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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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Antivirus software conversion in progress
The campus-wide transition to Sophos antivirus software is occurring this week. Restarting your computer will initialize the removal of McAfee and installation of Sophos.
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Fieldhouse serves as Red Cross site; fire information available
The Brins fire north of Sedona has led to the American Red Cross to set up in NAU's Fieldhouse to serve as an evacuation registration and information site.
As the fire continues to burn the Oak Creek Canyon area, several phone numbers have been set up to provide up-to-date information.
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ABOR meets at NAU this week
The Arizona Board of Regents will hold its regular meetings on the NAU campus Wednesday through Friday. Agendas for all meetings can be found at www.abor.asu.edu.
Native American Student Services director named
Catherine Talakte, a Hopi from the village of Kykotsmovi and the Sparrow Hawk Clan, has accepted the position as NAU's director of Native American Student Services, effective immediately.
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Restricting parking permits considered
unnecessary hurdle
The dialogue about parking changes at NAU continues this week, with new questions about restricting parking permits, campus delivery drivers and bike racks.
Read a compilation of all the parking questions and answers submitted through Inside NAU.
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 Marketing introduces
new NAU ads
University Marketing's campaign focusing on "The Difference That Matters" has started to appear in newspaper ads and elsewhere.
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NAU and Paradise Valley Community College partner
to offer business degree
Northern Arizona University and Paradise Valley Community College are offering students an opportunity to earn a four-year degree in business administration on the PVCC campus starting this fall.
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Conservation alliance protects sea turtles and wins award
Serenading sea turtles with ancient songs is one way the Seri Indians help the endangered species survive their long migration journey. Another way is to enlist the help of Northern Arizona University.
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NAU students lend a hand to New Orleans community
Matthew Wayne Jachowski, junior criminal justice major, displays a muddy shoe among the filthy debris still to be cleared from a home he helped refurbish in St. Bernard's Parish, New Orleans last month. Jachowski was one of 11 NAU student volunteers who spent a week in May with New Orleans Habitat for Humanity as part of its St. Bernard Recovery Project. The project coordinates volunteer efforts to aid what remains one of the most devastated communities in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The NAU Social Work Club is coordinating future trips to the area. Donations to the effort can be se sent to the NAU Foundation, PO Box 4094, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4094. (Note "NAU Social Work Club/Katrina Efforts" in the memo field.) |
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Asphalt repairs slated
Capital Assets and Services will be repairing roads and parking lots across campus this summer, focusing on major improvements to Pine Knoll Drive on south campus and preventative maintenance on existing roads. Work is scheduled for early July through mid-August, and road signs will notify drivers of work in progress. Review a map outlining the planned projects.
Direct questions to Joshua Spear, project manager, at (928) 523-6404 or e-mail Joshua.Spear@nau.edu.
Applied Indigenous Studies and Ethnic Studies have moved
The Applied Indigenous Studies department and the Ethnic Studies program have moved their offices to the Social and Behavioral Sciences West building (the old College of Business Administration, building 70).
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STAR quality: Program helps freshmen succeed
Reaching for the stars just got easier for 144 incoming freshmen. They are enrolled in NAU's Successful Transition and Academic Readiness summer program, a five-week session of academics, college preparedness programs and fun designed to boost the success rate of incoming first generation, ethnic minority or financially disadvantaged students.
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Bookstore announces Sidewalk Sale
The NAU Bookstore is offering discounted prices on books, clothing, art supplies and computer items at its annual sidewalk sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 22 and 23.
Sue Penrose Ohl retiring
Sue Penrose Ohl is retiring from NAU after 28 years working in various departments across campus, including Career Placement, Cline Library, Athletics and the University Budget Office. A reception in her honor will be at 3 p.m. June 30 in the Babbitt Administration Center, building 51, room 206.
- Douglas Biber, NAU Regents' Professor in English
- Natalie Hess, professor of bilingual/multicultural education at NAU-Yuma
- Gioia Woods, professor in the Department of Humanities, Arts and Religion
Past, present and future
The lives of Jim Burhans and his granddaughter Amber Fields this year are intertwining in some interesting ways. Fifty years after Burhans earned his master's degree at Northern Arizona University, Amber graduated from there and the ceremony celebrating her graduation recognized his status as a 'Golden Graduate,' also. Burhans later was looking at the program and saw his name among those listed as members of the class of 1956. 'I hadn't thought of it before that,' he said. 'I was excited once I saw that page in there.' Amber earned her bachelor's degree in forestry, for which Burhans had gone to school before heading off to World War II.
The Daily Courier (Prescott, AZ), 6/14/06
Real degrees through cyberspace
Northern Arizona University offers 15 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs online and is developing more. NAU officials foresee an online enrollment of 30,000 in five years, with an offering of about 700 courses.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 6/13/2006
A quarter for your thoughts?
Northern Arizonans will have a chance today to see proposed versions of the state quarter, as well as submit their own ideas. The Arizona Quarter Commission is in Flagstaff today seeking feedback from the community about what Arizona's quarter should include. James Bowie, a researcher at Northern Arizona University's Social Research Lab, said two icons topped the list of suggestions for the state quarter in a statewide survey: the Grand Canyon and the saguaro cactus.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 6/10/2006
More NAU in the News this week
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