The NAU Review — Building a community book festival, former Congress members visit campus and redistributing unused food

April 4, 2024

From April 5-14, volunteers from NAU will be busy working behind the scenes at the Northern Arizona Book Festival, which hosts more than 40 events in downtown Flagstaff featuring bestselling authors, Pulitzer Prize winners and local writers, publishers, editors and event organizers. These events—and those that the organization supports throughout the year—foster a vibrant literary community in the Southwest and ensure that the Colorado Plateau is recognized as a bona fide place of literature.

Volunteers with the Food Recovery Network gather at campus dining locations to collect unused food and redistribute it to local nonprofits, while Louie’s Leftovers notifies students when catered campus events have leftover food.

As the end of the academic year approaches, NAU’s vice president of inclusive excellence and access calls attention to the many religious observances, celebrations of identity and important events that take place in April.