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Media highlights for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2005
A sampling of NAU programs, professors, students, staff and alumni appearing in the news
A Crazy Saturday for Eagles' Thornburg
Jeremy Thornburg spent the beginning of Labor Day weekend wondering if he was about to be unemployed. On Saturday, Thornburg found out he was officially a member of the 2005 Philadelphia Eagles. Thornburg, a safety out of Northern Arizona University, was signed as a rookie free agent following the draft.
Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) 9/5/2005
Arizona prepares for NAU: Don't look for quick turnaround
The [UofA Wild] Cats won't win a single game unless they outwork and out-tough the opponent. That includes this week's guest in the home opener, good ol' NAU. What a win it would be for the kids from Flagstaff! Believe me, they'll step off the bus here brimming with confidence that it could happen. And why shouldn't the Lumberjacks be confident? They've seen the UA-Utah tape.
Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ) 9/5/2005
China comes to Flagstaff
Liao Yi and Sun Cheng are at Northern Arizona University as part of a dual-degree program NAU participates in with an educational consortium in China. This is the first semester of the program, and 17 students are here from Chinese universities as part of this program. "This is a great opportunity for NAU and for our Chinese partners to learn more about each other's cultures," Provost Liz Grobsmith said.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 9/5/2005
Ex-Jacks Ernster, Thornburg make the cut
Former NAU football players were among players to make NFL rosters Saturday when the final cuts were made to get to the 53-player roster limits. Seventh-round draft pick Paul Ernster, an Ironwood High School product, made the Denver Broncos roster, while free agent signee Jeremy Thornburg was one of the surprises of the Philadelphia Eagles camp. Both finished their NAU careers in 2004.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 9/4/2005
Federal funding for forest-health issues
The Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University has received $1.6 million from the federal government.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) 9/3/2005
Pragmatism 101
My Freshman Year provides some keen insights into the causes of students' fierce pragmatism. For one thing, debt often drives their career aspirations and, in turn, their choice of majors and extracurricular pursuits. Colleges, Cathy Small of Northern Arizona University argues, must adapt to those 21st-century realities: "Educational policy . . . cannot afford to rely on inaccurate or idealized versions of what students are."
The Washington Post (Washington, DC) 9/3/2005
Finding Common Ground for Federal Facility Design
Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff has committed itself to being a leader in sustainable design and green buildings as it undertakes a major capital program to rebuild the campus. The program's first project, an 112,000-sq ft home for the College of Business Administration, targeted a silver LEED rating, while also providing a topquality learning environment. And because of budgetary constraints, NAU required that the facility must be as "maintenance free" as possible, with building systems requiring little or no upkeep.
Government Engineering (Waldwick, NJ) 9/2/2005
Slow Start, Big Finish
The energy was there. The first-game jitters were, too. But after a shaky first half, the NAU football team settled down and dominated all facets of the second half, beating Adams State, 52-13, Thursday at the Skydome. "It's important to come out and get any first win," said Lumberjacks receiver Kory Mahr, who finished with four catches for 47 yards and three touchdowns.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 9/2/2005
Authors on the Air
On Talk of the Nation yesterday, Barrett Seaman and Rebekah Nathan weighed in during a back-to-school segment for parents of college students. Seaman, a former reporter and editor at Time magazine, is the author of Binge: What Your College Student Won't Tell You, a chronicle of the time he spent at a dozen colleges investigating college life. Nathan has written My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student. Rebekah Nathan is a pseudonym for a fifty-something-year-old anthropology professor who enrolled for a year at the university where she teaches to try and understand the behavior and attitudes of her students.
Publishers Weekly (New York, NY) 9/1/2005
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. The Arizona Cardinals also moved their training camp from Flagstaff to Prescott because of the outbreak.
KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ) 9/1/2005
Plenty of concerns frame NAU opener
As Northern Arizona opens its season tonight against Adams State, many big questions are on the front burner for the Lumberjacks. The answers will determine if NAU more closely resembles the Division I-AA quarterfinal team two years ago or the 4-7 team of last year that lost its last four games and gave up an average of 41 points a game during that stretch.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) 9/1/2005
[this clip also appeared in the Tucson Citizen]
Trend toward larger dorm beds hasn't reached Isles
The dorm with the longest waiting list at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff is a 3-year-old apartment complex that boasts full beds.
Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, HI) 9/1/2005
Too Fool for School
The recent book, My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student, was written by Cathy Small, an anthropology professor at Northern Arizona University. According to CNN, 50-something Small decided to return to college as a freshman as a way of studying the behavior of university students. One of the significant lessons she learned as a student was how to highlight important coursework and skip minimal assignments to focus on extra-curricular activities, jobs or internships. Most students she met usually had some form of part-time employment, and most students felt pressure to pick a career path that would later help them to earn enough money to pay off their student loans.
Georgetown Independent (online) 8/31/2005
United Way of Pinal County names new resource development director
NAU Alum, Kathy Nyetrae, is named director of resource development of the United Way of Pinal County.
Tri-Valley Central (Pinal County, AZ) 8/31/2005
Wolves topic of today's talk at NAU
One of the nation's top experts on the return of wolves to the wild will be in Flagstaff tonight to discuss the animal's powerful impact on the ecosystems of Yellowstone National Park and the possibility of bringing wolves back to the Grand Canyon area. Doug Smith has researched wolves for 26 years, the last ten as head of the Yellowstone Gray Wolf Restoration Project. Smith's appearance is sponsored by Northern Arizona University's School of Forestry Graduate Seminar Series.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 8/31/2005
College dorms home to bigger beds
It's way too early to sing a swan song for those extra-long, extra-skinny college dorm beds that today's boomer parents might remember. But as campus housing goes more upscale, more students are sleeping on bigger beds...The dorm with the longest waiting list at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff is a 3-year-old apartment complex that boasts full beds.
USA Today (Mc Lean, VA) 8/30/2005
[this clip also appeared at WKYC.com]
EDITORIAL: Living like natives
[NAU professor Cathy Small] had enrolled as a first-year NAU undergrad in the fall of 2002, determined to live like the natives. Not revealing her identity as a professor, she moved into a coed dorm, ate in the dining halls and took a full courseload. Though the fifty-something Ms. Small didn't join the party scene, she pulled only a 3.11 GPA, surprising many of her friends who predicted much better. But that's not to say she didn't learn much.
Justice Online (online) 8/30/2005
Editorial: NAU ready to overcome inauspicious start
If there has been a less auspicious start to a school year at NAU than this one, we can't think of it. But if long lines are the only major complaint as classes get under way this week, we'd say NAU has weathered the storm better than anyone could have hoped for a month ago.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 8/30/2005
Explore water's role in films tonight at NAU
Those parched for quality cinema may slake their thirst at this year's Humanities, Arts, and Religion Fall Film Series at Northern Arizona University. The theme of the series, which begins tonight, is "Liquid Celluloid: Water in Film." "This is not a series of films on boats, but a series about water or the absence of water. The issue is, where is (the water), in terms of plot," said Joseph Boles, film series director and chairman of NAU's Humanities, Arts and Religion department.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 8/30/2005
NAU faculty face parking shortage
The first day of classes turned into a parking headache for Northern Arizona University faculty. Campus construction projects, including a 900-space parking garage next to Ardrey Auditorium, ate up some existing parking spaces and made it difficult for some faculty to park next to their buildings, as they were accustomed to doing in previous semesters. "Parking is inconvenient. We're asking you to make adjustments. We're asking you to walk farther," said Rich Bowen, vice president of administration and finance.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 8/30/2005
'Outta Bounds' begins weekly show at Granny's
Two days before every NAU football game, Lumberjack fans can gather at Granny's Closet (218 S. Milton Road) to listen to Mitch Strohman and Jordan Byrd host KVNA AM 600's "Outta Bounds" from the restaurant, beginning at 5 p.m. Fans can participate throughout the 90-minute broadcast with their local, state and national sports questions. Granny's Closet will be offering food and drink specials each week for the event, while fans will have the opportunity to mingle with coaches and get an inside look of the week's opponent.
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ) 8/30/2005
Undercover freshman
"As faculty, we should have more contact with student life administrators," said NAU anthropology professor Cathy Small. "Professors are often very removed from that aspect of the school and don't, for example, know what the course fees are or how much a book costs. We don't know how our students live, how they travel, and all of the things that they are up against. I didn't realize the extent to which those things really mattered to my teaching. I now tell other professors to share the transportation that students use, eat in the same places, walk in the dorms at least-to see what things are really like."
U.S. News & World Report (Washington, DC) 8/30/2005
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