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New Business Professor at NAU–Yuma Shares Background, Interests and Kindness

Patricia Allenbaugh | November 15, 2022

Please join us in welcoming Mary Fisher, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Business and Administration at NAU–Yuma, who began teaching Supply Chain and Logistics Management courses as well as a Statistics for Management course this fall semester… Read more

Building a business

Patricia Allenbaugh | November 9, 2022

Veteran and NAU–Yuma Business Administration student Kacey Cordell hopes to transfer her passion for bodybuilding into opening a gym… Read more

September Blog Post

Patricia Allenbaugh | September 21, 2022

I’ve been monitoring the incredible stories related censorship and libraries across the United States over the past year which is one for the history books. In my lifetime, I’ve seen few years like this past one when it comes to the number of materials people are asking to be removed from library shelves, from school curriculums, and to be taken out of stores for purchase… Read more

August Blog Post

Patricia Allenbaugh | September 2, 2022

This month the air is filled with anticipation and anxiety as we ready for both return to campus and the monsoonal rains. They usually coincide here in the desert southwest. However, the desert this year is proving to be even more challenging with molds and fungus growing even here in Yuma! While the monsoons coincide with the return to school, one does not always think about fungus in the desert southwest. … Read more

Speech Pathology now offered in Yuma

Patricia Allenbaugh | August 4, 2022

Are you interested in serving the Yuma community as a Speech Language Pathologist or Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant (SLPA)? NAU’s Master of Science in Clinical Speech-Language Pathology Program is now offered in person at NAU Yuma and our SLPA Certificate Program fully online… Read more

Dr. Chris Gore Leaves NAU Yuma to Rejoin Family in London

Patricia Allenbaugh | July 5, 2022

Please join the NAU Yuma community in saying goodbye to Dr. Christopher Gore, Psychology Program lead and lecturer, who will soon leave this land of endless sunshine for London, full of rainy skies and gales… Read more

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

Patricia Allenbaugh |

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

Reducing racial disparities in STEM grad programs

Patricia Allenbaugh | March 24, 2022

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 10 percent of all master’s degrees were awarded to Latinx students between 2015-16, and a stunningly low 1 percent to Indigenous students. The situation for Ph.D. students is even more dire, with only 8 percent of Ph.D. graduates coming from Latinx populations and less than 1 percent from Indigenous populations… Read more

NAU–Yuma Teachers of the Year 2022

Patricia Allenbaugh | March 10, 2022

Please join us in congratulating our NAU Yuma Teachers of the Year for 2022… Read more

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Yuma FAFSA Workshop

Patricia Allenbaugh | February 23, 2022

Would you like help submitting your Free Application for Federal Assistance (FASFA)… Read more