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Greetings from APU! Alaska Pacific University is dedicated to keeping the APU community, friends, and families healthy during this pandemic. To do this, we have made the difficult decision to make the Spring 2021 commencement ceremony a pre-recorded event. We know this is disappointing news, but an in-person event isn’t possible with local restrictions on…

Alaska Pacific University recognized its Fall, Spring, and Summer graduates with a special virtual Commencement celebration on Saturday, December 12, 2020. The unique event combined elements of a traditional graduation with new opportunities for virtual participation. Commencement began with welcome notes and well wishes from university leadership, including President Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson and Board of…

Ben Baldwin, an Alaska Native Governance student at APU, was recently elected the student board member for the National Indian Education Association, or NIEA. Based in Washington, D.C., NIEA draws together Indigenous voices to share ideas, develop programs, and advocate for federal policy that advances culture-based educational opportunities. As one of 12 members on the…

Alaska Pacific University (APU) today announced that most spring 2021 classes will be held via distance delivery to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. “Cases are climbing in Alaska, and we are still in the early days of winter,” said APU President Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson, a former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health…

Alaska Pacific University has made the decision to have a virtual commencement ceremony for the Fall 2020 semester. At this time, the Municipality of Anchorage prohibits groups of 30 or more people at indoor events, and a drive-through or other outside graduation are not viable options due to the unpredictable nature of weather in Anchorage…

This summer, the Municipality of Anchorage Project Management and Engineering Department will be doing an emergency replacement of the culvert for Chester Creek under Northern Lights Boulevard between UAA Drive and Career Center Drive. You may remember some temporary closures of Northern Lights Blvd in December 2019 when the collapsing culvert was identified and a…

Five-year U.S. Department of Education grant will support APU’s Indigenous One Health programs Anchorage, Alaska – Alaska Pacific University (APU) has been awarded a five-year, $2 million Alaska Native-Serving grant by the U.S. Department of Education. The University will use the grant to increase enrollment, retention and graduation rates, specifically among Alaska Native and American…