Liberal Studies
Evans’ ‘Oil and Water’ earns national notice for social justice themes
Liberal Studies Associate Professor Mei Mei Evans has published her first novel, drawing in part on first-hand experiences of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Available now from the University of…
Vatican scientist is APU featured speaker on God’s creation and the Big Bang
A Vatican Observatory scientist specializing in high-energy astrophysics and theoretical cosmology offers an APU public lecture focusing on the fit between God’s creation and the Big Bang Theory. The Rev….
Prof. Rawson and ‘We the People’
APU Associate Professor Timothy Rawson was among judges taking part in a statewide competition of high schoolers vying to show who knows the most about the American political system. Organized…
Senior Project and One Word
by Ryan Knight “The N-Word: How One Word Shaped the Culture and Identity of the Modern African-America” is an essay that explores the possible connection between the socio-economic challenges affecting…
Only in Alaska: Dungeon of Doom, Pyrotechnics, and Liberal Studies
by Kylie Clark I rest peacefully in the little bedroom of our family camper, happy to relax for a few hours. The cacophony outside is a familiar lull in the…
Noted Alaskan Author, Don Rearden, Visits APU Class
Dave Onofrychuk’s “Epic Journeys” September block class welcomed special guest Don Rearden, author of one of the course’s texts, “The Raven’s Gift,” on Thursday, Sept 13. Students enjoyed reading this…
Getting the Story Right
Earlier this month, Visiting Writing Instructor Dave Onofrychuk addressed banquet attendees at the annual fall conference of the Alaska Writers Guild held in Anchorage. He described the transformation he sees…
Bantz welcomes Early Honors students: ‘Call me Don’
Advanced high schoolers enrolled in APU’s Early Honors program gained an up-close view of active learning when President Don Bantz strode into the classroom for a student-led interview and handed…
Two for Two
Mark Faller, Professor of Philosophy at Alaska Pacific University has just had a second chapter published in as many months, in the recently printed Origin(s) of Design in Nature (Springer,2012,…
Banned Books Week 2012: 30 Years of Liberating Literature
From September 30 through October 6, we observe Banned Books Week: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Freedom to Read! The Library is sponsoring a display of titles that have…
