Stories

What’s your academic background? I completed all my degrees at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I have a B.A. in linguistics, M.Ed. in Language & Literacy, and Ph.D. in Cross-Cultural Studies. Who inspires you? My father who is 92, raised on the land and fluent in the Deg Xinag and Holikachuk languages.   What was the…

Tucked down a long driveway off Farm Loop Road lives a close-knit community of APU students. At the Kellogg Campus in Palmer, neighbors are classmates, roommates are co-workers, and living, learning and working are intertwined. The Kellogg Campus is an 800-acre farm that hosts APU’s Master of Science in Outdoor and Environmental Education program (MSOEE)….

What’s your academic background?  I have a B.A. in Liberal Studies from our very own Alaska Pacific University. My time as a student at APU prepared me for an M.A. in Social and Bioethics at Yale University. I am also a registered nurse and have a B.S.N. from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Who inspires…

Edna Apatiki is an alumna from the early 1970s. She was born and raised in Gambell on St. Lawrence Island and is of St. Lawrence Island Yupik descent. Edna has an extensive background in education from being a teacher to a principal. Following her time at APU, she earned her master’s degree at the University…

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and that’s especially important in the year 2020. After a summer of isolation and protests, people are paying more attention to mental health than ever before. It’s also important in Alaska, which has the 4th highest suicide rate in the country, with roughly one suicide death every 48 hours….

Thanks to its orbiting satellites, NASA can record where the earth is growing greener or browner over time. But when each pixel from space is roughly two and a half football fields on earth, what’s the biological meaning of a shade of green? To answer that question, a research team from Alaska Pacific University (APU)–…