NAU News: NAU celebrating record-setting Class of 2020 in virtual commencement Friday

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	NAU celebrating record-setting Class of 2020 in virtual commencement Friday The virtual ceremony will be available at 11 a.m. Friday, though the link will be available anytime during the summer. Viewers in the first 24 hours can post using #naugrad and be featured on the commencement feed.
	🎓 Graduate Jayne Sandoval: Gold Axe winner, Fulbright Scholar plans to use degree to improve life on Navajo reservation After growing distant from her Navajo culture, an experience while studying abroad in China through NAU’s Interdisciplinary Global Program helped Sandoval find her purpose: contribute to Indigenous communities as a mechanical engineer by implementing renewable energy on the reservation.
	🎓 Graduate Fernando Mendivil: Nursing student hopes to impact the lives of patients, starting with his sick mother When Mendivil tore his meniscus playing football, he was devastated. When he went in for knee surgery, the health care professionals who cared for him turned his life around. He wanted to positively impact people’s lives, the same way his nurses positively impacted his.
	🎓 Graduate Jessica Arnold: Interior design major wins Keep Scottsdale Beautiful project For NAU statewide graduate Jessica Arnold, her time in higher education was about putting skills to the test and succeeding as a winner and team member of a beautification project committed to enhancing her hometown.
	Arizona GEAR UP amplifies reach to high school seniors amid COVID-19 GEAR UP, an NAU project, produced the Senior Launch Guide, an innovative tool that informs students of the steps needed to pursue postsecondary options. With support from Helios Education Foundation, more than 6,000 high school students will get the guides in their mailboxes soon.