{"id":34,"date":"2018-03-16T21:01:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T04:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/auditoria\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-08-18T00:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T00:35:55","slug":"mission-goals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/about-auditoria\/mission-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission and Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><br \/>\n<!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n      <div class=\"block-header\">\n        <h3>Quick Links<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"block-body\">\n      <div><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Auditoria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our Mission<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/about-auditoria\/donate\/\">Donate to Auditoria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/contact-form\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/about-auditoria\/join-auditoria\/\">Our Crew<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/additional-services\/\">Additional Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Guest Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/guest-information\/faq\/\">Directions &amp; Parking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/guest-information\/auditoria-accessibility\/\">Accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/guest-information\/policies\/\">Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/streaming\/\">Virtual Events<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/guest-information\/lost-found\/\">Lost &amp; Found<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Booking Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/reservations\/external-group-events\/\">External &amp; Promoters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/reservations\/nau-internal-group-events\/\">NAU Departments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/reservations\/student-group-events\/\">NAU Student Groups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/reservations\/ksom\/\">Kitt School of Music<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Venue Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/ardrey-memorial-auditorium\/\">Ardrey Memorial Auditorium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/recital-hall\/\">Kitt Recital Hall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/recital-hall\/\">Atrium &amp; Lobby Spaces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/ashurst-hall\/\">Ashurst Hall<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h1>Mission &amp; Goals<\/h1>\n<h2><b>Enhancing the Community<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The mission of NAU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/ardrey-memorial-auditorium\/\">Ardrey Memorial Auditorium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/recital-hall\/\">Kitt Recital Hall<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/ashurst-hall\/\"> Ashurst Hall<\/a> is to promote Northern Arizona University\u2019s core values of excellence in education, student success, diversity, integrity, and civility while providing a setting for programs that enhance the cultural and intellectual growth of NAU\u2019s faculty, staff and students along with the communities of Flagstaff and Northern Arizona.\u00a0 We attract national and international artists while developing the success of NAU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/college-arts-letters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of Arts &amp; Letters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kitt School of Music - Northern Arizona University\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gSUs9wct64s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Our Vision<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>We are always working for a better facility to serve the NAU and Northern Arizona Communities. Ardrey Memorial Auditorium serves as the premier performing arts hall for all of Northern Arizona. Kitt Recital Hall serves as a technologically and acoustically cutting-edge performing space. Ashurst Hall serves as a historical cornerstone of the community and the campus.\u00a0 To that end, we are committed to the following endeavors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing a partnership to showcase <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/music\/\">Kitt School of Music<\/a> events, local community performing artists, and other organizations to increase their local cultural impact.<\/li>\n<li>Providing partnership opportunities to develop educational outreach programs for community members of all ages.<\/li>\n<li>Providing a central place for the community to come together to engage in dialogue, celebrate community, and experience great performances.<\/li>\n<li>Helping increase Flagstaff tourism by bringing in a variety of performances to bolster the economic vitality of the city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interested in directly donating to Auditoria?<\/h4>\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/1898\/giving19\/form.aspx?sid=1898&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=418&amp;bledit=1&amp;dids=4290.&amp;_gl=1*ewcrjf*_gcl_au*MzY2NzkwMzIxLjE3ODMzNzM5NDYuMzkyNDg0MjQ3LjE3ODY0ODUyMjEuMTc4NjQ4NTIyMS4xNTUwMDAyOTk2LjE3ODY0ODI0MDIuMTc4NjQ4NTIyMQ..*_ga*MTI0ODgxNjU4MS4xNzgzMzczOTQ2*_ga_3Z09XZBPK5*czE3ODY2NTY3MTckbzE4JGcxJHQxNzg2NjY2NzQ1JGo1NiRsMCRoMA..\">Auditoria Improvement Fund<\/a> Foundation page to help us upgrade our spaces and support our students. To learn more about our future venue goals and keep up with our updates, you can also visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/about-auditoria\/mission-goals\/donate\/\">Donate<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission &amp; Goals Enhancing the Community The mission of NAU\u2019s Ardrey Memorial Auditorium, Kitt Recital Hall, and Ashurst Hall is to promote Northern Arizona University\u2019s core values of excellence in education, student success, diversity, integrity, and civility while providing a setting for programs that enhance the cultural and intellectual growth of NAU\u2019s faculty, staff and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":429,"parent":1380,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1590,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/1590"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/auditoria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}