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Media highlights for the week of Sept. 6-12, 2005
A sampling of NAU programs, professors, students, staff and alumni appearing in the news
Biotech progress report
According to the Flinn Foundation's Arizona Bioscience Roadmap, there are four main strategies the state needs to focus on to develop a strong bioscience hub. Here are those strategies and how Arizona fared in the third quarter of 2005: ...Northern Arizona University and TGen received $8.5 million in federal grants and corporate support for research of sepsis and community-acquired pneumonia, two of the world's leading killers.
Business Journal of Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ), 9/12/2005
NAU wins big environmental grant
The federal government has given Northern Arizona University a $7.6 million grant to work with tribes across the nation to manage air quality. The grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will enable the university's Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals to offer 20 training courses annually to assist tribes in managing air quality programs.
Casa Grande Valley Newspaper (Casa Grande, AZ), 9/12/2005
TGen official works to detect anthrax, sepsis
Paul Keim is applying technology developed in his lab to detect anthrax to improve treatments of patients with sepsis and community-acquired pneumonia. TGen and NAU are partnering with Applied Biosystems, publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, to discover pathogen-specific DNA signatures. "I think it really solidifies TGen's core role with not only the health care community in Arizona, but also the academic community," Keim said.
Business Journal of Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ), 9/12/2005
Carlsbad High TV news examines immigration forum
Of the dozen [Carlsbad High] seniors who graduated last year, all enrolled in college, said Doug Green, who teaches broadcasting at Carlsbad High and Valley Middle schools. Seven students declared majors in broadcasting, journalism, film or communication at such schools as the L.A. Film School, Chapman University and Northern Arizona University.
North County Times (Escondido, CA), 9/11/2005
Flagstaff Symphony Association elects new board members
At the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra Association's annual meeting this summer, new board members were selected. New board members include: Patricia Haeuser, Associate Vice President for Planning, Budget and Institutional Research at NAU.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 9/11/2005
NAU Hall of Famer Anderson dies at 84
Hank Anderson, athletic director at Northern Arizona from 1974-83 and an inductee into the NAU Hall of Fame in 1994, died Monday in Gig Harbor, Wash. He was 84. Anderson helped organize the Big Sky Conference in 1963.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 9/11/2005
NAU wins grant to help tribes on environment
The federal government has given Northern Arizona University a $7.6 million grant to work with tribes across the nation to manage air quality. The grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will enable the university's Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals to offer 20 training courses annually to assist tribes in managing air-quality programs.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 9/11/2005
Peers give 'student' insight on campus
If you're an anthropologist and you want to understand an alien culture, the
place to be is in "the field," as they say. [NAU anthropology professor Cathy] Small chronicles her observations — under the pseudonym Rebekah Nathan — in the soon-to-be-released My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student (Cornell University Press), a first-person account of student culture today. NAU president John Haeger plans to ask that Freshman be required reading of all administrators, spokesman Tom Bauer said. "We're hoping that this makes better teachers. That's the bottom line."
The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, HI), 9/11/2005
[Reprinted from an article in USA Today]
Class of one for Hall tonight
Fifteen years after starring for the Indians as an outside hitter and captain in volleyball, a guard and co-captain in basketball, and a first baseman and captain in softball, Jena Scripps (Mello) will return to her hometown of Napa and will enter the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame tonight. Scripps graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz., with a degree in P.E. in 1996.
Napa Valley Register (Napa, CA), 9/10/2005
Sanchez gives NAU, dad reason to smile
Philo Sanchez comes home to Tucson tonight hoping to lead the Northern Arizona University football team to an upset win over Arizona. NAU will be a big underdog tonight, but that doesn't worry Sanchez. "We're confident. Without confidence, there's no point in playing," he said. Arizona didn't offer Philo a scholarship out of high school, and ASU was lukewarm, so he wound up at NAU. "He's only 5-7, but you can't measure a person's heart," his dad said.
Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ), 9/10/2005
NAU enrolls first Katrina evacuees
Northern Arizona University enrolled its first Katrina evacuees Friday. Caroline Barber and Jonathan Schneider, both students at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La., arrived in Flagstaff Thursday more than a week after attempting to ride out the hurricane in their apartment in Hammond. NAU has offered places for students and faculty displaced by Katrina, including free tuition and campus housing if students have already paid their bills at their home institutions.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 9/10/2005
NAU to take 120 evacuees at some residence halls
Northern Arizona University has offered to house up to 120 victims of Hurricane Katrina in residence halls and some rooms at the Inn at NAU. University President John Haeger communicated with the Governor's Office over the weekend, but the governor has not confirmed whether evacuees will be sent to Flagstaff. NAU already has pledged to ease enrollment and registration for any displaced students. So far, about six students have contacted the university.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 9/10/2005
Three state universities launch study of health of Wisconsin springs
A recent grant from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Water Resources Institute will help researchers take a step forward in understanding the ecology of seeps and springs in the state. Using a comprehensive springs classification system developed by Abe Springer of Northern Arizona University, the team will describe and document the physical, biological and sociocultural characteristics of typical spring systems in the glaciated and unglaciated regions of Wisconsin. This will assist in determining the ecological status of typical spring systems, which is a critical first step in assessing vulnerability to pumping because it provides baseline conditions to which changes can be compared.
