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Scott Levesque recently joined the Alaska Pacific University community as the new Marketing & Communications Director. His role is to provide direction and execution in the areas of marketing, communications and public relations. He has over 10+ years of experience developing and implementing strategic marketing plans for the higher education, non-profit and healthcare sectors. Prior…
By Aaron Tooyak On February 1st and 2nd I had the privilege of attending the Racial Equity Summit hosted by First Alaskans Institute (FAI) at the Egan Center. The main room held a wealth of wisdom and knowledge from dedicated leaders of all walks of life and professions in the racial equity movement. The event…
The American Bar Association (ABA) has given final approval for a satellite campus of Seattle University School of Law in Anchorage. The satellite campus will be housed at Alaska Pacific University. For the first time ever, law students will be able to take their entire third year of law classes in Alaska, taught by Alaskans,…
Earlier this year, Alaska Pacific University received a $50,000 grant from Wells Fargo to support efforts to expand operations on the Spring Creek Farm of APU’s Kellogg Campus in Palmer, Alaska. APU was one of three Alaska organizations that were among the 54 non-profits to receive funding through the Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Communities…
What would you do if someone you loved calmly told you that they were going to end their life in the next few hours? This is the central question that propels Marsha Norman’s ‘Night Mother, and on November 7th through 16th, Anchorage Community Theatre (ACT) and RKP Productions will present the 1983 Pulitzer Prize winning…
Sharpen your marketing and advertising skills this summer! The 2013 AMA Professional Development Summer Series will be hosted every second Thursday between June and August in the Carr-Gottstein Building on the APU campus. Visit www.AMAlaska.org or email events@amaalaska.org for more information.
University trustees have approved tuition rollback for undergraduates entering in 2014, underscoring APU’s commitment to placing quality, private higher education within reach of more Alaska students and families. By unanimous vote May 16, APU trustees agreed to strategic planning that cuts full-time on-campus undergraduate tuition from $29,700 to $19,500, a drop of 34 percent. Alaskans,…
A longtime Anchorage real estate broker who joined the University Board of Trustees in 2000, Bonnie L. Mehner, ’66, is the first female to chair the board following her election May 15. “As a graduate I have always been interested in raising the University’s profile,” Mehner said. “To be successful in real estate and as…
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…
