Undergraduate Student Awards

Congratulations to Environmental Sciences (ENV) student Joshua Rihs, selected as the School of Earth and Sustainability’s Outstanding Senior, and Environmental and Sustainability Studies (ESS) grad Natalie Pierson for a Gold Axe Award!
Our undergrads are very active with Green NAU and campus sustainability, and several were recognized with Sustainability Leadership Awards from the NAU… Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Nick McKay for receiving
SES Associate Professor Donna Shillington was recently elected by her peers to serve as Secretary of the Tectonophysics Section of the American Geophysical Union, the world’s largest earth and space science society. The Tectonophysics Section represents a large community of scientists focused on a broad spectrum of dynamic Earth processes. As secretary, Shillington will be a member of the Tectonophysics leadership team and will be responsible for communicating with the…
Congrats to our own Nancy Johnson and Laura Huenneke, who have been selected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for their contributions to science, including ecological research, leadership, and education! Read more at
Regents’ Professor Darrell Kaufman was recently elected as a
Despite all the novel challenges of online teaching and learning at the end of this Spring semester, it has been a remarkable year! Our faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students were honored at the national and university level this year for both academic achievements and contributions to building a more sustainable campus community. Congrats to all of you…