An internationally ranked consultant, lecturer and self-described “innovation badass,” Eric J. Romero, Ph.D., is the next in a series of APU visiting scholars offering insight into the changing demands of…
Archives for August 2013
21st century conservation is Cornick’s focus for international gatherings, handbook
A symposium developed by Marine Biology Professor Leslie Cornick has gained the attention of international conferences and led to a book proposal. “Integrating Marine Mammal Conservation: 21st Century Challenges” was…
Outdoor Programs 2013 Copper River Rafting Experiences
This summer, Alaska Pacific University offered a summer rafting trip on the Copper River for prospective students. We floated from Copper Center, a roughly three and-a-half hour drive from Anchorage…
New Course Offering on “St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans” for Fall 2013
Considered among the most influential texts in the New Testament, St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans is the topic of a University course offered Aug. 27-Sept. 19 by Jerusalem-based scholar…
Victoria Hykes Steere, lawyer and APU assistant professor, wins award for advancing Native environmental justice
Liberal Studies Assistant Professor Victoria Hykes Steere has won the 2013 Caleb Pungowiyi Award presented by the Alaska Conservation Foundation. In an announcement Aug. 2, the Anchorage-based nonprofit cited Hykes…
NPR audiences learn why everyday is championship day at University’s training site for Olympic hopefuls
It looks like any another Alaska glacier in summer. Impossibly blue skies alternating with wind, rain, fog and snow. Shale peaks and, of course, miles of ice. But for Alaska…
Gould Hall Renovation
APU’s Gould Hall was named for our founder Peter Gould, an Aleut Methodist minister, whose vision was that Alaskans and Alaska Native people deserved access to an outstanding private liberal…
OS Faculty Profiles: David McGivern
Which comes first, experience or judgment? Wrong question, says Associate Professor David McGivern. For OS students, attitude is everything. Not long ago my colleagues and I were thinking about…