The following is the transcript from our Fall Convocation Ceremony. Good morning and, on behalf of the faculty and staff of Alaska Pacific University, welcome to Convocation and the start of the new academic year! We have been working hard to prepare for today. And for the new students and their families, it might be…
Student Activities
Convocation 2018
And the APU adventure begins for the Class of 2022! This morning, new incoming students dyed the Atwood Fountain after our Convocation Ceremony, a tradition six years in the making.
A Day in the Life of an APU-er (according to Instagram)
Each week Alaska Pacific University invites different members of its community to host it’s take-over Instagram account, @makingmovesatAKpacific, to show what a week at APU looks like through the eyes (and lens) of students, faculty, and staff. Since spring graduation, we’ve had a number of community members host the account to document their summer activities. Some stayed…
Honors Assembly Shines Light on Exemplary Students, Staff, Faculty
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…
Year in Review
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…
Ensemble Gears up for Big Show
Ensemble, which instructor Eric Redding calls the flagship of the music department, is an elective class unlike any other. “The ensemble is basically rock band fantasy camp for credit,” said Professor Eric Redding. At the end of the semester, the students in the class perform a concert in which they play a different instrument for…
Photo Essay: Spring Production Sneak Peak
With just a few days until opening night, the Production Guild is hard at work putting the finishing touches on “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”. Directed by senior Aponi Johnson, the show starts with Captain Arthur Hastings returning from battle to recuperate at Styles Court. Soon after his arrival, the lady of the house mysteriously…
Photo Club Spends Spring Break on the Beach … of Utqiagvik
While spring breakers throughout the U.S. headed south in search of warmer climes this month, APU’s Photo Club went north. Way north. For part of their break, eight students went to Utqiagvik (the city formerly known as Barrow) to work on their photography prowess. It’s not the first time the club has traveled to colder locales…
Third Annual Rav’N Jam Bigger Than Ever
Words by Raina Panarese // Photography by Sean Johnson The 3rd annual Rav’N Jam got the Spring Session started with a climbing and dance party in the Atwood basement. Students let loose on the dance floor lit with black lights, smoke machines and lasers while DJ Maxwell dropped techno beats. Aerial acrobat silks artist Cage Free…
Do you have what it takes to be the very best?
By Diego Donna Do you have what it takes to be the very best? Did you choose the right starter? Pick the right team and know how to defend your gym? If you know what I am referencing then you are in touch with what has most of society glued to their phones in this…
