Mark your calendars: The Blue and Gold Benefit and Auction will take place online March 17 to 31, 2022, to support the APU Foundation. This year, the auction benefits the Educating Our Future fund honoring the legacy of Leah J. Peterson, a lifelong educator and an educational activist who served on the Board of Trustees…
Blue & Gold Benefit and Auction for the APU Foundation
Nunarpagmi Quyurrvigtangqertuq Alaska-m Yui Wall’ Nunacuarnek Taillret Elitnauryartulriit
Click here to read an English version of this story Grant Hall-am laavkaani, iteryaram yaaqsinrilkiini, amiigtangqertuq tallirpilirnermi. Tuani Shel ch’naq’ahnilu quyurrvik uitauq. Elitnaurat wall’ calistet wall’ yuut tuani quyurtetuut wall’ ilaliutuut allanek yugnek. Alaska Pacific University-m elitaurviani uitauq. Alaska-m yupiarit wall’ taillret nunacuarnek elitnaryartulriit, tuani Tan’gaucuar ca lituuq. Ikayuryugngai elitnaulriit ikayuryulriit. “Tailuci ilaliuryarturci,” Tan’gaucuaq qanellruuq….
Teaching climate with polar bears
A graduate project at Alaska Pacific University is using the power of the polar bear to teach kids about climate change. Emily Miller is pursuing a master’s degree in outdoor and environmental education at APU. For her graduate project, she designed new curricula for conservation nonprofit Polar Bears International (PBI) to make climate change accessible…
Culture and community: Get to know Alaska Native and Rural Student Services
Neggluku una Yugcetun Naaqiyukuvet On the first floor of Grant Hall, near the main entrance of the first building on campus, sits the Shel ch’naq’ahnilu Center. It’s a casual spot for study and socializing. It’s also the on-campus home of Alaska Native and Rural Student Services and its new coordinator, Barbara Amos. “Come and say…
Meet the Fall Class of 2021
Commencement is December 11. Before the big day, get to know a few members of the Class of 2021 Join the virtual Commencement celebration on Facebook and YouTube at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11. Kikkan Randall Bachelor’s of Business Administration Class of 2021 When Kikkan Randall graduated from East High in 2001, she figured…
What is Community and Place-Based Education?
APU announced three new degrees in May 2021, including a bachelor’s in Community and Place-Based Education. The program combines courses from across the university to prepare Alaska’s next educators. “I feel we’ve taken the best of everything that we do at APU, particularly in developing educators, and put it in this program,” said Paul Twardock,…
Celebrate First-Gen Week at APU
At universities across the country, November 8 marks the annual First Generation College Celebration. But here at APU, we’re celebrating all week long. This year’s slate of events begins on Monday, November 8 – the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965 – and continues with five days of events. First-gen…
Alaska Native Plants and Traditional Uses
The plants we pass on the way to class were here long before the university. A recent course called Alaska Native Plants and Traditional Uses specifically explored the broad range of benefits that Southcentral Alaska plants – including those on APU’s campus – provide for Alaska Native people. The Block course is offered in partnership…
Meet Elaine Alvey, Director of Education
What’s your academic background? I have an undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky in political science and sustainable agriculture, a master’s degree from Washington State University in teaching and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in educational theory and practice. My research interests center social studies, climate change education, the teaching of controversial…
Photobook: Expedition Alaska 2021
After a one-year hiatus during the pandemic, APU’s signature course returned to the Yukon River. Expedition Alaska is a 10-day rafting trip that introduces first-year students to Alaska and APU’s one-of-a-kind academics. Natural History of Alaska students floated the river in rafts, while Introduction to Wilderness Skills piloted the river in two-person canoes. Take a…
