{"id":99,"date":"2022-12-29T01:51:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T01:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:34:59","slug":"our-partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/our-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Our partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:(602) 776-4644\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> (602) 776-4644<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:partnerships@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> partnerships&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\">Educational Partnerships<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Our partners<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<p>Northern Arizona University partners with organizations across industries to support workforce development and expand access to higher education. Our partners represent a range of sectors, including businesses, government, non-profits, and school districts, each with their own workforce priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We take a collaborative approach, working with each organization to develop tailored programs that support employee growth and retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section  \n    class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels   \" \n    data-layout_mobile=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\">\n\n    <div class=\"background-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"block-main-content\">\n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            <div class=\"panel-wrapper\">\n                \n                                \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-monsoon  panelTypePhotoText    hasLink panelLinkTypeArrow\"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--0\"\n                            id=\"panel--0\">\n\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/our-partners\/business\/\"\n                                    target=\"\"\n                                    alt=\"See our business partners\">\n                            \n                                                                    <picture>\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_380-1000x1000.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1650px)\" \/><!-- xl -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_380-1000x1000.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" \/><!-- desktop -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_380-600x600.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><!-- tablet -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_380-400x400.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><!-- mobile --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_380.jpg\" alt=\"Groups of professionals talking in an outside setting\"  \/>                                        <\/picture>\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\" h4\">Business and industry<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text alt-link-caret\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We work with private sector organizations to support employee development, retention, and advancement. Our partnerships focus on building skills that can be applied immediately in the workplace while creating clear pathways for long-term growth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                                                                                <span class=\"panel-arrow-text\">See our business partners<\/span>\n                                                                                                \n                                                <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-gold  panelTypePhotoText    hasLink panelLinkTypeArrow\"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--1\"\n                            id=\"panel--1\">\n\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/our-partners\/government-public-service\/\"\n                                    target=\"\"\n                                    alt=\"See our partners\">\n                            \n                                                                    <picture>\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/9279_priscilla_sanderson_20190227-1000x1000.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1650px)\" \/><!-- xl -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/9279_priscilla_sanderson_20190227-1000x1000.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" \/><!-- desktop -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/9279_priscilla_sanderson_20190227-600x600.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><!-- tablet -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/9279_priscilla_sanderson_20190227-400x400.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><!-- mobile --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/9279_priscilla_sanderson_20190227.jpg\" alt=\"Individuals discussing subjects in a meeting.\"  \/>                                        <\/picture>\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\" h4\">Government and municipalities<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text alt-link-caret\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NAU partners with cities, counties, and state agencies to support workforce development and leadership capacity across the public sector. Programs are designed to align with operational priorities and community impact.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                                                                                <span class=\"panel-arrow-text\">See our partners<\/span>\n                                                                                                \n                                                <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-true-blue  panelTypePhotoText    hasLink panelLinkTypeArrow\"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--2\"\n                            id=\"panel--2\">\n\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/our-partners\/non-profit-partners\/\"\n                                    target=\"\"\n                                    alt=\"See our non-profit partners\">\n                            \n                                                                    <picture>\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/58A3969SHERC_Workshop05162019-1000x1000.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1650px)\" \/><!-- xl -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/58A3969SHERC_Workshop05162019-1000x1000.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" \/><!-- desktop -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/58A3969SHERC_Workshop05162019-600x600.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><!-- tablet -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/58A3969SHERC_Workshop05162019-400x400.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><!-- mobile --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/01\/58A3969SHERC_Workshop05162019.jpg\" alt=\"Groups at work in the classroom.\"  \/>                                        <\/picture>\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\" h4\">Non-profit organizations<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text alt-link-caret\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We collaborate with non-profits to provide accessible education pathways that support staff development and organizational growth. Our programs are designed to build leadership skills and strengthen organizational capacity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                                                                                <span class=\"panel-arrow-text\">See our non-profit partners<\/span>\n                                                                                                \n                                                <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-green  panelTypePhotoText   \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--3\"\n                            id=\"panel--3\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <picture>\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_168-1000x1000.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1650px)\" \/><!-- xl -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_168-1000x1000.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" \/><!-- desktop -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_168-600x600.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><!-- tablet -->\n                                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_168-400x400.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><!-- mobile --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_168.jpg\" alt=\"Adult females in a meeting with a whiteboard\"  \/>                                        <\/picture>\n                                        <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index h4\">K\u201312 school districts<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text alt-link-caret\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NAU partners with school districts to support educators through flexible undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree options. We also collaborate on Grow Your Own initiatives, creating clear pathways for current staff and community members to enter and advance as educators in Arizona.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Become a partner<\/h2>\n\n\n<!--\nPANELS LITE CONFIGURATION:\n\nLINK \/ FULL WIDTH \/ ODD \/ BODY-->\n\n<section\n                class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels-lite linkPanels  fullWidth bodyContentShow\"\n        data-layout_mobile=\"size4-1 layoutStack vertical headlineCenter noPhoto\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"size16-9 layoutStack vertical headlineCenter\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"size16-9 layoutStack horizontal headlineCenter\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"size16-9 layoutStack horizontal headlineCenter\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-wrapper\">\n                        <a class=\"panel bg-true-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/partner-nau\/\" target=\"\" alt=\"Partner with NAU\">\n                    <picture>\n                        <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_225-2000x1125.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1650px)\" \/><!-- xl : 16:9 large -->\n                        <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_225-2000x1125.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" \/><!-- desktop : 16:9 large  -->\n                        <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_225-1200x675.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><!-- tablet : 16:9 tablet  -->\n                        <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_225-800x450.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><!-- mobile : 16:9 mobile  -->                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2023\/04\/BIO_MED_225.jpg\" alt=\"two professional females sitting on a bench having a conversation\"  \/>                    <\/picture>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h5\">Partner with NAU<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"body\">\n                            <p>Provide your employees with educational opportunities at NAU.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":563,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/1935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/educational-partnerships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}