Campus & Community
NAU, San Carlos Apache College ink partnership aimed at furthering educational opportunities for Indigenous students
The partnership, which is the second of its kind that NAU has signed, will will strengthen collaborative opportunities at all levels between the two institutions, including for academic programming, faculty collaboration, student success initiatives and transfer and graduate education pathways. Humans of NAU
Humans of NAU: Yifan Pi
Worldwide, men make up just 6% of the pre-kindergarten teaching workforce—and that percentage is even lower in China, NAU student Yifan Pi’s native country. An early childhood education major at Shanghai Normal University Tianhua College, Pi seized the opportunity to spend his junior year at NAU, where he took classes at the College of Education and gained hands-on experience teaching alongside Stephen Riek at Flagstaff Cooperative Preschool. The aspiring teacher shared details from his time working and learning Flagstaff and revealed why he loves working with young children. Campus & Community
For Earth Month, be USEFULL!
NAU has implemented a new program to reduce the waste of single-use containers on campus. The USEFULL program, currently being implemented at three campus dining locations, uses reusable stainless steel food containers that are digitally tracked via a phone app, allowing the university to save around 25,000 pounds of single-use plastics from entering the landfill. This USEFULL video explains the program. MORE NEWS Campus & Community
NAU to recognize four Arizona leaders with honorary doctorate degrees during commencement ceremonies
Paul Luna, president and CEO of Helios Education Foundation, Pam Kehaly, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Christy Farley, an NAU alumna who recently retired as senior vice president of engagement and public affairs, and Efrain Casillas, coordinator of music programs at Tolleson Elementary School District and 2024 Arizona Teacher of the Year, will be recognized with honorary doctorates from Northern Arizona University and provide the keynote address during four commencement ceremonies taking place May 10-11. For Earth Month, be USEFULL!
NAU has implemented a new program to reduce the waste of single-use containers on campus. The USEFULL program, currently being implemented at three campus dining locations, uses reusable stainless steel food containers that are digitally tracked via a phone app, allowing the university to save around 25,000 pounds of single-use plastics from entering the landfill. This USEFULL video explains the program. NAU, San Carlos Apache College ink partnership aimed at furthering educational opportunities for Indigenous students
The partnership, which is the second of its kind that NAU has signed, will will strengthen collaborative opportunities at all levels between the two institutions, including for academic programming, faculty collaboration, student success initiatives and transfer and graduate education pathways. Lumberjack Features
Making connections on a field trip to the U.S./Mexico border
Students from Leah Mundell’s anthropology course, Global Migration and Human Rights, had their perspectives changed on a field trip to the U.S./Mexico border. Eileen Magaña reflects on the experiences she and three of her classmates—Erik Martinez, Owen Stark and Calvin Humphrey—had during their visits to Border Patrol, a community center in Nogales that aids border crossers, a humanitarian aid organization in Ajo that makes water drops and their conversation with a human rights activist and pastor from the Tohono O’odham Nation. Humans of NAU: Yifan Pi
Worldwide, men make up just 6% of the pre-kindergarten teaching workforce—and that percentage is even lower in China, NAU student Yifan Pi’s native country. An early childhood education major at Shanghai Normal University Tianhua College, Pi seized the opportunity to spend his junior year at NAU, where he took classes at the College of Education and gained hands-on experience teaching alongside Stephen Riek at Flagstaff Cooperative Preschool. The aspiring teacher shared details from his time working and learning Flagstaff and revealed why he loves working with young children. Humans of NAU: Brooke Graymountain Davis
Master of Public Health (MPH) student Brooke Graymountain Davis grew up on the Navajo Nation, where access to piped drinking water was scarce until just a few years ago. Her childhood experiences motivated her to confront health disparities in Native American communities in the Southwest and beyond. We caught up with Davis to hear why she chose NAU, what she’s doing in Washington, D.C., this summer as a Udall Congressional Intern and what she hopes to accomplish in her career.