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Congratulations to our Graduate Assistant, Giselle!

Posted by tas333 on December 1, 2022

Written by Yendira Pineda, Transfer Jacks Senior Peer Mentor

The NAU Graduate College organizes the Outstanding Graduate Awards, which happens every academic year. It’s a time for faculty, staff, and administrators to nominate and acknowledge superb achievements of NAU’s graduate coordinators, graduate research assistants, graduate teaching assistants, and graduate service assistants within various departments. These awards help us to express our enormous appreciation for those students who have gone above and beyond in their graduate assistant roles. Awards for… Read more

National First-Gen Celebration Day

Posted by tas333 on November 28, 2022

Written by Tiff Kim, Transfer Jacks Peer Mentor

November 8, 2022 was National First-Generation Celebration Day! NAU proudly observed this day to acknowledge our nearly 46% student population who identifies as first-generation college students. It’s the day to celebrate not only students but also faculty, staff, and alumni who are the first in their family to pursue a 4-year degree. NAU has many programs dedicated to first generation students such as the Tri-Alpha Honor Society, TRIO Student Support Services, STAR,… Read more

National Transfer Student Week 2022 Recap

Posted by tas333 on November 2, 2022

Written by Jeanine Horio, Transfer Jacks Peer Mentor

National Transfer Student Week, organized by the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS), is a week dedicated to celebrating transfer students and the professionals who have supported them throughout their journey. It is an annual event that takes place during the third week of October. This year the celebration took place from October 17-October 21. Nationally, the theme was “Plugged In,” with the idea of connecting students to resources… Read more

Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month

Posted by tas333 on October 12, 2022

Written by Jeanine Horio, Transfer Jacks Peer Mentor

For the past month, the Northern Arizona University community has been celebrating Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month. Each year, September 15 to October 15 is observed to celebrate the histories, cultures, and contributions of individuals whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. This observation began in 1968 under President Lyndon Johnson as Hispanic Heritage Week. President Ronald Reagan expanded on this idea in 1988 to cover… Read more

Transfer Jacks Welcome

Posted by sjc87 on September 9, 2022

Definition of a transfer student:

NAU considers a transfer student to be a person who completed 12 credit hours or more at a college/university after the completion of high school.

A transfer student is typically coming directly from a 2-year or 4-year college/university or took time off from college before returning to a classroom setting. So let’s begin by sharing our purpose for creating content: the transfer student experience is appropriately different than the first-year experience of those who are coming… Read more

Mentors Win NAU Honors

Posted by Leslie Mitchell on December 8, 2020

This fall, Transfer & Online Connections was thrilled to have two of our Peer Mentors awarded the  2020 Gold Axe Award and Distinguished Senior. These honors were awarded to Transfer Peer Mentor Sabrina Proffitt and Jacks Online Mentor Amber Connolly.

The Gold Axe Award is awarded to graduating seniors at the end of each semester. This award acknowledges the impact each… Read more

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