Inside NAU, a publication of the Office of Public Affairs

•	Forum addresses future; showcases accomplishments
•	ITEP awarded $7.65 million grant for air quality work
•	Benefits enrollment begins; changes afoot
•	Agenbroad to receive Lowell Thomas Award
•	Portal incentive: '100 Winners in 100 Days'
•	International Office hosting Study Abroad Fair
•	What's your problem? Health Psychology Center can help
•	Parking attendants needed for fair
•	NAU in the News

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Athletics: Football v. Adams State
Thursday, Sept. 1, 6 p.m.; Walkup Skydome

Free movie: 'Singin' in the Rain'
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m.; Cline Library

Today we say goodbye to August, named for this man, the first Roman emperor. Without Caesar Augustus, we might still call this month Sextilis.
Source: KnowledgeNews.net

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New parking accommodations to ease campus congestion
Parking Services today announced changes to alleviate parking congestion on campus.

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Forum addresses future; showcases accomplishments
Northern Arizona University is poised to meet the growing need for accessible undergraduate education identified through the Arizona university system redesign, President John Haeger told faculty and staff at a campus forum on Monday.

Helping students
get a move on

More than 200 student-athletes helped move in students to the residence halls as part of Welcome Jack Weekend Saturday and Sunday in preparation for the start of classes Monday on the Flagstaff campus. Student-athletes and coaches representing men's basketball, women's basketball, cross country, football, golf, stunt and dance, swimming and diving, track and field and volleyball helped out over the two-day move-in period. Members of the volleyball team join head coach Chris Campbell at move-in Saturday.

ITEP awarded $7.65 million grant for air quality work
The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals at Northern Arizona University has received a grant for $7.65 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to work with tribes across the nation to manage air quality concerns.

Benefits enrollment begins; changes afoot
Open Enrollment began this week and continues through midnight on Sept.16. This is the one time during the year when employees can change their benefits enrollment without a qualified life event. Several changes are being made.

Agenbroad to receive Lowell Thomas Award
Northern Arizona University Professor Emeritus Larry Agenbroad will join the ranks of such notables as Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Sir Edmund Hillary when he receives a Lowell Thomas Award from The Explorers Club.

Portal incentive: '100 Winners in 100 Days'
ITS has devised an incentive to encourage use of NAU's portal website, my.nau.edu. To draw more users to the portal, MyNAU is giving away 100, 64mb USB Flash Drives—one winner every day for 100 days. The contest runs from Sept. 3 through Dec. 11.

International Office hosting Study Abroad Fair
Students who are interested in studying abroad or just want to learn about options should plan on attending the Study Abroad Fair Tuesday, Sept. 6, on the east side of the University Union pedway. The fair goes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Alumni of study abroad programs, staff from the International Office and international students from participating exchange schools will be on hand to answer questions.

What's your problem?
Health Psychology Center can help
The Health Psychology Center of Northern Arizona University is accepting clients for evaluation and treatment of a variety of common health issues. The center serves the community—adults and children—and NAU staff and students.

Parking attendants needed for fair
The County Parks and Recreation Department is hiring parking attendants for the county fair this weekend. Attendants will be paid $8 an hour and are needed Thursday - Monday. Shifts are shifts 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. or 3pm - 9pm. They need about 11 - 15 people per shift. Anyone interested can contact the Parks and Recreation office, 679-8000 and indicate they are interested in the parking attendant positions.

NAU harnesses weather to cool College of Business
For its new College of Business Administration building, set to open in January 2006, Northern Arizona University wanted an innovative, flexible, energy-efficient building that would become a standard for sustainability and comfort. "We knew early in the project, we wanted a building that incorporated sustainable design principles that made sense from a business point of view," says Mason Gerety, dean of the College of Business Administration. "NAU is an environmentally focused campus in general, with sustainability as a critical goal. We wanted to do things in a sustainable way that had associated cost savings."
bizjournals.com (online), 8/29/2005

[this clip also appeared in numerous business journals nationwide.]

Editorial: A gift for listening—An NAU professor has turned a lively ear to the lives of students
Trying to relate to young adults is a lot like trying to catch a greased watermelon. It can be tricky. Especially if the approach is to use the wisdom of age to point out the folly of youth. Northern Arizona University Professor Cathy Small tried a different approach. She listened...Small wanted to know what young people are thinking, and she was willing to go to some trouble to find out.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 8/28/2005

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