The 9 a.m. ceremony on Dec. 14 has been moved to 10 a.m. and will include the College of Arts & Letters; College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences; College of Health and Human Services; W.A. Franke College of Business and University College.

The ceremonies scheduled for 1 and 5 p.m. will be combined and moved to 3 p.m. on Dec. 14. This ceremony will include the College of Education, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Extended Campuses and all graduate students.

“Out of consideration for everyone’s travel plans, we feel that it’s important to keep commencement on Friday,” said NAU President John Haeger in a NAU News press release. “At the same time, we urge all those who are traveling, especially by car, to check the forecast updates and be as safe as possible.”

Both ceremonies will still be held in the Walkup Skydome.

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Many family members, friends, students and faculty members came to celebrate Ramsay’s, formerly Akam, life at the public memorial service held Dec. 7 in the Cline Library Auditorium.

Ramsay was a well-known and loved professor in the Honors Program and taught courses such as The Search for American Identity, Humanity and Inhumanity and Systems of War and Peace. He also co-taught with his wife, Anne Scott, who is an English honors professor.

Ramsay married Scott in 2008 and immediately submerged himself into the Flagstaff culture. Scott shared a few stories of Ramsay, which had the audience laughing and tearing up at the same time.

“Ev [Ramsay] knew better than anyone I know that life can turn on a dime,” Scott said. “But if the laws of physics are correct and energy is always conserved, then I hope with all of my heart that you will find him every single time that you witness a beautiful sunset or experience the first winter snow of the season.”

Not only was Ramsay a dedicated husband and teacher to his students, he was also an avid road cyclist, skate skier, fly fisherman and rock climber. Ramsay pushed himself to his limit inside and outside of the classroom.

He wrote the book Transnational America: Cultural Pluralist Thought in the 20^th Century, multiple scholarly articles and was currently working on a book about British novelist George Orwell.

Students and professors alike were touched by Ramsay’s kindness and care toward them. He was an encourager and supporter; always giving advice and helping others whenever and however he could.

“Dr. Ramsay showed me that I should never let my past define me or hold me back from my dreams, and not to dwell on [it],” Oletti said. “Most importantly, he taught me to never stop living my life. That being said, I know Dr. Ramsay would not want us to dwell on this incident, but to move forward in our lives keeping his memories, virtues and morals alive by living through things that he taught us.”

The memorial service consisted of classical music played on the guitar, poems read by fellow faculty members and friends and stories of Ramsay’s interactions with his students. The audience was laughing more than expected, mainly because laughing was one thing Ramsay was known for.

Ramsay passed away on Nov. 25 after brain injuries from a cycling accident. The accident occurred on Nov. 12, leaving him in the hospital with lifelong brain paralysis. Scott made the difficult decision to take Ramsay off life support to spare him further pain.

The large turnout at Ramsay’s memorial service is a testimony to how many lives he touched during his short time at NAU.

Family and friends are collecting contributions in support of Ramsay’s family. Donations can be made to the Everett Ramsay Memorial Scholarship Fund. (#5337), NAU Foundation, PO Box 22459, Flagstaff, AZ 86002.

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Veteran enrollment at the Flagstaff Mountain Campus can’t compete with Arizona’s top universities

Northern Arizona University (NAU) has been struggling with veteran enrollment compared to other in-state universities. According to Phoenix Business Journal, veteran enrollment at ASU increased 83 percent and UA increased 163 percent from spring 2009 to spring 2011, while NAU’s veteran enrollment remained stagnant at that time.

“It’s going to take a few years to get to those numbers,” said Todd Carlson, program coordinator senior for NAU Veteran affairs.

Currently there are more than 1,000 military-affiliated students out of 23,600 total students studying at NAU, approximately one hundred of whom enrolled in the past year.

The slow state of veteran enrollment is due to Flagstaff’s smaller population in comparison to Tucson and Phoenix.

“It’s all about population,” Carlson said.

Many of the military-affiliated students chose to stay in their hometowns once they begin their higher education or leave the service.

“My parents live in town and I have two small children, so they help watch my children while I go to school,” said Amanda Bowers,  Student Veterans of America President.

In the past two years, there has been a surge to improve the enrollment numbers for veterans.

