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Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University
Established 1899
Type: Public
President: John D. Haeger
Faculty: 1,492[2]
Staff: 2248[2]
Undergraduates: 15,569[1]
Postgraduates: 5,783[1]
Location Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Campus: Urban, 738 acres (2,986,580 m²)
Athletics: 11 varsity teams
Colors: Blue, Sage, and Gold
Nickname: Lumberjacks
Mascot: Louie the Lumberjack
Website: http://www.nau.edu/

Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public university in Flagstaff, Arizona in the United States.

As of Fall 2007, the university has 21,352 students, 13,989 of these are situated in the main Flagstaff campus[1]. Although primarily an educational institution, NAU undertakes a growing amount of research. The school is known for its specialties in the education program and its hotel and restaurant management programs. It is also well known for the forestry, natural science, and business programs.

The Arizona Cardinals of the NFL conduct their summer training camp at NAU.

The campus sits at an elevation of 6950 feet (2118 m) above sea level.

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Northern Arizona University - Intersection of East Franklin Avenue and South San Francisco Street
Northern Arizona University - Intersection of East Franklin Avenue and South San Francisco Street

Initially named the Northern Arizona Normal School, the institution was formed on September 11, 1899. In 1925, the State of Arizona recognized the school, allowing it to grant the Bachelor of Education degree. Following this change, the school renamed itself Northern Arizona State Teacher's College. In 1929, the name was changed to Arizona State Teacher's College at Flagstaff.

In 1945, its name changed once again to the Arizona State College at Flagstaff. A year later the college began offering the degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science. On May 1, 1966, the school was granted full university status and changed its name to the current Northern Arizona University (or NAU).

In 2005, the school launched a new identity and logo.

The Northern Arizona University School of Hotel & Restaurant Management prepares students for leadership responsibilities in hospitality-related enterprises. The undergraduate degree curriculum is designed to provide intellectual growth, communication skills, ethical awareness, appreciation of values and society, and professional knowledge of the hospitality industry.

The curriculum includes not only classroom studies but also work in the highly regarded "Living Laboratory" of the Inn at NAU, a hotel staffed and operated by students from the HRM program. The Inn provides hands-on experience in hotel/restaurant management, including the culinary arts, food and beverage operations and planning, housekeeping, and guest services. The Inn also boasts a full bar, which is a rarity among universities.

The School of HRM also offers a wide array of courses on-line, making it possible to earn your degree without ever attending classes in Flagstaff. NAU's HRM also has two partnership programs in Phoenix and Tucson, through which students can complete the NAU Bachelor's degree in HRM by attending classes at Scottsdale Community College or Pima Community College.

The HRM's research and training arm, the Arizona Hospitality Research and Resource Center (AHRRC), provides a variety of customized research services, training programs, reports, and statistics to the tourism and hospitality industries, as well as to governmental and tribal agencies.

The HRM is also home to The Isbell Hospitality Ethics Center, endowed by the family of the founder of Ramada Hotels and Resorts, Marion W. Isbell. The mission of the Isbell Hospitality Ethics Center is to improve the ethical climate in the hospitality industry by increasing ethical awareness in hospitality students and managers.

The NAU School of HRM is ranked among the top ten hotel/restaurant schools in the United States.

The College of Engineering and Natural Sciences contains the departments of Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics, and Geology. Many renovations are being done to the college's buildings, including the new lab building and the Applied Research and Development Building.

The university's award-winning, weekly newspaper is an independently student-run publication called The Lumberjack. [1] Founded in 1914, it is the second-oldest newspaper in Northern Arizona. Originally named The Pine, students eventually voted to change the name to its current form in 1946. The Lumberjack prints stories about university and city news, school sports, student life and arts & entertainment on and off the school's campus. The paper has a circulation of 10,000 dispersed campus- and city-wide.

In May 2007, the newspaper won a Society of Professional Journalists national award in the editorial writing category for articles printed during 2006. [2] The award was presented to the student recipient during the SPJ 2007 Convention in October in Washington, D.C.[3]

The newspaper is produced within the school's Student Media Connection at NAU's School of Communication where three student media outlets use the same facilities. The newspaper is an independently run for-profit business, while NAU's KJACK radio station and its television station are strictly educational, non-profit lab models.

KJACK is available in Flagstaff on 1680 AM or online [4]. KJACK reports to the College Music Journal [5] and specializes in new music. Station Manager Jordan Thomas is proud of KJACK's accomplishments and encourages everyone to tune in to KJACK's online programming. NAU's televised news program, NAU Live! airs bi-weekly in Flagstaff on NPG cable channels 4 and 59 at 5pm MST, and on Dish Network's UniversityHouse Channel (9411) 9pm MST.[6]

UTV62 is Northern Arizona University's twenty-four hour student-run television station, currently only available on campus, with a staff comprised of students from NAU's School of Communication who present their own work and syndicated material for the NAU Community.[7]

The Northern Arizona University Choral Union consists of six ensembles: Men's Chorale, Women's Chorale, University Singers, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, the Harold M. Harter Memorial Handbell Choir, and the Shrine of the Ages Choir. Edith A. Copley (D.M.A., University of Cincinnati), joined the music faculty in 1990 and serves as Director of Choral Studies. In 1998, the Shrine of the Ages Choir performed at the National Conference of the National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC); in 2000, the Choir was featured at the American Choral Directors Association Western Division Convention.

Judith A. Cloud (D.M., Florida State University) is the chair of the vocal division, which produces one major operatic work per academic year, along with various opera scenes. The director of opera theater is Ferdinandus J. A. Schellen.

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks logo
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks logo

The Northern Arizona mascot is Louie the Lumberjack. The Lumberjack nickname dates back to the early history of the school. According to Harold P. Blome, who is the younger son of R.H.H. Blome, the second president of Northern Arizona Normal School, the name was taken from the men who were called Lumber Jacks. On the Fourth of July, there were celebrations on the grounds of the current site for Lumberjack Stadium. The events included bronco riding by local cowboys and sawing logs against time by men who worked in the several logging camps in Flagstaff. The saws were six- or seven foot cross saws with one man working each end.

  1. ^ a b c Enrollment Highlights Northern Arizona University Planning, Budget and Institutional Research Office, accessed 2007-09-21.
  2. ^ a b Northern Arizona University Employees Northern Arizona University Office of Planning and Institutional Research, accessed 2007-09-21.

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