{"id":68747,"date":"2023-03-23T08:11:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T15:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=68747"},"modified":"2023-03-23T08:11:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T15:11:06","slug":"notes-march-23-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/notes-march-23-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the President: March 23, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Lumberjacks,<\/p>\n<p>I hope our university community is refreshed and re-energized after a much-needed spring break. It\u2019s been two weeks since my last update. I\u2019m glad to have had several quieter days last week, which make this week\u2019s update a bit shorter as we all get back into the swing of university life in the homestretch of the semester.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On March 10, I wrapped up several commitments, including preparation for an upcoming visit to Washington, D.C., to meet with funding partners, before heading to Phoenix to spend the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cpu4IVRuuAS\/\">week in Puerto Rico<\/a> with friends and family.<\/li>\n<li>During the week of vacation I enjoyed some rest and relaxation, followed the exploits of team Puerto Rico at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAUPresident\/status\/1636199126403788800\">World Baseball Classic<\/a>, and, along with Rima, joined with friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAUPresident\/status\/1637266000188960768\">Casa Pueblo<\/a>\u2014as well as NAU students and faculty\u2014to advocate for the pursuit of renewable and independent energy as a human right.<\/li>\n<li>On Monday, I returned to Flagstaff and prepared for a busy week ahead. Of course, even though spring break had ended and we were officially in the spring season, my first day back to work was a snowy one that adds to the second-snowiest winter in Flagstaff history. Eventually, a glorious spring will come to northern Arizona, and I can\u2019t wait!<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday\u2019s meetings included conversations about admissions policies in advance of discussions with the Arizona Board of Regents; a meeting of the President\u2019s Cabinet that considered the Campus Master Plan, online strategies and other topics; one-on-one meetings with members of my team to take stock of current workstreams; and conversations with national partners.<\/li>\n<li>Yesterday, was a bit more open, due to the rescheduling of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAUPresident\/status\/1637904275660591104\">Encuentro<\/a>, which I look forward to joining on its new date in April, but the time quickly filled with projects and calls. I wrapped up the day celebrating NAU employees who have dedicated so much to our university at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAUPresident\/status\/1638781406678765569\">our Years of Service recognition<\/a>. Thanks to all of our dedicated Lumberjacks for their hard work and contributions to NAU. As a member of the 20-month club, I was honored to recognize 15-, 20-, 25-, 30- and 35-year veterans who all have helped make this institution what it is today.<\/li>\n<li>Today is a committee meetings day with ABOR, where we will be sharing our tuition proposal for 2023-24, as well as multi-year growth rates, and we will engage in discussions around university admission policies, among other topics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With spring break behind us, I am excited for the full schedule of events, activities and celebrations that characterize the latter half of each spring. My best wishes to all of our students for a strong finish to the semester, and thanks to our faculty and staff for the good work that will help wrap up this great academic year.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-63892\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/President_signature_blue.jpg\" alt=\"Jos\u00e9 Luis Cruz Rivera\" width=\"153\" height=\"102\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/notes-march-23-2023\/\">Dear Lumberjacks, I hope our university community is refreshed and re-energized after a much-needed spring break. It\u2019s been two weeks since my last update. I\u2019m glad to have had several quieter days last week, which make this week\u2019s update a bit shorter as we all get back into the swing of university life in the&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1820],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes-from-the-president"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68747","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}