“It was a focus of President Haegar and he realized there was a need to make NAU more military friendly,” Carlson said. “We’ve invested in our military students and it’s definitely starting to show dividends.”

Some of the investments being made are an increase in military recruiter affiliated students in cities with more military focused areas like Colorado Springs and San Diego, as well as improvements in veteran services on campus.

There are some benefits NAU has over the other two universities for veterans, however.

“[NAU is] going to be more attractive for the programs NAU is more known for; our forestry program is really popular with our veterans,” Carlson said.

The laid-back Flagstaff mountain vibe, witch attracts so many students here, will also be a factor in attracting military-affiliated students to NAU’s growing population.

Despite a lower population, NAU is continuing to attempt to attract veterans to the school.

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The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) suspended, for the spring semester, the $2 fee students are charged to support the Arizona Students Association (ASA) on Nov. 26.

This move is only a temporary suspension of the fee. ABOR is expected to reaffirm its vote and approve a policy review calender at their regular meeting on Dec. 6.

Reactions to the suspension were mixed. NAU Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Sammy Smart, a senior elementary and special education major, was disappointed in the decision. She had pushed for delay until the February ABOR meeting.

“We were hoping to postpone a decision until the February meeting of the board so that all sides could be heard,” Smart said.

Mark Naufel, ASU Tempe campus USG President, was content with the decision

“I am pleased with the decision . . . the only disappointment I had with the Regents’ decision to postpone the permanent decision; at the end of the day this fee will be removed, postponing it just means we have to wait longer before ASUA and ASNAU are willing to work with us to create something new and more beneficial for our students,” Naufel said.

This action follows on the heels of the ASU Tempe campus’s USG Senate Oct. 23 resolution to no longer associate with ASA financially and otherwise.

Prior to this, on Sept. 26, ASU Downtown USG President Jeff Grossman and his Vice-President of Policy David Bakardjiev resigned from ASA following Naufel’s resignation the day before.  Jeffery Hebert, president of the ASU polytechnics campus, along with his vice president of policy, Shauniece High, had resigned on Sept. 13.

While these resignations were due in large part to organizational differences between some members of the various ASU campuses (ASU West campus student leaders opted not to participate in ASA altogether), the precipitating concerns of those who resigned were the $100,000 the ASA Board voted to spend in support of Proposition 204.

These resignations were not of concern to ABOR because ASA is an independent non-profit organization of students subject to their own bylaws.  What is of concern, and within the jurisdiction of, the Board is the mechanism by which the $2 student fee that finances ASA’s activities.

Currently this refundable, non-mandatory fee is collected through the three state universities (ASU, NAU and UA) at the beginning of each semester.  ABOR has no jurisdiction on how the fee is spent by ASA, nor can it abolish the fee.  Its only authority lies in whether it can be collected through the university tuition collection processes.

The fee was established by the ASA Board in 1997 when a referendum was put before students of the three universities asking if they supported a fully refundable $1 per semester assessment each semester rather the $35,000 taken directly from student fees.  In 2008, another referendum was held raising this fee to $2.  Both of these referendums passed.

According to an update on “ABOR Policy 5-201 “Arizona Students’ Association” Review Process” issued on Nov. 30, the board will meet at a still to be determined date and time in Jan. 2013 to have a first reading on the proposed changes to ABOR Policy 5-201.

These changes are proposed in the Executive Summary of the Nov. 26 meeting.  The draft for the Jan. 2013 special board meeting, which are subject to change proposes that section D of Policy 5201 (the allowance of ASA to collect its $2 dollar fee through the universities) be eliminated permanently, but also would strike most of section C. which states “ASA will educate students, serve as a collective voice to promote excellence in education and guarantee students access to the highest quality education as nearly free as possible.”

As proposed in the draft it would be changed to only “ASA will operate in accordance with its bylaws.”

Anyone wishing to have input on this proposed policy change may do so by contacting the Board of Regents via email to peggy.martin@azregents.edu or by regular mail at:  Arizona Board of Regents  Attn: Peggy Martin  2020 N. Central Avenue, Suite 230  Phoenix, Arizona 85004.

