Category: Department of History

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.

NAU History Education Students Teach Teachers

jp48 | April 25, 2024

The History and Social Studies Education Program teamed up with the Martin-Springer Institute on Saturday, February 24, to offer a professional development workshop, “Stories of the Spanish Civil War: Strategies and Resources for Middle and High School Teachers. ” The event grew out of a partnership with MSI, which invited History/Social Studies BSED students to create materials to accompany their digital history website, Stories from the Spanish Civil War… Read more