Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
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NAU celebrates Native American Heritage Month

Explore the various events, programs, and partnerships offered by NAU, the Native American Cultural Center, and its partners.

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Celebrating another record-breaking fundraising year

With two straight years of record-breaking fundraising, the NAU Foundation is broadening access to education, propelling Native American initiatives, bolstering emergency funds, and much more.

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A class for the record books

NAU’s incoming class is not only its largest ever—it’s also making the news for a number of other positive reasons.

Senior, Mathematics major, and Gold Axe Award winner Kaylin McLiverty writes on a whiteboard.

Intersecting math and traditional weaving

Kaylin McLiverty—a senior, Mathematics major, and Gold Axe Award winner—used her undergraduate research project to explore the integration of math into traditional Navajo textiles.

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Tackling teacher shortages in Indigenous communities

An innovative NAU program will increase the number of teachers in Native-serving schools without taking them out of their communities to earn the needed degree.

Ehsa Murray, a Studio Art student also minoring in Asian Studies and Japanese, writes in a notebook.

Art student taking on anti-Asian racism

Ehsa Murray, a Studio Art student also minoring in Asian Studies and Japanese, is collecting stories and artwork about experiences of racism in a new zine she’s calling The Micro and Macro of Anti-Asian Racism.

Land acknowledgement

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Commitment to Native Americans

Northern Arizona University sits at the base of the San Francisco Peaks, on homelands sacred to Native Americans throughout the region. We honor their past, present, and future generations, who have lived here for millennia and will forever call this place home.