Tallie Valverde

Kudos to these alumni

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• Lori Anna Harrison, owner and operator of Scottsdale-based DLP Marketing, has seen her business nearly double in size in the last year. DLP recently relocated to a 3,000-square-foot space from an 800 square-foot-space to accommodate the growth. Harrison earned an undergraduate degree in accounting and is the featured speaker at the NAU alumni event “Investing an Evening in Your Future” in downtown Phoenix later this month.
• Kristin Leonard, who earned a master’s degree in English, was awarded the Maine Playwrights’ Award by Meetinghouse Theatre Lab. Leonard’s work has appeared in journals such as The Explicator and The Atlantic Online.

Kudos to these students

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• Helen Eifert, doctoral student of physics and astronomy, made the United States U24 National Team for Ultimate Frisbee. Tryouts were extended to 200 athletes with only 74 named to the national teams. Eifert will compete at the World U24 Ultimate Championships in Heidelberg, Germany, this summer.
• Zahal Turkmani, an undergraduate student in the College of Education, authored an article that will published in the international journal Childhood Explorer. The subject of the article, Life in Afghanistan for a Teacher and her Students, is Turkmani’s sister.
• Undergraduate students Alondra Bobadilla, Cameron Baird, Elliot Dominguez, Konner Morris, Madeline Ramirez and Anthony Violissi represented the NAU Speech and Debate Team at the Great Salt Lake Invitational at the University of Utah. They competed against 39 colleges and universities and won a number of rounds throughout the weekend. Awards in individual events went to:
  • Dominguez: third place in extemporaneous speaking, presenting standpoint presentations on contemporary political events
  • Violissi: second place in communication analysis, discussing the Stonewall Queer Ghost Hunters from Columbus, Ohio; third place in dramatic interpretation, performing a dramatic piece on the rise of hate crimes in the U.S.

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• Sociology professor Janine Schipper’s book “Teaching with Compassion: An Educator’s Oath to Teach from the Heart” was featured in Greater Good Magazine’s list of favorite books for educations in 2018. The book is designed to help educators build a foundation of compassionate teaching through real-life examples and practical strategies.
• Jielu Lin, assistant professor of sociology, authored the article “Inter-Individual Variability in Trajectories of Functional Limitations by Race/Gender” published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B. The article looks at patterns of accumulative social inequality over a life course.
• Mark Salvatore, assistant professor in physics and astronomy, and graduate student Schuyler Borges are on a two-month field work expedition in Antarctica. The project includes collecting field samples and acquiring spectral measurements in the field while coordinating with the Polar Geospatial Center to collect orbital data from a satellite. Salvatore has been writing regular blog posts on the department website with updates.
• Postdoctoral scholar in physics and astronomy Maggie McAdam won the Best SOFIA-based Ph.D. Thesis prize at the January meeting of the American Astronomical Society. McAdam’s thesis focuses on how studying water in the solar system could help explain how life evolved on Earth. SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, is an airborne observatory.
• Northern Arizona University presented a paper in conjunction with data protection technology company CipherLoc that won Best in Track at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference. The paper provides research that can advance the field of cryptology and cybersecurity.

Kudos to these students

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• Redshirt senior Kaylie Jorgenson was named to VolleyballMag.com’s All-American Team. She is the second player in program history to receive All-American distinction. During her last season, Jorgenson earned Big Sky’s Co-Most Valuable Player, Big Sky Player of the Week honors for three weeks and All-Big Sky First Team and Big Sky All-Tournament honors. She is one of four Lumberjacks to record 500 digs in a season.
• The NAU Society of Physics Students (SPS) chapter was recognized as the Distinguished Chapter for Zone 16 by the SPS national office. The students earned the award by participating in the Flagstaff Festival of Science, giving physics demonstrations for elementary schools and for organizing and hosting a zone meeting. SPS is a weekly club for students interested in physics; students do not have to be a physics or astronomy major to join. Members of the club go on trips, do outreach to the community and build demos.
• Melissa Phelps was awarded an Academic Degree Training program grant that will fund her bachelor’s degree in parks and recreation management. The grant is funded by the Army to provide aid for members who are seeking a degree from an accredited university and are selected and approved through the Army’s competitive process.