Brighten your holidays at today's
annual tree lighting and luminaria display
A free showing of The Polar Express in Prochnow Auditorium follows today's 6 p.m. tree lighting ceremony at the large pine tree next to the Blome building.

Submissions sought for undergraduate
writing competition
It could really pay off for NAU undergraduate students to enter an annual essay writing competition challenging them to write about science and technology.

United Way campaign gets boost
from arts and crafts fair
The annual Mountain Campus Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair helped raise $14,170 for NAU's 2007 United Way of Northern Arizona fundraising campaign.

Retired mathematics professor
Charles G. Moore dies
Charles G. Moore, an NAU mathematics professor for 32 years, died Nov. 9, 2007. He was 80.

NAU Bookstore hosting Faculty and Staff Appreciation Days
Faculty and staff can receive an extra 10 percent discount on select Bookstore merchandise Nov. 29-30, and three faculty authors will be signing copies of their books.

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

• Jack R. Ferrell, associate professor of sociology at NAU-Yuma
• Kevin Ketchner, academic professional from Cline Library, and Sally Doshier, assistant professor in the School of Nursing
• Cecilia Ojeda, chair of the Department of Modern Languages, and Angela Roberts, program coordinator for the Center of International Education
• Mary I. Dereshiwsky, associate professor of educational leadership

Arizona Water Institute funds
collaborative research
The Arizona Water Institute is providing $550,000 for 12 sustainability projects that involve at least two of Arizona's three state universities.

School of Forestry ranks high
in faculty productivity
NAU's program is ranked No. 10 among forestry programs nationally in an index measuring faculty scholarly output.

Submit IRB applications online
All applications for research involving humans as the subjects of a study will now be submitted through a new online system on the Institutional Review Board web site.

NAU Army ROTC named region's
Best Large Program
NAU's ROTC program, which has grown from fewer than 30 cadets seven years ago to the 80 cadets currently enrolled, was selected over programs in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah.

Flexible spending enrollment ends Nov. 30
Benefit-eligible employees have until Friday to enroll in a Flexible Spending Account for the 2008 calendar year.

NAU students, faculty looking to offset carbon footprint
Arizona Daily Sun, 11/27/2007

Spectacular semester
The Arizona Republic, 11/26/2007

Arizona university presidents: Global warming real
Phoenix Business Journal, 11/26/2007

Undergrad education is key to Ariz. economy
The Arizona Republic, 11/25/2007

Colleges tackle climate change
The Arizona Republic, 11/22/2007