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Reducing racial disparities in STEM grad programs

Patricia Allenbaugh | March 24, 2022

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 10 percent of all master’s degrees were awarded to Latinx students between 2015-16, and a stunningly low 1 percent to Indigenous students. The situation for Ph.D. students is even more dire, with only 8 percent of Ph.D. graduates coming from Latinx populations and less than 1 percent from Indigenous populations… Read more

Graduate Eduardo Moreno: How NAU-Yuma prepared him to make health care available to all

Patricia Allenbaugh | December 22, 2021

When Eduardo Moreno started nursing school, the hits just kept coming. … Read more

Student, Eduardo Moreno works outside at the N A U–Yuma campus.

NAU–Yuma 2021 Teachers of the Year

Patricia Allenbaugh | August 26, 2021

NAU–Yuma 2021 Teachers of the Year… Read more

Learn more about the presidential transition with a message from Dr. Cruz

Patricia Allenbaugh | March 12, 2021

On Wednesday, the Arizona Board of Regents approved the contract of José Luis Cruz to be the 17th president of Northern Arizona University, effective June 14… Read more

NAU–Yuma Social Work students doing homeless outreach along the U.S-Mexico Border

Patricia Allenbaugh | October 27, 2020

NAU–Yuma Social Work students doing homeless outreach along the U.S-Mexico Border. Individuals experiencing homelessness were provided with backpacks containing essential hygiene items and resource cards with contact information for different healthcare clinics. The students also conducted brief surveys on each participant to determine how they’ve been impacted by Covid-19 and what their barriers to resources are. Great job, students… Read more

NAU–Yuma Social Work Student Awarded Ruth E. Brasher Endowment Fellowship

Patricia Allenbaugh | July 13, 2020

Wonderful news often come to those who work hard, focus on their hopes-turned-dreams-turned goals. That’s what happened to Kimberley Kern, a recent graduate from the Northern Arizona University Yuma Branch Campus BASW program. Kimberley is the recipient of the Ruth E. Brasher Endowment Fellowship, offered by Phi Kappa Phi. There are 58 fellowships awarded each year, and only one came to the state of Arizona – and that came to our own Kimberley Kern… Read more

NAU–Yuma Coronavirus Update

Patricia Allenbaugh | March 19, 2020

Here is a list of the availability of NAU-Yuma offices and services… Read more

NAU–Yuma 2020 Teachers of the Year

Patricia Allenbaugh | February 26, 2020

Full-time Teacher of the Year Dr. Heather Clark, DNP, RN, Assistant Clinical Professor, Nursing Department and Part-time Teacher of the Year Dr. Darcy Markham, Ed.D., NAU-Yuma Adjunct Professor, Education Department… Read more

Author Sara Vladic to visit AWC/NAU-Yuma

Patricia Allenbaugh | February 5, 2020

Join bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker Sara Vladic when she visits Yuma on Tuesday, February 25, 2019, for two One Book Yuma events. Both events will include community discussions on a book she co-authored: “Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man,” followed by Q & A and book signings… Read more