Campus & Community

The Halloween spirit is on full display as Northern Arizona Playwriting Showcase (NAPS), a collaboration between Northern Arizona University and Theatrikos Theatre Company, hosts its third annual Fright Night production. The event includes staged readings of Halloween-themed plays by local writers performed as a series of “micro plays” that capture the spookiness and silliness of Halloween.  The one-night-only production begins 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Theatrikos’ Doris Harper White Community Theater in downtown Flagstaff.

A collective effort between… Read more

Northern Arizona University junior Noah Alegria always felt out of place—his family and friends were not accepting when he came out as a trans man two years ago.

“It took me a while to realize that in the end, it’s my life,” he said. “I don’t want to live the way others think I should just because it will make them happy.”

Though the hormones he took helped him feel more like himself, he was completely alone, with no support system to… Read more

A few years ago, Melissa Griffin, the director of Health Promotions at Northern Arizona University, was walking to her car when she saw a note on her windshield. It read, “you make me happy.” It made her day, and more than that, it got her thinking: Could the university create an initiative that encourages people share random acts of kindness like this one? After doing research and talking with colleagues, NAU’s kindness campaign was created.

The Kind Campaign, which… Read more

An 8 a.m. forestry class got a surprise Tuesday morning when a couple dozen students, staff and faculty members entered with balloons, glittery posters and buttons with the professor’s face on them.

“Dr. Fox is looking a little shocked!” Dean of Students Cindy Anderson teased Bruce Fox, the School of Forestry professor whose lecture just took a surprise turn.

“No, I’m looking a lot shocked,” Fox said as his class laughed.

Fox, a Northern Arizona University faculty member of more than two… Read more

The Family Violence Institute at Northern Arizona University is one of three sites selected for a grant intended to increase the availaibity of legal services to rural crime victims.

The grant came from the National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI), which received a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to increase access to legal services for rural crime victims leveraging innovative, technological approaches combined with training, outreach and community partnerships.

A core aspect… Read more