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What’s your academic background? Bachelor of Arts, APU, 1991; Master of Education, UAA, 1997; Doctor of Philosophy, Cross-Cultural Studies & Education, Interdisciplinary, UAF, 2018; Who inspires you? Maya Angelou What was the best concert you ever attended? ??? Where’s your favorite place in the world? Anywhere family is …..(Geographically totally love Iceland) If you could…

In Spring 2019, FAST Lab began designing and implementing a project in the nearshore waters around Kuskokwim Bay, Etolin Strait and Nunivak Island that aims to strengthen a collaboration between a large commercial fishing fleet and Alaskan Native communities, whereby co-produced environmental data will benefit both groups. This project leverages an existing working group composed…

Are the robots coming for our jobs? Not yet… but artificial intelligence is already revolutionizing the way we work and live. That was the takeaway for students, faculty and community members who gathered at Alaska Pacific University (APU) last month for a lecture by Dr. Dale Lehman, presented by APU’s institutes of Business and Public…

What’s your academic background? Bachelors of Science in Accounting from University of Texas at Dallas CPA in Alaska Who inspires you? Ernestine Shepherd What was the best concert you ever attended? ZZ Top Where’s your favorite place in the world? Alaska If you could be any animal, which would you be? My dog What’s the…

It’s with great pleasure that Paige Krichbaum accepted the Director of Dining Services and Sustainability position. Her goal is to make the “Dining Services Department” a destination. A place to gather, a place to share experiences, a place to settle the soul. Paige comes from a baking and pastry background, and her favorite thing about…

For the seventh year, the Expedition Alaska took students into some of the most remote land in the nation’s most remote state for their first college course. Over two weeks, students either rafted or canoed from Eagle to Circle, Alaska on the Yukon River, as part of either a science course or an outdoor studies…

What’s your academic background? BA in Liberal Studies, Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, and Preliminary Administrative Services Credential all from California State University Chico. Additionally, I got a Waldorf Teacher Education Diploma from Rudolf Steiner College. Who inspires you?  My folks. They’ve worked incredibly hard and have made a great life for themselves. It has not…

What’s your academic background? I have a BA in Psychology and Writing Seminars from the Johns Hopkins University, and an MA and PhD from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Clinical Psychology Who inspires you? People doing everyday kindnesses for each other What was the best concert you ever attended? Lilith Fair-so many great…

Unangam Tunuu: language of the Aleut people, a people that have occupied Alaska for well over 10,000 years. With changes in populations there are less than about 90 fluent speakers of the traditional language out of the more than 6,000 Aleut in Alaska. Today, the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) puts on a culture camp…

What’s your academic background? I have an Associates in Business Administration and Computer Technology and currently working on my Bachelor’s in Counseling Psychology. Who inspires you? My Daughter. What was the best concert you ever attended? My daughter’s last choir concert of middle school…she had a beautiful solo 😊. Where’s your favorite place in the…