The NAU Review — One student’s story of war and survival, calling for donations and testing air quality at the Cocopah Head Start

Oct. 13, 2022

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Surviving refugee camps, abuse and losing loved ones to suicide

Personalized Learning student Aida Sibic grew up in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There, she experienced firsthand the horrors of war, genocide and the trauma that followed. She recently sat down with The NAU Review to discuss her childhood, how she and her family escaped war, what brought her to NAU and her recently published memoir, Luck Follows the Brave.

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Notes from the President -- José Luis Cruz Rivera

Week in review

Between media interviews for A++, honoring Indigenous Peoples Day and meeting with the Lumberjack editorial board, President Cruz Rivera took time to celebrate Family Weekend, including soccer, volleyball and football wins, and appreciate Flagstaff’s fall colors.

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Three students stand near a river looking at water samples they've collected.

How clean are the air and water on the Cocopah reservation?

Jani Ingram was recently awarded a $200,000 grant from the EPA to lead an assessment of the air and water quality at the Cocopah Tribal Head Start and Day Care. About 1,000 tribal members live and work on or near the Cocopah Reservation, comprising 6,500 acres located 13 miles south of Yuma, near the borders of Arizona, California and Mexico.

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Fulbright HSI Leader 2022 graphic overlaying picture of NAU's campus

Fulbright Program names NAU a 2022 HSI leader

NAU is one of 43 universities to be named a 2022 Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The designation recognizes the noteworthy engagement that NAU has achieved with Fulbright exchange participants in the 2021-22 academic year, as well as promoting Fulbright opportunities on campus.

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