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Institute of Business & Public Policy Receives Reaccreditation

January 14, 2022

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The Board of Commissioners for the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), a global accreditation body for college and university business programs, has granted APU’s Institute of Business & Public Policy (IBPP) undergraduate and graduate programs reaccreditation through 2028. APU’s IBPP programs receiving IACBE accreditation include its undergraduate business programs (Classic, Health Care Management,…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration, Press Releases

Honors Assembly Shines Light on Exemplary Students, Staff, Faculty

April 27, 2018

Dr. Onders received a standing ovation from the community after receiving his award.

With the school year winding down, Alaska Pacific University took time last week to recognize it’s exemplary students, staff, and faculty members during the Annual Honors Assembly. Here are the highlights from the April 20th event. Faculty Merit Awards: It is one of the longstanding traditions at APU, that faculty would recommend one another for…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Community, Counseling Psych & Human Services, Counseling Psychology, Earth Science, Education, Environmental Science, Featured Item, Liberal Studies, Master of Arts, Master of Business Administration, MS Environmental Science, Outdoor Studies, Student Activities, Sustainability Studies, World Class

2018 Retiring Professors Offer Departing Words of Wisdom

April 13, 2018

Beth Sullivan

Carole Lund, Professor of Business Administration How long have you been at APU? What courses did you teach in that time? What other roles did you fill? I began at APU as an adjunct teaching Qualitative Research Methods in 2005 and began teaching part time in the spring of 2006 and full time the fall…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Liberal Studies, World Class

One Woman, Two Degrees (Soon to be Three, Plus a Certificate)

October 26, 2017

Desirae Roehl Headshop

When Desirae Roehl moved to Anchorage from King Cove in the Aleutians in 2008, she was looking for new opportunities. She had had a job at her tribal office doing environmental outreach — a role that had her crafting a recycling program, doing assessments, and educating the community on environmental causes — that she enjoyed….

Filed Under: APU Spotlight, Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department

Leadership Class Teaches Partnership and Self-Awareness

June 8, 2017

Team building activities in Hatcher Pass

Though the Leadership course, a required class for Master of Business Administration students, doesn’t have traditional tests, co-instructor Christopher Pavadore would argue that the students are constantly being tested. During the two-week class, APU students, as well as a handful of students from Danube University Krems in Austria, complete a series of activities that are designed to…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department Tagged With: Alaska, Alaska pacific university, APU, Danube University Krems, Leadership

Fall Innovation MBA Classes – Innovation and Lean Startups

August 22, 2016

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Alaska Pacific University’s Hickel Endowment for Strategic Leadership and Entrepreneurship is offering two new fall courses: Innovation Strategies for Business (MBA60710, 1 Credit) and Lean Startup and Business Model Creation (MBA60720, 2 credits). Classes will be starting August 29th, meeting on Mondays through the fall semester.  Degree and non-degree students can attend one or both…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department

Startup Weekend

August 14, 2015

Participants pitching business ideas at Startup Weekend

by Miriam Mezzetti  Alaska Pacific University values our Alaskan community. We love encouraging our fellow Alaskans to pursue their educational and professional dreams. We therefore support events like Startup Weekend: an opportunity for Alaskans to develop and pitch a startup concept to investors and executives. Startup weekend participants arrive on Friday night of the competition…

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Alaska Native Executive Leadership Achievements: Graduation!

July 9, 2015

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Alaska Pacific University congratulates its Alaska Native Executive Leadership Program (ANELP) graduates! Eighteen professionals from Alaska Native corporations and non-profits were selected by their companies’ management teams for ANELP’s nine month intensive Masters-level business education program specifically designed for emerging Native Alaska business leaders. The 2014/15 ANELP cohort graduation on June 11th marked the culmination…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Community

Alaska Pacific University Helps Prepare the Next Generation of Native Business Leaders

October 8, 2014

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This Friday, eighteen mid-career Native business professionals will shift gears to become students again as they attend a two-day class in Alaska Pacific University’s Alaska Native Executive Leadership Program (ANELP). They will hear from Alaska’s history makers and experts on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act as part of their second course, ANCSA History &…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Business Administration Department

Breaking News: American Children are Less Obese, Shorter, More Diverse, and Possibly Younger

March 2, 2014

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Written by Dale Lehman, Ph.D., Director of MBA Programs and Professor of Economics at APU You may have seen recent news headlines such as “Obesity Rate for Young Children Plummets 43% in a Decade” (New York Times, February 25, 2014). This story, picked up by virtually all American newspapers, originated with the publication of a research…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration

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