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Do you believe in magic?

Lindsay Cooper — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:13:26 +0000

Have you ever had one of those days when everything is beautiful? I think everyone longs for those moments in which the world, and all its possiblities, appears fresh and new. Although we are already well into first semester here at APU, for you freshmen, this is still just the beginning of your journey here, a journey that is sure to be full of new experiences and excitement. I remember first pulling into the APU parking lot on move-in day last year....

¿Cómo es?

Andrew — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:31:05 +0000

Cómo es? Cómo es tu compañero de cuarto? Te gustan tus clases?

Porque APU empieza un poco después de las otras universidades, siempre molestaba a mis amigos para averiguar cómo era realmente esta experiencia. No quería tener ninguna sorpresa cuando finalmente llegara. Pero ellos siempre tenían la misma respuesta. “No vas a saber como es antes de que la empieces.”

Hace casi un mes que llegué aquí, y me entristezco decir que esta respuesta tenga mucho de la verdad. Pero, supongo que no estarán leyendo este blog para enterarse de que necesitan esperar un año para entender como es la universidad. Mi papel aquí es tratar de mostrarles como es ser un estudiante nuevo, así que en Abril puedan considerar más que los folletos y tantos mensajes electrónicos en saber si APU es la escuela correcta.

What’s It Like?

Andrew — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:30:09 +0000

What’s it like? How’s your roommate? Do you like your classes?

Because APU starts a little later than many other colleges around the nation, I often bothered my friends to see what college was really like before I got there. But they all had the same answer. “You don’t know what it’s like until you’ve been there.”

Having been here nearly a month, I’m sorry to say that this answer has much truth to it. But, I’m assuming that you aren’t reading this blog for me to tell you to wait an entire year to understand what college is like. My job here is to attempt to give you a tour of what it’s really like to be a freshman, so that in April you can look past the pamphlets and the billions of emails to understand if this is the place for you.

There’s an App for That?

Christian Brazo — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:04:31 +0000

APU iPhone Web App

Aside from the call drops and the limited battery life, I love my iPhone. Now that I have it, I find myself using its capabilities all the time–where to find a good carne asada burrito near campus, how to spell dénouement, or the name of the song playing in the office next to mine. But my love for the iPhone isn’t why several very talented people in University Relations are hard at work on developing a native iPhone app (we have a version of the APU website already available at www.apu.edu/m).

APU has chosen to develop an app for the iPhone over other mobile platforms because in the last year, total page views of the www.apu.edu from a mobile device are upwards of 137,000 (9-01-08 to 9-25-09). And of those views, 86.2% are accessing it from an iPhone or iPod Touch.

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