Four-time NAU alum, professor, physical therapist and almost-Olympic diver wins national teaching award

Valerie Carter had just finished her bachelor’s degree when she got a phone call—was she interested in trying out for the U.S. diving team?
The Lumberjack, who’d just spent three years on NAU’s fledgling diving team, didn’t even think about her answer.
“When that invitation came along, I was already admitted into physical therapy school and I said,… Read more