NAU News — NAU community invited to Native American Heritage Month events throughout November

	NAU named as finalist for the APLU’s Degree Completion Award The annual award identifies, recognizes and rewards institutions that use innovative approaches to improve degree completion while maintaining a high quality of education. The winner will be announced at the APLU’s annual meeting from Nov. 9-11.
	President’s Prize, Gold Axe recipients, Distinguished Seniors honored at 2020 virtual banquet President Rita Cheng honored the recipients of the President’s Prize, the Gold Axe Award and the Distinguished Senior Award in a virtual ceremony, commending these graduating Lumberjacks for their achievements while attending NAU.
	NAU community invited to Native American Heritage Month events throughout November Events include a movie screening of “Gather,” followed by a facilitated conversation; a virtual Stew Fest; a conversation with NAU Elder Lorenzo Max; resources for first-generation students; and more. All of the NAU community is invited to participate in the virtual events.
	NAU astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object A team of astronomers, led by doctoral student Colin Chandler, discovered activity emanating from Centaur 2014 OG392, a planetary object first found in 2014, which led to its reclassification of the Centaur as a comet. Other NAU co-authors include Jay Kueny, Chad Trujillo, David Trilling and William Oldroyd.
	NAU researchers publish new report, recommendations to increase concussion disclosure in athletes Psychology chair Heidi Wayment co-authored the report with Ann Huffman, Deborah Craig and Monica Lininger. The work was a result of a grant that provides recommendations for increasing concussion symptom disclosure in collegiate athletic departments and military service academies.
	Serving up kindness: NAU HRM students donate meals to children in need When the pandemic caused the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management to cancel its tasting challenges, the students didn’t let that stop them from showcasing their cooking skills and feeding the community.
	Halloween horror in the (super)humanities: NAU English professor discusses her research into the scary and creepy Karen Renner, who researches horror in literature, movies, podcasts and her own art, talks about ghosts, Bigfoot, the appeal of true crime, the scariest movie she’s ever seen and why people just keep coming back to the horror genre.
	A culture of care: A look inside NAU’s quarantine and isolation housing Given the COVID-19 pandemic, University Housing and Residential Life have measures in place to increase the safety and health of residents and the Lumberjack community, ensuring students are well-fed, supported and connected through their time in quarantine or isolation.