Alaska Pacific University is dedicated to keeping the APU community, friends, and families healthy during this pandemic. With feedback from the APU community, we have decided to attempt an in-person commencement for Spring 2022 graduates.
Commencement
APU Hosts Fall Class of 2021 Virtual Commencement Ceremony
Alaska Pacific University celebrated its Fall 2021 graduates with a special virtual Commencement celebration on Saturday, December 11. Virtual commencement blends elements of a traditional ceremony with new opportunities for graduates to share reflections from their time at APU. This year’s ceremony included a speech from Jim LaBelle, an Elders Council member and an early…
Fall 2021 Commencement Update
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 Fall 2021 commencement ceremony a pre-recorded event – Dec. 11th. We know this is disappointing news, but an in-person event isn’t possible with current case counts…
APU Hosts Spring Class of 2021 Virtual Commencement Ceremony
Alaska Pacific University recognized its Spring graduates with a special virtual Commencement celebration on Saturday, May 1, 2021. This semester’s event blended elements of a traditional ceremony with new opportunities for graduates to share memories and reflections from their time at APU. Commencement began with welcome notes and well wishes from university leadership, including Acting…
Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Tlingit poet and Alaska State Writer Laureate, is APU commencement speaker on April 27
Internationally ranked scholar and writer Nora Marks Dauenhauer returns to her alma mater April 27 as commencement speaker at Alaska Pacific University graduation exercises. It is Dauenhauer’s first speaking engagement at APU since she graduated in 1976 with a bachelor of arts in anthropology from Alaska Methodist University, precursor to APU. “I’m honored to return…
