UAF administrator candidate for APU job Nov 20, 2009
FAIRBANKS - University of Alaska Fairbanks administrator Bernice Joseph is one of five finalists to be the new president of Alaska Pacific University ... FAIRBANKS - University of Alaska Fairbanks administrator Bernice Joseph is one of five finalists to be the new president of Alaska Pacific University. (Juneau Empire)
Anchorage Sheraton workers call for boycott Nov 19, 2009
FAIRBANKS - University of Alaska Fairbanks administrator Bernice Joseph is one of five finalists to be the new president of Alaska Pacific University. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports she is the only in-state candidate to lead the private Anchorage university. (Juneau Empire)
• Q & A with Juneau Icefield veteran Scott McGee Nov 12, 2009
So when I was in college (at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage) I mentioned to my professors that I was interested in ice and glaciers. One day, I was in geology class and my geology professor gave me the JIRP brochure. (Juneau Empire)
Talkeetna woman named PE teacher of year Nov 4, 2009
She's also mom to Tazlina Mannix, who is a cross-country skier on the US Ski Team and the Alaska Pacific University Elite Racing team. Karen Mannix, 56, lives with her husband, Arthur, in Talkeetna. (Anchorage Daily News)
Randall holds off teammate Valaas Sep 22, 2009
Olympian Kikkan Randall held off Alaska Pacific University teammate Laura Valaas by four seconds on Sunday to win the Kincaid Stampede 6 kilometer race ... Women (6 kilometers) -- 1) Kikkan Randall, Alaska Pacific University, 16:34; 2) Laura Valaas, APU, 16:38; 3) Katie Ronsee, APU, 16:41; 4) John Glenn, Alaska Winter Stars, 17:02; 5) Kasandra Rice, APU, 17:05; 6) Kalysta Schmidt, APU, 17:40; 7) Greta Anderson, APU, 17:59; 8) Taz Mannix, APU, 18:02; 9) Jamie Bronga, UAA, 18:03; 10) Kate... (Anchorage Daily News)
Early Anchorage theater figure dies Sep 22, 2009
He went on to establish the Anchora 00001E75 ge Little Theatre which, after several name changes, is now known as Anchorage Community Theatre, as well as the drama program at Alaska Methodist University (now Alaska Pacific University). In the 1950s, Anchorage was mad for theater. (Anchorage Daily News)
Business people Aug 22, 2009
He has held senior leadership positions for Alaska-based organizations including Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Catholic Social Services, Charter College and Alaska Pacific University. Lorraine M. Jacquard is the new director of operations, and Doreen Lacy is now director of education programs. (Anchorage Daily News)
Thorstenson blows away field Aug 2, 2009
2-mile race that started at Alaska Pacific University and ended at the west end of the Delaney Park Strip. Wisniewski -- the defending 10K Classic champ who is coming off a record-setting victory in the Mayor's Marathon -- passed him during the second mile, but Cherry was back in the lead by about the fourth mile and never trailed again. (Anchorage Daily News)
Sarah Palin's frozen dreams Jul 25, 2009
Coyne, co-founder of and a writing teacher at Alaska Pacific University, has penned a piece for a U.K. audience that puts Sarah Palin among past Alaska dreamers and schemers who ultimately lost their way or met immovable obstacles and fled the state. "Since I've lived here, I've met a lot of people who left Alaska for all sorts of reasons: the long winters and rough people, the lack of glowing little corner wine bars and general civility," Coyne writes. (Anchorage Daily News)
10K runners get some new scenery Jul 15, 2009
From left, Will Kimball, Scott McArt and Joe Alward lead the field of runners from the Alaska Pacific University campus at the start of the Alaska 10K Classic Aug. 7, 2004 ... The 24th running of the Alaska 10K Classic still will begin at Alaska Pacific University and end on the Delaney Park Strip downtown. (Anchorage Daily News)
Community datebook (7/8/09) Jul 8, 2009
Alaska Pacific University Open House, 5-6:30 p.m., classrooms 1 and 2, Alaska Regional Medical Plaza, 1200 Airport Heights. Visit with a representative from Alaska Pacific University to learn more about the MBA in health services administration. (Anchorage Daily News)
Olympic ski team reduces its roster Jul 1, 2009
who skied at the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center last season, was one victim of the downsizing that took the combined "A" and "B" teams from 18 to 11 athletes. Randall, the native of Anchorage who was a silver medalist at last year's world championships, headlines the team, which also includes 23-year-old Taz Mannix of Talkeetna, another APU skier. (Anchorage Daily News)
Community datebook (6/26/09) Jun 26, 2009
