Inside NAU, a publication of the Office of Public Affairs

•	Ecological Restoration Institute gains $1.6 million in '06 appropriations
•	Northern Arizona University chosen to head Western climate research center
•	Water Summit on campus Aug. 3 - 5
•	Credit Union 'phished'
•	Student employment, volunteer fair set for Aug. 28
•	Research bug bites undergrad
•	Sue Robinson, long-time NAU employee, dies
•	NAU alum gives new meaning to 'distance'

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Parking permits expire Aug. 15
Parking permits expire in mid-August, so be sure to order your new one.

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Capital Assets
dukes out hazards
Capital Assets and Services staff has completed sanitizing the buildings that may have been affected by the norovirus.

Mark Flynn, interim executive director of Capital Assets, said 11 of the 12 buildings were finished early this week with the final building, Gabaldon Hall, completed today. The clean-up was completed earlier than the original Aug. 5 deadline.

Barbara Worgess, director of the Coconino County Health Department, last week called the NAU campus "absolutely safe."

The other sanitized buildings included: Cowden Hall, Rolle Activity Center, the Walkup Skydome, Mountain View Hall, parts of Cline Library, Reilly Hall, du Bois/South Dining, Sechrist Hall, McConnell Hall, Health Professions, and the Fieldhouse.

Ecological Restoration Institute gains $1.6 million in '06 appropriations
U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl and U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi joined forces to ensure that the 2006 Interior Appropriations Bill includes $1.6 million for the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University.

Northern Arizona University chosen to head Western climate research center
Northern Arizona University is one of four national universities—with Duke, Penn State and Michigan Tech—that have been selected to host regional centers of the National Institute for Climatic Change Research.

Water Summit on campus Aug. 3 - 5
Gov. Janet Napolitano will be the keynote speaker at the Arizona Water Summit on Thursday, Aug. 4.

The summit brings together tribal representatives, university researchers, water managers and government officials to discuss water resources, water management and water conservation in Arizona and the Southwest.

Session topics include "Climate Change and Water Resource Management," "Creating a Culture of Conservation," "Water and Electricity" and "Urban Water Sustainability."

Credit Union 'phished'
People with Arizona university e-mail addresses have notified Arizona State Savings & Credit Union on Aug. 2 that they had received a communication purported to be from the credit union, including a fraudulent web site, instructing them to provide account information—their home banking user ID and password and debit/ATM card information.

Student employment, volunteer fair set for Aug. 28
Northern Arizona University's third annual Student Employment and Volunteer Fair is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 28, from 2 - 5 p.m. in the University Union Fieldhouse.

Research bug bites undergrad
At first glance, Robert Buscaglia's résumé might be that of an ambitious graduate student—published co-author of multiple manuscripts on molecular biophysics; part of a team of scholars involved in groundbreaking cancer research; recipient of numerous awards and scholarships recognizing his academic achievements. The difference is that Buscaglia, 20, just finished his second year as an undergrad.

Sue Robinson, long-time
NAU employee, dies
Sue W. Robinson, 80, died July 14, 2005, in Flagstaff.

She was born in Erie, Pa., on July 4, 1925, to Willard L. and Marguerite Wolcott. She retired from NAU as an administrative associate in 1998. She worked for the university for 21 years.

Robinson is survived by her husband Lewis Robinson; daughter Patricia Rowold; and three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

NAU alum gives new meaning
to 'distance'
Joe Boyce (NAU, 1969 BS; 1972 MS, both in geology) flew an NAU flag while on a recent two-month expedition in Antarctica to collect meteorites. After Boyce graduated from NAU, he worked at the U.S. Geological Survey until 1979, when he headed off to Washington D.C. to serve as program manager for several research programs at NASA Headquarters. Boyce retired from NASA in 2002 and is now an affiliate faculty at the University of Hawaii's Institute of Geophysics and Planetology in Honolulu. His research specialty is Martian impact craters.