Rima and I are truly thankful to be part of this incredible community and proud to call ourselves Lumberjacks. Every day, we witness your passion for Flagstaff and the greater Northern Arizona region. Your dedication to making this a remarkable place to live and work inspires us and motivates our work at NAU. A shared vision for a better future inspired Flagstaff’s community members more than 125 years ago to establish a place for higher education. Since then, the partnership, collaboration and … [Read more...] about NAU Prioritizing Community Engagement
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NAU Celebrates One Hundred and Twenty Five Years, Marching Band Selected for Legendary Parade
This is always a time of great excitement as new and returning students have settled into the routines of the semester, pursing their studies and engaging in their home community of Flagstaff. As I noted last month, this fall is extra special for us, as we are officially celebrating our 125th year as an engine of opportunity, vehicle of upward mobility and driver of social impact. While we can’t say for sure what the next 125 years will bring, I am certain NAU and our greater Flagstaff … [Read more...] about NAU Celebrates One Hundred and Twenty Five Years, Marching Band Selected for Legendary Parade
NAU $2 Billion Master Plan Approved
Northern Arizona University intends to add up to 1,200 beds of on-campus housing, build three parking garages and expand the library under a 10-year plan recently approved by the Arizona Board of Regents. The Sustainable Smart Campus Master Plan is a flexible framework for NAU’s future infrastructure. It includes projects totaling more than $2 billion. The plan identifies planned renovations of 23 existing buildings. Those renovations would consume about one-third of the $2 billion in potential … [Read more...] about NAU $2 Billion Master Plan Approved
Creating a Smart Campus
A Northern Arizona University 10-year development plan calls for building three dorms to house 1,200 students, a new campus gateway and other improvements to usher in a “smart campus” of the future. Building all the projects in the master plan would cost more than $2 billion, said NAU spokeswoman Kimberly Ann Ott. “As a result, the specific timing of projects will largely be dependent on opportunities to identify and generate resources,” she said. New on-campus dormitories would address … [Read more...] about Creating a Smart Campus
NAU Adds Sports, Adventure Media Certificate
Northern Arizona University is capitalizing on the San Francisco Peaks and surrounding natural beauty, including the Grand Canyon and Sedona, to grow its sports media program. Starting this fall semester, NAU is offering a Sports and Adventure Media undergraduate certificate in the School of Communication. “How can we be different? What will set us apart and make us unique?” School of Communication Associate Professor of Practice Rory Faust asked himself as he thought of ways to expand the … [Read more...] about NAU Adds Sports, Adventure Media Certificate
Microsoft Giant Becomes a Lumberjack
Although he may not go to work with an axe, computer software and hardware giant Bill Gates will forevermore be known as a Lumberjack. The Microsoft co-founder delivered a rare commencement address at Northern Arizona University on Saturday, May 13 and received his honorary doctorate. “I cannot wait to see how you will drive progress around the world,” Gates said to a Skydome full of excitement and regalia. Now retired from his global company, Gates left college after three semesters at … [Read more...] about Microsoft Giant Becomes a Lumberjack
Managing for Renewable Energy and Wildlife
Wildlife managers and researchers from across the country gathered in Flagstaff last month for the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) conference to discuss deer and elk movement and the latest technology being used to track the ungulates as projects are planned for land uses such as public recreation and renewable energy. The conference at Northern Arizona University included a field trip to the Babbitt Ranch Energy Center north of Flagstaff. “There were overwhelmingly … [Read more...] about Managing for Renewable Energy and Wildlife
NAU Student Engineers Soar with Boeing Drone Project
When Cassie Petit, development director at Northern Arizona University’s College of Engineering, Informatics and Applied Sciences (CEIAS), reached out to Boeing about being involved in a student capstone project, she wasn’t sure how the giant aviation manufacturer would respond. Fortunately, her Boeing contact was Senior Engineering Manager Amanda Nemec, an NAU mechanical engineering alumna, who now sits on the CEIAS advisory council. After a discussion with Nemec, other Boeing staff and … [Read more...] about NAU Student Engineers Soar with Boeing Drone Project
NAU Launces New Recycling Program
The first wave of Northern Arizona University’s new recycling program has flowed onto campus: blue recycling bins with a white recycling symbol and brown bins with a landfill symbol. They started showing up during the first week of Earth Month in April, and are already in place at the Du Bois Center on south campus and soon will take their assigned places in other high-traffic buildings. With an aspirational new motto, “Introducing the 4-Rs of recycling: Recycle right, reap rewards,” these … [Read more...] about NAU Launces New Recycling Program
Quintessential Newsman Trained in a News Field of Dreams
Long before Google, Alexa, Instagram and the internet, news was gathered through miles of legwork and worn-out shoes. A journalist was only as good as the relationships he cultivated and the sixth sense he developed. Reporting and uncovering stories required a tenacious and genuine interest in people, places and things that mattered, and a relentless hunger to know one more thing and to get it right before going to press. Ray Newton, a savvy street kid in the San Francisco Bay area in the … [Read more...] about Quintessential Newsman Trained in a News Field of Dreams
