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NAU alumnus to be featured on NPR's 'Science Friday'
Friday, Aug. 19; noon; KNAU 91.7 FM
NAU alumus Josh Donlan ('96, biology) will be a guest on NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flato. Donlan will address his recent commentary in the journal Nature, which raises the idea of introducing African animals—such as camels, cheetahs, elephants and lions—to North America to replace those "megafauna" lost during the Pleistocene extinction, which is now generally accepted as having been due to human hunting.
 'Bubbles and Bids' featured topic on
KNAZ-TV2
Friday, Aug. 19, 6:30 a.m.;
Channel 2
Mollie O'Brien, AmeriCorps volunteer and special events coordinator for NAU's Northern Arizona Regional Gerontology Institute, will discuss this Aug. 26 fund-raiser to benefit senior volunteers throughout northern Arizona.
Faculty returns to campus
Aug. 22
Residence halls open
Aug. 27
Fall semester begins
Aug. 29
For these and other events visit events.nau.edu.
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Campus forum slated
for Aug. 29
President John Haeger will host a campuswide forum on Aug. 29 to discuss a number of topics, including the faculty and staff compensation plan, Arizona university system redesign, the FY '07 budget, the proposed conference center and NAU's international initiatives.
The forum will be from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Cline Library Assembly Hall. There will be ample opportunity for questions and answers. |
City Council gives support to NAU conference center plan
The Flagstaff City Council has thrown its support toward building a conference center project on the Northern Arizona University campus by approving plans that may result in up to $2 million invested toward the project.
The council on Tuesday authorized city staff members to work with NAU representatives to draft an intergovernmental agreement, specifying terms for a city investment of up to $2 million for public facilities or improvements. The council also authorized the mayor to sign a letter of intent to show support for a conference center, hotel and parking structure.
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New parking structure coming
On Friday, Aug. 19, parking lot P14—the area where the ITS building is at the corner of Knoles and Riordan—will be fenced off to make way for a 900-car parking structure. Additional temporary parking spaces will be provided south of parking lot P25—the lot behind Tinsley Hall—during construction. The multistory parking structure is expected to be complete by fall 2006.
Michael Malone named interim dean of Arts and Letters
Michael Malone, chairman of the philosophy department at Northern Arizona University, will become interim dean of the College of Arts and Letters beginning in the spring semester of 2006.
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NCA Self-study Steering Committee inviting nominations
The steering committee preparing for a site visit by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 2007 is inviting nominations or self-nominations from members of the university community—staff, faculty, students and community members—who would be willing to serve on a task force for the NCA Self-Study.
Arizona Senate President visits campus
Arizona Senate President Ken Bennett was on campus Aug. 11 to meet with President John Haeger on university priorities, including faculty and staff compensation, building renewal needs and the 2006-07 budget.
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NAU film series offers something for every taste, under thematic umbrella: water
This fall's NAU Humanities, Arts and Religion film series joins the College of Arts and Letters in its year-long investigation into the theme, Water in the Arts.
The selection runs the gamut, from The Producers to The Birds, from Some Like it Hot to From Here to Eternity, from Casablanca to Apocalypse Now Redux. And all the films, in one way or another, feature water—as metaphor or as sight gag.
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Holocaust liberation commemorated in opera
NAU Opera at Northern Arizona University will stage a powerful opera among the events sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust.
Der Kaiser von Atlantis, oder Die Todverweigerung (The Emperor of Atlantis or Death's Refusal) was written in 1942 by Czech composer Viktor Ullmann and librettist Peter Kien during their detainment in the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp in what is now the Czech Republic.
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Newie Louie unveiled
Jim Fallis, right, NAU athletic director, speaks with reporters after unveiling the newly redesigned Louie the Lumberjack mascot at a press conference last week in du Bois Conference Center. "As you become a part of the Lumberjack family, you begin to realize just how much meaning the ax has," he told a crowd of about 70 students, staff and media. "You begin to understand the value and the history and the tradition of the Lumberjacks and the ax....The ax reflects on the workman-like mentality of our student-athletes and the success that we want to bring to the program." |
Senior Corps hosts 'Bubbles & Bids' fund-raiser
The Senior Corps of Northern and Central Arizona, part of NAU's Gerontology Institute, will hold a fund-raiser Friday, Aug. 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Radisson Woodlands Hotel grand ballroom. The fund-raiser will benefit new programs for seniors and help reimburse senior volunteers for expenses they incur while volunteering.
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EAW offering screenings, classes
The Employee Wellness and Assistance Office is offering weight management, tai chi, yoga and health screenings.
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Forensic Biomechanics, offered this fall,
joins engineering and medicine
Patrick Hannon, associate professor in Northern Arizona University's biology department, recalls being an expert witness in a case involving a toddler with a fractured thigh bone.
The defendant claimed that the child had fallen, but the nature of the injury provided evidence of a spiral fracture, indicating that the leg had been twisted.
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Lumberjacks among leaders in Maine event
NAU Athletics is scoring big at camp.
The Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks at Camp Manitou in southwestern Maine are among the leaders in the camp's College League.
The camp is located in Oakland, Maine, not too far from Winslow, Rome, China and Belgrade.
Each year at the summer-long camp, campers divide into 60- to 70-person teams to compete in Olympic-type events with each team choosing a college mascot.
Because one team's "dean," Vaughn Beckwith, was thought to resemble a lumberjack, the team chose NAU as its model.
The campers' parents have ordered hats, jerseys and T-shirts from the NAU Bookstore, totaling close to $1,700 in sales.
Scientists: If prairie dogs vanish, other species will follow
The Gunnison's prairie dog is one of five known prairie-dog species, and all are losing the battle for habitat and survival in the West, scientists say. "I think if they don't receive some help, in the not-too-distant future all five species will go extinct," said prairie-dog biologist Con Slobodchikoff of Northern Arizona University. "That in turn will affect a whole lot of other species that depend on them."
Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM), 8/14/2005
Old Louie gets the ax
Louie the Lumberjack has had a makeover. With mountain peaks behind him, he stands up straight and grips a big, yellow-handled ax with his left hand. "This was ... the next step in our strategic marketing plan for the entire university," said Dr. M.J. McMahon, NAU's executive vice president. "The original rebranding effort did not include athletics and there's a reason for that, because there are very different companies, ideas, concepts (and) different people that need to be involved in that rebranding process."
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 8/13/2005
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