Tag: NAU

NAU update for April 1

Northern Arizona University update for April 1: SkyView groundbreaking promises more housing, parking, student support Obituary: Nando Schellen, director of opera Student club explores regional landscape to produce academic, personal lessons Community service more than a mission for Arnold Air…

NAU update for March 25

Northern Arizona University update for March 25: STEM teaching practices shape classrooms in India Mayan elder’s plant wisdom puts students in medicinal touch Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release President Cheng meets with elected officials, alumni in…

Northern Arizona University proposal protects tuition Pledge, streamlines fees

Northern Arizona University’s proposed tuition and mandatory fees for the 2016-17 academic year maintain the Pledge guaranteed tuition program, resulting in no tuition increase for 96 percent of continuing undergraduate students on the Flagstaff campus. “We hold true to our…

NAU update for March 11

Northern Arizona University update for March 11: Winning friends and influencing people at NAU NAU to break ground for new on-campus residence hall Robots scaling the walls to conquer competition at Skydome Terrestrial biosphere contributing to warming climate We’ve got…

NAU update for March 4

Northern Arizona University update for March 4: Historic agreement with Diné College widens options for Native American students NAU researcher rolling out remedy for reading crisis NAU and Native American leaders focus on information sharing Overcoming hard knocks leads to…

NAU’s President’s Corner for Feb. 26

A message from Rita Hartung Cheng During last week’s campus forum, I said that this is a university on the rise. That rings true on many fronts. We have shown that we can adapt. Yes, we all have to adapt during…

NAU update for Feb. 26

Northern Arizona University update for Feb. 26: NAU joins national effort to transform the first-year experience NAU researchers find lights in the sky on and ‘asteroids at home’ Thawing microbes accelerating carbon release NAU is not a secret for a…

NAU update for Feb. 12

Northern Arizona University update for Feb. 12: NAU interdisciplinary researchers receive grant to study concussion reporting behaviors NAU’s business college in top 10 ‘Best for Vets’ Record spring enrollment boosted by diversity Celebrate NAU’s Aquatic and Tennis Complex grand opening…

NAU Latin American Studies to present ‘Planting for Future Generations: Enviromental Justice in Guatemala’ on March 10

FLAGSTAFF — NAU Latin American Studies will present “Planting for Future Generations: Enviromental Justice in Guatemala”  at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 at SBS Raul H. Castro (Bldg. 65, Room 107 at Northern Arizona University. Presented by Jorge Armando Lopez Pocol, the…

NAU’s Immigration Awareness Series to present talk by Allegra Love on ‘Central American Refugees at Our Border…’ on Feb. 17

FLAGSTAFF —NAU’s Immigration Awareness Series to present talk by Allegra Love on “Central American Refugees at Our Border: The Crisis of Family Detention in the United States” at 7 p.m. Tuesday,  Feb. 17 at the Martin-Springer Institute located on the 3rd floor…

NAU Immigration Awareness Series to present ‘The Second Cooler’ on Feb. 5

FLAGSTAFF — The Flagstaff premiere of “The Second Cooler” (2013) directed by Ellin Jimmerson and narrated by Martin Sheen at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015  in Liberal Arts 120 at Northern Arizona University. Part of NAU’s ongoing “Immigration Awareness Series,” The Second…

Immigration Awareness Week at NAU puts human face to the issue

The contentious, and at times faceless and obscure, immigration debate was brought home to those who attended the inaugural Immigration Awareness Week program, April 8-13, 2013 at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. The program featured documentarians, community organizers, aid workers and others who…