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The NAU Review — Giving Day is almost here!, the legacy of César Chavez and the woman who founded NAU’s chemistry department

by Community Contributor • March 28, 2024 • Comments Off

March 28, 2024

The NAU Review. The official news source for Northern Arizona University.

Louie the Lumberjack with a cookie that says "NAU Giving Day"

It’s time to kick axe, Lumberjacks!

NAU Giving Day is back on April 3—it’s our annual 24 hours of online fundraising fun to support our university and its programs. On the Giving Day website, find the featured funds, go through the many student projects and explore the challenges that will help your gift make an even bigger impact. Plus, you can sport your True Blue and Gold, do a service project and help Lumberjacks spread Axe of Kindness throughout the world!

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Notes from the President -- José Luis Cruz Rivera

Weeks in review

President Cruz Rivera cheered on the women’s basketball team, met with potential partners for NAU Health and attended the Showcase for Student Success Initiatives, then he and Louie the Lumberjack welcomed CCC’s Coco the Comet mascot to the community.

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Meet the trailblazing woman who founded NAU’s chemistry department

It’s an experience common to many women in science—they’re the only woman in their department, on their faculty, in the room. It is not the norm, however, for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at NAU, thanks in large part to the legacy of one woman—Junia McAlister, or Miss Mac, the founding faculty member of the department at a time when women working as scientists was rare.

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César Chavez speaking at an event in front of a poster.

Remembering a civil rights leader from the West

For César Chavez Day on March 31, professor Monica Brown shares the impact of the labor leader’s work and his groundbreaking partnership with fellow organizer Dolores Huerta.

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A man stands in front of a podium giving a lecture on social work.

NAU, OpusVi launch online master’s in social work

The degree, the latest addition to NAU’s longstanding MSW programs, will help address a nationwide shortage of social workers by offering an affordable, accessible route to accreditation.

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