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NAU News for April 23, 2021 — ‘Graduate Yasmine Castro Felix: Real-life experiences prepare for her future’ and more news

by Community Contributor • April 23, 2021 • Comments Off

Northern Arizona University News

	🎓 Graduate Candice Lewis: For NAU public health student, education is all about family Lewis, a transfer student from Coconino Community College, is a first-generation student who wanted to make sure her children had an educational role model. Her oldest daughter is preparing for college because it’s what their family does.
	🎓 Graduate Yasmine Castro Felix: Real-life experiences prepare for her future Castro Felix is graduating with a bachelor’s of science in nursing from NAU-Yuma. During her undergraduate education, she received 18 scholarships and volunteered at various flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics in her community.
	🎓 Graduate Luyi Liu: From China to NAU, HRM student fulfills lifelong study abroad dream through 2+2 program While attending the Shanghai Business School, Liu jumped at the chance when the opportunity to study abroad for two years was presented. Here, she made friends from all over the world, got hands-on experience and was accepted into NAU’s MBA program.
	Are English-language tests fair? With two grants, NAU linguist studies the need for varieties of English in tests, learning app Okim Kang, who studies how English speakers with accents are perceived, said this question is one of social justice since accents are a group identifier and should be normalized in English speaking and learning.
	NAU mechanical engineers develop new high-performance artificial muscle technology The study, led by professors Michael Shafer and Heidi Feigenbaum, demonstrates that ‘cavatappi’ artificial muscles, which are based on the shape of Italian pasta, exhibit specific work and power metrics 10 and five times higher than human skeletal muscles.

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Develop U on Employee Development Day: Virtual sessions, ‘Lunch & Learns’ with Friday fun

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Donate, Don’t Ditch encourages student participation, benefits Flagstaff community

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CHER receives grant to develop culturally-centered graduate certificate for health professionals focused on substance use disorders in underserved communities

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Leading the green scene: Sustainability Leadership Awards honor individual, organizational green efforts

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Spotlight:

Lisa Hardy • Yvonne Luna • Bertrand Cambou • Fatemeh Afghah • Andrew Richardson and Igor Steinmacher • Patrick Jantz, Richard Massey, Chris Hakkenberg and Scott Goetz • Meredith Heller • Steven Gehrke • Timothy Thomason • Frederick DeMicco

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Student Spotlight:

Ellie Millard and Mimi Bland • Milad Habibi and professor Amirhossein
Arzani • Anna Engle, Jennifer Hanley and professors Steve Tegler, Will Grundy and Gerrick Lindberg • Marie Cook, Russell Collins, Ryan Wassenberg, Kyle Julle, Scott Murphy and senior lecturer Mark Lamer •Hendrix Johnson, Morgan Vest and DJ Arnson • Luis Aguilar, Luke Rudolph, Stacy Chukwumezie, Harrison Beemiller, Jonas Leader, Matthew Kempton, Anthony Sweeney, Keondre Wudtee, Carson Taylor and Tristan Vance

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