With just a few days until opening night, the Production Guild is hard at work putting the finishing touches on “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”. Directed by senior Aponi Johnson,…
Archives for 2017
Veteran Actress Takes the Helm for Spring Production
Sitting in one of the rows of seats in the Earl R. Brown auditorium, Aponi Johnson has a lot on her mind. For months, a team of 15 or so…
Alum Wins Airline Vouchers from End of Year Donation Drawing
Alexandra Lorian, who graduated with an MS in Counseling Psychology in 2004 from APU, was the recipient of two Alaska Airlines Vouchers as the winner of the end of the…
Photo Club Spends Spring Break on the Beach … of Utqiagvik
While spring breakers throughout the U.S. headed south in search of warmer climes this month, APU’s Photo Club went north. Way north. For part of their break, eight students went to…
APU Student Becomes Alaska’s Only Certified Chess Coach
When it’s Jonathon Singler’s move, he sits back and surveys the chess board. He may imagine moving his knight two squares vertically and one square horizontally. He may consider…
Snow Science 1 Students Test and Are Tested
Though the temperature was below freezing, Professor Eeva Latosuo’s Snow Science 1 class was sweating. Armed with small, collapsible shovels, the dozen or so students skied around a 20 by…
Third Annual Rav’N Jam Bigger Than Ever
Words by Raina Panarese // Photography by Sean Johnson The 3rd annual Rav’N Jam got the Spring Session started with a climbing and dance party in the Atwood basement. Students let…
[PRESS RELEASE] APU/U.S. Ski Team student-athlete Sadie Bjornsen skis to Bronze at the 2017 World Championships
Lahti, Finland. The 2017 Nordic World Ski Championships resumed today in Lahti. Today’s race was the Classic Team Sprint and skiing for the U.S. women were APU student-athlete Sadie Bjornsen…
[PRESS RELEASE] APU/U.S. ski team athlete- Kikkan Randall makes her podium comeback on the opening day of the 2017 World Championships
Lahti, Finland. The 2017 Nordic World Ski Championships began today in Lahti, Finland. In the opening race, the skate sprint, the U.S. qualified all 4 of their starters to the…
Inside ‘Confluence Radio’: How one student explores nature through podcasting
Thirty minutes before his interviewee arrives, Dave Schmidt is in the studio. He’s running through his checklist: adjust the mic stands, plug in both sets of headphones, open the recording…