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The NAU Review — What’s up, Lumberjacks? Find out inside!

by Community Contributor • August 30, 2022 • Comments Off

Aug. 30. 2022

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

Welcome home, Jacks!

Students moved into their residence halls, attended their first concert, showed up for the annual NAU Letters tradition and yesterday attend their first classes of the academic year—and first college classes ever for the Class of 2026. Relive the excitement of NAU move-in (while dodging monsoons), the welcome back concert and the Letters in this slide show.

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The Grand Canyon with clouds in the sky with a setup explaining alt text

Should I use alt text? Yes!

DYK Twitter now allows alt text on photos? This text is used by people who use screen readers or other assistive technology to interact with their phones and computers. Including this on your photos can make a huge difference in the online experience of these and other users. Sean Kugler from Disability Resources explains in more detail why alt text is important, when to use it and what exactly you should be describing when you describe a photo.

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Doctoral student wins Fulbright award

Marcella Caprario starter her career as a professional singer. Today, after a multitude of life experiences, she’s a doctoral student in NAU’s linguistics department and is preparing to spend the spring semester in Malaysia to do her dissertation research on a not-well-studied aspect of language with the goal of increasing intercultural communications among people who may not be fluent in the same languages.

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NAU Gold Axe awards with two crossed axes

Know an exceptional soon-to-be graduate? Read this.

The Gold Axe Award and President’s Prize honors the best of the undergraduate students who graduate each semester. Learn more and apply now; applications are now open and will be accepted through Sept. 23.

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Five students sit on a bench with their arms around each other and smile at the camera.

When students dream

Upward Bound—a federal TRIO program that provides support, services and programming to first-generation college-bound low-income students—recently won a $2.5 million grant that will allow the program to continue working with local high school students in hopes of opening the door to post-secondary education.

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