Dec. 6, 2018
Northern Arizona University will honor the graduating class of fall 2018 with two ceremonies on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. This semester, about 2,800 students applied to graduate.
Commencement ceremonies will be held in the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, which will open 90 minutes prior to the start of each ceremony. Parking will be available at multiple locations across campus, with shuttle service to and from designated parking lots. All… Read more
Nov. 28, 2018
On Wednesday, this month’s cabinet meeting took place.
President Rita Cheng started the meeting by thanking everyone for attending. She then extended an invite to cabinet members to attend her distinguished speaker series Thursday night, featuring Polly Sumner, an NAU alumna and chief adoption officer for Salesforce.
The President congratulated associate vice president for global initiatives, Daniel Palm, on the recent birth of his son and will keep him from traveling with her to Hermosillo, Mexico later this week… Read more
Nov. 27, 2018
Give a gift you can enjoy year-round from the Holiday Ceramics Sale Dec. 7-9. Located at the Ceramics Complex, the holiday sale will feature an array of items hand-crafted by faculty and students of the NAU Clay Club with proceeds benefiting student scholarships.
The Holiday Ceramics Sale will be open 3-8 p.m. on Dec. 7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 8 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 9.
The… Read more
Come root on the Lumberjack men’s and women’s cross country teams as they compete in the 2018 NCAA Championship races this week. NAU Athletics is holding a watch party on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Walkup Skydome. Fans can watch both races live on the Skydome’s state-of-the-art new video screens. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.; admission is free and seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The women’s race begins at 9:45 a.m., followed by… Read more
Nov. 8, 2018
The 16th annual Classified Staff Advisory Council’s winter clothing drive has come to an end, though the outcome will make a lasting impact.
For the past month, Northern Arizona University students and employees have donated new or gently used coats, sweaters, gloves, hats, socks, sweatshirts, blankets and other warm items at drop-off boxes across campus. CSAC also accepted non-perishable food items to benefit NAU’s on-campus food pantry, Louie’s Cupboard.… Read more
President Rita Cheng welcomed everyone to the President’s Cabinet meeting on Thursday and invited all the cabinet members to participate in the Homecoming events taking place this weekend throughout campus.
Vice President for Finance, Institutional Planning and Analysis Bjorn Flugstad and Chief Human Resources Officer Josh Mackey updated the cabinet on the examination of NAU’s administrative service delivery design, which Huron Consulting Group has studied since June. Huron looked at data on three main areas of budget and finance, research and… Read more
Mountain Village, Alaska, is poor—one of the poorest towns in the country, in fact. The town of about 800 people sits in the banks of the Yukon River, far from the gold, oil and … Read more about Graduate Kory Joe: South to Arizona—Alaska Native dedicated to making his homeland better with his NAU degree
Dec. 7, 2018 Predicting and managing the global carbon cycle requires understanding the ecosystem processes that control carbon uptake and storage. Although scientists … Read more about Animals help mitigate climate change through influence on carbon cycle, NAU remote sensing scientists say
Dec. 6, 2018 Ring in this holiday season as Northern Arizona University’s Harter Handbell Choir, Flagstaff High School Choir, Flagstaff Youth Chorale and guest orchestra unite … Read more about Holiday bells are ringing with Christmas in the Mountains
Kudos to these faculty and staff Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission … Read more about In the Spotlight: Dec. 7, 2018
Kudos to these alumni Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form. … Read more about In the Alumni Spotlight: Dec. 7, 2018
Kudos to these students Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form. … Read more about In the Student Spotlight: Dec. 7, 2018
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 … Read more about Born in tragedy: How an NAU alumnus helped save the life of one Lucky elk
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 … Read more about The Macy legacy: How one man’s love affair with art will benefit NAU students for years to come
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. … Read more about Global partnership: NAU works with Chinese universities to expand 1+2+1 program
