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Your passion. Your profession.

Build an understanding of the world around you. Learn to express your knowledge and creativity. Find your voice and share your vision. At the College of Arts and Letters (CAL), you will hone your analytic, artistic, and linguistic abilities—all while growing into a talented professional with the skills to succeed in a wide range of modern careers.

CAL encompasses the humanities, creative arts, and language studies, but we represent much more than a collection of academic departments. Our students become teachers and interior designers, historians and philosophers, lawyers and professional writers, and imaginative leaders in many career paths. Your education in the fine, performing, or liberal arts will open doors to worlds you’ve never dreamed of: diverse cultures, historic artists and their work, schools of thought spanning centuries, and more. Most of all, you’ll maintain a spirit of curious inquiry that will enrich your life for decades to come.

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CAL Outstanding Graduating Seniors, Fall 2021

Posted by zrz0 on December 03, 2021

Avery Pope is CAL’s Distinguished Senior and the Outstanding Graduating Senior for the Department of Global Languages and Cultures. She is graduating with a double major with a bachelor’s of science in public health and a bachelor’s of modern languages with an emphasis in French.   Avery had always planned to study public health, but did not intend to get a second degree in French. Her original intent was to study enough to earn a minor. “I started a language immersion…

Meet Spring 2021's CAL Student Award Winners

Posted by zrz0 on April 27, 2021

As another semester and a full academic year unlike any other draw to a close, the College of Arts and Letters is taking a moment to recognize some of the amazing students who will receive their bachelor's degree this week. CAL Distinguished Senior Luna Slater is this semester’s Distinguished Senior for the College of Arts and Letters. She is the Outstanding Graduating Senior for the Department of Global Languages and Cultures and is receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in…

College of Arts and Letters honors graduating seniors after a trying fall semester

Posted by zrz0 on December 02, 2020

It’s going to be hard for the students who graduated in the fall of 2020 to forget their last semester at NAU. While the unique challenges of wrapping up their bachelor’s degrees in the midst of a pandemic proved to be unique for many, this semester’s award winners proved resilient through difficult times. Hannah Jackson This semester’s Distinguished Senior award went to Hannah Jackson, who was nominated by the Department of Global Languages and Cultures. She…

Renowned border journalist to speak at Latin American Studies Virtual Event

Posted by zrz0 on September 14, 2020

NAU’s College of Arts and Letters Latin American Studies, along with the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and humanitarian group No More Deaths will hold an online Zoom event with Todd Miller, an independent journalist and author of books including Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the US Border Around the World. The online event will take place Monday, September 21 at 5:00 p.m.  Zoom Meeting ID: 919 7645 9611 Password: 703296 Empire of Borders is the third book…

School of Art Professor’s work honored by wildlife group

Posted by zrz0 on September 09, 2020

NAU Interior Design professor Jessica "J.R." MacKenzie was among 100 artists whose work was honored as part of The Real World Conservation Trust’s Sketch For Survival 100. Prof. MacKenzie’s artwork "Sweet Ruapuke"  will be exhibited at gallery@oxo in London this November before it is auctioned off to support 3 pre-chosen endangered species projects. “Sweet Ruapuke” was among 600 entries to this year’s contest, and it was chosen in a year when RWCT called the standard “incredibly high.” Professor MacKenzie’s piece…

Join LAS faculty for an online viewing of Massacre at the Stadium

Posted by zrz0 on September 09, 2020

Faculty from NAU's Latin American Studies will commemorate the 47th anniversary of the coup that overthrew Chilean President Salvador Allende with a screening of the documentary Massacre at the Stadium. The event takes place Friday, September 11, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. The film tells the story of the murder of Chilean folk singer and activist Victor Jara and follows recent attempts to hold an ex-military official, now living in Florida, accountable for the crime. The film will be introduced by…