50th Anniversary Homecoming, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Alaska Pacific University, 4101 University , friends and the general public are invited for class year and program reunions, the opening of the Grant Hall time capsule installed in 1959, a dinner-dance and the Family Fun Run. To register, go to Most events are free for alumni. (Anchorage Daily News)
Out of this world Jun 16, 2009
Also at the Consortium Library, and in the Alaska Pacific University galleries, 29 reproductions from the hand-written, illuminated St. John's Bible. Irene Nowell, a member of the committee behind this volume, will present a free lecture about the work at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Grant Hall. (Anchorage Daily News)
Friendship and strength spell survival after long fall Jun 16, 2009
By 2003, he was studying outdoor education at Alaska Pacific University. Nappi grew up in the old Quaker village of Wayne, Pa. (Anchorage Daily News)
New mayor wants to hear residents' ideas May 28, 2009
Thursday, June 4 -- Grant Hall Auditorium, Alaska Pacific University, 6:30-8:30 p.m.. Monday, June 8 -- ChangePoint Church, 6-8 p.m.. (Anchorage Daily News)
U-Med cut-through in the spotlight again May 25, 2009
To the east, a tangled network of trails heavily used year-round by bikers, hikers, runners and skiers threads through undeveloped acreage owned by the University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University. To the south lies the sprawling campus of Providence Alaska Medical Center. (Anchorage Daily News)
Museum re-opens with free admission Saturday May 24, 2009
Anchorage Daily News. Daylight : 4:52 AM - 11:03 PM. (Anchorage Daily News)
Youth showcase May 16, 2009
When the Good Friday earthquake struck Anchorage 35 years ago, it disrupted the five-day run of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at Alaska Methodist University (now Alaska Pacific University). A photo of the banner advertising the play, strung across shattered Fourth Avenue, became one of the most famous images from the disaster. (Anchorage Daily News)
USSA selects Randall, Flora for top honors May 13, 2009
Nobody was shocked that Kikkan Randall and her coach at Alaska Pacific University, Erik Flora, were named the top cross-country skier and top international coach by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association on Tuesday. Click to enlarge. (Anchorage Daily News)
Favorite races vary as much as terrain Apr 28, 2009
A serious 10-K road race, the last of that dying breed here, it bisects the city from Alaska Pacific University to the Delaney Park Strip -- a summer version of cross-country skiers' Tour of Anchorage. The mostly road course is a treat and the park strip finish feels like a celebration. (Anchorage Daily News)
Logging on to Mount Redoubt Apr 12, 2009
Back at the observatory's operations room on the Alaska Pacific University campus in Anchorage, scientists huddle around banks of monitors that display the near-real-time photos whenever the eruption escalates. Two of the cameras are only reasonably accessible by helicopter, Paskievitch said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Friendship, care propels rescue of injured climber Apr 12, 2009
"I was glad to hear him respond (to me). He's a good friend of mine. I went to school with him at Alaska Pacific University.'' Like so many in Alaska, Thomas, Butler and Nappi were drawn here for the adventure. While Thomas got a job as a state park ranger, Butler and Nappi ended up doing odd jobs and working as climbing guides for Mountain Trip on 20,320-foot McKinley and later for the Talkeetna-based Alaska Mountaineering School. School founder Colby Coombs Friday described both men as strong,... (Anchorage Daily News)
Inside Alaska business Apr 4, 2009
She is an adviser to The Public Diplomacy Collaborative board at Harvard University and is a trustee to Alaska Pacific University. Porcaro has owned the agency since 2001. (Anchorage Daily News)
Monegan sees money, energy as looming challenges Apr 2, 2009
Bachelor of arts in organizational administration, Alaska Pacific University 1992. Military service: U.S. Marine Corps. (Anchorage Daily News)
In brief: Family dates (3/25/09) Mar 26, 2009
Tear Along the Dotted Line, 7 p.m. Saturday, Alaska Pacific University, ConocoPhillips Gallery, 4101 University Drive. A play presented by the students of Lumen Christi High School and Holy Rosary Academy. (Anchorage Daily News)
Redoubt gives Southam assist at nationals Mar 25, 2009
Flight cancellations had no impact on Southam, who drove to Fairbanks on Saturday with several of his teammates from the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Program. "The plan was to come up and get settled in," he said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Princeton Review's 2009 'College Hopes & Worries Survey' Reports on 15,000 Students' & Parents' Application Experiences & 'Dream' Schools Mar 25, 2009
