The Sentinel Stallions Newsletter Spring 2021

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LIBRARYIt is little more than a year since the physical facility of NAU Library has been closed and its serviceshave been provided fully online. Despite many uncertainties and challenges, the Library strived to keep itscommitment of satisfying the information and research needs of all students, faculty, and staff. TheLibrary made significant efforts to not only enhance its online resources and services but also to createawareness through various channels about them among the students, faculty and staff for their bestpossible use.The Library initiated and then joined hands with other academic departments in making efforts towardsproviding affordable textbook solutions to the students. The Library procured many eTextbooks recommendedby the faculty and made them available through its online databases. The online databases areavailable 24/7 through NAU’s 365 Portal. For assistance, please contact the library at naulibrary@na.edu.The Library’s database collection expanded remarkably with addition of two databases: Academic SearchComplete and EBSCO Open Dissertations database.The Library’s website got updated as well. Four videos have been added, which are:· Virtual Tour of NAU Library· How to Access and Search in NAU Library’s Online Databases· Avoid plagiarism at NAU· How to Access and Search in NAU Library’s CatalogFurthermore, a new page on Open Educational Resources (OER) has been createdon the Library’s website, which is available athttps://www.na.edu/library/open-educational-resources/.To make patrons aware about library’s resources, services and how to accessthem, the Librarian made presentations in five online orientations, four classroomsand sent several emails proactively during spring 2021.
STUDENTAFFAIRS OFFICENAU VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENTNorth American University’s 2020 virtual commencement, which took place on January 30, 2021, was a truetestament to our continuous commitment to excellence. In these unprecedented times, most universityactivities were performed remotely, and the commencement ceremony was no different. Nevertheless, 271students completed a milestone in the face of uncertainty. Furthermore, 61 students earned a Bachelor'sdegree while 210 students earned a Master's degree. NAU assistant professor, Dr. Gonzales, led the traditionas master-of-ceremonies. Dr. Serif Ali Tekalan, President of NAU, welcomed graduates and guest speakers.Graciously, Houston Mayor, Sylvester Turner and keynote speakers from all over the world accepted ourrequest to pass some of their wisdom and to grant a few words of encouragement to our graduates. Theyspoke on the obstacles of life and illustrated the adversity we have overcome locally and globally. It was acelebration of our graduates courage and dedication to academia.NAU is receiving great feedback on its first ever virtual commencement. If you have not got a chance towatch the broadcast, you can still watch it on YouTube athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzkoO9oc1ggstudent success & career officeThe Student Success Office is pleased to announce some of the initiatives to ensurethat students have all the necessary tools to be successful and produce a positive learningexperience.The Career Services team provided a minimum of 2 monthly virtual sessionswhere students either got engaged with industry participants andgot to talk to company representatives or this Office worked withstudents to ensure that they were interview ready for their futureroles.The Student Success Office placed an onsite TUTOR andMENTOR during the Study Hall hours and the tutor could befound in the STUDY HALL. “This is a resource that we encouragedall athletes to use as they did not need a prior appointmentwith the tutor. Students could walk up to the tutor andhave a chat on areas where they were struggling. There wasan onsite mentor as well that could hand hold studentsand just helped them along” conveyed Dr. Singh, theStudent Success Coordinator at NAU.The contact for the onsite tutor is - D'Heaven Domenaddomena@na.edu and the contact for the onsite mentoris - Broadrey Wright bwright@na.edu.Apart from that, there was a list of other tutors availableto assist students on a needs-be basis and these wouldbe virtual sessions. For further information, contact theStudent Success Office at career@na.edu.
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