Editors

April 10, 2019

Some couples claim it was love at first sight.

Emily and Jon Bannon are not one of those couples.

While attending Northern Arizona University, Emily worked at Ardrey Memorial Auditorium—the university’s largest performing arts center, where various events are held. Each year, Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy rents the facility for their high school graduation. Emily was scheduled to work the graduation, Jon was scheduled to graduate.

“I remember seeing one of the graduates wearing a bandana around his head… Read more

It all started with a teddy bear.

Then raising and keeping pets, going hunting with his dad and realizing he was the only ‘90s kid whose bedroom walls were covered in posters of Jack Hanna, Steve Irwin and Jeff Corwin, instead of Tony Hawk, Kelly Kapowski and The Ninja Turtles—Dave O’Connell was destined to work with animals.

He also was destined to attend Northern Arizona University—both his parents are alumni and met at the university, and he followed suit.

He spent five… Read more

Doug Macy was not an artist, or a Northern Arizona University alum. Yet he was passionate about two things: collecting art and NAU—he had his son to thank for both.

Aaron Macy attended NAU in the late 1990s and pursued a degree in ceramics. It was during those four undergraduate years that he fell in love with Flagstaff, creative expression and his alma mater—he was especially drawn to the woodfired kilns on campus. The Macy house was filled with Aaron’s… Read more

Nearly 200 students from Chinese universities have made their way to Flagstaff to study at Northern Arizona University this school year as part of the Sino-American 1+2+1 program. A collaboration between the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the China Center for International Education (CCIE), the program allows Chinese undergraduate and graduate students to attend a participating AASCU institution for two years of their academic career and earn dual degrees from their home institution and their… Read more