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•	Pay increase to take effect March 11
•	Expert to visit with campus about the current scene in higher education
•	Recommendations strike compromise between universities and community colleges
•	'New York Times' bestselling author to advise aspiring writers
•	Welcome new hires
•	Chinese delegates to visit NAU
•	NAU gives boost to police commander in new leadership role
•	President's office looking for soon-to-be retirees
•	Golden Eagle Distributors honored for dedication to NAU
•	Bookstore cuts prices on select MacIntosh hardware
•	Shonto Begay to share 'Inspiration from Landscapes'
•	SPAC hosting monthly seminars
•	Student leaders sought for FYE program
•	Spotlight
•	NAU in the News

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Here's a sampling of upcoming events at NAU. For a complete listing of campus events for the next two weeks, including times and locations of those items listed here, click on the links below:

Academic calendar and official dates
•	Feb. 14: Commencement program deadline for name inclusion
Arts & Entertainment
•	Feb 14: Film—Hitchcock's 'Spellbound'
Athletics
•	Feb. 9: Men's Basketball vs. Idaho State
Faculty/Staff
•	Feb. 15: OASiS Brown Bag Lunch—"NAU's Long Range Plan"
Lectures, Workshops, Seminars & Conferences
•	Feb. 17: Discourse at a Distance—Colonial Regimes of African Linguistic Demography
Museums & Galleries
•	Fine Art faculty exhibition, daily through March 18; Old Main Gallery
Student Life & Activities
•	Feb. 11: 2nd Annual SnowBall
Prospective Students & Parents
•	Feb. 12: College Goal Sunday
Other events on campus
•	Feb. 10: 2006 A Night of Champions

Submit your events online at events.nau.edu.

Grants and Contracts move to temporarily
limit services
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies and the Office of Grant and Contract Services will be relocating to the first floor of Peterson Hall Feb. 13-20.

Pay increase to take effect March 11
A pay increase for state employees that was approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor will take effect March 11.

Eligible NAU employees will see the full 10 days of the $1,650 across-the-board pay raise on their March 31 paycheck.

Expert to visit with campus about the current scene in higher education
Robert Zemsky, chair of the Learning Alliance for Higher Education, a strategic coalition of individuals and organizations offering expertise to college and university leaders, will be on campus Feb. 22 for an open dialogue with the NAU community that will address the current scene in higher education.

Recommendations strike compromise between universities and community colleges
The Arizona Board of Regents unanimously endorsed joint recommendations from the state universities and community colleges to improve access to baccalaureate degrees in Arizona.

'New York Times' bestselling author to advise aspiring writers
Diana Gabaldon, an NAU grad and the New York Times bestselling author of the 'Outlander' series, is the featured guest host for two upcoming events as part of the English department's first Writer-in-Residence program.

Welcome new hires
Northern Arizona University welcomed 25 new employees during December and January. Take a moment to welcome these additions to the NAU family.

Chinese delegates to visit NAU
A delegation representing nine Chinese universities will be visiting Northern Arizona University next week to consider expanding their participation in the "1-2-1" partnership program here.

NAU gives boost to police commander in new leadership role
Jeri L. Williams, the first African-American woman to reach the rank of commander in the Phoenix Police Department, has continuing ties to Northern Arizona University and credits the institution as helping her prepare for her new position.

President's office looking for soon-to-be retirees
The President's office is asking for names of soon-to-be NAU retirees. If you or someone you know is retiring before June 30, contact Sandy Castro, (928) 523-6588, sandra.castro@nau.edu, with the information as soon as possible. Invitations to the March 30 retiree recognition dinner, taking place at Forest Highlands in Flagstaff, will soon be in the mail.

Golden Eagle Distributors honored for dedication
to NAU
Thanks to the support of Golden Eagle Distributors, 1,200 future hospitality managers have learned how to serve customers in one Arizona's smallest liquor lounges.

Bookstore cuts prices on select MacIntosh hardware
The NAU Bookstore has reduced prices on Dual G5 Mac Towers while supplies last. This offer is only available to NAU students, faculty and staff with a valid NAU ID.

Shonto Begay to share 'Inspiration from Landscapes'
Renowned Navajo artist Shonto Begay will document his life in what he calls "renditions of land, dreams, and darkness," in his upcoming lecture, "Inspiration from Landscapes," at 7 p.m. Feb. 15, in Cline Library.

SPAC hosting monthly seminars
The Service Professionals Advisory Council is offering a series of free brown bag seminars. No advance registration is required, you can bring your lunch along and the seminars are open to all NAU employees.

Student leaders sought for FYE program
The department of Freshmen Academic Programs is actively recruiting current NAU sophomores and juniors to serve as Peer Mentors for the fall semester.

Nick Lund, retired executive director at NAU-Yuma
Marilyn McDonald and Gary Vallen, both in NAU's School of Hotel & Restaurant Management

Lumberjacks sneak into national spotlight
The owners of the longest active winning streak in Division I do not reside in Durham, N.C., Storrs, Conn., or Austin, Texas. Nope, the only team in all the land to win its last nine games - and counting - is none other than the Lumberjacks of Northern Arizona, right up Interstate 17 in Flagstaff. They're currently ranked 25th in collegeinsider.com's mid-major top 25. In part because of their start, the Lumberjacks were selected to play a nationally televised game against Western Kentucky as part of ESPN's BracketBuster Weekend Feb. 17-18 (more on that below). "There were plenty of other schools to choose from, but I think having the nation's longest winning streak right now was probably a factor in that," NAU coach Mike Adras told the Arizona Daily Sun. "The exposure the basketball program and this institution receives, playing in a national event, you can't buy that. It's priceless."
East Valley Tribune (Gilbert, AZ), 2/1/2006

Sierra Club study links El Paso lead to ASARCO
A study by a university chemist links high levels of lead and arsenic in soil around El Paso to an Arizona copper mining company with a smelter in the border city, an environmental group said Tuesday. The Sierra Club study by Northern Arizona University chemist Michael E. Ketterer was released about a week before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is scheduled to hold a hearing on an air quality permit renewal for the ASARCO Inc. smelter.
mysanantonio.com (San Antonio, TX), 2/1/2006

[This clip also appeared in the Dallas Morning News]

Elluminate empowers live online teaching and learning at Northern Arizona University
Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that Northern Arizona University (NAU) has implemented Elluminate Live! Academic Edition(TM). The university is using Elluminate Live! to enable synchronous interaction for online courses, instructor virtual office hours, real-time collaboration for researchers, and statewide administrative meetings. "While technology like interactive TV and content management systems enhance distance learning, people still want human interaction," said Don Carter, director of the E-Learning Center at NAU. "We recognized that the time was right to bring in technology that would allow faculty to control their interactions with each other and with students."
PR Newswire (New York, NY), 1/30/2006

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