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Entangled Spaces: showcasing what arts and humanities do for the world
At a new showcase event, the College of Arts and Letters demonstrates why the arts and humanities are powerful tools in understanding our world and building our future. The event will feature table displays of collaborative projects undertaken by members of the college’s various schools and departments and will a culminate in a conversation with CAL’s three arts and humanities fellows about their work and how it relates to this year’s theme of environment and sustainability. Humans of NAU
Humans of NAU: Amy Horn
Amy Horn loves taking photos, teaching photography at NAU, long-distance running and travel. She talks about applying her early interests in woodworking and accounting to her photography career, her ultramarathon community and the most brutal run she's ever done. Campus & Community
How one NAU occupational therapy student took command of her life, and a unit in the military
'Scary and beautiful'—that's how Kiera Butler describes the experience of leading a unit in the U.S. Army Reserve. Last year, after eight years in the reserves, she took on this leadership role and with it the responsibility of more than 40 other soldiers. At the same time, she's working on a doctoral degree in occupational therapy. It's all part of her life's work of caring for people whose lives had been uprooted by the unexpected. MORE NEWS Campus & Community
It’s time to kick axe, Lumberjacks: Giving Day is almost here!
Get pumped, Lumberjacks! NAU Giving Day is back on April 3—it’s our annual 24 hours of online fundraising fun to support our university and its programs. On the Giving Day website, find the featured funds, go through the many student projects and explore the challenges that will help your gift make an even bigger impact. Plus, you can sport your True Blue and Gold, do a service project and help Lumberjacks spread Axe of Kindness throughout the world! Meet the trailblazing woman who founded NAU’s chemistry department
It’s an experience common to many women in science—they’re the only woman in their department, on their faculty, in the room. It is not the norm, however, for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at NAU, thanks in large part to the legacy of one woman—Junia McAlister, or Miss Mac, the founding faculty member of the department at a time when women working as scientists was rare. NAU students lead the charge in community volunteering efforts
Every year, thousands of NAU students dedicate their free time to volunteering, both on campus and in the greater Flagstaff community. Through nonprofit work, food distribution, voter registration and outreach to their fellow students, they’re keeping NAU’s spirit of relentless welcome alive.