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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:
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NAU-Maricopa agreement strengthens relationship, allows future growth
Northern Arizona University and the Maricopa County Community College District signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday allowing NAU to develop a physical presence on all 10 Maricopa campuses.
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Nature can
help reduce greenhouse gas, but only to a point
Plants apparently do much less than previously thought to counteract global warming, according to a paper to be published in this week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The authors, including Bruce Hungate of Northern Arizona University and lead author Kees-Jan van Groenigen of UC Davis, discovered that plants are limited in their impact on global warming because of their dependence on nitrogen and other trace elements.
 Building dedications set for
April 21
The Business Administration and the Engineering buildings will be dedicated during a joint ceremony and open house beginning at 3 p.m. April 21 in the South Campus Quad area between the buildings. A reception will follow the dedication.
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These elements are essential to photosynthesis, whereby plants remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the air and transfer carbon back into the soil.
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NAU to graduate 2,600 students in May
More than 2,600 students will graduate from Northern Arizona University during four ceremonies May 12 and 13 in the Walkup Skydome on the Flagstaff campus.
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Valeen "Val" Avery, former history professor, dies at 69
Valeen "Val" Tippetts Avery, a retired professor of history at Northern Arizona University, died Friday, April 7, 2006. She was 69.
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Exceptional teachers rewarded
The accomplishments and contributions from faculty and academic professionals were recognized and awarded during the Faculty/Academic Professional Awards ceremony in Ashurst Auditorium April 10.
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NAU presents Shakespeare's battle of the sexes
The classic battle of the sexes tale, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, takes the stage during Northern Arizona University's final theater production of the season starting April 21.
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NAU honors Raymond Foundation for continued scholarship support
About 90 Northern Arizona University students receiving scholarships from the Raymond Educational Foundation of Flagstaff were recognized Wednesday during a luncheon honoring the foundation for its continued support of incoming NAU freshmen.
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Relay for Life unifies students on quest to cure cancer
More than 1,000 students representing 65 teams will walk all night to raise money for the American Cancer Society at NAU's Relay for Life, April 21-22, at the Walkup Skydome.
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Welcome new hires
Northern Arizona University welcomed more than 30 faculty and staff members during the month of March. Take a moment to welcome these additions to the NAU family.
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Regulatory Compliance office opens
NAU has launched the Office of Regulatory Compliance to oversee all chemical, biological, radiation, hazardous waste, ergonomic and environmental safety programs at the university.
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NAU summer camp helps young women step up to engineering
Northern Arizona University will host its second STEP UP summer engineering camp from July 16 to 22 for high school girls entering grades 10 through 12.
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Students earn funding for campus sustainability projects
Five students and one student team will each receive funding for projects they designed to support sustainability goals on campus and across northern Arizona as part of the Center for Sustainable Environments' Henry Hooper Student Fund Sustainability Award.
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Slow food approach quickly catching on
Ramona Nez is quick to promote her "slow food" approach to nutrition and diabetes prevention. As program coordinator of the Diabetes Prevention Education Program and Healing Gardens in NAU's health professions department, Nez educates the Navajo and Hopi nations about native food systems and slow, community dinners.
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New Student Programs seeks Welcome Weekend volunteers
Although most people on campus are focused on the end of the spring semester, the Office of New Student Programs is already planning for Welcome Weekend, Aug. 24-27, when students will return to the Flagstaff campus.
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Multicultural Student Center to recognize outstanding students
The NAU Multicultural Student Center is seeking nominations for three awards to recognize outstanding Latino graduating seniors.
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NAU Police Department accreditation team invites public comment
A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. will arrive in Flagstaff on April 29 to examine all aspects of the Northern Arizona University Police Department's policy and procedures, management, operations and support services, Chief Jesse G. Ochoa announced.
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- Assessment specialist Paula Garcia and graduate research assistant Jingjing Qin, both from NAU's E-Learning Center; Mark James, assistant professor of physics and astronomy; Blanche Johnson, business systems analyst in Distance Learning; and Bob Voytek, applications systems analyst, principal, in the Office of Financial Aid
- Jerry R. Lewis, assistant professor of Educational Leadership
- KNAU's Laurel Druley, Gillian Ferris-Kohl, Daniel Kraker and Mitch Teich
- NAU's 19-member Model United Nations Club and seven of its members: Jen Hartman, Justin Sowers, Jason McDonald, Amy Presson, Kerri White, Rebecca Wildner and
Anthony Marino
- Senior journalism majors Jeff Dempsey and Brian Drake, The Lumberjack Newspaper and NAU Live!
Supervolcanoes Cluster in S. America
Geologists have uncovered a whole herd of supervolcanoes hidden in the remote Argentina-Bolivia-Chile highlands. It appears that 10- by 24-mile Vilama Caldera coughed up some 500 cubic miles of molten rock in a single gigantic eruption 8.4 million years ago. Despite the impressive volcanoes, however, Vilama and some of its even bigger sister calderas have been incredibly hard to study, said geologist Michael Ort of Northern Arizona University.
The Discovery Channel, 4/7/2006
Tucson to get a 'boutique hotel'
A hip new hotel, offering urban-style loft guest rooms, is coming to Tucson. The Old Pueblo is among five metropolitan areas that will be the first homes of the new Aloft brand when the hotel debuts in early 2007, according to hotel spokesmen with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. The company operates several chains including the Sheraton, Westin, Four Points and luxury W Hotel brands. Following on the W brand and bringing the urban feel to a hotel, could draw in a younger market, said Cheryl Cothran, director of the Arizona Hospitality Research & Resource Center at Northern Arizona University. "They are remaking that old tire and marketing it to a new generation," she said. "Hotels are competitive and are trying to stay ahead. This would work in their best interest to place the hotel near the University (of Arizona) or where young people gather."
Arizona Daily Star, 4/6/2006
For more NAU in the News this week, click here.
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