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- Biomedical science student James Davis earned a 2025-26 Boren Scholarship for international study in Brazil. The Boren Awards are designed to fund intensive language and culture studies for United States undergraduate and graduate students and foster cross-cultural knowledge building.
- The NAU Foundation and Univision Arizona honored the first recipient of their “Tu Futuro” scholarship, which covers the total cost of tuition and lodging for one NAU undergraduate student for four years, at a reception on May 21. First-generation student and scholarship winner Dayana Amaya was one of almost 400 students who applied. She earned the award after submitting an essay outlining her dreams of establishing a nonprofit that empowers young people and uplifts marginalized communities. Amaya will attend NAU in August to pursue business administration and accounting.
- Maiah Jaskoski, professor for the Department of Politics and International Affairs, released the paperback version of her book, “The Politics of Extraction: Territorial Rights, Participatory Institutions, and Conflict in Latin America.” The book uses data from 30 major extractive conflicts in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru in the 2000s and 2010s to explore how communities in hydrocarbon and mining regions engage with their participatory institutions and procedures.
- Six NAU undergraduate transfer students—Yaquelin Garcia, Anjuly Gomez Calderon, Vladimir Gurrola, Leeza Jones, Daniela Limon and Damara Rodriguez—were awarded the Helios 20th Anniversary Pathway Scholarship, which offers up to $20,000 to transfer students dedicated to pursuing postsecondary education.
- NAU’s VisualDESIGNLab partnered with the Coconino County Attorney’s Office to design the office’s new official seal. NAU graphic designers worked alongside the office’s advisory team to incorporate the Old Coconino County Courthouse and northern Arizona peaks into a design symbolizing the county justice system’s story and goals.