APU Articles
Staff Saturday: Coba Canales ’06, EdD, Plants Seeds to Cultivate Student Growth
January 25, 2025
Coba Canales '06, EdD, entered APU as an undergraduate eager to pursue ministry, strengthen his athletic skills, and form lifelong bonds within a rich community. Having given back to the university in pastoral roles, Canales is grateful to serve students alongside their spiritual journey. He now serves as dean of students.
Faculty Friday: Regina Chow Trammel, PhD, LCSW, Facilitates Deep Conversations with Social Work Graduate Students
January 24, 2025
Regina Trammel, PhD, LCSW, professor in the Master of Social Work program, inspires her students to contemplate how God is at work in their own lives through deep, meaningful conversations about diversity, community, faith, and human experience.
Alumni Feature: Jamil Frazier ’04 Inspires Others to Reach New Heights
January 23, 2025 | Alumni
Jamil Frazier ’04 is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, certified health coach, CEO of Think Life is Different, husband, father, and Christian. His story is one of resilience as he has navigated his journey with courage and faith for a hopeful future.
Community Engagement: APU Students Volunteer at Elevation Worship’s Concert
January 21, 2025 | service
Academic Feature: APU Alumni Collaborate on Award Winning Film “Green and Gold”
January 21, 2025
Brothers Anders ’08 and Davin ’14 Lindwall collaborated with mutliple APU alumni to create Green and Gold, an award winning film in partnership with the Green Bay Packers, staring major talent such as Craig T. Nelson, Brandon Sklenar, and the late M. Emmet Walsh. The film will be released in theaters nationwide on January 31, 2025.
Paige Colligan ’25 Presents Research at the American Society of Microbiology’s Southern California Branch Regional Meeting
January 20, 2025 | Humanities and Sciences
6 APU Students Present Work at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students
January 19, 2025 | Humanities and Sciences
Staff Saturday: Monica Rea Answers God’s Call for Her Life as Communications and Operations Coordinator
January 18, 2025
Whenever someone calls APU, they will most likely hear Monica Rea’s warm voice. As the Communications and Operations Coordinator, Rea embraces her love for Christ and others by bringing her spirit of joy to the people she engages with.
Faculty Friday: Marissa Brash DrPH, EdD, MPH, CPH, Promotes Experience and Mentorship In Public Health
January 17, 2025 | Health Sciences
Community Engagement: APU Serves at Vineyard Church Glendora’s Trunk or Treat
January 16, 2025 | service
Showing What's Possible in Public Education
January 16, 2025 | Alumni, Education
Amy Alzina, MA ’02, EdD, believes in the power of public education. Driven by a desire to make an impact in the lives of students and communities, Alzina’s leadership of Cold Spring School District (CSSD) was recognized when she received the 2024 Superintendent/Principal of the Year Award from the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA).
Strengthening Our Core
January 16, 2025
Whether wrestling with life’s biggest questions, conducting research shoulder to shoulder with faculty mentors, or learning to lead and innovate ethically, APU students benefit from the transformative power of a Christian liberal arts education. General Education (GE) has long played a key role in APU’s undergraduate curriculum, complementing and enriching students’ majors by exposing them to the methods and insights of a variety of disciplines, from biblical studies and theology, to the humanities and arts, to the sciences and social sciences.
Traveling Through the Dark
January 15, 2025 | Humanities and Sciences
You may know that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were longtime friends. At the very end of Lewis’s life, when he became quite ill, Tolkien continued to visit him regularly. They spent hours together, reminiscing about their lives as college professors, their years of family vacations together, and the unexpected and far-ranging impact of their writing, including The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings.
Goodness Out of Grief
January 14, 2025
“God wants what’s best for you,” Megan Fate Marshman, MA ’08, shared with the audience at Sun Valley Community Church as she encouraged the congregation to rejoice and find contentment. For those who know Marshman’s story, this message may seem contradictory to her circumstances: Just two years prior, Marshman lost her husband, Randy, to an unexpected heart attack. She was left to raise her two young sons, Jedidiah and Foster, as a young widow. Even so, Marshman—speaker, author, and pastor—continually encourages others to have faith, even in the midst of tragedy.
