Original article by Julie Swisher, KTVF, December 14, 2022 The Denali Center in Fairbanks has been recognized this year as being in the top 20% of nursing homes in the nation. Earlier this October, they received a bronze award from the American Health Care Association in partnership with the Alaska Hospital and Healthcare Association. Staff…
Practical Nurse Fairbanks partner, Denali Center, receives award for exceptional care
APU graduates four from new nursing program in Bethel
Original article published December 8, 2022 by KYUK’s Francisco Martínezcuello The sound of nursing students reciting the International Nursing Pledge after the candle lighting ceremony has not echoed off the walls of Yuut Elitnaurviat in more than 7 years. Yuut Elitnaurviat, which means “The People’s Learning Center” in Yu’pik, is a workforce development organization that…
Octopus Behavior
Octopus Behavior Professor David Scheel of APU has recently been a part of a research team studying Octopus behavior. The team studied more than 20 hours of octopi footage. “I call it octopus TV,” laughs co-author David Scheel, a behavioral ecologist at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage. While combing through the footage, one behavior stood…
APU MFA Low-Residency Professor wins International Creative Writing Competition
Alaska Pacific University faculty member Chaun Ballard has won joint first prize for his poem My Father and I drive back to St. Louis for his Mother’s funeral in the prestigious Bridport Prize international creative writing competition. The competition’s Poetry judge, Inua Ellams describes “how the poem comments on abuses of power by police officers, deftly conjuring the…
APU’s Associate Professor Receives Honorable Mention at 16th Annual Conference of the Short Story in English
Anchorage-based writer and APU Associate Professor Rosanne Pagano has been awarded an honorable mention in a competition sponsored by the 16th International Conference on the Short Story in English. A faculty member in the writing program since 2005, Pagano was chosen for her story, “Many Men Go Fishing All Their Lives,” the tale of a…
Thank You for Supporting APU This Giving Day
Alaska Pacific University celebrated its first Giving Day on October 13th–the first-day classes were held in Grant Hall. During this day, we ask APU’s community of alumni, friends, family, staff, and faculty to show support for APU’s experimental and hands-on learning that has developed in the 62 years since its founding. This year APU was…
Photos From the Indigenous Peoples Day 2022 Celebration
October 10th marked APU’s 6th annual Indigenous Peoples Day celebration. This was APU’s first in-person Indigenous Peoples Day celebration since 2019. This year we welcomed performances by the Alaska Native Heritage Center, Alaska Native Cultural Charter School, and Ida’ina Keljeshna (Dena’ina). In addition to the fantastic performers that joined us, we also welcomed the following…
Photos From APU Homecoming 2022
September 22nd to the 25th, Alaska Pacific University celebrated its first Homecoming in 12 years. Homecoming at Alaska Pacific University unites the past with the present with a weekend of events bringing together alums, students, parents, family, and friends. APU celebrated the weekend with events such as our Alumni Networking event, the Bog, Forest Run,…
Downtown Potlatch kicks off series on Indigenous food sovereignty
This August, a city-wide Potlatch in downtown Anchorage kicked off a series of Indigenous food sovereignty events hosted in part by Alaska Pacific University. The events were largely coordinated by Steven Holley, a leader of the Ida’ina K’eljeshna dancers. For Holley, Indigenous food sovereignty is both a personal and professional focus. His dance and culture…
Photos: Expedition Alaska 2022
This year’s Expedition Alaska crew took off from Anchorage at the end of August, driving 10 hours to Eagle, Alaska to start their trip. First-year students enrolled in Natural History of Alaska and Introduction to Wilderness Skills paddled 158 miles of the Yukon River alongside their professors, using a range of roadhouses, research sites, and…
