Steve Rubinstein directs the master’s program in Outdoor and Environmental Education. Based at the University’s community service agriculture farm, his vantage extends far beyond the next harvest. People who…
Archives for July 2013
OS Faculty Profiles: Eeva Latosuo
Moving through snowy backcountry mountains is sheer joy for Finnish-born Eeva Latosuo. But amid all that high-latitude athleticism, her APU students quickly learn that there’s a more to an OS degree…
Outdoor Studies Marks 20 Years
With its roots in an outdoor education program begun more than 20 years ago by venerated University ski coach Jim Mahaffey, the Outdoor Studies degree that helps define APU today…
Chosen: Mei Mei Evans’ first novel attracts notice for social justice theme
When one of the nation’s worst oil spills contaminated Alaska shores, APU’s Mei Mei Evans did more than watch in sadness. She wrote. And wrote. The result is “Oil in…
Psychology course travels to Malawi
What Nora Miller wants her students to know about community psychology is that it doesn’t take a village. It takes individuals—one person at a time, capable of building relationships among…
APU Summit magazine now available online
APU Summit, the magazine of Alaska Pacific University, has launched with a summer issue celebrating the 20th anniversary of the University’s nationally recognized Outdoor Studies degree. In addition to news from…