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Media highlights for the week of May 24-30, 2005
A sampling of NAU programs, professors, students, staff and alumni appearing in the news
Suns security director Tucker heads off trouble
Some men are lucky enough to land their dream jobs. Kevin Tucker is one of them. Tucker is the director of security for the Phoenix Suns, a vocation that combines his criminal justice degree from Northern Arizona University with his love of basketball.
—East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ), 5/30/2005
Survey: Canyon visitors firmly grounded
Those who drive to the Grand Canyon are keen on clean air, conservation and geology, but not so fond of riding all-terrain vehicles there, gambling in general or taking helicopter tours, a recent Northern Arizona University survey shows.
—Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 5/29/2005
Teacher by day, matchmaker by night
During the day, Jamie Marks, 31, teaches elementary school children in Paradise Valley. At night, she spends most of her time sitting in front of her computer at her home office in Scottsdale...matchmaking. Marks is founder and president of a rapidly-growing singles dating service, 15 First Dates, a company that will celebrate its first anniversary Thursday. Marks' part-time company grossed more than $42,000 its first year and income projections for 2005-06 are expected to double. She earned a masters at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
—East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ), 5/29/2005
Jacks raise ticket prices
Northern Arizona has long had some of the least expensive football ticket prices in the Big Sky Conference. Despite a small increase in the cost of season and game-by-game tickets beginning this fall, that fact remains true. NAU students will continue to get into football games, and all other athletics events, for free.
—Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 5/28/2005
Arizona governor has Republicans fuming
The school-choice veto probably won't hurt Napolitano but she could be on more dangerous ground with voters over her positions on immigration issues, said Zachary Smith, a Northern Arizona University political science professor. Napolitano also rejected bills to restrict services to illegal immigrants, make English the state's official language and let state and local police enforce federal immigration laws. "There is some potential that the Republicans can use that against her," Smith said.
—KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ), 5/27/2005
131 Schools Registered to Compete at SAE Mini Baja 100 Competition
Northern Arizona University is one of 131 teams competing in the SAE Mini Baja 100 competition June 1-4, 2005, at Caterpillar Inc.'s Tinaja Hills Training Center near Tucson, Ariz. Competitors design and build an off-road vehicle that can survive the punishment of rough terrain. All vehicles are powered by a 10-horsepower Intek Model 20 engine donated by Briggs & Stratton Corporation. Students must function as a team to not only design, build, test, promote and race a vehicle within the limits of the rules, but also to generate financial support for the project - as well as manage educational priorities.
—U.S. Newswire (online), 5/26/2005
Festival to feature Southern idols
Jordan Lawson is in the musical trio "Custom Country," which is an all-male group based out of Northern Arizona University. They have had high accreditations with northern Arizona press and will be the opening act for Wilson, Lawson and Derby.
—Eastern Arizona Courier (Safford, AZ), 5/26/2005
Hann, Mapoles had busy careers in high school
Class salutatorian Constance "Connie" Mapoles said she will be attending Northern Arizona University at Flagstaff in the fall. "It has a beautiful campus and they have a great engineering school," Mapoles said.
—Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review (Sierra Vista, AZ), 5/26/2005
Klimek named principal at Lincoln
Scott Klimek has been named principal of Lincoln Elementary in Fargo. He has a master's degree from Northern Arizona University at Flagstaff.
—The Forum (Fargo, ND), 5/26/2005
Positively ... a contender
They say a positive attitude makes a big difference in any situation, good or bad. For Natalie Rogers, optimism is a guiding light, a primary trait of her upbeat personality. So when the Northern Arizona junior distance runner learned last summer she had an ovarian tumor the size of a football, she could've been depressed, angry or down in the dumps for months. She wasn't. She maintained a positive outlook.
—Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff,AZ), 5/26/2005
Jazelle Rodriguez: The Superachiever
Jazelle Rodriguez played volleyball and basketball and ran track, was junior class vice president and (as a senior) student body vice president, was president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, joined the drama club, the Black Student Union, the Mexican American Youth Organization and Joshua Club, and is graduating with a 4.0 grade-point average. Rodriguez is attending Northern Arizona University this fall, where she plans to major in math and minor in Spanish and eventually become a high school math teacher.
—The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 5/25/2005
Mohave High School students reap scholarship award harvest
Mohave High School's best and brightest received the fruits of their labor at the school's annual Scholarship and Award Ceremony on Monday. Northern Arizona University awarded Nicholas Faulks, Phillip Lynch and Steven Weaver its President's Scholarship worth $3,750 apiece. NAU gave Aubrea Carlton, Christina Everett, Veronica Martinez, Tyler McGee, Michael Miller, Ryland Rodman, Ashley Sloan and Keifer Street its Dean's Scholarship worth $2,500 apiece. NAU gave Chad Barker, Tania Perez, Timothy Mitchell, Jonathan Wescom and Jonathan Young its Blue and Gold Award Scholarship worth $1,750 apiece.
—Brehm News West Publishing Co. Inc. (Bullhead City, AZ), 5/25/2005
E-learning reaches beyond the classroom
"When I think of e-learning, I don't think of technology, I think of new ways to engage the students," said Don Carter, director of NAU's Center for Research, Assessment and Development of Electronic Learning.
—Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 5/24/2005
Favorite Places: Officials, Policy Makers, Those In The Know, List Cool Arizona Spots For Hot Days
It should be no surprise to anyone who knows Karen Churchard, executive director of the Arizona Tourism Alliance, that she chooses Flagstaff for a summer getaway for any length of time. "I went to NAU and it's beautiful there, even when it rains during the monsoons," she says. "You've got the pines, great little restaurants and coffee shops, and it's cool. I try to get there once a month, but usually it's not as often as I would like."
—Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix, AZ), 5/24/2005
NAU Football
The Lumberjacks will play all Saturday games in the afternoon, starting with the 2005 season. "We want our fans to enjoy a day on campus starting with pre-game tailgating through the Lumberjack victory in the afternoon," NAU athletics director Jim Fallis said. "We want to help families make it an event that can be attended together. We limit our audience with the late kickoff, as well as the media coverage of the event."
—Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaf, fAZ), 5/24/2005 |
