Happenings

Nov. 28, 2018

Northern Arizona University faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the holiday season with NAU President Rita Cheng and Tom Cheng at the annual President’s Holiday Reception from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 4 at the High Country Conference Center.

Guests are encouraged to bring unwrapped gifts and non-perishable food items to participate in the Mountain of Giving. This year, donations will benefit the Northern Arizona Police Officers Toy Drive, Senior Companion Program, Northland Family Help Center, Louie’s Cupboard and… Read more

Northern Arizona University will once again host “The Nutcracker,” presented by the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and NAU Community Music and Dance Academy Ballet Troupe. Music director and conductor Charles Latshaw leads the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s iconic musical score, while the dancers’ choreography creates a visual delight. Together, the groups breathe life into the whimsical adventure that is a beloved Christmas classic.

“The Nutcracker” is the tale of a young girl’s enchanted experience on Christmas Eve as her nutcracker prince comes… Read more

Nov. 21, 2018

Patty Limerick—an expert on the American West—will speak at Northern Arizona University about learning from history to ensure a sustainable future.

Limerick’s presentation, “The Western Advantage: Celebrating Arizona and Colorado as Laboratories for Applied History,” is from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, in Liberal Arts room 120. The event is free and open to the public.

The lecture is aimed at bridging the gap between academic and public discourse and explores the benefits of applying historical perspectives to contemporary… Read more

Nov. 15, 2018

Healthy, well-balanced meals are a crucial part of students’ academic success, but one in 10 college students struggles to get the proper nutrition.

The Office of Alumni Engagement and the Annual Giving team want to keep students hungry for knowledge, not for food. That’s why they’ve teamed up to raise awareness and funds for the NAU Dining Scholarship with the annual Giving Tuesday campaign. On Nov. 27, Lumberjacks past and present are invited to get involved and help… Read more

Nov. 15, 2018

Polly Sumner, the chief adoption officer for Salesforce, is the next invited speaker at NAU President Rita Cheng’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

With more than 92,300 customers, Salesforce is an enterprise cloud computing company and a leader in enterprise social collaboration, customer relationship management application and development in open cloud technologies.

The Northern Arizona University alumna will talk to students, faculty, staff and members of the community about her research on the changing aspects of consumer and customer behavior, with… Read more

Nov. 8, 2018

A critically acclaimed evening of comedy by award-winning playwright David Ives will be performed by Northern Arizona University theatre students from Nov. 16 through Dec. 2 in the Studio Theater on the Flagstaff campus.

The NAU Department of Theatre’s production of “All in the Timing,” heralded by The New York Times as theatre that “aerobicizes the brain and tickles the heart,” presents a collection of short, offbeat, witty plays designed for a fun experience.

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