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As she settles into her new office, Hilton Hallock shares her background in higher education, thoughts on her new positions and the university’s future. Prior to accepting the Provost position, Hilton Hallock was the the Chief Strategy and Accreditation Officer, a role that had her working on strategic planning, enrollment management, new program development, our…
Though Christina Wilson may have only taught at APU for a year, her connection to the school extends much further back. In 2010, Wilson started in the IT department as the Academic Support Leader, while simultaneously working towards her Master of Science in Counseling Psychology. So how did she go from taking student ID pictures…
At Alaska Pacific University graduations there isn’t just a few featured speakers. Each graduating student is welcomed and encouraged to say a few words, if they’d like. During the 2018 Spring Graduation, many students gave shoutouts to family, friends and mentors to helped them along the way, others offered words of wisdom for those still…
Dave Wilga, loving husband, retired Coast Guard Avionics Navigator, and Information Technologist, died unexpectedly on April 14, 2018 at the age of 57 in Anchorage. Dave is survived by his wife, Cheryl Wilga (née Denesha); his mother, Audrey Wilga; his sister Deb Rusenko; his godson Xander Rusenko; his mother- and father-in-law Alice and Jerry Denesha;…
Painter Andrew Morrison will be on campus for the next week completing a mural that he says will “visually tie the APU and ANTHC together.” The painting will feature the likeliness of various Alaska Native tribal groups. “I’m not going to paint any one specific person from each group, because the conversation about who it…
The river and lake system near the Alaska Native village of Nanwalek has long welcomed the red salmon that return en masse each summer. But with dwindling numbers of their preferred subsistence food, the village also welcomed some fresh fish to help develop a salmon monitoring program for the community: APU’s FAST Lab and Alaska…
As Alaska Pacific University closes in on the end of the 2016-2017 academic year, let’s take a look back on the learning, adventuring, and growing the University and the members of it’s community experienced since last fall. Welcomed new students, faculty and staff APU welcomed 215 new to APU students, both undergrad and graduate this…
When it’s Jonathon Singler’s move, he sits back and surveys the chess board. He may imagine moving his knight two squares vertically and one square horizontally. He may consider moving his queen diagonally across the board. He may debate moving the rook back to better defend the king. But beyond that, he’s thinking of…
Congratulations to all of our hard working graduates! Special thanks to our Registrar’s Office as well as all the staff volunteers who helped with graduation! Here are some of the photos taken at this beautiful event!
