Inside NAU is published weekly for faculty, staff and friends of Northern Arizona University. We welcome story ideas related to NAU's mission, its employees and its students. Submit story ideas to Mary Lemma, (928) 523-0611, or e-mail Mary.Lemma@nau.edu.
Publisher: John D. Haeger,
President
Editor: Mary Lemma—Office of
Public Affairs
Contributing writers: Tom Bauer,
Lisa Nelson—Office of Public
Affairs
Electronic design: Tracie Hansen,
Jeff Dillon—University Marketing
Printed design: Vernon
Davis—Printing Services
Student writer: Jeff Peterson— Office of Public Affairs
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Sacred Sites and Environmental Justice
7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, SBS room 104
The Grand Canyon Semester and the Sierra Club will present a discussion on "Sacred Sites and Environmental Justice." Contact: David Schlosberg, 523-0339.
NAU Band Day
8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, Skydome, Free.
Forty high school bands from across the Southwest will participate in the daylong competition.
Trombone Choir Concert
3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, Ashurst Auditorium, Free.
NAU trombone students will perform trombone choir works of J.S. Bach, James Kazik, Eric Ewazen and Richard Wagner.
Mikhail Lossel/Thin Air Reading Series
7 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, Liberal Arts 135
A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Mikhail Lossel is a writer in residence at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. He is the co-editor of the anthology Amerika: Essays by Contemporary Russian Writers on the U.S. (Dalkey Archive, 2004).
For these and other events visit events.nau.edu.
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Winter weather updates
Four good ways to get up-to-date information about campus operations during snowy weather:
- Call the NAU Now line: (928) 523-0007
- Listen to local radio and TV stations
- Go to the NAU home page.
- Go to MyNAU and check out NAU Announcements-Urgent
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Haeger visits China in recruitment effort
Northern Arizona University is looking at a largely untapped market of potential new students-in China.
President John Haeger and Stephen Wright, director of NAU's International Office, traveled to China last month to explore the possibility of bringing more Chinese students to study at NAU. READ MORE...
Strategic plan feedback sessions scheduled
NAU's Strategic Planning Council will host 15 planning and priority sessions to give NAU students, faculty and staff the opportunity to provide feedback on university planning priorities.
The NAU community is encouraged to ask questions about the current priorities and suggest other priorities.
The first session with Distance Learning is scheduled for 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Adel Math building, room 137.
Four sessions are scheduled for Nov. 10, including a general open session for the entire campus community from 1 to 3 p.m. in Cline Library Assembly Hall. READ MORE...
Virtual 'water university' pools resources
Gov. Janet Napolitano announced on Nov. 1 the creation of a virtual "water university" that will tap into the resources of Arizona's three state universities to address the Arizona's water future. READ MORE...
NAU master plan consultant to host
community gathering
Ayers/Saint/Gross, the consultant for Northern Arizona University's campus master plan, will host a community gathering from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Cline Library Assembly Hall.
The consultant will present future plans for campus transportation, parking, landscaping and campus entrances and perimeters. Ayers/Saint/Gross will be soliciting input and questions at the gathering, which is open to the NAU and Flagstaff-area communities.
Reduction of Work Study funds may continue
The amount of Federal Work Study money available to qualifying students on the NAU campus has deceased by 16 percent from the 2003-04 academic year, and the trend is expected to continue. READ MORE...
Gerontology Institute gets funds when you
shop for groceries
Shopping at Safeway, Albertsons and Bashas' can help raise funds for the Northern Arizona Gerontology Institute. READ MORE... 
Celebration marks release of new book
The Center for Sustainable Environments and the Museum of Northern Arizona will celebrate the release of a new book with an evening of stories and entertainment from 4 to 9 p.m. today, Nov. 3. READ MORE...
Learn about proposed
Wind Park
A public education meeting for the proposed Sunshine Wind Park, Arizona's first
utility-scale wind power facility, has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in Cline Library Assembly Hall. READ MORE...
Dave Lorenz recognized for distinguished service
Dave Lorenz, retired vice president of administration and finance, has been presented with an award for his lifetime of distinguished service to the National Association of College Auxiliary Services. READ MORE...
NAU in the NEWS
Nationally, roughly 2,000 to 3,000 people a year die a domestic violence-related death, according to Neil Websdale, director of the National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative based at Northern Arizona University. But the total number is even higher given indirect causes of death, he said.
—The Arizona Republic
Faces on Campus
Kristyna Robinson
Name: Kristyna Robinson
Hometown: Mesa
Sport: Cheerleading
Year: Senior
Five weeks from competing at the national championships, NAU senior cheerleader Kristyna Robinson received the call that her National Guard unit was being deployed to Iraq along with four of her NAU teammates. Talk about your life changing moments. She spent a year in Iraq. Back at NAU to complete her senior year, again, Robinson still wears both uniforms. She had drills over Homecoming weekend but still managed to cheer at the game. |
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