An editorial in today’s Anchorage Daily News praises the University for its decision to cut undergraduate tuition by 34 percent, calling APU’s rollback a “fresh breeze” in a higher education…
Archives for 2013
Better every year, each year better
APU Nordic ski coach Erik Flora likes to end his team meetings with the mantra “better every year.” The description fits: By all measures—podium finishes, international and national awards, community…
Tuition rollback in 2014 makes APU competitive with West Coast schools that court Alaskans
University trustees have approved tuition rollback for undergraduates entering in 2014, underscoring APU’s commitment to placing quality, private higher education within reach of more Alaska students and families. By unanimous…
Mehner, ’66, is named trustees chair, becomes one of only two graduates of the University to fill the top post
A longtime Anchorage real estate broker who joined the University Board of Trustees in 2000, Bonnie L. Mehner, ’66, is the first female to chair the board following her election…
APU 100 Mile Club
By Krista Ruesch, Business Administration & Management APU’s active learning component expands beyond the classroom and lesson plans. It is incorporated into the fabric of the APU 100 Mile Club’s…
Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Tlingit poet and Alaska State Writer Laureate, is APU commencement speaker on April 27
Internationally ranked scholar and writer Nora Marks Dauenhauer returns to her alma mater April 27 as commencement speaker at Alaska Pacific University graduation exercises. It is Dauenhauer’s first speaking engagement…
Career and Technical Education in an Adolescent Alaska Native Treatment Program
By Brenda Jones I became interested in Career and Technical Education program development at The Pathway Home after conversations with the education supervisor who believed as I did, that career…
Affordability, Part 2: APU’s Proposed Tuition Sticker Price Reduction
One year ago, I wrote a piece on “Affordability and Quality at Alaska’s only Private Baccalaureate Liberal Arts University” for this blog and described how APU strives to provide value…
Travel to India: Global Social Entrepreneurship and Journeys for Change
ST: BAM 492 – January 2014 Block – Travel to India: Global Social Entrepreneurship and Journeys for Change This course will explore the development of social entrepreneurship around the world and…
Spring in Alaska
In Alaska, winter is often long and brutal. For seven months, we experience subfreezing temperatures, huge amounts of snowfall and lots of time playing in the snow. Towards the end…