Any permanent changes to ABOR would be voted on at the regularly scheduled February meeting in Tucson.

If ABOR eliminates this method of funding for ASA, the student association would still be empowered to seek additional funding opportunities.

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NAU recognized exemplary seniors on Nov. 14 for academic performance, student involvement and contributions toward the university and the Flagstaff community. From the 19 chosen, three were chosen for the President’s Prize. Six students were awarded distinguished seniors from their specific academic college. (Photo by NAU News)

Every semester, Northern Arizona University (NAU) recognizes outstanding students based on their academic performance, student involvement and contributions toward the university and Flagstaff community.

The Golden Axe Award is a tradition recognizing outstanding students since 1933. This award provides the honoraries with a golden axe pin, which is the official emblem of the Associated Students of NAU (ASNAU).

Sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduating students are eligible to apply for the award, but due to its prestige and competitiveness, graduating students tend to have more experience and student involvement. After the Golden Axe nominees are chosen, they are all examined by a university-wide board. The committee then makes recommendations and endorses a narrower selection for the President’s Prize. University President John Haeger selects the winners from there. The President’s Prize is considered the highest student recognition from the university.

At the fall 2012 semester award banquet, there were 19 Golden Axe recipients. Among those, three were chosen for the President’s Prize: Missy Hoffman, a business accounting major; Francisco Naranjo, an instrumental music education major; and Sarah Tang, a double major of biomedical science and economics.

The resumes of the Golden Axe recipients, especially the three President’s Prize holders, are  extensive.

“I am a founding member of the Student Health Advisory Committee and have been active at the Newman Center, both of which are doing a lot of good work for the NAU campus,” Tang said. “I have worked as an undergraduate researcher for the Department of Biological Sciences and a supplemental instructor in economics.”

Even with the various degree choices the standard for these recipients are high and honorable.

“There were various extracurricular activities that I participated in while at NAU,” Naranjo said, “such as NAU Collegiate Chapter of the National Association for Music Education, Music Teachers National Association, Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity, Wind and Percussion Advisory Board and Golden Key — among others.”

Also recognized at the award banquet were six distinguished seniors from their college: journalism/merchandising major Alexa DuMity for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, art education major Jessalyn Carpino for the College of Arts and Letters, hotel and restaurant management/accounting major Allison Wiltfong for The W.A. Franke College of Business, early childhood education major Marisa Wong Byrnes for the College of Education, geology major Sarah Bremmer for the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences and Martina Guy for the College of Health and Human Services.

Many students, including Hoffman, credit their educators for their success.

“The value of my tenure at NAU is reflected in the tremendous personal growth I have achieved from the time of my matriculation to the time of my graduation” Hoffman said. “NAU’s advertising slogan — ‘The difference that matters’ — is not just a catchy phrase, but is truly suggestive of the school’s transformational nature.”

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A recent report by Business Weekly ranked Northern Arizona University (NAU) as the 16th most dangerous college campus in the U.S. After Business Weekly reconfigured their numbers, NAU was no longer included in the list.

The two rankings are based upon separate sets of data: the first is FBI data including surrounding areas of the campus and the second relying upon data from the annual Clery Report of on-campus only crimes.

Following complaints from several universities who argued the original report was misleading because it was not limited to on-campus crime, Harvard University and Yale University — among others — earned a spot on the list.

“That list is just reckless number-crunching without any context,” said Thomas Bauer, director of the NAU Office of Public Affairs. ”I looked at last year’s list and there were 12 [unsafe schools] and only two of them are on this year’s. So I guess 12 of them suddenly got safe.”

NAU is one of the several schools that did not reappear on the rankings when Business Insider reevaluated with different information.

A revised statement released by the publication, which included both the first report and the second report, seemed to imply the data set used was not as important of an indicator in campus and school safety as some universities claim.

“Although looking only at crimes that occur on campus seems like a strangely limited perspective — students do, occasionally, venture off campus — we agreed to crunch the numbers based on this report,” Business Insider said when publishing their second set of rankings.

While Business Insider may feel they have good reason to jest at the criticism of their rankings, schools whose reputations are at stake may feel they have reason to question the data sets. The percentage of students that live on campus or off campus was not, however, included in either ranking.

