NAU update for Dec. 8

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Friday, Dec. 8

NAU researchers join Department of Energy to study the soil microbiome and its effect on carbon persistence Scientists from NAU recently joined a large new initiative to study the role of the soil microbiome in the planet’s carbon cycle. NAU expanding educational opportunities and partnerships in Mexico Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Sonoran Gov. Claudia Pavlovich signed the agreement, part of NAU’s strategic plan to create partnerships through Mexico and into Latin America. NAU introduces new Interdisciplinary Health doctoral program The degree program, which has been in the works for three years, is a collaboration between the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the College of Health and Human Services. Graduate Lorenzo Johnson: From NAU track athlete to dad, how one student’s journey took a turn for the best Since his daughter’s birth during his sophomore year, Johnson finds myself living by the motto, ‘you can’t prepare for everything, but you can work through anything.’ Graduate Alexia Adams: Sidelined by a head injury, grad student came back with more passion for health care Alexia Adams is earning her doctorate of physical therapy after a two-year hiatus for medical treatment and rehab related to a traumatic brain injury. • NAU only university in Arizona to receive coveted educator preparation accreditation • DPS/NAU Public Safety Experience gives students inside look at law enforcement career • ‘An Irish Christmas’ comes to NAU • NAU’s Ardrey Memorial Auditorium hosts ‘Christmas in the Mountains’ • Spotlight: Michael Langston • Monica Brown • RANKING: Online Nursing Program •RANKING: Northern Arizona University • Student Spotlight: Etude O’Neel-Judy • Kayla Horton, Molly Graver, Mykelin Myers, Adrienne Austill, Alanna Bendel, Elizabeth Lange, Samuel Rosenberg, Ashley Sergent and Kaylee Adams • Monique King