NAU’s Green Fund: A look into the student-led committee that’s making campus greener Posted on April 22, 2024 (April 23, 2024) by NAU Communications If you’re a student, you may have noticed a $15 green fee on your tuition invoice. But have you ever wondered exactly where that money goes? Every green fee gets pooled together in a pot of money called the Green Fund that is used to support sustainability initiatives around the Flagstaff mountain campus. All those…
(Video) game on: NAU Esports team heads to nationals Posted on April 22, 2024 (April 22, 2024) by NAU Communications By the time Sam Stephens made it to NAU tryouts, he had already logged thousands of hours of practice. Stephens knew he was ready to play at the collegiate level and maybe even ready for regional and national competitions. As a freshman, the information systems major was selected among dozens of contenders to play on…
NAU receives award for innovative study abroad program that increases access to international opportunities Posted on April 18, 2024 by NAU Communications For the second time, NAU has received a national award recognizing its innovative approach to study abroad. The university was selected for the 2024 IIE (Institute for International Education) Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education, in the category Widening Access for International Education, for its Global Citizen Project Scholars (GCPS) program. GCPS is…
Humans of NAU: Brooke Graymountain Davis Posted on April 17, 2024 by NAU Communications Master of Public Health (MPH) student Brooke Graymountain Davis grew up on the Navajo Nation, where access to piped drinking water was scarce until just a few years ago. Her childhood experiences motivated her to confront health disparities in Native American communities in the Southwest and beyond. We caught up with Davis to hear why…
Humans of NAU: Cassie Bonah Posted on April 15, 2024 by NAU Communications Honors College senior Cassie Bonah aspires to help people by becoming a doctor—but while at NAU, she committed to helping people in a different way. The daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, Bonah came to NAU in the midst of the pandemic, when it was tough to forge ties with others who looked like her. As the…
NAU Giving Day sets a record, raising $791k Posted on April 10, 2024 (April 10, 2024) by NAU Communications Another year, another fundraising record broken on NAU Giving Day! The sixth annual event, held virtually and in person Wednesday, April 3, raised a whopping $791,688—a 28% increase over last year’s Giving Day, itself a record-breaking event. The extended Lumberjack community of alumni, families, faculty, staff, students and community supporters banded together to support hundreds…