From time to time, journalists and commentators refer to a looming fiscal cliff. Most of us don’t know what this is or what it means. The fiscal cliff entails the…
Archives for 2012
Team Wow Award
What really makes an organization successful? Some would argue that it is the individuals, the “stars” who get the work done. And, without question, organizations do need people who do…
APU Haunted House
It all started with a simple conversation about Halloween. For a city the size of Anchorage, it seems like there is not a whole lot to do with for Halloween,…
Global Social Entrepreneurship & Journey for Change
Be inspired, ignite your creativity & make a difference in your life and community. Take a Journey for Change! Social Entrepreneurship is a growing global movement that is changing lives…
Spring Creek Farm Journal Week 1
The trail wound its way up into the hills, around small, weed-edged ponds, and across a shallow stream. It was lined with spruce trees and berries, and the smell of…
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…