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Outdoor Studies

APU boreal forest research published in top-tier journal Nature

August 12, 2022

Mountian Hiking

For the past several years, Dr. Roman Dial has researched tree line in northern Alaska. His undergraduate students may spend 99 days straight in the backcountry, gathering data by foot and by packraft from Canada to Kotzebue. That hands-on research has now produced an open-access publication in Nature, one of the world’s most renowned, most…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Faculty, Outdoor Studies, Research, World Class

Photo Book: Senior Project Week at APU

December 4, 2018

Senior Projects Fall 2018

Last week, APU seniors put their days, months, and years of hard work on exhibit for the entire community to see displaying their senior projects in Carr Gottstein and Grant Hall. Topics ranged from remote weather stations and nature activity backpacks to resiliency in Indigenous communities and social media’s influence on avalanche forecasting. Please enjoy…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Environmental Science, Outdoor Studies, Student Stories, We Are APU

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

Spring Course Teaches Students Dog Mushing

April 6, 2018

Dog mushing

For as long back as Andrea Grenier can remember, she’s wanted to be a dog musher. What she doesn’t remember, however, is how she got into the sport. “No one really knows how I got into it — I was raised in Connecticut where there isn’t much mushing and my parents don’t even like dogs,”…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Environmental Science, Outdoor Studies

Block Course Teaches Kayak Design, Cultural Understanding

February 2, 2018

Kayak builders posing during building process

​Photos courtesy of Matt Allen Traditionally, kayak building was a rite of passage for young Alaska Native boys, a process that would mark the transition from boyhood to manhood. For a handful of Alaska Pacific University students, it’s also been the focus of a one-of-a-kind block course. Over the course of three weeks, Andrew Abyo…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Alaskan Culture, Outdoor Studies

Photo Essay: Backcountry Travel and Packrafting Gets a Taste of Alaska Fall (and Wilderness Pizza)

October 19, 2017

Packrafts along Spencer Lake, with glacier in the background.

Over Fall Block, a handful of Outdoor Studies students took a course in backcountry travel to develop their abilities to plan, prepare for, and undertake a significant Alaskan wilderness traverse using packrafting and lightweight approaches. Not sure what that means? Here’s a look.  Photos by Professors Tony Perelli and Becky King // Captions by Professor Tony Perelli  Crossing…

Filed Under: Outdoor Studies Tagged With: Alaska pacific university, back country, pack rafting

Inside ‘Confluence Radio’: How one student explores nature through podcasting

February 22, 2017

The podcast about how we impact and interact with Nature

Thirty minutes before his interviewee arrives, Dave Schmidt is in the studio. He’s running through his checklist: adjust the mic stands, plug in both sets of headphones, open the recording software, run through the recording setup. Then he’ll do the standard “check, check” on both microphones while adjusting the gain on each channel to make…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Outdoor Studies Tagged With: Alaska, Alaska pacific university, APU, confluence radio, Dave Schmidt, nature podcast, podcast, senior project

“Teaching Climbing through the lens of Emotional Intelligence” Dave McGivern, hosted by the Alpine Club

April 11, 2016

Instructor David McGivern conferring with a student.

By Cayley Eller Following our recent spring break a handful of lucky Alaska Pacific University students and administrators had the pleasure of hanging out with former APU instructor David McGivern. Dave, who was a beloved member of the faculty at APU was a prominent figure in developing the climbing program at the University, as well…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Outdoor Studies

Eagle Glacier Collaboration

April 6, 2016

Courtesy of APU Nordic

A new engineering project between UAA and APU looks to bring the two neighboring communities a little bit closer. Civil engineering students from UAA recently had the opportunity to travel up to the APU Thomas Training Center on the Eagle Glacier. The facility, nearly 5,000ft high up in the Chugach, gives APU Nordic athletes the…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Environmental Science, Nordic Skiing, Outdoor Studies

In A League Of Its Own: The EcoLeague Exchange Program

October 21, 2015

ecoleague

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…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Community, Environmental Science, Featured Item, Marine Biology, Outdoor Studies

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