Fossil Creek restoration film to premiere in Phoenix Posted on January 4, 2007 (August 17, 2015) by Inside NAU The documentary A River Reborn: The Restoration of Fossil Creek is about to flow full force to the public. The world premiere of the documentary, produced by Northern Arizona University and the Museum of Northern Arizona, goes public Jan. 14 at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix. Producers of the film and people involved in the creek’s restoration…
Northern Arizona Bioscience Steering Committee (preliminary list) Posted on December 13, 2006 (August 17, 2015) by Inside NAU David Chambers, director and chairman, Flagstaff 40 Marc Chopin, associate dean, NAU College of Business Administration Kathleen Corak, vice president for Academic Affairs, Coconino Community College Joe Donaldson, mayor of Flagstaff David Engelthaler, director, TGen North William Grabe, interim vice provost for Research and dean of Graduate Studies, NAU John Haeger, president, NAU Brad Halvorsen,…
Access + opportunity = success, higher ed leader says Posted on November 8, 2006 (September 10, 2013) by Inside NAU Rufus Glasper undoubtedly has the students. Now he wants to turn them into 250,000 success stories. Glasper, chancellor of Maricopa Community Colleges, said he believes every student has a “right” to succeed. “We are committed to the notion that if a student doesn’t succeed, it is not because we have failed that student,” he said.…
Higher education leader calls for a ‘community of colleges’ Posted on October 25, 2006 (September 10, 2013) by Inside NAU As the leader of one of the nation’s largest community college systems, Rufus Glasper, chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District, believes it is time for universities and community colleges to think and act outside traditional boundaries to become a “community of colleges”—colleges with common interests and shared values that benefit their students. Such…
Connecting to the ‘net generation’ Posted on September 7, 2006 (September 10, 2013) by Inside NAU Like Alice in Wonderland, today’s college students learn by immersing themselves in alternate realities, and it is the university’s job to keep connected with students and their technology adventure, an information technology expert told an NAU audience of 300 people. Diana Oblinger, vice president of EDUCAUSE, an organization promoting the intelligent use of information technology,…
Expert to ask, ‘Do we understand our learners?’ Posted on August 16, 2006 (September 10, 2013) by Inside NAU One student walks across campus listening to an iPod; another is engrossed in text messaging on her cell phone. During class, they’re Googling, IMing and playing games—often at the same time. More likely to use the library as a gathering place than a resource, this is the “Net Generation,” co-existing beside older students who are…