United Way campaign
kicks off
Last year, the university community pledged more than $70,000 to United Way with 99 percent of all money going directly to our community.

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Krista Rodin tapped to lead
Yuma branch campus
Krista Rodin has been named associate vice president and campus executive officer at NAU-Yuma.

Human Resources reminds employees to plan for winter holiday break schedule
NAU will close for the winter holiday break from Dec. 25 through Jan. 1. The official paid holidays are Dec. 25 and 26 and Jan. 1. NAU will be closed on Dec. 27-29; however, these are not paid holidays.

Annual CSAC clothing drive under way
Last year more than 4,500 pieces of warm clothing were collected and distributed to the community.

University loses two former employees
Orlando Fajardo, an area supervisor for NAU's Capital Assets from 1984 to 1995, died Oct. 8. Jan Pinkoski, who worked at NAU's Cline Library for more than 25 years, died Oct. 9.

Sustainability Pledge Campaign aims to reduce traffic congestion
NAU's Center for Sustainable Environments is challenging staff, students and faculty to consider how individual actions affect the social, economic and environmental well-being of the university community.

SPOTLIGHT: Kudos to these faculty, staff and students for their recent accomplishments:

• Jean Boreen, associate dean for the College of Arts and Letters
• History professor Eugene Cruz-Uribe
• Bruce Fox, director of the NAU Honors Program
• Daniel Kraker, news director with KNAU's Indian Country News Bureau
• J. Judson Wynne, an NAU graduate student and cave research scientist with U.S. Geological Survey's Southwest Biological Science Center
• Several faculty and students from the Department of Geology
• NAU's Center for High Altitude Training

NAU student takes bite
out of community hunger
Senior Bret Wojciak initiated NAU's Food Surplus Donation Program to ensure that unused catered food on campus goes to a good cause instead of into a dumpster.

International Week:
Welcome to your world
The Flagstaff melting pot will soon bubble over in celebration of culture and diversity during the Flagstaff International Festival, Oct. 30 through Nov. 4.

Wrongfully convicted author
to speak at NAU
Dennis Fritz, who was exonerated of murder charges after spending 12 years in prison, will discuss his ordeal at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 at Cline Library Assembly Hall.

Disability Support Services hosting
annual open house
Learn how NAU is meeting the needs of students at the Disability Support Services' annual open house from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 24.

Axer Auction benefits athletics scholarships
Bid on some great items and help NAU athletics at 6 p.m. Oct. 20 in NAU's du Bois Center.

Argentine political playwright comes to campus
Patricia Astrada will present her award-winning, Spanish-language play at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 and 26 in the Studio Theater.

Editorial: NAU marketing campaign bearing positive fruit
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Oct. 18, 2006

More buying food straight from farm
AZCentral.com (online), Oct. 18, 2006

Connecting with Flag one step at a time
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Oct. 12, 2006