Student Profiles
Alumni Spotlight: Sugpiaq language teacher John Yakanak
By Aaron Tooyak John Yakanak (’16) is among APU’s newest graduates. John graduated with his bachelor’s in Counseling Psychology with a minor in Liberal Studies, “I’m still electrified over it”, exclaimed in happiness. John plans to pursue his master’s degree in our very own Masters in Counseling Psychology Program (MSCP) upon completion of a summer internship at the Covenant House vMore
The Personalized Learning Experience: An Alumni Perspective
By Miriam Mezzetti One of the most remarkable things about my alma mater, Alaska Pacific University, is that it provides a personalized educational experience to each student. As the APU vision states, the university is “a leading active learning community igniting personal passion, self-discovery, and deep learning.” Because of this, people from all walks of life, united by a desire to learnMore
Professor Spotlight: Mei Mei Evans
Professor Mei Mei Evans has taught college English for twenty-five years –over half of them at APU. Her scholarly work is interdisciplinary, leading her to co-edit an academic anthology, “The Environmental Justice Reader” and to publish articles addressing the intersection of nature and culture. Evans’s novel, “Oil and Water,” based on true-life events of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill in More
My APU Promise Tuition Grant Experience
by Miriam Mezzetti Rising tuition costs nationally and an increase in student debt are two issues plaguing much of the world of higher education today. Students with great financial need, such as those eligible for the Pell Grant, are especially vulnerable to this growing trend. Before I knew about APU’s Promise Tuition Grant, as one of these Pell-eligible students, I worried that I would not bMore
