For the sixth year, the Expedition Alaska took students into some of the most remote land in the nation’s most remote state for their first college course. Over the course of two weeks, students either rafted or canoed from Eagle to Circle, Alaska on the Yukon River, as part of either a science course or…
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Jim Mahaffey, Trail Blazer and Team Builder
For many Anchorage residents, the return of mustard-yellow school buses, dipping temperatures and the ebb of out-of-state guests signal that Alaska’s brief autumn is here. But for Anchorage runners, the real season opener happens the second Tuesday in September, when they gather to compete in the first of the Tuesday Night Races. This year marks…
Provost Hilton Hallock Offers Words of Welcome to Incoming Class at Convocation
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…
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.
APU To Hold Alaska Native Feast Tray Carving Class
APU’s Elder Artists-in-Residence, Joe and Martha Senungetuk, will be holding a workshop focusing on Alaska Native feast trays in August and September. The course is a sequel to their mask making class from the previous May-term. Students will learn wood carving techniques as they design and shape their very own feast trays. Also, the class…
Farewell, FAST friends!
Last night, the FAST Lab said farewell to 3 stalwarts of the lab: Meadhbh Moriarty, Aileen Nimick, and Sarah Webster. Meadhbh Moriarty is our Fulbright scholar that has been with us for the past school year. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in fisheries science, and has been a tremendous asset to the lab these past…
FAST Lab Uses Drones, Community Outreach in Collaboration with Nanwalek village
Each summer, Alaska’s mature salmon turn on their internal homing devices and return to their origin waters to finish out their life journey. But as the number of reds returning to the waters near the Alaska Native village of Nanwalek continues to ebb, it’s also drawn the return of community collaborators: APU’s Fisheries, Aquatic Science,…
Meet Scott Levesque, APU’s New Marketing and Communications Director
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…
Fisheries Ecology 2018
In May block this year, undergrad and graduate students, participated in the Fisheries Ecology course taught by Dr. Brad Harris, director of the Fisheries, Aquatic Science, and Technology (FAST) Lab. The class was similar to the Icthyology course taught during the same period last year but included even more material and activities. Students helped ADF&G…
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…
