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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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Finding a spot
for your car
When P1 closes this summer, 409 spots will be removed permanently. The parking garage on central campus, scheduled to open in the fall, will alleviate some difficulties, but other plans are in works. Although not finalized, plans include converting Lumberjack Stadium tennis courts to parking. For details, click here. |
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Closing lot 1 begins new parking era at NAU
A cultural change is about to occur at NAU, and it may mean a few speed bumps along the way.
Parking lot 1 near Butler Avenue will close later in the summer, putting 409 parking spaces permanently out of commission. Plans are being finalized to immediately return about 300 spaces in various locations around north campus. The central campus parking garage, with 600 parking spots, is scheduled to open in October, but the loss of parking from August to October may pose some inconvenience
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 Commencement volunteers needed
The commencement team is seeking volunteers to assist with the four graduation ceremonies May 12 and 13 in the Skydome.
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Regents approve
in-state undergrad tuition and new
tuition-setting calendar
The Arizona Board of Regents approved a 3.6 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduates at Northern Arizona University for 2006-07. It is the lowest percentage increase in eight years at NAU.
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Marketing campaign enters new phase
University Marketing is about to enter another phase of NAU's marketing campaign with a flexible new slogan and a new series of materials and other advertising.
"Now that we've captured some attention, we're ready to take the next steps in our marketing efforts," said Carla Andrews-O'Hara, director of University Marketing.
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Artistic and cultural offerings
entice new dean
Michael Vincent is enthusiastic about his new appointment as dean for the College of Arts and Letters at Northern Arizona University.
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NAU Air Force ROTC cadet receives top honor
Jonathan Ketchum has reached new heights as an Air Force ROTC cadet.
Ketchum, wing commander for detachment 027 based at Northern Arizona University, is graduating with a computer science degree next week and was recently singled out as the nation's top graduating Air Force cadet in his discipline from among 2,000 graduating cadets at nearly 150 ROTC detachments across the United States.
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'Egypt Guy' awarded
Fulbright grant
Learning about ancient cultures may be as simple as reading the writing on the wall, if you're Eugene Cruz-Uribe.
Cruz-Uribe, a professor of history at Northern Arizona University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and research at Egypt's South Valley University for the 2006-07 academic year, where he will continue his exploration of Egyptian graffiti.
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 Watch for special
NAU publication
NAU accomplishments and endeavors during the past year are featured in a special newspaper section to appear in Thursday's Lumberjack and Saturday's Arizona Daily Sun.
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Retirement system participants to see
second increase
Classified staff and service professionals who participate in the Arizona State Retirement System will see the second of two rate increases beginning July 1.
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NAU researchers chirping over discovery
of new cricket genus
A Northern Arizona University doctoral candidate and a National Park Service researcher have discovered a new genus of cave cricket.
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Compassionate Transfer of Leave
an opportunity to help NAU coworkers
Several NAU employees on medical leaves of absence are in need of donated vacation hours because they have not accrued enough hours to remain in a paid status while on leave.
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Students soar at
research and design exposition
A team of students at last week's Celebration for Undergraduate Research and Design proudly displays the craft entered into the Society of Automotive Engineers annual AeroDesign Structures Competition, in which students design, build and fly a radio-controlled aircraft to lift the heaviest possible payload under controlled flight. Pictured here are four of the eight student engineers who built the craft. Clockwise from top left: Ben Foster, Robert Conley, Alexandrea Johnson and José Cons. Not shown: Shannon Callahan, Oliver Meade, Matthew Schuster and Michael Shafer. John Tester, associate professor of mechanical engineering, was the technical advisor on the project and serves as the society's chapter advisor. |
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Your kids will flip over NAU youth camps
NAU Campus Recreation Services is offering two camp opportunities to the children of NAU students, faculty and staff.
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NAU signs contract with Dell
for Windows computers
NAU recently signed an exclusive contract with Dell for Windows desktops, laptops and servers. Information Technology Services offers free consultation on computer and printer purchases, and can recommend vendors for purchasing software.
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Athletics hosts Be a Student-Athlete
for a Day
More than 70 NAU student-athletes served as hosts to students from Beaver and Kinsey elementary schools for Be a Student-Athlete for a Day, attending university classes throughout the morning and touring other campus facilities together.
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Be careful sending bulk e-mails
Information Technology Services is advising faculty and staff to be cautious when sending bulk e-mails through the university system.
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ITS gives support to Thunderbird e-mail program
Information Technology Services has added Mozilla Thunderbird as a supported e-mail program. NAU users can download the current version of Thunderbird from www.nau.edu/its/software.
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NAU invited to join July 4 parade
Northern Arizona University will have an opportunity to showcase itself in the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce's 10th annual Independence Day Parade in downtown Flagstaff at 10 a.m. July 4.
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Ariz. universities don't require SAT, ACT scores
A recent mix-up in SAT scoring shouldn't greatly affect Arizona students. State admissions officials said standardized tests aren't required for general admission to Arizona public universities. "The Board of Regents believes that any student that graduates from an Arizona high school is prepared for university work," said David Bousquet, vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Northern Arizona University.
AZCentral.com, 4/27/2006
It's not San Francisco
There was a lot of attention this week paid to the 100th anniversary of the earthquake and fire that destroyed most of San Francisco April 18, 1906. Arizona, too, has had its share of significant earthquakes, according to Geologist Dr. David Brumbaugh. "Arizona is considered a high hazard state because we can have significant damage." The difference is that the population has been sparse. That condition is changing over time. Brumbaugh told a gathering at the Jerome State Park Wednesday that conditions in Northern Arizona "could produce an earthquake as large as a 7." Brumbaugh, an NAU professor at the Arizona Earthquake Information Center in Flagstaff, says the largest recorded earthquake in Northern Arizona was also in 1906 and preceded the San Francisco earthquake by several months. It was centered 20 miles north of Flagstaff in an unpopulated area, but caused damage as far away as Prescott.
Camp Verde Bugle, 4/22/2006
For more NAU in the News this week, click here.
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