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SoA+D Faculty Work on View at MOCAF

ls2724 | November 12, 2024

On November 8th, the Museum of Contemporary Art Flagstaff (MOCAF) opened its annual group show of Northern Arizona artists. This iteration featured several SoA+D community members including Prof. Spence Townsend, and part-time faculty Raina Belleau. Their work is on view through November and MOCAF is open Saturday and Sunday, 12-4. MOCAF is an artist-run, artist supporting organization dedicated to promoting and developing emerging and established artists in Northern Arizona… Read more

Global Game Day

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On Friday, October 25th, the GELL Center through the Department of Global Languages & Cultures hosted our annual Global Game Day in the International Pavilion, where language students and community members came to play games from all over the world, learn some new words in a variety of languages, and explore new cultures… Read more
N A U students playing different games on Global Game Day.

BFA Capstone Exhibition

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On November 22nd, we will host the Fall 2024 BFA Capstone Exhibition and Open House. Mark your calendars! The Capstone Exhibition features the creative achievements of graduating BFA candidates from the School of Art + Design, and showcases the culmination of the students’ academic and creative growth. The Open House will feature works by non-graduating students in all nooks and crannies of the Performing and Fine Arts Building… Read more
Photo of N A U campus.

Korryn Penner’s Experience With The Washington Center Internship

ls2724 | November 7, 2024

I had the amazing opportunity this summer, to spend it doing an internship in D.C. Before this, I had never been to D.C. and this was an amazing introduction to the district. I was surrounded by history, both past and in the making, and it was awe-inspiring. If there is one thing I learned during my internship, it is this: there are so many ways to use a history degree. Almost every professional connection I made there knew, or was, a history major… Read more
Korryn Penner is standing in front of the Washington D.C capital.

History Alumni News Fall 2024

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Joseph E. Shaffer III (MA ’86) and his wife Dr. Paula Kapp Greene recently published UNSUNG: Quiet Voices of the US Navy’s EOD Warriors and Their Families (Kindle Direct Publishing, 2022). They generously share 50% of the royalties from sales of the book with the Navy Special Operations Foundation and the EOD Warrior Foundation, both of which are 501(c)(3) non-profit foundations that support the families of the wounded and fallen EOD warriors in all four U.S. military services… Read more
Photo of Lockett Meadow during the fall time.

Sara Presler / History / Class of 2002

ls2724 | November 6, 2024

Sara Presler (B.S. History, ’02) is an attorney and strategic leader in the cannabis industry. Sara is General Counsel for Mohave Cannabis Co. , a multi-state operator engaged in cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail operations since 2015. After earning her history degree from NAU, Sara graduated from law school and Michigan State University… Read more
San Francisco Peaks in the background under a blue clouds and clouds and trees in front.

College of Arts and Letters spotlight: The Department of English

ls2724 | November 5, 2024

In addition to a seasonal newsletter that highlights news and accomplishments from across the college, the College of Arts and Letters will be periodically creating blogposts featuring a specific unit, event, series, and so on. The first unit we are shining a spotlight on is the Department of English. The Department of English has been extraordinarily productive and some of their ‘kudos and shout outs’ from the late spring through the mid-fall are given here… Read more
Melanie Goetter is currently studying abroad in the Netherlands.

Memories, Hauntings, Warnings: Anime and the Nuclear Holocaust

ls2724 | October 21, 2024

On the morning of Friday 11th, as I was listening to the worrying coughs of my outdated coffee maker struggling to produce my necessary morning fix, I was sorting out my impressions of the event held the night before: the lecture on and screening of the anime “Barefoot Gen” (1983), a manga author Keiji Nakazawa’s semi-autobiographical narrative of a young boy navigating the immediate aftermath of the atomic bombing of his hometown of Hiroshima… Read more
Professor presenting at the front of the room on anime films.

Summer in Tuscany with Comparative Cultural Studies

ls2724 | October 11, 2024

Have you ever wanted to experience the beauty of summer in Tuscany? The Comparative Cultural Studies Department ventures to Italy every summer for educational programs spanning art history to the environmental humanities. One of the CCS students, H.J. Lemon, shared their experience of the unforgettable Summer 2024 “Tuscany: Nature, Culture, and Sustainability” program for the CAL blog:… Read more
Group of N A U students looking at art in Tuscany, Italy.