by Miriam Mezzetti Today is Leap Day (also known as Leap Year’s Day)! Around the world, for most countries that use the Gregorian calendar, there are interesting traditions and myths about the day that occurs only once every 4 years: February 29th. Love is often a theme of Leap Day celebrations. In some countries, mostly More
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In A League Of Its Own: The EcoLeague Exchange Program
An exchange can enable students to study in a different ecosystem, learn about life in another location and culture, and to take enriching classes that complement their studies at their home university. APU students don’t need to learn another language or fly to another country to have an exchange experience, though. With an Eco League More
Bantz: Expedition Alaska is ‘transformative’
Among faculty traveling the Yukon River with APU’s Expedition Alaska course was University President Don Bantz. He’s back at his desk, giving thought to Expedition AK 2014, and sends along these thoughts: I’ve taught in several first-year college programs that I thought were excellent, but nothing even remotely resembling Expedition Alaska. The course sent APU More
Bantz welcomes Early Honors students: ‘Call me Don’
Advanced high schoolers enrolled in APU’s Early Honors program gained an up-close view of active learning when President Don Bantz strode into the classroom for a student-led interview and handed out his business card. The first slightly nervous question: How should high school seniors address the university president? “Call me Don,” he said. And they More
Sustainability News Blast
Welcome back APUers. The new semester is only a few days old and the gratifying smell of summer vacation still lingers in the air, soon to be squashed by the tense fears of the first major assignments, and our staff members are already busy creating a more sustainable university. The new student center has been More
Anchorage Startup Weekend – Sept 21-23, 2012
Startup Week at Alaska Pacific University’s Atwood Hall is a weekend-long, hands-on experience where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. On average, half of Startup Weekend’s attendees have technical or design backgrounds, the other half have business backgrounds. Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday, attendees bring their best More
Northwest Commission reaffirms APU accreditation, includes year-old PsyD
Alaska Pacific University has earned reaccreditation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities following a self-study and comprehensive site visit. The Commission’s Year-Three Resources and Capacity Peer Evaluation Report contained three commendations and five recommendations. The commendations acknowledged leadership for confronting [APU’s] financial situation; faculty for their commitment to active learning and student success; More
APU dominates Wilderness Classic, shows its mettle as an Outside magazine Top 25 campus
Environmental science instructor Luc Mehl claimed first place in the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic, a bruising adventure race dominated this year by Alaska Pacific University. Five of seven finishers are APU faculty or alumnus. Fifteen entrants began the race July 8, following a Thompson Pass-to-McCarthy route devised by Mehl and considered by many to be More
Academics, affordability add to APU’s ranking on Outside magazine’s Top 25
Alaska Pacific University is among Outside magazine’s top 25 colleges for students seeking affordable wilderness outings as well as academic courses that require outdoor fieldwork. In rankings released Aug. 14, APU placed 16th on a list that includes powerhouses like Stanford, Bowdoin and University of California campuses at Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa More
Dr. Esther “Beth” Sullivan – Chairperson – Liberal Studies Department
Dr. Esther “Beth” Sullivan Associate Professor of Theater Chairperson – Liberal Studies Department Chances are; if you have been to at APU theater production in the last few years, you might have run into Dr. Esther “Beth” Sullivan. Her passion for theater and the arts led her to APU as she has been in Alaska More
