Category: College of Higher Learning

Chicanos Por La Causa create partnership to expand access

Patricia Allenbaugh | November 22, 2022

Arizona is home to the country’s sixth-largest Hispanic population—a historically underrepresented population in higher education… Read more

Students talking outside on NAU–Yuma campus

Accreditation of the Business Programs at Northern Arizona University Reaffirmed by ACBSP

Patricia Allenbaugh | July 5, 2022

OVERLAND PARK, KS, USA (June 29, 2022) — The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) www.acbsp.org Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Board of Commissioners has reaffirmed accreditation of the business programs at Northern Arizona University in Yuma, Arizona… Read more

NAU Awarded $3 Million Federal Grant to Fund Two Yuma-Based Degree Programs in Special Education

Patricia Allenbaugh | November 15, 2021

Northern Arizona University has been awarded a five-year $3 million grant to prepare teachers in Yuma for certification in special education at the undergraduate and graduate levels including an ESL endorsement. … Read more

Yuma campus building with large metallic sheets reflecting in the sun.

NAU–Yuma BBA wins at ACBSP Conference 2021

Patricia Allenbaugh | July 9, 2021

NAU News, Dr. Alex Steenstra (Chair, Department of Business & Administration, NAU-Yuma) and Dr. Paige Leister (Clinical Professor, Department of Business & Administration, NAU-Yuma) presented in the Dr. Brenda Johnson Poster Session at the ACBSP Conference 2021 in June. Our poster presentation was chosen as one of two winning teams (10 total)… Read more

Graduate Yasmine Castro Felix: Real-life experiences to prepare for her future

Patricia Allenbaugh | May 3, 2021

It was March 2013 when senior Yasmine Castro Felix found her calling. For most of her life, like most kids, Castro Felix wanted to be a few different things. In her case, that meant a professional singer and a doctor. But one day in March, her aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer, setting Castro Felix down a new path to becoming an oncology nurse to support patients like her aunt… Read more

Startup Weekend 2018

Patricia Allenbaugh | March 25, 2018

Northern Arizona University-Yuma and Arizona Western College hosted a second annual “Startup Weekend” in Yuma on March 23-25 to help aspiring entrepreneurs launch their business ideas. Startup Weekends are designed to assist persons with launching their ideas for new businesses and technologies… Read more