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Media highlights for the week of Nov. 5-11, 2005
A sampling of NAU programs, professors, students, staff and alumni appearing in the news
NAU athletes share drug-free message with youth
All week, NAU student-athletes and coaches visited local elementary schools and middle schools to spread the drug-free message. At Rebecca Cardon's third-grade class at Cromer Elementary School, soccer player Andrea Berra, a goalkeeper, gave a strong message to all students who are offered drugs: "All you have to say is no and walk away." Moments later, field athlete Joe Thomas visited Susan Williams' second-grade class. "Today, we are here to tell you to be drug- and alcohol-free," Thomas said.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 11/11/2005
Pianist plays Wickenburg's history
Wickenburg history will be combined with music when Christina Cuda-Robertson brings her concert piano skills to the Friends of Music concert this Sunday (Nov. 13) at 3 p.m. at the Wickenburg Community Center. Robertson performs regularly throughout Arizona and Colorado. She has degrees from Yavapai College and Northern Arizona University.
Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, AZ), 11/11/2005
Ray-Sonora Tigers inducted into AZ Hispanic Sports Hall of Fame
This year marks the third anniversary of the Arizona Hispanic Sports Hall of Fame, created by a group of Hispanic businessmen, former athletes and other dignitaries to recognize outstanding performances by Hispanic athletes. Among those honored at the Oct. 29 induction ceremony was athlete Armando "Cookie" Gonzales. Gonzales earned his doctorate in education from Northern Arizona University.
Miner-Sun-Basin (San Manuel, AZ), 11/11/2005
Recent graduates exhibit works at Northwest College gallery
"Toner Paintings and Jones Sculpture," an exhibit by Hillary Jones, faculty member at Northwest College, is up through November at the Northwest Gallery. Jones completed her bachelor's degree summa cum laude last spring at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT), 11/11/2005
Ariz. congressman says he wouldn't want Bush to campaign for him
An Arizona State University poll reported last month that the president's approval rating was just 45 percent in the state. "It clearly carries some symbolic weight in terms of rejection of George Bush,'' said Fred Solop, a political scientist at Northern Arizona University.
Brehm News West Publishing Co Inc (Bullhead City, AZ), 11/10/2005
Four ways to make your degree matter
To make your online degree stand out against the competition, check out these four ways to beef up your marketability. No.1—Get a Job. When Wesley Brown decided to change careers at age 45, it was the combination of his online degree from Northern Arizona University, the two field internships he completed as part of his curriculum and work experience from previous jobs that landed him his current position as Facilities Coordinator for his local Parks and Recreation department. "In the classroom, you're dealing with high-level textbook material," Wesley states. "That gives you a good foundation of knowledge, which is helpful, but the internship gave me experience with the day to day… I learned how a parks and recreation department actually works. You can't learn that from reading and writing and taking tests." No. 3—Give More. "Employers like to see evidence of students' work," states Dr. Charles H. Hammersley, associate professor in the online Parks and Recreation Management program at Northern Arizona University. "We have carefully selected key projects that students complete throughout their academic careers that demonstrate a broad range of skills and knowledge." The goal, he explains, is so potential employers can see the students' ability to communicate written and orally, to complete a management project, to work with computers, etc. "Those skills and abilities are specific to the parks and recreation profession."
AOL Research & Learn (online), 11/10/05
Hilton Hotels Corporation books diversity as a priority; Top-down commitment is bottom-line focus
In conjunction with the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality, a student-operated organization, Hilton recruits minorities and women graduates from colleges and universities with hospitality programs. In addition, Hilton maintains strategic partnerships with various colleges and universities that have comprehensive hospitality programs including Florida's Bethune-Cookman College, Webber International University, and Northern Arizona University.
Hispanic PR Wire (online), 11/10/2005
Native youth explain their stand against snowmaking
Dr. Miguel Vasquez, a professor at Northern Arizona University, called the historic treatment of Native American beliefs, as well as those of people of Hispanic descent--as sacrilegious. 'The Europeans who came to this continent actually debated whether Native Americans were actually human beings, whether they had souls and could understand abstract ideas,' Vasquez said. Calling for the need for multicultural tolerance, Vasquez said that the struggle for the San Francisco Peaks has taught the value of the sacred. 'This is an opportunity as a community to support the Native American community,' Vasquez said. 'It is my hope that this diverse community can come together and respect them, and know we did the right thing.'
