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.
Read moreCongratulations to our scholarship 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.
… Read moreCongratulations to graduating senior and Museum Studies minor Zadie Henthorn! Zadie was accepted to the Master of Science in Library and Information Science program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a focus on Rare Books and Archives. They recently began their career through a student position in Cline Library Special Collections and Archives and a cataloguing internship at Creative Flagstaff. They intend to pursue a career in collections management for a library or archive.
Students in Dr. Anabel Galindo’s CCS 201 Indigenous Cultural Expression explored a wide variety of topics throughout the semester, including science, history, environment, cosmology, arts, language, and food through lectures, guest speakers, and hands-on activities to gain better understand the complex and vibrant Indigenous world. Two classes featured activities to support their understanding of the challenges of preserving Indigenous cultural traditions and learning about the significance of food in different societies. During one session, students had the opportunity to… Read more
Eleven CCS students presented their research at the spring 2024 NAU Undergraduate Symposium on Friday April 26!
Laura Barclay (B.A. in Anthropology with minors in Humanities and Museum Studies) presented the poster The First… Read more
Congratulations to CCS Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions and director of the Martin-Springer Institute Dr. Bjorn Krondorfer and Professor of Art History and Associate Dean Dr. Alexandra Carpino on their recent award for outstanding Undergraduate Artistic or Creative Work Mentorship in recognition of their work with students on the Gino Parin physical and digital exhibits!
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