Stories

By Alaska Pacific University Published: January 30, 2023 A classroom is so much more than a place of study – it’s a vibrant and dynamic learning environment. Classrooms encourage students from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to express themselves and share their thoughts and ideas. It’s also a learning experience that isn’t limited to what is…

By Alaska Pacific University Published: January 26, 2023 2023 is off to a roaring start for the APU Nordic Ski team thanks to their exceptional performances locally, nationally, and abroad. The U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships took place Jan. 2-7 and was held in Houghton, Michigan. Overall, APU Nordic skiers earned seven out-of-the-eight total…

Written by Joey Sirois, Outdoor Studies Human Impacts Throughout my childhood my family would work as host campers in New England. My infamous uncle Ray was always there. He’d bring fireworks, cook amazing food, and would tell us the most convincing stories.  The story I remember the best is the story of Drag Foot. Drag…

Written by Joshua Manzo, Outdoor Studies Human Impacts Ever since I stepped foot in Alaska it feels like I’ve entered a new world. Alaska took some getting used to. With APU’s help the outdoors became my classroom. Growing up a city boy all I ever knew were concrete jungles. I could navigate through intersections but…

After enduring a major earthquake and a multi-year pandemic as students, the Class of 2022 made it to graduation. More than 75 graduates walked across the stage on December 10, 2022, at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium. See more photos here

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…

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 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…

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…

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…