Liberal Studies
Is this a great country or what?
Whereas on September 17, 1787, delegates of the United States to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution and sent it to the states for ratification; Whereas the states, in the collective wisdom of their citizens, insisted on appending a Bill of Rights to the Constitution; Whereas the U.S. Congress in 1952 designated September 17 as…
All Aboard Expedition Alaska!
By Miriam Mezzetti Expedition Alaska, our 10 day course rafting the Yukon River, began last week! Students prepared academically by learning about the geology, botany, and marine life of the Yukon. They also prepared practically for braving the Alaska wild, through learning wilderness survival and camping skills. Much of the grade for the course is…
Join Liberal Studies to discuss the 26th Amendment on Constitution Day
Constitution Day is celebrated on September 17 in commemoration of September 17, 1784, when delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign what would become the U.S. Constitution. At APU, we encourage everyone to reflect on the importance of the Constitution. Join us at 1:00pm in the Liberal Studies Department, Grant Hall…
APU’s Spring 2014 Writer-in-Residence Announced
Anchorage author, Martha Amore, has been chosen as APU’s Spring 2014 Writer-in-Residence. Established in 2012, this honor goes annually to an Alaskan who has excelled in the field of creative writing. Martha achieved her Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction from UAA, and currently resides in Anchorage with her husband and three daughters. She has…
New Course Offering on “St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans” for Fall 2013
Considered among the most influential texts in the New Testament, St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans is the topic of a University course offered Aug. 27-Sept. 19 by Jerusalem-based scholar Gregory T. Tatum, O.P. Holder of a doctorate in New Testament and Christian Origins from Duke University, Tatum is a professor since 2006 at the…
Victoria Hykes Steere, lawyer and APU assistant professor, wins award for advancing Native environmental justice
Liberal Studies Assistant Professor Victoria Hykes Steere has won the 2013 Caleb Pungowiyi Award presented by the Alaska Conservation Foundation. In an announcement Aug. 2, the Anchorage-based nonprofit cited Hykes Steere for a career dedicated to advancing Alaska Native people. “Her influence is far-reaching,” ACF said. “She clearly follows the wisdom of her grandmother, Martha,…
Stoeger: ‘Science, philosophy and theology take us beyond what we already know’
The Rev. Bill Stoeger, S.J., Ph.D., speaks Monday, Feb. 11, at an APU public lecture focusing on the fit between God’s creation and the Big Bang theory of the universe. An astrophysicist on staff with the Vatican Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., Stoeger says that science, philosophy and theology have more in common than many people…
Evans’ ‘Oil and Water’ earns national notice for social justice themes
Liberal Studies Associate Professor Mei Mei Evans has published her first novel, drawing in part on first-hand experiences of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Available now from the University of Alaska Press, “Oil and Water” was among finalists in 2012 for the national PEN/Bellwether Prize. The award is for previously unpublished fiction centering on social…
Vatican scientist is APU featured speaker on God’s creation and the Big Bang
A Vatican Observatory scientist specializing in high-energy astrophysics and theoretical cosmology offers an APU public lecture focusing on the fit between God’s creation and the Big Bang Theory. The Rev. William Stoeger, S.J., Ph.D., is coordinator for science and technology programs at the Vatican Observatory in Tucson, Ariz. His talk is from 7:30 p.m. to…
Prof. Rawson and ‘We the People’
APU Associate Professor Timothy Rawson was among judges taking part in a statewide competition of high schoolers vying to show who knows the most about the American political system. Organized in 1987 by the Center for Civic Education, “We the People” has involved more than 30 million students and 90,000 educators in a nationwide study…
