Northern Arizona University is a place so familiar to all of us and yet so different than it was 13 years ago. A remarkable evolution over that time span transformed the physical campus, our approach to academics and athletics, accessibility to higher education\u2014little has remained untouched. Today, NAU stands as a model for how a thriving public university should look and operate in the 21st\u00a0century.<\/p>\n
Taking a moment to reflect reminds us that NAU is ideally positioned to move forward. Transformative change, through all its excitement and challenges, has set us on a long course of student-focused success and research excellence. We are here because of vision, commitment and hard work\u2014driven by a visionary leader, President John Haeger.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of NAU are invited to contribute well wishes for the president and his wife,\u00a0Cecily<\/strong>, in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"