Of the schools dropped from the rankings when on-campus only crime was considered, the trend was towards a higher level of off-campus living. NAU, who has a relatively low off-campus housing rate in this pool, has 68 percent of its student population living off campus, according to CollegeBoard.com.

Those schools that were added for having a high on-campus crime rate tend to have a larger on-campus population. Schools such as Yale, Harvard and Columbia in New York City have on-campus student populations of 88 percent or more.

Exact figures and trends regarding NAU’s crime rate can be hard to determine with an ever-growing student population and a large fluctuation between daytime population on campus and evening campus population.

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Dec. 2

At 12:07 a.m., a resident of Pine Ridge Village reported a loud party in progress to Northern Arizona University Police Department (NAUPD).

The on-call Resident Assistant (RA) was notified.  The party was broken up and it was left to dorm staff to handle any future issues.

At 6:48 a.m., a male subject was reported to be running around and screaming between McKay Village and Campus Heights.

Officers were dispatched to the scene and the encountered the subject.  After conducting a field interview, the subject was given a ride to an off-campus location.

At 11:48 p.m., staff at Gateway Market called to report a possible shoplifting in progress.

Officers were dispatched to the scene. The suspects returned the allegedly stolen items to the shelves and staff at the market indicated they had no desire to pursue charges.

Dec. 1

At 4:23 a.m., staff at Wilson Hall called to report they were in contact with an intoxicated student.

Officers responded to the call and issued a citation to the student for minor consumption of alcohol.

At 1:26 p.m., two residents of Sechrist Hall reported to NAUPD the theft of a pair of headphones and money from their dorm room.

Officers responded and the case remains open pending further investigation.

At 11:10 p.m., NAUPD received multiple calls of loud bangs from between central and south campus.

Investigating officers determined it was the work of unknown subjects setting off fireworks.

Nov. 30

At 1:03 a.m., two residents of McConnell Hall awoke to find an unknown male in their room. Upon one of the girls screaming, the man fled.

Officers were dispatched to the scene but were unable to locate the suspect. The residents were told in the future to make sure their door was locked.  The case remains open pending further investigation.

At 2:17 p.m., staff of Sechrist Hall called to report there were suspects skateboarding in an off limits area.

By the time officers arrived, the alleged suspects had left and the case was closed.

At 9:31 p.m., staff of Tinsley Hall called to report a male had assaulted a female resident outside the building.

When officers arrived on the scene both subjects had entered the building. The male was arrested and booked into Coconino County Sherriff’s Office (CCSO) on one count of domestic violence assault.

Nov. 29

At 2:48 a.m., the Office of Student Life called to report a professor had told them one of his students had threatened self-harm.

The student was contacted by phone and advised NAUPD he was at Gateway Center. Officers arrived and transported the student to the counseling center at the Health and Learning Center.  He was released into the custody of his therapist.

At 10:30 a.m., a staff member of Cowden Hall called  to report students suspected of drinking alcohol in their room.

Upon arrival at the scene, officers determined the allegations were unfounded.  The residents were playing “water pong” and no alcohol was involved.

Nov. 27

At 1:43 a.m., a student of Wilson Hall, after drinking a fifth of vodka, fell out of a top bunk and hit his head.

NAUPD, along with Flagstaff Fire Department (FFD) and Guardian Medical Transport (GMT) arrived on the scene and the student was subsequently taken by GMT to Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC). The student was released from FMC and from custody.  He was cited for minor in consumption.

At 8:10 a.m., faculty of the Wettaw building called to report a student had fainted and was in need of medical attention.

FFD and GMT responded.  The afflicted student was transported by GMT to FMC.

At 11:06 a.m., a student was reported to have fainted in the first floor hallway of the Performing and Fine Arts building.

FFD and GMT were dispatched and the student was transported by GMT to FMC.

At 11:31 p.m., staff of Gateway Center called to report a suspect in custody reported of stealing.

After officers arrived on the scene the suspect was cited for shoplifting and was released on a promise to appear in court.

Nov. 26

At 11:01 a.m., Campus Health Services called to report a student with either a cut or a puncture wound in his stomach area in their care.

The student was transported to FMC and the case remains open pending further investigation.

