{"id":34633,"date":"2015-02-12T12:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=34633"},"modified":"2015-02-12T12:30:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T19:30:31","slug":"nau-invites-families-winter-weekend-flagstaff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-invites-families-winter-weekend-flagstaff\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU invites families for a winter weekend in Flagstaff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Arizona University will welcome Lumberjack families and friends to Flagstaff for its second annual Family Winter Weekend on Feb. 21-22.<\/p>\n<p>Featured events\u00a0are listed below and a complete schedule is available\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/Student-Life\/Parent-Family-Services\/Family-Winter-Weekend\/#\/\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a>. Events are free and open to families, guests and students unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday, Feb. 21<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10 a.m. Indoor Aerial Adventure Challenge | NAU Recreation Center <\/strong>\u2013 Participants will traverse 10 distinct obstacles 25 feet above the ground on the Indoor Challenge Course at NAU. The experience will last about\u00a0one and a half hours. Preregistration is available by calling (928) 523-1733. Cost is $10 per person. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/Recreation-Services\/Challenge-Course\/Challenge-Course\/\">here<\/a> to learn more about the course.<\/li>\n<li><strong>11 a.m. Welcome Reception | Ashurst Hall <\/strong>\u2013 Parent and Family Services hosts a continental breakfast for all Family Winter Weekend attendees to kick off the weekend.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2 p.m. NAU Men\u2019s Basketball vs. Eastern Washington | Skydome <\/strong>\u2013 The Lumberjack men\u2019s basketball team takes on Eastern Washington at home in the Dome. Game tickets are $8 and include a voucher for a free popcorn. They can be purchased game day at the Skydome or in advance at the <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.ticketforce.com\/eventperformances.asp?evt=399\">Central Ticket Office<\/a>. Students get in free with JacksCard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>6 p.m. Axe of Talent | Prochnow Auditorium <\/strong>\u2013 NAU will hold its first university-wide talent show featuring acts by talented students, faculty and staff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sunday, Feb. 22<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3 p.m. NAU Symphony and Chamber Orchestra | Ardrey Memorial Auditorium <\/strong>\u2013 The NAU Orchestras will celebrate student achievement with a virtuosic program to close out the weekend. The concert will feature guest conductor Jacob Harrison, the 2015 Concerto Competition winners and a performance of Aaron Coplan\u2019s <em>Appalachian Spring<\/em>. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors. Free for attendees 17 and younger\u00a0and NAU students with JacksCard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-invites-families-winter-weekend-flagstaff\/\">Northern Arizona University will welcome Lumberjack families and friends to Flagstaff for its second annual Family Winter Weekend on Feb. 21-22. Featured events\u00a0are listed below and a complete schedule is available\u00a0online. Events are free and open to families, guests and students unless otherwise noted. Saturday, Feb. 21 10 a.m. Indoor Aerial Adventure Challenge | NAU&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":34636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}