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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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 Building dedications
set for
3 p.m.
April 21
Students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the building dedication and open house for the College of Business Administration and the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at the South Campus Quad Area, between the Business and Engineering buildings. A reception will follow the dedication.
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Universities and high schools need to be on same page with college prep
Universities and high schools must be more in sync when it comes to defining "college readiness," NAU President John Haeger told a governor's council on education April 13.
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Graduates win Gold Axe Awards, President's Prizes
Four graduating seniors were awarded the prestigious President's Prize for their exemplary leadership, academic excellence and service to the NAU community. The awards were announced at the Gold Axe awards banquet Tuesday night in Ashurst Auditorium, where 35 students also received the coveted Gold Axe Award for their achievements.
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 Volunteers needed to lead discussions on a 'curious incident'
The Freshman Summer Reading Program is looking for 75 volunteers to lead small-group discussions as part of NAU's Welcome Weekend in August. Associate professor of English Anne Scott, who is coordinating the summer reading program, said this year's book, Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, explores many of the themes that have been important to past summer reading texts—education, diversity, difference and community, to name a few.
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Celebrate diversity of graduates
Heritage convocations are celebrations and award ceremonies for NAU's ethnic graduates. Family and friends are welcome. Receptions follow all programs.
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ALS seminar to
raise awareness
and quality of life
People and health care providers facing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, will gain a better understanding about what they are up against during ALS 101, a free educational seminar offered by the School of Health Professions and the ALS Therapy Developmental Foundation.
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 Wine tasting benefit for international education
Supporting international students will leave a good aftertaste in your mouth at the International Office's wine tasting and entertainment benefit.
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Campus to celebrate Earth Day
The university's annual Earth Day Celebration on April 21 will bring together music, food and eco-friendly information and activities for a daylong tribute to environmentalism. The event is hosted by the student-led Society of Environmental Communicators.
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AURH liquidating refrigerators and microwaves
Need a place to keep drinks cold or to heat up lunch? The Association of University Residence Halls is liquidating its stock of gently used refrigerators and microwaves.
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Farewell reception planned for Carl Fox
A farewell reception for Carl Fox, vice provost for Research and Graduate Studies, will be held at 4:30 p.m. April 25 in the Grand Canyon Room in the University Union. Fox, who has been with NAU since August 2001, will become vice provost for Graduate Education at Montana State University in July.
Study: Depleted uranium could damage DNA
Depleted uranium, used to harden vehicles and armor-piercing munitions, might cause damage to DNA in ways previously not understood by health officials, according to a recently released study from Northern Arizona University. Diane Stearns said the research is too preliminary to prove that uranium-treated ammunition can cause harmful side effects."But it does raise the question of whether we're testing for the right things when we look at the health effects," she said. "If we're not seeing radioactivity in people being tested, maybe that's not what we should be looking for."
Stars and Stripes (Washington, D.C) 4/14/2006
NAU to open offices at community colleges
Maricopa Community Colleges on Tuesday inked a deal with Northern Arizona University that will expand distance learning and introduce NAU's faculty and offices to nine Maricopa campuses. NAU President John Haeger said the memorandum of understanding offers students faster access to four-year degrees. "This is truly a path-breaking agreement for those students who want to remain on a community college campus," Haeger said Tuesday. "They don't have to go up to the Mountain Campus in Flagstaff." By this fall, students in as many as eight community college degree programs may choose to transfer their credits to NAU through the agreement, which officials have been hammering out over the last two years, said Maria Harper-Marinick, the district's acting vice chancellor for academic affairs.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) 4/12/2006
Hybrid comet-asteroid in mysterious break-up
Comets have been seen breaking up before, but only after heating when passing close to the Sun or a gravitational disturbance following a close encounter with a planet. The object, called 60558 Echeclus, was discovered in 2000 and is a "centaur" - part rocky asteroid and part icy comet. Its new activity, revealed in images taken on 2 April, makes it look "really strange", says William Romanishen of the University of Oklahoma, US, one of the team that took the images. "The first thing that came to mind was a collision." Such an impact on a comet-like body has not been observed before. But there are other possibilities, says Steve Tegler of Northern Arizona University, US, who works with Romanishen. He says it is most likely that the event was caused by explosive sublimation of volatile ices in Echeclus, resulting in material being blasted off
New Scientist Space (UK) 4/11/2006
For more NAU in the News this week, click here.
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