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President John Haeger speaks with peers before his forum on Nov. 26. (Photo by Keenan Turner)

At the public forum held on Nov. 26, President John Haeger explained the institutional transition taking place over the next two years.

Haeger broke down the Fiscal Year 2014 budget provided by the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) by explaining how the money was divided and where it is planned to go.

The base funding, which includes parity and performance funding of $11.8 million dollars and the one-time funding will include instructional innovation along with health and safety renovations, totaling $31.8 million dollars.

Haeger emphasized the vital need to renovate major buildings including Chemistry, Adel Mathematics, Social and Behavioral Sciences West and Biological Sciences.

With the increase in student enrollment, the demand for more classrooms and on-campus areas have become a growing issue. NAU has designated funds to build a new science health building, which will begin in August of 2014. Fieldhouse renovations are expected to start December 2013 and expansions to the University Union will be completed by August 2013.

However, the challenges NAU face go beyond new buildings and safety renovations. There are more students, less funding, fewer faculties per student, limits on tuition increase and the competitiveness of public perception.

“The business model we currently have is not working,” Haeger said. “We have to figure out something else.”

Two possible solutions described at the forum are performance funding and how it will change the behavior of NAU teaching, along with student learning and its enhancement through technology.

The pressing issue presented at the public forum was the advancement of technology at NAU.

“In the last six to eight months there has been an explosion on the technology front,” Haeger said. “What’s going on with technology now changes the whole nature of the academic world.”

Technological advancements through online courses could lead to higher performance which, in result, could provide more state funding. Hybrid and online class enrollment have increased. An example of success is the Lumberjack Mathematical Center (LMC) which, according to Haeger, has changed the whole process of teaching through online efforts.

“Students are more self-paced; they work on things they need to learn, and they do not waste time on things they already know,” Haeger said. “The faculty is readily available to guide throughout the process.”

Since March of this year, the development of massive open online courses (MOOCs) have been expanding nationwide. Some of the top schools in the nation are now offering courses for a wider range of participants via the web.

This open access towards foundational courses has provided some positive aspects that could change the academic world.

“MOOCs could help NAU if we were to decide to jump on. It could potentially further the uniqueness of the university, it could raise the profile of NAU faculty and become a recruitment tool for us,” Haeger said. “It may significantly improve student outcomes — we just don’t know.”

Institutions currently utilizing MOOCs include  Stanford, Princeton and Duke.

The public forum was designed to emphasize the need for a new business model. Whether the new model will include MOOCs is something the administration is looking into, but the imposition for technology in classrooms is a priority for NAU over the next two years.

“I think the online classes do work for upper class students; I like the flipped classrooms. Students read the lectures online, look at power points, do their assignments then come to class prepared and I cover the topic,” said Tom Rodgers, civil engineering department professor. “The students raise their hands, ask questions they are interested, because they already know something about the material.”

With the money from the budget, NAU wants to expand and improve the quality of education for its students.

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Staff member Sean Evans (left) talks about the display case with Andie Belone (center) and Carissa Tsosie (right) during the opening of the Powwow installment Thursday at Cline library. (Photo by Matt Valley)

November is Native American Heritage Month and Northern Arizona University (NAU) is participating with an exhibit dedicated to showcasing Flagstaff’s annual Native American Pow-Wow in Cline Library.

Flagstaff hosted the Pow Wow from 1929 to 1979 with a four-day celebration held over the Fourth of July weekend. The Pow-Wow consisted of re-enactments of ceremonies for the public, a parade showing Native American dances and costumes and a rodeo. The Flagstaff All-Indian Pow-Wow has brought over 100,000 guests to Flagstaff through the years.

“The exhibit focused on the Fourth of July celebration and the tribes that came to town,” said Todd Welch, digital access librarian.

The exhibit is located in the special collections and archives section on the second floor of Cline Library and consists of photographs dating back to 1929, as well as manuscripts and publications from the Flagstaff newspaper, which showcase how the citizens of Flagstaff reacted to the event every Fourth of July.

“Every NAU student should be aware of where we live and understand all the different cultures that surround us,” said Amanda Mattei, a freshman elementary education major. “There is such an impressive history here is Flagstaff and this exhibit demonstrates it.”

