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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 expands
size of
conference center
Northern Arizona University President John Haeger presented an update to the Flagstaff City Council on Monday on the joint NAU-city conference center that includes plans to increase the size of the facility.
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NAU wins Big Sky Presidents Cup
Northern Arizona University has won the 2005-06 Sterling Savings Bank Presidents Cup measuring academic and athletic performance, the Big Sky Conference announced Tuesday.
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Re-creating history by researching ancient books
Professor Zsuzsanna Gulacsi's ability to decipher historic art as well as text is opening doors for the world to have a better understanding of medieval cultures.
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Welcome new hires
Northern Arizona University welcomed 45 new employees during the months of May and June. Take a moment to welcome these additions to the NAU family.
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President announces changes
in reporting structure
The reporting structure for several people and offices has changed with the restructuring brought on by several factors.
Many of the changes are within the Office of the President, which will allow President John Haeger and Executive Vice President MJ McMahon to be more involved with the Arizona Board of Regents. The changes also will allow the president to be off campus for fund raising, legislative lobbying and statewide expansion.
 Clock ticking for quarter design input
James Bowie, a senior researcher in Northern Arizona University's Social Research Lab, says time is running out for those who want a say on what will appear on the Arizona state quarter.
Bowie, who Gov. Janet Napolitano appointed to the Arizona State Quarter Commission last year, said Saturday is the last day for the public to give input on the quarter's design. Anyone can submit suggestions online at arizonaquarter.az.gov.
Bowie said the 22-member committee has already received more than 3,500 submissions with ideas and drawings that run the gamut—from gila monsters and roadrunners, to scenics and cultural images. |
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Biomedical professions now
at Gateway
The Office of Biomedical Professions has moved to the Gateway Student Success Center, where students can go to learn about biomedical professional programs such as medical, veterinary and dental schools, and alternative health programs.
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Roberta Kelly to head NAU-Yuma for interim
Robert Kelly, who has worked at NAU-Yuma since 1992, has been named interim associate vice president and campus executive officer at NAU-Yuma as a national search continues for a permanent replacement.
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Black Canyon residents establish scholarship
at NAU
In an effort to foster Arizona's tradition of community spirit, two Arizona residents from Black Canyon City have established a scholarship fund through their estate planning to ease the financial burden for some Northern Arizona University students.
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KNAU wins award for coverage
of diversity issues
KNAU's Indian Country News Bureau has won an award for its dedication to diversity from the Radio-Television News Directors Association and UNITY: Journalists of Color.
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Former diver making splash with commercial
Kelly Cochran, a 1999 graduate and former Lumberjack diver, is one of 14 former student-athletes featured in a series of commercials celebrating the centennial of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Cochran, a special education teacher in California, has her own commercial that airs during televised NCAA championship events. Parts of her commercial also join clips of former U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and Dwight Eisenhower, Olympic legend Jesse Owens and astronaut Sally Ride in a commercial montage.
Target at-risk freshmen to prevent dropping out
Programs aimed at assisting students make the transition to high school are working. Among the most noteworthy is a readiness program run by the College of Education at Northern Arizona University in a state whose graduation rate is just below Indiana's at 70 percent. The program identifies seventh-grade classrooms in high poverty and high minority areas and sticks with students until they graduate.
The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN), July 12, 2006
Tackling 10,000-year-old mystery
Ten thousand years ago, a band of nomadic hunters stampeded 600 bison off the edge of a small cliff then speared and butchered the beasts before hauling off the meat. Or maybe not. Maybe, instead, a lightning bolt or a swift-moving grass fire killed the whole herd, and their remains were quickly buried beneath wind-blown sand and silt. The original 1970s excavator of the site, Larry Agenbroad, took over management of Hudson-Meng from the U.S. Forest Service in May. A vocal defender of the stampede-'em- and-spear-'em interpretation, he renamed the site to include the words "Bison Kill" and removed five interpretive signs presenting the opposing theory. "I'm going to set the record straight," said Agenbroad, a professor emeritus at Northern Arizona University who also operates The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, S.D., a research and tourism facility. Agenbroad made headlines a few years ago by suggesting the possibility of cloning extinct woolly mammoths using DNA extracted from carcasses preserved in Siberian permafrost.
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Springs, CO), 7/4/2006
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