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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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Red, white and lots of NAU blue at July 4 parade
Northern Arizona University made a strong showing at the annual Independence Day parade that attracted an estimated crowd of 10,000 to downtown Flagstaff on July 4. Hundreds of people from departments across campus marched with the NAU entry, represented community organizations or cheered from the sidelines.
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Agriculture secretary impressed with forest restoration efforts
On his first visit to Flagstaff, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said he was struck by the ability to reverse the declining health of forests through treatments such as those deployed by Northern Arizona University's Ecological Restoration Institute.
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Parking Services
adds options
Parking Lot 1 on north campus is scheduled to close Aug. 1 when construction begins on the NAU hotel-conference center complex, and Parking Services is introducing some new options for drivers looking to avoid the parking changes.
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NAU undergraduate gets EPA fellowship
Ashley DeBoard said it took a year of living in a big city before deciding to "become part of an environmental solution instead of just a contributor to the problems."
Now DeBoard, 20, an undergraduate student in environmental science with a policy emphasis at Northern Arizona University, is one of 15 students nationally to receive an Environmental Protection Agency fellowship to support her studies and dream to make a difference.
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Poet Jim Simmerman, Regents' Professor,
dies at 54
Jim Simmerman, who spent nearly half his life as an English professor at Northern Arizona University and gained national fame for his poetry, died last week in his Flagstaff home. He was 54.
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Learn about upcoming
road closures
Capital Assets and Services is hosting an open house to familiarize the campus with proposed road closures and restrictions.
The session will begin at 2 p.m July 11 in building 77, conference room A.
NAU student dies in Peru
Kristen Yoder, 21, a senior parks and recreation management major at NAU, died last week in a mountain climbing expedition in the Andes mountains in Peru, along with her brother Dustin, 23, who earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from NAU in December.
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Small animals cause big problems for farmers
One researcher, Con Slobodchikoff of Northern Arizona University, has documented more than 100 prairie dog calls, according to www.prairiedog.info. The animals elicit a distinct call for different predators, warning fellow colony mates of danger using chirps akin to adjectives — the dogs can even communicate the color shirt a human wears, Slobodchikoff maintains.
Clovis News Journal (Clovis, NM), 6/30/2006
PVCC to offer 4-year NAU degree
Paradise Valley Community College will begin offering a four-year business administration degree from Northern Arizona University on its campus this fall. NAU Assistant Dean for Distance Learning Doug Small said the program makes sense because NAU already has resources on PVCC's campus, which can be utilized to provide students a quality education. "We're really excited because it's (four-year degree) a way to extend our (business) programs for students who can't travel to Flagstaff," Mr. Small said. Mr. Small said he thinks students will respond well to the new program because they will start their college experience in a familiar setting and can continue their education at the same location, without being disrupted. "They're going to have it all right there," he said.
Independent Newspapers (Scottsdale, AZ), 6/2/2006
Fire season in Arizona subdued so far
Thinning and other measures to protect against wildfire have been completed on only 5 percent of the 11 million acres of National Forest Service land in the state, and the likelihood of huge wildfires continues, says Northern Arizona University Professor Wallace Covington.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 6/26/2006
More NAU in the News this week
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