For the survey's only fill-in-the-blank question, "What 'dream college' do you wish you (your child) could attend if acceptance or cost weren't issues?", respondents wrote in the names of more than 700 institutions from Alaska Pacific University to Yale. The schools most named by students as their "Dream Colleges" were. (PR Newswire)
UAA's jazz week gets under way Monday Mar 16, 2009
The Grant Hall space at Alaska Pacific University -- now the ConocoPhillips Gallery -- hosts quirky box art by Margo Klass. These pretend shrines and reliquaries honor imaginary saints like "St. Mame, Patron Saint of Willful Ignorance.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Goodbye, Grant Hall Gallery Mar 12, 2009
Renovation of the Grant Hall Gallery at Alaska Pacific University is complete -- and with the new walls comes a new name. It will now be known as the ConocoPhillips Gallery. (Anchorage Daily News)
Southam, Brooks win Tour of Anchorage Mar 9, 2009
"Not at all," said Brooks, who coaches youth and masters skiers for Alaska Pacific University. "It feels really good to ski well in my hometown. A lot of my kids were out cheering for me, and I passed a lot of my masters skiers and I cheered for them. "There were even a few signs that said 'Go Holly. (Anchorage Daily News)
Brooks did finish just a hair behind Feb 26, 2009
"It was better than I thought I'd ever do, but when you're that close, you want to win," said Brooks, a coach at the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center. "To win the Birkie is a big deal, but to be three inches from winning the Birkie is a shame.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Foreigners at home, US nordic skiers shine at last on global stage Feb 26, 2009
" Next step: Olympic medals Coach Vordenberg has made it a mission to ingrain in young athletes the dedication required for such moments, but he credits the whole US ski community with stepping it up, noting that Randall trains with the Alaska Pacific University team for much of the year. Already, he's looking ahead to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, next year. "We still have the Olympic medal out there I think it's possible," he says, adding: "It's not that I think it,... (Christian Science Monitor)
Redoubt's every move tracked from above and below Feb 23, 2009
The observatory's "Operations Room" -- a bedroom-sized alcove in the old cinder-block U.S. Geological Survey Building on the campus of Alaska Pacific University -- is buzzing with data bits. On one wall 18 flat-screen monitors wiggle nervously with "real-time" seismographic signals, all beamed to the building from the 31 Alaska volcanoes wired to record tremors and earthquakes. (Anchorage Daily News)
'Cinderella' moment for chorus master Feb 22, 2009
" Last chance to see 'Wives' An intriguing updating of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" featuring an all-youth cast, winds up today with performances at 2 and 7 p.m. at Sydney Laurence Theatre. Alaska Theatre of Youth has a mission of making the Bard's plays work for juvenile players and audiences. At Alaska Pacific University, more Shakespeare with pre-adult actors, with TBA Theatre's more traditional reading of "Romeo and Juliet" at 3 and 7 p.m. in Grant Hall. Anyone who's caught either of these... (Anchorage Daily News)
Randall top US woman in world championships Feb 20, 2009
was 51st, while Laura Valaas, Randall's teammate at the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center, was 57th in 32:23. 4. (Anchorage Daily News)
Campbell gets a savaging Feb 17, 2009
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Scientists catalog individual beluga whales in Cook Inlet Feb 11, 2009
Among other speakers was a beluga hunter who has given it up for the good of the species and an Alaska Pacific University professor who is studying the whales' acoustic world. Karla Dutton, Alaska director of Defenders of Wildlife, said the purpose of the event was to give people "a clearer picture in what is happening regarding the science and the research on beluga whales." The group has backed controversial protections for the animals. (Juneau Empire)
Scientists catalog Cook Inlet belugas Feb 9, 2009
Among other speakers was a beluga hunter who has given it up for the good of the species and an Alaska Pacific University professor who is studying the whales' acoustic world. Information from: Anchorage Daily News, http://www. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Group is photo-identifying Inlet belugas Feb 8, 2009
The diverse lot of speakers included a beluga hunter who has given it up for the good of the species, someone who looks for whales along the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, and a professor from Alaska Pacific University who is studying the whales' acoustic world ... Ana Sirovic, assistant professor of marine biology at Alaska Pacific University, is overseeing acoustic monitoring being done around the Port of Anchorage. (Anchorage Daily News)
