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Applied Indigenous Studies and Ethnic Studies have moved

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The Applied Indigenous Studies department and the Ethnic Studies program have moved their offices to the Social and Behavioral Sciences West building (the old College of Business Administration, building 70).

To contact the departments:

Applied Indigenous Studies
P.O. Box 15020
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Main phone: (928) 523-6624
Fax: (928) 523-5560
Physical location: Building 70, room 100A
www.ais.nau.edu

Ethnic Studies
P.O. Box 15320
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Main phone: (928) 523-8481
Fax: (928) 523-5560
Physical location: Building 70, Room 100
www4.nau.edu/ethnicstudies

New Student Programs seeks Welcome Week events

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Departments and organizations that are planning student-centered events coinciding with Welcome Week, Aug. 24 to Sept. 4, are invited to include their events in the Welcome Week brochure, which will be distributed to students when they arrive on campus.

A number of Welcome Week activities are already planned, including an employment fair, hypnotist, block party and outdoor concert, and more.

The deadline for events to be included in the brochure is July 21. Contact David Forgues, assistant director of New Student Programs,… Read more

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Finding NAU: Campus getting sign makeover

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A few additional trees and some construction fencing near the Interstate 17 entrance to Northern Arizona University are only a hint of a significant campus makeover.

NAU will be upgrading entranceways and signs across campus, part of a “wayfinding” project that promises to beautify and unify the look of the campus. The project also has a practical side: It will help people get around NAU’s 700-plus-acre campus.

The project, which began in May with some landscape work near the interchange of… Read more

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New web site details pinyon-juniper management on Colorado Plateau

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Northern Arizona University, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Geological Survey, has launched a new web site and online database of pinyon-juniper treatments on the Colorado Plateau.

In a three-year project, the team captured all pinyon-juniper records from Colorado Plateau BLM offices and converted the information into a powerful Oracle database built by NAU’s Information Technology Services. The database is an archive of all past pinyon-juniper removal and re-vegetation projects the BLM has completed across the… Read more

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Ochoa to leave NAU

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After six years as NAU’s chief of police and director of its Police Department, Jesse Ochoa is retiring from NAU to become a compliance manager at Raytheon Company, a military manufacturer in Tucson. Kathleen Paleski, police commander, will serve as interim police chief until a replacement is named. Ochoa’s last day is June 16.

“It has been an absolute pleasure to work for such a fine police department and university,” Ochoa said. “I wish to express my appreciation for all… Read more

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Clinic offers hope for stroke victims

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Most people take simple tasks such as tying their shoelaces for granted, but not George Moore, a stroke survivor who credits Northern Arizona University’s Rehabilitation Sciences for helping him regain the use of his hand.

“My doctors told me that I would never be able to use my right hand again,” Moore said. “But now tying my shoes is not a problem. I even built a workbench recently.”

Moore is one of about 15 patients participating in NAU’s annual Restoration vs.… Read more

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