Welcome new hires
Northern Arizona University welcomed 48 new employees in July.

Haeger names task force on athletic facilities
President John Haeger has appointed a 25-member task force to assess current and future athletic facilities on campus.

Share your summer photos
All summer long, Inside NAU will share your summer photos with our readers.

Journalism workshop a hit with advisers, students alike
The workshop instructs beginners in the basics of communication and provides skill enhancement for journalism veterans.

Student builds potential with ceramics kiln
Ceramics major Tom Alward used recycled materials and reused fire bricks to build a small, experimental kiln on the NAU campus.

Summer traffic changes ending
The temporary summertime traffic changes put in place during infrastructure work on north campus are scheduled to revert to the previous traffic patterns later this month.

ITS postpones Oracle e-mail upgrade
An upgrade to NAU's faculty and staff e-mail system has been postponed because of technical problems that arose during testing.

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

• NAU's distance bachelor's degrees in criminal justice
• Brant Short, professor of speech communication
• Richard Quartaroli, Cline Library special collections librarian
• Mary I. Dereshiwsky, associate professor of educational leadership

New device for finding bacteria developed
ScienceDaily, 8/6/2007

Local college launches engineering program
Yuma Daily Sun, 8/7/2007