UW Madison (Madison, WI), 9/10/2005
Anthropologist Studies Strange Subculture
The researcher, [Cathy Small,] a professor at Northern Arizona, became baffled by the behavior of her undergraduate students. So in order to understand them and to help make her job more useful, she went "undercover" and enrolled back as a freshman, studying the dorm culture around her.
Technocrat.net (online), 9/9/2005
Commentary: Time for NAU to join the big boys
Moving to Division I-A would enable the Jacks to ditch the Big Sky Conference and join a better one—the Western Athletic Conference is a perfect fit. The WAC is obviously hurting for membership since Louisiana Tech left. If NAU were to move up, it would help out the entire state. In addition to giving Arizona's third state university much-needed exposure, it would be a boost to the Arizona and ASU football teams.
Arizona Daily Wildcat (Tucson, AZ), 9/9/2005
Ex-NAU AD helped get Big Sky off the ground
Hank Anderson, a former athletic director at NAU, died Monday. He served as the Lumberjacks' AD from 1974-83. He was inducted into the NAU Hall of Fame in 1994.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 9/9/2005
NAU institute awarded $7.6M
The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals at Northern Arizona University has received a $7.65 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to work with tribes across the nation to manage air quality concerns.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 9/9/2005
New dean picked for Arts and Letters
An interim dean for the College of Arts and Letters was selected for spring 2006. Michael Malone, chairman of the philosophy department at Northern Arizona University, will be the interim dean, replacing Susan Fitzmaurice, who is leaving NAU at the end of the fall semester.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 9/9/2005
Sanchez fine with UA snub
In NAU's season-opening win over Adams State last week, Philo Sanchez scored on a 27-yard touchdown run, in which he broke six tackles and dragged one defender into the end zone. Though only 5 feet 7 and 185 pounds, Sanchez's strength is one of his biggest assets. His 520-pound squat is the best on the team, and his 385-pound bench press is fifth. "There were three guys who had a hold of him at one point on that run. It was incredible," NAU coach Jerome Souers said. "Philo has a heart the size of a house and he's been a joy to coach during his career here."
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 9/9/2005
The passionate vision of Joella Jean Mahoney
American artist Joella Jean Mahoney's large scale paintings will be featured in a one-woman show, 'Passionate Vision,' at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff from Sept. 17 through Dec. 31. Mahoney graduated from Arizona State College, now Northern Arizona University, in 1955. She is Professor of Art Emerita at the University of La Verne in California. Her work has become internationally known through the Art in the Embassies Program, sponsored by the U.S. State Department.
Navajo-Hopi Observer (Flagstaff, AZ), 9/8/2005
Ex-Jacks make pro teams
Saturday was a happy day for the Lumberjack football program. The reason? Former NAU players Jeremy Thornburg and Paul Ernster survived the final preseason cuts for the Eagles and Broncos, respectively.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 9/7/2005
Hurricane-Stricken Students Consider Transfers To Arizona
Northern Arizona University has taken a few calls inquiring about admission from students affected by Hurricare Katrina.
KPHO-TV (Phoenix, AZ), 9/7/2005
Local Katrina aid grows
Northern Arizona University has told the governor it is prepared to house up to 120 hurricane evacuees on campus if needed, said spokeswoman Lisa Nelson.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ), 9/7/2005
Students from stricken region contact state universities
Northern Arizona University reports a handful of calls or visits from students searching for new academic homes because of Hurricane Katrina.
KOLD-TV (Tucson, AZ), 9/7/2005
NAU still determining financial losses caused by outbreak
Northern Arizona University is still trying to tally up the financial losses suffered because of an outbreak of norovirus, a gastrointestinal virus that causes flu-like symptoms. The university lost revenue because of the summer camps it had to cancel to prevent the further spread of the norovirus.
KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ), 9/6/2005
Students from stricken region contact state universities
Northern Arizona University has received a handful of calls or visits from students looking for a new university given that Hurricane Katrina has left them without a place to study.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), 9/6/2005
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