Incoming stimulus funds mitigate furlough days
Northern Arizona University employees whose salaries are less than $40,000 a year are responsible for taking one day and those whose salaries are $40,000 or more are responsible for three days.
Progressive NAU-Yavapai venture taking root
Administrators from Northern Arizona University and Yavapai College gathered in Flagstaff on Monday to begin solidifying a plan to offer four-year NAU degrees through Yavapai.
Normal business hours resume Aug. 17 One week before fall classes begin, and the same week students arrive on campus, NAU will resume standard business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Eco meeting to promote
sustainable society, NAU research To help clear a greener path for society, more than 30 NAU scientists will present their recent sustainability research during the Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Albuquerque on Aug. 3 through 7.
NAU welcomes Cardinals fans
to Saturday's Red & White practice
Don't miss the Arizona Cardinals special Red & White outdoor practice from 11:30 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, on the grass fields adjacent to the Walkup Skydome. The practice will be preceded by a full-team autograph session inside the Skydome for children 12 and younger from 10:45 to 11:05 a.m. in the Skydome and conclude with a live goal-line session. The events are part of the Cardinals annual summer training camp on the NAU campus. For a complete schedule, click here.
Young Cardinals fans from Phoenix practiced their plays during a visit yesterday to NAU.
The students toured campus and caught the Cardinals afternoon practice. The fifth- through eighth-graders attend the Arizona Cardinals Preparatory Academy—a school funded by Cardinals Charities to help disadvantaged youth to succeed.
Kickoff banquet to feature
‘We Are Marshall’ inspiration Former Marshall coach Jack Lengyel will headline the first Lumberjacks Football Kickoff Banquet on Aug. 11 at Ardrey Auditorium. Ron Wolfley, the voice of the Arizona Cardinals, and NAU head football coach Jerome Souers also will be featured.
Marshall head coach Jack Lengyel, left, poses with Matthew McConaughey, who portrayed Lengyel in the movie We Are Marshall.
Matt A. Casado had a refereed article published in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education.
Retired Lt. Col. Andrew
Griffin and Chris Lockwood had their paper selected as an Award paper at the Allied Academies International Internet Conference this summer.
Fred Solop traveled to Santiago, Chile, in July to represent his department at the World Congress of Political Science.
Natalie Hessrecently co-authored a book with Laurel Pollard titled, Wow! Stories from Real Life: A Low-Beginning, Multi-Skills Text.
The Program in Intensive English in the Department of English was one of six schools selected by the Educational Testing Service to participate in a study that investigates the validity of the use of the Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language scores for English as a Second Language placement decisions.
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