Welcome to Alaska Pacific University. When I first came to Alaska Pacific, I was struck by how beautiful, personal and genuine this university is. The faculty really cares about students; the students care passionately about their education and about the world; the campus is utterly spectacular. Alaska Pacific is not a factory, churning out one student after another assembly-line fashion. It is more like an intensively cultivated garden, personalized to allow each student to reach his or her full potential. Alaska Pacific offers a distinctive form of study, one that extends respect, freedom and responsibility to students. Our premise is that today's students need and deserve an active education to prepare them for a dynamic and rapidly changing world. A modern university, therefore, should teach students to think for themselves, to set their own goals and accomplish them, and to work creatively and effectively with others.