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November 13, 2009

Students design
transit shelters
for Grand Canyon gateway
When senior environmental engineering major Leslie Ayres steps into the workforce this May, the terrain will be familiar thanks to her real-world experience at Northern Arizona University.

K-12 Center celebrates decade
of teacher improvement
NAU's 100-year-old history of teacher education added an impressive component a decade ago, culminating in a celebration this week and a continuing verve for helping teachers improve.

Modified workforce planning
to move forward
Human Resources has announced that workforce planning for FY2010 will move forward but has been modified for this year because of the uncertainty of the budget.

today's news

•	Find your place in the world at Geography Awareness Week
•	Concrete plan cures cracks

university news

•	NAUPD reminds drivers to follow posted traffic changes

•	NAU inspires worldwide audience to build green


•	President unveils details of Innovation Fund

•	Campus traffic patterns to change temporarily

research & academic news

•	Mutating rabies virus puts extra scare in bat researchers

events

•	Native American Heritage Month kicks off on campus

•	Emeritus professor's art exhibit pays homage to the heavens

•	Applied Indigenous Studies announces lecture series

department news

•	NAU grad wins Teacher of the Year

•	Veteran support grows at NAU

•	Donate your winter clothes in the Classified Staff

Advisory Council's seventh annual
clothing drive

video

A Northern Arizona University and Arizona Cancer Center collaboration seeking solutions to cancer disparities among Native Americans is receiving a $15.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.

spotlight

Recognizing the activities and accomplishments of faculty, staff
and students

•	Robert Yowell received a 2009 Merit Award from Southeast Missouri State University for bringing distinction to the university

•	John Doherty and Kevin Ketchner published “Making Connections: Technology and Interaction in an Honors Classroom”

•	Mary McGroarty presented an invited colloquium, "Choice and Change in Planning for Bilingualism," at the University of Ottawa

•	Shelley Dennis is organizing “Cooling the Planet, Warm the Neighborhood”

in the news

•	'Hardwired' to create rock doodles; professor says ancient art was ' an instinct' The Daily Courier, 11/10/2009

•	Advocate honored with NAU award Yuma Daily Sun, 11/09/2009

•	Green-building advocates coming to Phoenix Arizona Republic, 11/6/2009

•	Phoenix teacher wins state's top award Arizona Republic, 11/5/2009

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