Happy Thanksgiving
Next week is Thanksgiving and the university will be closed Thursday and Friday in honor of the holiday. Inside NAU will not publish Nov. 21, but will return as scheduled Nov. 28.

Franke fete celebrates commitment to NAU
Family and friends of William A. Franke gathered in Phoenix to celebrate his support of NAU and to honor a special university supporter.

Forestry student Matthew Manegold dies
Matthew Adam Manegold, a student in the School of Forestry, died Nov. 8 in Flagstaff. He was 28.

Countdown to the holidays:
Reader recipes
Inside NAU will not publish Thanksgiving week, making this week the final week for holiday recipes.

Champion for teacher excellence
lands seat on national education board
Kathleen Wiebke, the executive director for the Arizona K-12 Center in Phoenix, recently was elected to the 25-member board of directors for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

NAU professor to head
National Indian Education Association
Willard Gilbert, a professor in the College of Education, was elected to a one-year term as the association's president.

SPOTLIGHT: Kudos to NAU faculty, staff and students for these recent accomplishments:

• Track and field student-athlete Lopez Lomong
• NAU's student chapter of the Society of American Foresters
• Gary L. Emanuel and Mary I. Dereshiwsky, associate professors of educational leadership, and Bill Wright, professor of educational leadership

Grant spurs childhood development
collaborative effort in northern Arizona
Arizona's younger citizens might not be thinking about their future yet, but a team including NAU's College of Education is already collaborating on ways to help ensure their eventual success.

Grand Canyon Semester teams
with Channel 12 for reports
12 News in Phoenix has partnered with NAU's Grand Canyon Semester to produce a series of reports on the Canyon.

New fund honors Ryan Shay
The Center for High Altitude Training has established a fund through the NAU Foundation to receive gifts designated to provide support for elite and emerging elite U.S. runners training in Flagstaff.

Athletics inducts Hall of Fame recipients
Four former NAU student-athletes and the 1996-97 women's golf team were inducted into the NAU Athletics Hall of Fame at a reception during halftime of the NAU-Eastern Washington football game Nov. 10.

NAU Challenge Course hosting open house
Check out the latest improvements to the outdoor high-element course at an open house from 12:30-3:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16, at Hilltop Field on San Francisco Street.

'Messiah' performance continues NAU tradition
The Nov. 19 concert will feature the NAU Chamber Orchestra, the 95-voice Master Chorale of Flagstaff and 15 student soloists.

New health sciences dean from Texas
Arizona Daily Sun, 11/9/2007

Climate research goes underground
Arizona Daily Sun, 11/14/2007