Navaho-Hopi Observer (Flagstaff, AZ), 11/10/2005
NAU hoops picked 4th in coaches poll
The NAU men's basketball team was picked to finish in the middle of the pack by Big Sky Conference in preseason polls released Wednesday. Conference coaches picked the Jacks to take fourth behind Sacramento State (third), Montana (second) and Montana State (first). The media poll had the same top three, with Weber State in fourth and NAU in fifth.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 11/10/2005
NAU prof sworn in to FUSD board
Sara Aleman was one of eight applicants for the Flagstaff Unified School District's Governing Board. Coconino County Superintendent of Schools Cecilia Owen selected Aleman, a professor of sociology and social work at Northern Arizona University. She has published several articles about social issues for both Hispanics and Native Americans. "It's exciting," she said. "It's always exciting when you start a new project or new task."
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 11/10/2005
South Pole now boasts veggies
Scientists are eating fresh vegetables throughout howling Antarctic winters thanks to a collaboration between a Tempe machine shop owner and a University of Arizona plant researcher. A 300-square-foot self-contained greenhouse developed by Gene Giacomelli, director of the University of Arizona program, and Philip Sadler, president of Sadler Machine Co., is producing vegetables at the Amundsen-Scott Antarctic Research Station. Sadler, who holds a degree in botany from Northern Arizona University, spent 13 seasons working in Antarctica as a heavy-equipment operator. "Everyone was complaining about the lack of vegetables," he said. "So I decided to try growing them."
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 11/10/2005
Culinary call of the wild
Chefs are working with NAU scientists pioneering the harvest of wild food statewide. The program, run by NAU's Center for Sustainable Environments, matches farmers and ranchers whose lands are filled with edible berries, nuts, roots and greens with chefs eager to add the wild foods to their menus. For the wild-food movement to go from novelty to mainstream, several factors must fall into place, depending on who gets involved and whether an efficient and economical food-distribution system can be established. "I literally pick up wild greens from a rancher and take it to a restaurant door and say, 'Hey, do you want this wild spinach for tonight?' " NAU ecologist Patty West said. "Let's just say the distribution system is in the beginning stages. It could use a shot in the arm." Gary Nabhan of the NAU Center for Sustainable Environments said, "Chefs are today's food celebrities. They serve as the portals for our food values and changing tastes. They started cooking with organic foods, and the public followed. If they cook with wild food, so will people at home."
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 11/9/2005
NAU coach sweeps Big Sky running awards
NAU's John Hayes has been selected the Big Sky Conference Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. The awards were voted on by the league's head cross country coaches.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 11/9/2005
Editorial: Campus changes greet returning NAU grads
A November weekend that has Flagstaff bursting at the seams can only mean one thing: NAU Homecoming. Regardless of how the game turns out, Flagstaff and NAU should be proud of their new commitment to "one community." For the second year in a row, the homecoming parade has moved off-campus to downtown. Alums should also know that since the last homecoming, the city and the university have launched a formal partnership in pursuit of a hotel/conference center. Another big change since last year are all those banners with the new NAU logo. And when football fans enter the Skydome, they'll see new images of a less kinder and gentler Louie the Lumberjack. Flagstaff is proud to be a college town and glad to have a chance to show off its new, closer relationship to the university.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 11/6/2005
Imagination touched by the city
Louis Lozowick (1892 - 1973) spent a lifetime pursuing his artistic vision of urban life. His preferred medium was lithography, a method of printing from a prepared flat stone, metal or plastic plate, invented in the late 18th century. The results yield a finely detailed and reproducible image, often in black and white. A retrospective show of 36 of Lozowick's best images, including paintings, drawings and many superb lithographs, is on display in the Beasley Gallery at the NAU Art Museum through Dec. 2.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 11/6/2005
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