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Scholarships now available for all NAU teacher certification degree programs

Patricia Allenbaugh | July 26, 2019

The Yuma Campus of Northern Arizona University will be offering the NAU Teachers’ Academy scholarships this fall for all bachelor’s and master’s degrees leading to teacher certification… Read more

NAU–Yuma student wins Best Individual Student Negotiator Award

Patricia Allenbaugh | April 29, 2019

On April 12, 2019, Baylor University in Waco, TX sponsored its fourth annual Business Negotiation Competition strictly for undergraduate students. It is the only event of its kind in the United States and attracts participants from all over the globe including universities in South Korea and Hong Kong. The competition consists of two rounds of team negotiations tackling such issues as the purchase of a B&B after it had been featured on a reality television show… Read more

AWC & NAU–Yuma to hold annual Startup Weekend

Patricia Allenbaugh | March 27, 2019

Yuma, AZ (March 14, 2019) – Arizona Western College and Northern Arizona University-Yuma are hosting their third annual Startup Weekend from April 12-14, as a way to help aspiring entrepreneurs launch new business ideas… Read more

NAU–Yuma 2019 Teachers of the Year

Patricia Allenbaugh | March 21, 2019

NAU–Yuma 2019 Full-Time and Part-Time Teachers of the Year… Read more

Earn a degree in Special Education here at NAU–Yuma!

Patricia Allenbaugh | October 8, 2018

NAU-Yuma is happy to announce that it is offering 2 degree programs in Special Education: the Bachelors of Science in Special and Elementary Education and the Masters of Education in Special Education with certification. Also, Yuma residents will have an opportunity to apply to a grant-funded Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a Special Education focus… Read more

Pioneer Title Agency Donates $25,000 to NAU–Yuma Alumni Chapter

Patricia Allenbaugh | May 3, 2018

Rick Mires (right), Yuma County Area Manager at Pioneer Title Agency, presented a $25,000 donation to Harry Hengl, president of the Yuma Chapter of the Northern Arizona University Alumni Association… Read more

NAU–Yuma 2018 Teachers of the Year

Patricia Allenbaugh | April 11, 2018

2018 Part-Time and Full-time Teachers of the Year… Read more

N A U–Yuma building with a line of small palm trees along the path to the front.

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