Each week Alaska Pacific University invites different members of it’s community to host it’s take-over Instagram account, @makingmovesatAKpacific, to show what a week at APU looks like through the eyes (and…
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Photo Essay: Literature and Humanities Class Journey to Tatitlek
Professor Kaplan’s Advanced Literature and Humanities class spent a week in Tatitlek last month. Over the course of their trip, they rode a ferry from Whittier to Valdez to Tatitlek…
Farmers Market Finds Niche in U-Med District
Though the skies above the Carr Gottstein Academic Center were an inky shade of gray, the tables on the grounds below were a feast of colors at the opening day…
Leadership Class Teaches Partnership and Self-Awareness
Though the Leadership course, a required class for Master of Business Administration students, doesn’t have traditional tests, co-instructor Christopher Pavadore would argue that the students are constantly being tested. During the two-week…
FAST Lab Students Focus on Function and Collaboration
The river and lake system near the Alaska Native village of Nanwalek has long welcomed the red salmon that return en masse each summer. But with dwindling numbers of their…
Student’s Blog a Blueprint for More Sustainable Living
Carly Boyd, a Liberal Studies major, launched her blog, Zero Waste Project AK, for two reasons: to practice her writing skills and to document her journey to more sustainable living…
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…
Photos: Spring 2017 Graduation
10 Things We Learned From Senior Presentations
Each year, seniors give a presentation on their thesis the week before graduation. As always, this year’s senior projects were varied. Topics included everything from “Rescued from Retirement: Raising a Grandchild…
Ensemble Gears up for Big Show
Ensemble, which instructor Eric Redding calls the flagship of the music department, is an elective class unlike any other. “The ensemble is basically rock band fantasy camp for credit,” said…
