Faculty honored with awards, celebration
Faculty known for their commitment to students and the university received awards during a ceremony at the High Country Conference Center on Monday.

NAU celebrates diversity, equity
About 180 people attended ceremonies for the fourth annual President’s Diversity and Equity Awards on April 9 in the du Bois Center Ballroom.

Nominations being accepted for Leadership Award
Recognize outstanding colleagues by nominating them for the SPAC Leadership Award.

Pilot program uses ACT exam
to encourage higher education
Educational and legislative leaders are hoping that giving a college entrance exam to all juniors in high school may encourage graduates to pursue a path to higher education.

Campus invited to help
plan for July 4 parade
Represent NAU in the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce's annual Independence Day Parade in downtown Flagstaff at 9 a.m. July 4.

New Student Programs seeking
Welcome Week events
Departments and organizations that are planning student-centered events coinciding with Welcome Week, Aug. 20 to Aug. 30, are invited to include their events in the Welcome Week brochure.

‘Big Brother’ makes a big difference
From participating in the Peace Corps to building houses in Africa for Habitat for Humanity, Scott Guenthner hasn’t stopped making a difference since he settled in Flagstaff.

Watch latest 'Inside NAU' TV
This special episode focuses on art and features a new Flagstaff Arts and Business Alliance group, a new sculpture on campus, a faculty art show and more.

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

• Sara Rinfret, doctoral candidate in politics and international affairs
• Jeff Leid, associate professor of biological sciences
• Raymond Michalowski, Regents’ professor in criminology and criminal justice
• Marianne Nielsen, professor of criminology and criminal justice
• Robert Yowell, professor of theater
• Kathleen M. McGeever, chair of theater

Faculty Development Program
names acting director
Blase Scarnati has been named acting director of the Faculty Development Program. 

NAU to offer graduate certificate in health policy
NAU’s Interdisciplinary Health Policy Institute soon will be offering a graduate certificate to help enhance public health-care options.

‘The Lumberjack’ becomes
a lab model, expanding multimedia possibilities
The Lumberjack, NAU’s student-run newspaper, will become a lab model beginning in the fall.

NAU Bookstore works on sustainability solutions
The NAU Bookstore is piloting a program to recycle mobile devices and related accessories through a company called CollectiveGood. Revenues for every device collected will be donated to CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.

Honors Week and Undergraduate Symposium events finish off the week
Don’t miss the rest of Honors Week and the Undergraduate Symposium, featuring student presentations, live music, theater productions and awards.

Blue Key annual 8k run-
5k walk for United Way
To raise money for United Way, the Blue Key Honor Society is hosting its Annual 8K run and 5K walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 25.

Play bingo, raise money for cancer
Raise money to fight cancer at the Marquez Bingo Nite FunRaiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in the du Bois Ballroom.

Spring means NAU football
The Lumberjacks will hold their annual Spring Blue & Gold Game on Saturday, April 25, on the practice fields across from the Walkup Skydome. A Kid Zone begins at 11:30 a.m. with the game starting no later than 12:30 p.m.

Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental
journalist to speak Wednesday at NAU
Arizona Daily Sun, 4/22/2009

Higher tuition, fees may undercut NAU enrollment momentum
Arizona Daily Sun, 4/21/2009

State's fiscal alternatives examined
Arizona Daily Sun, 4/17/2009