NAU sustains creativity at local teaching conference

NAU will have a strong presence at Coconino Community College's Teaching and Learning Conference at its Lone Tree campus on Aug. 16 and 17.

NAU presenters at the Teaching and Learning Conference at Coconino Community College include:

• Stefan Sommer, director of education, NAU's Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research, "A River Reborn: Educational Resource Guides"
• Marcus Ford, professor, Humanities, Arts and Religion, "Education for Engaged Citizenship, Environmental Awareness and Sustainability: An Examination of a Service-Learning Project"
• Barbara Huff, adjunct faculty, Distance Learning, "Challenging Prospective Teachers' Conceptions of Student Motivation: A Strategy for Real-Life Learning"
• Steve Cernohous, assistant professor, Rehabilitation Sciences, "The Development of State-Wide Clinical Internships in an Athletic Training Education Program: A Perspective"
• Mindy West, assistant professor, NAU-Yuma, "A Market Research Study for the Development of a Retail Entertainment Complex: An Active Learning Project for College of Business Students at NAU-Yuma"
• Allison Kipple, assistant professor, Electrical Engineering, "Service Learning Projects Completed by Electrical Engineering Students at Northern Arizona University"
• George Gumerman, chair, Anthropology, "Applying Anthropology: The Graduate Internship Program at Northern Arizona University"
• Astrid Sheil, assistant professor, School of Communication, "More Bang for the Buck: How an International Public Relations Service Learning Experience Expanded Pedagogical Outcomes"
• Sandy Raymond, assistant professor, English, "An Inconvenient Curriculum: Engaging Students in Research and Writing about Sustainable Cultures"
• Janneli F. Miller, adjunct faculty, Anthropology, "Experiential Education: An Ethnographic Service Learning Field School Among the Hopi, Navajo and Rarámuri"
• Nicholas Hagemann, events coordinator, Campus Recreation Services, "Playing With a Purpose"
• Tamara Ramirez, program coordinator, Program of Community, Culture and Environment, "Learning 'Sustainability' Through the Arts: The Aesthetic Imagination and the Sustainability Narrative"
• Amanda Acheson, graduate student, Liberal Studies, "Government Sustainability"