Welcome back CCS Jacks! The department is excited to kick off the fall semester at our fall welcome event on Friday September 6 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the atrium of the third floor of the Riles building. Come hang out with fellow CCS majors and minors, meet CCS faculty, play games, and enjoy some snacks!
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The Museum Studies Club will be at one of NAU’s most exciting and anticipated events of the year, Lumberjack Club Fair, today! Explore club and student organizations’ involvement opportunities, connect with other students, and create meaningful memories. Club Fairs are open to all NAU students! The fair today will also feature free food, a photo booth, a rock-climbing wall, and other fun activities!
Can’t attend the club fair? Join the Museum Studies Club and other student organizations at https://nau.campuslabs.com/engage/.
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CCS presented a digital poster session featuring the work of our student interns for spring 2024 on May 3. The students shared about their internship experiences on campus and in our community with partners such as Riordan Mansion, Creative Flagstaff, the Arizona Memory Project, and the Museum of Northern Arizona in a public session organized by internship coordinator Dr. Diana Coleman and Museum Studies coordinator Dr. Becky Pratt-Sturges with support from CCS program coordinator Avi Callan and hosted by… Read more
CCS was pleased to recognize the achievements of graduating senior Joce Dolezal with the Outstanding Senior award for spring 2024 at our awards ceremony… Read more
CCS Assistant Professor of Humanities Dr. Marco Cabrera Geserick presented this week on the topic of Memory and the Filibuster War in Costa Rica this May. Sponsored by the Secretary of Culture of the government of Costa Rica, he talked about “The Rise and Fall of May 1st: Commemoration and Politics in the Memory of the Filibuster War” at the Cultural Historical Juan Santamaria Museum, in Alajuela, on May 3rd, and at the Museum of Popular Culture, in Barva,… Read more
Congratulations to our junior book prize winners for spring 2024! CCS faculty, graduating seniors and scholarship and book prize winners gathered for our spring awards ceremony last week to celebrate our students and their achievements. The Junior Book Prize is awarded annually to a junior in each area (Art History, Asian Studies, Comparative Study of Religions, Public Humanities, and Museum Studies) who shows outstanding academic promise.
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