{"id":5782,"date":"2024-04-26T20:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T20:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/provost\/?page_id=5782"},"modified":"2025-11-24T20:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:09:33","slug":"statewide-initiatives-alliances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/academic-workforce-alliances\/statewide-initiatives-alliances\/","title":{"rendered":"Statewide Initiatives and Alliances"},"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 on-this-page\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/academic-workforce-alliances\/statewide-initiatives-alliances\/#providing-access\" title=\"Opportunities across Arizona\">Opportunities across Arizona<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/academic-workforce-alliances\/statewide-initiatives-alliances\/#get-in-touch\" title=\"Contacts\">Contacts<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/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<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"link-button\" onclick=\"embedLouieChatbot();\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-chat.svg\" alt=\"Live chat:\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChat\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-2230\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-2230<\/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:statewideinitiatives@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\"> statewideinitiatives&#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\/provost\">Provost<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Statewide Initiatives and Alliances<\/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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"providing-access\">Providing access and opportunities across Arizona<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Statewide Initiatives and Alliances (SIA) department provides direction and leadership in advancing the university\u2019s policy and strategic goals related to Statewide and Regional program development and design. SIA also ensures that the systems and processes facilitate support for flexible and market driven offerings and community college transfer plans throughout the Northern, Southeastern, and Central regions of Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting to the associate vice president, the regional directors and assistant director in Statewide Initiatives and Alliances are responsible for the development and cultivation of student and faculty centric strategic partnerships for the university. These partnerships across government partners, public agencies, tribal nations, and other strategic partners will accelerate enrollment, employment, hands-on skill development, and overall student success and experience. 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               \n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\" h4\">Transfer Pathways<\/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>Helping Arizona community college students and advisors navigate the pathway to earning a degree with NAU.<\/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\">Learn more about Transfer Pathways.<\/span>\n                                                                                                \n                                                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<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"get-in-touch\">Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-52\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-52\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Name<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Title<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Area<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Phone number<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Email address<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Marjaneh Gilpatrick, Ed.D.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Associate Vice President<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Statewide Initiatives and Alliances<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"tel: 6027764684\">602-776-4684<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"mailto: Marjaneh.Gilpatrick@nau.edu\">Marjaneh.Gilpatrick@nau.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Patty Diaz, Ed.D.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Southeast Regional Director<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham, and Greenlee counties <\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"tel: 5208797905\">520-879-7905<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"mailto: Patty.Diaz@nau.edu\">Patty.Diaz@nau.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Joey Sells Hanley <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Northern Regional Director <\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Apache, Navajo, Gila, Coconino, Mohave, and Yavapai counties<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"tel: 9285236369\">928-523-6369<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"mailto: Joey.SellsHanley@nau.edu\">Joey.SellsHanley@nau.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Liz Flake<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Northern Regional Assistant Director<\/td><td 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