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Flagstaff highschoolers learn about health professions in new NAU camp | Arizona Daily Sun

erj92 | July 27, 2026

The Arizona Daily Sun recently highlighted one of NAU’s new summer camps designed to encourage local high school students into discovering in-demand healthcare careers they may have never explored. Students spent a full week attending the first Health Careers Immersion and Skills Camp hosted by NAU’s own College of Health and Human Services where they were exposed to the colleges specialized programs including occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech language pathology… Read more
NAU CHHS camp picture

CHHS camps creating communication, confidence, and connection

erj92 | July 20, 2026

Do you know that NAU hosts over 17,000 campers at nearly 100 different summer camps every year? Camp Chit Chat and Reading Between the Pines are two of them, unique in that they transform therapy into adventure, giving children who struggle with communication the chance to build skills through activities… Read more
Grad student works with child at CSD camp.

Motivating Speech-Language Pathologists to Stay Where They Train

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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
SLPs reading and talking together.

Mesa student awarded full ride scholarship

erj92 | July 16, 2026

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
Mesa student wins full ride scholarship and holds check.

NAU’s College of Health and Human Services honors its clinical partners with appreciation event 

mtf228 | June 15, 2026

The College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) relies on its clinical partners to train the next generation of healthcare providers. To recognize their contributions, Northern Arizona University’s College of Health and Human Services hosted its first Clinical Partners Appreciation Event at the Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) Innovation Center near NAU’s Downtown Phoenix campus on May 14, 2026… Read more
Clinical Partners Appreciation Event at the Phoenix Bioscience Core Innovation Center.

Showcasing Impact: Regent Brewster Visits NAU CHHS at the PBC

Katie Fahy | May 5, 2026

Northern Arizona University’s College of Health and Human Services recently welcomed Arizona Board of Regents member, Regent Gregg Brewster, to the Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) campus for an immersive, firsthand look at the programs shaping Arizona’s future healthcare workforce… Read more

First Class of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Scholarships Awarded to College of Health and Human Services Students

mtf228 | April 16, 2026

Northern Arizona University’s College of Health and Human Services recently received a generous investment from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. Part of the grant will support a significant renovation, expanding a lab to allow students in NAU’s physical therapy, occupational therapy, and athletic training programs to practice clinical skills in a larger, technology-equipped environment designed for collaborative learning… Read more
Northern Arizona University College of Health and Human Services.