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Back in time with NAU

School Name change
School Name change
Workers update highway signage directing visitors to then-newly named Northern Arizona University in 1966. Photo courtesy of Northern Arizona University, Cline Library, Special Collections and Archives. (NAU.ARC.1966-1-31).

Let Inside NAU take you back in time this summer with tidbits of university history.

Name that school

Throughout the years, Northern Arizona University has had its share of name changes:

    • Northern Arizona Normal School (1899 to 1925)
    • Northern Arizona State Teachers College (1925 to 1929)
    • Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff (1929 to 1945)
    • Arizona State College at Flagstaff (1945 to 1966)
    • Northern Arizona University (1966 to present)