NAU course instructors at all levels are invited to register for the “Integrating Cline Library Into Your Course” workshop series, which will equip them with diverse strategies to harness the wealth of knowledge available at Cline Library to benefit their students. Instructors who attend four of the six online workshops will receive a professional development certificate. The series is being offered by Cline Library in collaboration with the Teaching and Learning Center. Dates, topics and registration links: Sept. 21 - Co-Creating…

As a part of their Elevating Excellence award for Affordable Learning Materials, John Doherty and Theresa Carlson have awarded a total of $12,500 for Open Educational Resource (OER) projects to the following NAU faculty members: Dana Ernst, Mathematics and Statistics, $1,000 to adapt current OER textbooks for MAT 320 and MAT 411 Gerrick Lindberg, Chemistry, $5,000 to create a new OER text to replace his current for CHM 341 Sudipta Mallik, Mathematics and Statistics, $5,000 to create a new OER…

Science journalist Melissa Sevigny will discuss her new book, Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, at a July 13 program hosted by Cline Library Special Collections and Archives – home of the archival materials that inspired it. Booklist described Brave the Wild River as a “breath-catching, enlightening, and significant work of scientific, environmental, and women's history.”  A chance encounter with a pith helmet in the archives led Sevigny…