School districts in rural communities continue to face shortages of speech-language pathologists (SLPs), limiting many students’ access to crucial care. A recent ASHA Leader article by NAU’s own Jeff Meeks, EdD, CCC-SLP, highlights how speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs), working under the supervision of licensed SLPs, are helping expand access to care by supporting underserved schools… Read more
Two NAU students were selected from a field of highly competitive applicants as winners of the Udall Foundation’s scholarship and internship programs. The foundation supports students who are committed to careers related to the environment, Tribal public policy or Native American health care with up to $7,500 for educational expenses. … Read more
Northern Arizona University Foundation, in partnership with Univision Arizona, announces that first-generation student Itzel Perez Lillos, ’30, from Mesa, Arizona’s Dobson High School, is the second recipient of the “Tu Futuro” (“Your Future”) scholarship program… Read more
For people living with Parkinson’s disease, music is medicine. As founder of the NAU-based choir Mountain Tremors since 2016, Fé Murray has 10 years of proof. … Read more