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Outdoor Studies

Alaska Pacific University Outdoor Studies Professor and Her Dog Will Hunt You Down and Find You.

October 31, 2014

Eeva and her dog, Sisu

By Paul Twardock Search and Rescue is a major focus of the outdoor profession, and of Alaska Pacific University’s Outdoor Studies Program. Outdoor Studies Associate Professor, Eeva Latosuo, is an active member of the Alaska search and rescue community, in particular the Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs. Eeva and her dog, Sisu, have been involved…

Filed Under: Active Learning, APU Spotlight, Outdoor Studies

Alaska Pacific University’s Paul Twardock Joins Host of KSKA’s “Outdoor Explorer” to Discuss Winter Adventure in Alaska’s Public Use Cabins.

October 16, 2014

paul twardock

Winter in Alaska is a magical place. Students, staff, and faculty thrive under the Northern Lights with a variety of strategies. They hunker down reading, watching movies, studying, and flexing one’s creative mind. Many, however, also embrace winter by getting outdoors. Nordic skiing, ice skating, snow shoeing, “fat” mountain biking, and simply walking in the…

Filed Under: Outdoor Studies

APU on the Air: KTVA visits Louise’s Farm School

December 1, 2013

Anchorage-based KTVA Channel 11 highlights the University’s outdoors-based education in a segment about Louise’s Farm School. Aired Oct. 29 and reported by KTVA’s Lauren Maxwell, the news story takes viewers to the 800-acre Kellogg campus in Palmer. KTVA is the local CBS affiliate. Farm School students are shown making devil’s club salve and walking through…

Filed Under: Active Learning, MSOEE, Outdoor Studies, Spring Creek Farm Journal, We Are APU

APU on the Web: Candela explains icefield study for LinkTV viewers

October 3, 2013

Glacier science undertaken by double-major Sal Candela is showcased in a short film that takes viewers to one of the world’s largest non-polar masses of snow and ice. Candela, ’15, is completing bachelor’s degrees in Outdoor Studies and Earth Science and was selected for summer 2013 fieldwork by the Juneau Icefield Research Program. It recruits…

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

OS Faculty Profiles: David McGivern

August 1, 2013

Which comes first, experience or judgment? Wrong question, says Associate Professor David McGivern. For OS students, attitude is everything.   Not long ago my colleagues and I were thinking about our expectations for students who undertake backcountry journeys of their own. On our minds was the tale of a student who attempted to surf an…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Outdoor Studies

OS Faculty Profiles: Steve Rubinstein

July 29, 2013

Steve Rubinstein directs the master’s program in Outdoor and Environmental Education. Based at the University’s community service agriculture farm, his vantage extends far beyond the next harvest.   People who call us here at Kellogg Farm Campus often want to know how to live more sustainably. They ask how to help their children spend more…

Filed Under: Outdoor Studies

OS Faculty Profiles: Eeva Latosuo

July 26, 2013

Moving through snowy backcountry mountains is sheer joy for Finnish-born Eeva Latosuo. But amid all that high-latitude athleticism, her APU students quickly learn that there’s a more to an OS degree than navigating safely from Here to There.   OS students often are attracted to the degree because they envision an active life, packed with climbing,…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Outdoor Studies

Outdoor Studies Marks 20 Years

July 24, 2013

Outdoor Studies Marks 20 Years Featured Image

With its roots in an outdoor education program begun more than 20 years ago by venerated University ski coach Jim Mahaffey, the Outdoor Studies degree that helps define APU today is a textbook example of capitalizing on strengths. Mahaffey (see profile Page 24) was offering popular courses at Alaska Methodist University, precursor to APU; his…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Outdoor Studies

Spring Creek Farm Journal Week 1

October 8, 2012

Northern Lights at Spring Creek Farm

The trail wound its way up into the hills, around small, weed-edged ponds, and across a shallow stream. It was lined with spruce trees and berries, and the smell of leaves beginning to decay filled the crisp air. It was perfect country for grouse and moose and bears. – John Elvis Smelcer, author of Alaskan…

Filed Under: Active Learning, MSOEE, Outdoor Studies, Spring Creek Farm Journal, Sustainability Studies

Academics, affordability add to APU’s ranking on Outside magazine’s Top 25

August 14, 2012

Academics, affordability add to APU’s ranking on Outside magazine’s Top 25 Featured Image

 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…

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