event in Atwood to Kick Off AFN
The largest annual gathering of Native peoples in the United States will kick off with an event in Atwood Center on Sunday, October 15th. Spearheaded by local motivational speaker and…
Sharnel Vale: APU Student, ANTHC Employee, Community Builder
Growing up in Yakutat, a Southeast Alaska village of just over 600 people, basketball was everything for Sharnel Vale. The sport kept locals active, created camaraderie, and unified the town….
Q&A with LeeAnn Garrick, APU’s Board of Trustees Chairperson
LeeAnn Garrick’s path to becoming the first Chairperson of the new Board of Trustees formed as a result of the APU-ANTCH partnership was an unconventional one. Raised in Petersburg, she came…
Photo Club Spends Spring Break on the Beach … of Utqiagvik
While spring breakers throughout the U.S. headed south in search of warmer climes this month, APU’s Photo Club went north. Way north. For part of their break, eight students went to…
APU Student Becomes Alaska’s Only Certified Chess Coach
When it’s Jonathon Singler’s move, he sits back and surveys the chess board. He may imagine moving his knight two squares vertically and one square horizontally. He may consider…
Message from the APU Board of Trustees
“Dear APU Staff, Faculty, and Students On December 19th, the APU Board of Trustees took action to partner with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. This joint effort, building on…
Alaska Pacific ranked by Midwestern Higher Education Compact
In August 2015, a regional education organization, the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC), released a research brief on The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: 2010-2012…
Is this a great country or what?
Whereas on September 17, 1787, delegates of the United States to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution and sent it to the states for ratification; Whereas the states, in the…