“We have given multiple tours where we talk about the Special Collections and Archives and talk about the exhibit,” Welch said. “Students tend to mill around after [the] tour and enjoy looking at what we have.”

There is also home movie footage of the Flagstaff All-Indian Pow-Wow parades from 1959 to 1964. In addition, the exhibit contains KMGN radio broadcast from 1990 with local citizens such as June Bennally, Mike Cromer and Catherine Talakte describing their memories of the Flagstaff All-Indian Pow-Wow.

“The photographs and newspaper cuttings show the energy of the Pow-Wow,” Mattei said. “The collections of black and white photographs show the beginning of the Pow-Wow and the colored photographs show the progress the Pow-Wow experienced.”

The exhibit showcases all aspects of the Flagstaff All-Indian Pow-Wow with display cases holding quotes, magazines and costume jewelry. The Flagstaff All-Indian Pow-Wow was ended in 1980 after running for 51 years.

“The exhibit went over all aspects of the history, from showing how the event was promoted, discussing the economic impact the Pow-Wow had on Flagstaff and showed personal histories of cowboys and artists,” Mattei said. “The exhibit also highlighted the negativity the event faced from alcohol problem[s] and racism.”

Overall, the exhibit has been successful for those who have been involved in the creation of the exhibit and the NAU students who have attended.

“The Pow-Wow evokes many memories of a city-wide celebration,” said Sean Evans, Cline Library archivist. “For newer residents, it tells the story of a grand undertaking — bringing Native populations from all over the U.S. to put on a multi-day event that both celebrated, and to some extent, exploited native peoples. Certainly, it tells a story of the evolution of tourism if nothing else the exhibit demonstrates the synthetic process of telling a story using primary source material.”

“We have had a lot of positive feedback from the community and students who have come in,” Welch said.

The exhibit is free and will be open through July on the second level of Cline Library.

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A rumor has circulated stating Northern Arizona University Police Department (NAUPD) is understaffed and, therefore, campus security is compromised, but, according to NAUPD Community Relations Officer Joe Tritschler, that is not the case.

“We do have adequate staffing for our numbers,” Tritschler said. “We’re actually doing a little bit better than ASU [concerning] the number of officers per thousand [students].  ASU just dips slightly below one per thousand and we’re just a little above one per thousand.”

Currently, NAUPD is budgeted for 18 officers.  However, they are down one officer because of a lateral transfer of the officer to ASU.  They do have an officer candidate who is currently training at the Phoenix Police Academy and will then complete field training before entering the NAUPD force.

The number of officers on the force was raised from 17 to 18 at the end of spring 2011 due to the increase of the student population.

“Any police department in this country would tell you right now, ‘We would love to have more officers,’” Tritschler said. “NAU’s on that list.  We have things we would like to do.”

Saying it is a great way to interact with the student community, Tritschler would like to see the ability to have a bike patrol on campus.  He did state this not possible at this time because an officer on bike patrol is limited in his ability to facilitate an arrest owing to his inability to transport a suspect to jail on a bicycle.

While they do not have a dedicated walking patrol, NAUPD do patrol on foot.

“We get out and walk . . . park their car, walk through the building, walk around the building,” Tritschler said. “We do that a lot in the parking garages because that is where people like to congregate.”

Out of NAUPD’s 18 officers, five hold administrative positions.  However, all five of those officers are ready at any time to head into the field as needed.

In fact, during the interview with The Lumberjack, Tritschler indicated the radio he was carrying and the handcuffs in his belt to emphasize the point.  Further, he stressed the cooperative nature of all the agencies in the area:  The Coconino County Sherriff’s Office, Flagstaff Police Department and Arizona Department of Public Safety are all available to offer assistance.  The same is true when outside agencies require NAUPD assistance.

“We actually go off campus to help Flagstaff Police more than they come on campus to help us,” Tritschler said.

NAUPD patrols more than just on campus.  Officers will routinely go off campus to check locations that students are known to frequent or transit through, such as Target.

What Tritschler stressed most about student safety is the importance of locking dorm room doors.  According to him, this is the surest way that one can protect oneself and one’s property.

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