NAU News — NAU launches MASKUP campaign to promote a safe campus

	Changes to fall semester! Information can be found at the Jacks are Back page On Friday, NAU announced adjustments to the fall semester to extend the student move-in process and reduce in-person instruction at the start of the semester, using NAUFlex’s remote delivery to hold the majority of classes virtually for the first few weeks. In-person classes will begin on Aug. 31.
	NAU launches MASKUP campaign to promote a safe campus What weighs just a few ounces and can help protect our Lumberjack community? You guessed it—a mask. Masks should be worn for safety reasons, but that doesn’t mean we can’t turn them into a fashion statement. Show off your mask and let us know how you are keeping our community safe with our #maskupjacks challenge.
	NAU’s ITEP assists local nonprofit to supply handwashing stations to Navajo, Hopi communities Soaring rates of COVID-19 and lack of access to running water has put Native communities at high risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. ITEP is helping the local nonprofit Red Feather build portable handwashing stations for the Navajo and Hopi Nations.
	NAU, UArizona, ASU join research computing fight against COVID-19 Using Monsoon, a high-performance computing cluster, NAU is participating in “folding,” which allows simulations of complex scientific processes to run in the background while computers are not in use. The worldwide Folding@home project is running protein modeling computations that help researchers learn more about how to cure or treat COVID-19.
	HRM, Assessment team up to author series of assessment theory, application publications Allen Reich, Galen Collins, Suzanne Pieper and a collaborator from the Hilton College at the University of Houston authored three refereed articles and made three refereed conference presentations on the critical topic of the closed-loop assessment of learning outcomes process.