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Media highlights for the week of June 14-20, 2005
A sampling of NAU programs, professors, students, staff and alumni appearing in the news
Governors sign forest health charter
The charter for the Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes symbolizes a partnership between the three states to protect forests and prevent catastrophic fires. The institutes will be located at Colorado State University, Northern Arizona University and New Mexico Highlands University. All three facilities will work together on forest ecology, restoration and management. The idea is for the universities to provide the best science possible to policy makers, said Northern Arizona University president John Haeger.
— Vail Daily News (Vail, CO), 6/20/2005
[This clip also appeared in Aspen Times Weekly, the Arizona Daily Sun, Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, Durango Herald, and the National Assn of Mutual Insurance Companies.]
For Ernster, Everything Changes
Things worked out fairly well during Paul Ernster's four years at Northern Arizona University, particularly last fall, when he assumed punting duties in addition to the placekicking chores he handled from 2002-04, and kickoffs, which he manned all four years there.
— Denver Broncos (Denver, CO), 6/20/2005
APS Foundation gives $1M gift to NAU
The Arizona Public Service Foundation has presented Northern Arizona University with a $1 million gift to be used toward construction of the university's Applied Research and Development building and to provide scholarships and internships for students.
— bizjournals.com (Phoenix, AZ), 6/20/2005
[This clip also appeared at Yahoo, Lycos, Business Wire, and Stockwatch.]
A different kind of environmental education
The first week of the Junior Foresters Academy, sponsored by the Northern Arizona University forestry department, ended, with another of the four sessions beginning today. "(It) connects kids to the forest and the natural world that surrounds them so they can learn and teach others about good stewardship, land ethics and forest health," director Cheryl Miller said. "The most important emphasis of the curriculum is to have fun while learning in the forest."
— Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 6/20/2005
Az schools pitch plans for sales tax bucks
NAU would use its money for such purposes as increasing access to higher education to prepare the state's work force to meet the needs of a technologically advanced society. The strategy was part of an overall proposal by NAU to spend a portion of educational funds approved by Arizona voters in 2000.
— Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ), 6/19/2005
National Arts Centre's Conductors Programme concludes with a free concert
The NAC Conductors Programme provides a valuable opportunity for experienced conductors to develop to a higher level under the expert guidance of accomplished orchestra leaders. The five participants were selected from 68 applications received from Canada and abroad to work with Finnish conductor and master teacher Jorma Panula, and NAC Orchestra Music Director Pinchas Zukerman. One of the five, Darko Butorac-a 27-year-old Serbian-born Canadian from Toronto-is the Director of Orchestras at Northern Arizona University, where he conducts all of the school's orchestra concerts and opera productions. He won the Gold Medal and Audience Favourite Prize at the Fourth Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition in 2004, and as grand prize winner will conduct concerts with orchestras across three continents in the 2005-06 season.
— Ottawa Start press release (Ottawa, ON, Canada), 6/19/2005
Unprecedented Move by APS Improves Natural Environment; Power Plant Closure Gives Rebirth to Important Arizona Waterway
"The decommissioning of the historic Childs-Irving power plants by APS offers Northern Arizona University faculty and students a wonderful living laboratory. For many years, our scientists, engineers, archaeologists, recreation planners and others have studied the amazing Fossil Creek region. On June 18, we will begin studying the return of an ecosystem unlike any other in the region. Hundreds of NAU students have participated in our research. Thousands more will follow them, to observe and learn as the system begins another dramatic change in its evolution." —William Auberle, Director, Engineering Program, NAU, Director, Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program, NAU
— Business Wire via Canada.com (online), 6/19/2005
[This clip also appeared in Forbes, StockHouse USA, Investors.com, Lycos, Business Wire, Stockwatch, dBusinessNews, CSR Wire.]
Public broadcasting stations in peril
Proposed cuts to public broadcasting would force some tough decisions at KNAU, Northern Arizona University's public radio station. Thursday the House Appropriations committee recommended cutting funding to Public Broadcasting Service by 46 percent, or $212 million. Locally, KNAU receives about 15 percent of its budget from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the target of the committee's recommendation.
— Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 6/19/2005 Fossil Creek revived
The creek's major features are made of travertine, the same rare calcium carbonate deposits found in the Havasupai Tribe's canyon lands. Travertine acts sort of like hardened mud or coral built up over time in turbulent water to form deep aquamarine series of pools for fish. It's found in China, Spain and elsewhere in the world, but not often in large concentrations, said Jane Marks, Northern Arizona University biological sciences assistant professor.
— Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 6/19/2005
New rules aim to clear air at national parks
A poll of park visitors conducted by Northern Arizona University last year found that clean air ranked second to clean water as visitors' top natural-resource priority.
— The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 6/18/2005
Conference center plan advances
A conference center and faculty housing, among other capital plans, will enter the planning stages now that the Arizona Board of Regents has given its approval. The university presented five items Thursday to add to its capital development plan, a list of building projects it would like to pursue. "(Now) we can take a skeletal outline and develop it into a full-blown plan," said MJ McMahon, executive vice president of administration and finance.
— Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 6/18/2005
Regents meeting to discuss funds for "virtual water university"
An effort to combine researchers from Arizona's public universities under a "virtual water university" could move forward this year with $150,000 in start up money from the Arizona Board of Regents. The Arizona Virtual Water University will unite the state's leading experts in all areas of water research and is intended to be a worldwide leader. There are already 430 water researchers at the three schools, with 73 percent at the UA, 16 percent at Arizona State University and 11 percent at Northern Arizona University.
— KMSB-TV (Tucson, AZ), 6/17/2005
Kirkpatrick touts successes, lays next session's agenda
"There's not as much funding for NAU (Northern Arizona University) as I would like, but that's the only thing I'm not happy about," said Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Flagstaff, of the finalized budget. That, in addition to more work on education and housing bills will again be priorities next year, she said.
— Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 6/16/2005
Jessica Celentano: Raising money to fight cancer
In four years as a student at Northern Arizona University (NAU), former Benson resident Jessica Celentano played a key role in raising more than $135,000 for the American Cancer Society.
— San Pedro Valley News-Sun (Benson, AZ), 6/15/2005
Mills climbing to new heights
Dan Mills won his third consecutive USA Climbing divisional title in Albuquerque, N.M. He will compete next in the national championships July 1-3 in Boston. He will probably attend Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where he says most of his friends live and because of its excellent nearby climbing sites.
— San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Covina, CA), 6/15/2005
Flagstaff pond to get new life
Kent Powell, assistant principal for Flagstaff Middle School, is one who especially wants to see the Frances Short Pond in Thorpe Park renovated. "The three schools all use it in their science curriculum," Powell said. "Even NAU science classes and art watercolor classes use it as scenery."
— Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 6/15/2005
New Debt in the Desert
Projects being funded by bond proceeds at Arizona Western College include a new $12 million science and agricultural complex, a community college center, campus-wide infrastructure improvements, and upgrades for facilities that are as many as 40 years old. With no four-year university nearby, AWC serves as a regional center of education. "We...share a campus with Northern Arizona University," said Michelle Sharff, AWC director of PR. "They offer about 20 degree plans, all the way to a doctorate." The new agricultural and science complex will allow the college to double the number of students taking these courses and enable Northern Arizona University to expand degree programs they offer at the district's campus.
— The Bond Buyer (New York, NY), 6/14/2005 |
