Happenings

Sept. 5, 2019

Author and activist Terry Tempest Williams will give a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Prochnow Auditorium, as part of the 15^th Biennial Conference of Science and Management for the Colorado Plateau and Southwest Region. The event is sponsored by BYU’s Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, NAU’s Office of the President and NAU’s College of Arts and Letters humanities department.

Known as “a citizen writer”—a writer who speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward… Read more

Sept. 5, 2019

Northern Arizona University’s Civic Service Institute (CSI) invites local participants to honor those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 attacks. The remembrance will include two public events:

• 9/11 Day of Remembrance­ – Starting at 5:15 p.m. Sept. 10, help honor those who lost lives by planting flags on the Flagstaff City Hall south lawn. Volunteers also are needed to remove the flags at 5:15 p.m. Sept. 11.
• 9/11 Day of Service – Friends, family and co-workers are invited to… Read more

Aug. 28, 2019

NAU’s Center for International Education will be holding its annual Passport Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 6 in the Blome Building.

The $35 processing fee will be waived for current NAU students, faculty and staff who have their Jacks Card. This does not apply to family members or the general public.

What to bring:

• A completed application–available both online and on-site
• Your NAU ID
• A check or money order made out to the U.S. Department of State–$110… Read more

Aug. 14, 2019

A major new exhibition, ​Resilience: Women in Flagstaff’s Past and Present​, opens at Flagstaff City Hall on Aug. 23. ​Resilience ​is a collaborative project by the Arizona Historical Society (AHS) and the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University. The exhibit​ ​shares the powerful stories of 20 local women who faced extraordinary challenges and overcame hardships, painful legacies and adverse environments.

The opening reception is 4-6 p.m. Aug. 23 at Flagstaff City Hall, 211 W. Aspen Ave. The exhibition will be on view in various locations… Read more