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Meet Dr. Rita Hartung Cheng


Students bring their aspirations to NAU because we build a student-centered experience around their passions, ambitions, and preferences. We provide this experience through world-class faculty dedicated to teaching and research. Through a breadth of learning environments beginning with the Colorado Plateau, we show that engaged learning experiences can occur virtually anywhere.
   – Dr. Rita Hartung Cheng, President

Managing COVID-19

Northern Arizona University’s top priority continues to be the health and safety of all Lumberjacks. We have implemented rigorous plans to support the health and safety of our NAU community. The success of these plans will require every student, faculty, and staff member do their part by embracing and practicing a commitment to individual and campus safety. This must be a community effort!

NAU community COVID-19 resources

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Annual President’s Report

The President’s Report is an annual publication that showcases major highlights of the past year, including NAU’s impact, near and far.  NAU is proud of the many accomplishments of its faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends.

View the 2020 President’s Report

Research news

Research scientists seated at a desk and using a mouse to move images on a computer screen

Sept. 2020:

Discovery and innovation continues to flourish

Scientific researcher in a lab holding a test tube

June 2020:

COVID-19: Bringing experts together

Scientific researcher swabbing a petri dish

May 2020:

Bringing advanced technology to the fight against COVID-19


The True Diversity University

NAU aims to create, support and nurture a university environment exhibiting true diversity and inclusion where individuals whose unique experiences of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual and gender students identities, disability, and all perspectives are valued and woven into the fabric of the institution.

Learn more about diversity at NAU including our Diversity Fellows Program and our Diversity Strategic Plan at the Center for University Access and Inclusion.


President of Northern Arizona University


Rita Hartung Cheng serves as the 16th president of Northern Arizona University. As a first-generation and non-traditional college graduate, Dr. Cheng firmly believes in making higher education accessible and affordable for all students.

Under her leadership, NAU has embarked on a progressive agenda to thrive in the fast-changing environment of higher education. She has amplified the university’s strengths and set forth a vision of excellence in education through student-centered teaching, a robust research environment, an extensive global engagement program, and inclusive support services focused on success measured through retention and graduation rates.

 

Office of the President
Location
Room 200 Building 51
Babbitt Administrative Center
1900 S. Knoles Dr.
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 4092
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Email
president@nau.edu
Phone
(928) 523-3232
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(928) 523-1848
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