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business hours resume
Aug. 21
One week before fall classes begin and the same week students arrive on campus, NAU will resume standard business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
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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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It's Louie vs. Sparky
Northern Arizona University's football squad will travel south to Tempe on Aug. 31 to face Arizona State University in Sun Devil Stadium. READ MORE...
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NAU and TGen awarded grant to develop
high school science programs
Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute have been awarded a three-year grant from the Arizona Board of Regents to give Arizona high school teachers the training they need to best educate and advise students who have an interest in the biosciences.
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NAU ranks 93rd in 'Washington Monthly' ratings
Northern Arizona University moved up 14 spots in Washington Monthly's annual rankings of what colleges are doing for the country and how they are using tax dollars.
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Some changes to performance evaluations adopted
As part of a multiyear redesign of NAU's performance appraisal tools and system for classified staff and service professionals, some changes have been made for the current appraisal cycle.
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NAU presents preliminary '08 budget request; discusses allied health program expansion
President John Haeger presented to the Arizona Board of Regents last week Northern Arizona University's preliminary fiscal year 2008 state budget request, which includes $24.4 million in additional funding to address critical necessities on campus and to serve the state's educational and workforce training needs.
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Expert to ask, 'Do we understand our learners?'
One student walks across campus listening to an iPod; another is engrossed in text messaging on her cell phone. During class, they're Googling, IMing and playing games—often at the same time. More likely to use the library as a gathering place than a resource, this is the "Net Generation," co-existing beside older students who are juggling work, childcare and eldercare.
To help us understand what we are seeing—and how to respond—education expert Diana Oblinger will address what the experiences, attitudes and expectations of today's students mean to educational institutions.
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Classic films bring Hollywood to campus
Joe Boles ran his first film festival in seventh grade, charging a quarter for an after-school viewing of Vincent Price in The Master of the World. Now Boles, chair of NAU's Department of Humanities, Arts and Religion, is master of the university's free film series.
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Park 'n' Ride plan begins Aug. 28;
more questions arrive
The Park 'n' Ride plan goes into effect Aug. 28. In the meantime, Park 'n' Ride pass holders can park in any AE or commuter lot. The reduced-fee Park 'n' Ride plan allows the pass holder to park in P66 near the Skydome and ride an express van/shuttle non-stop to north campus. Vans start at 7 a.m. and run every 10 minutes. Details of the plan can be found online.
More questions and comments have arrived.
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Dell laptop battery recall
Due to a potential overheating issue, Dell has issued a battery recall for several models of laptops including Latitudes, Inspirons, XPS and Precisions. To determine if your laptop battery is subject to recall, visit Dell's recall site.
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Tiny insects cause big changes
The tiniest of creatures have a big voice in the debate about global warming.
Researchers at Northern Arizona University's School of Forestry and Department of Biological Sciences are discovering that drought-influenced insects speed up the effects of climate change on soil.
Rural Development Conference to meet at NAU
The 2006 Governor's Rural Development Conference will be on the Northern Arizona University campus Aug 16-18.
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Fronske closed Aug. 18; limited services available
The Fronske Health Center and Disability Support Services will be closed Friday, Aug. 18, for staff training. Students and staff can still purchase health insurance, purchase the Blue and Gold program, or process measles holds releases by calling (928) 523-6359 or visiting Fronske's front lobby entrance. All other services will be unavailable.
NAU Cardinals Camp scores
in
'Sports Illustrated'
More than 20 million people recently got to visit NAU campus and the Arizona Cardinals training camp in the pages of Sports Illustrated magazine.
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Connecting the dots: Arizona universities embark on historic collaboration
Arizona's three state universities are coming together with private industry in a massive collaboration at the downtown Phoenix Biomedical Campus. Northern Arizona University's allied health program and University of Arizona's pharmacy program may join Arizona State University's nursing and biomedical informatics programs and UA's medical school on the biomedical campus at Seventh and Van Buren streets. Adding to this momentum is unprecedented teamwork between the three state university presidents -- NAU's John Haeger, UA's Robert Shelton and ASU's Michael Crow -- who say they are in close contact as the process unfolds. Haeger is looking at ways to expand the Flagstaff university's allied health program to complement UA's medical school expansion in Phoenix. He soon will present a proposal to the Arizona Board of Regents.
The Phoenix Business Journal (Phoenix, AZ), Aug. 14, 2006
New data link genetics, ecology, researchers say
Scientific teams in the United States and Australia are discovering genetic links between plants and animals that share the same ecosystem, and they predict the work will open a new era in evolutionary biology – a biology subfield concerned with the origin of species and species’ changes over time. "We all know that sons and daughters carry traits that are passed on to them from their mothers and fathers," researcher Tom Whitham, professor of biological sciences at Northern Arizona University told the Washington File. "We’ve been able to quantify the same the sort of heritability in terms of the community and the ecosystem."
International Information Programs (Washington, D.C.), Aug. 10, 2006
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