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Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. [8] Founded in 1899, it was the final university established in the Arizona Territory. [9] NAU is one of the three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. [10]
The J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome is an indoor multipurpose stadium in the southwestern United States, located on the campus of Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, Arizona. It is primarily used as the home of the NAU Lumberjacks football and both men's and women's basketball teams of the Big Sky Conference.
Lumberjack Stadium is a 1,000 seat multi-purpose stadium in Flagstaff, Arizona owned by Northern Arizona University. It is home to the NAU Lumberjacks women's soccer, cross country, and outdoor track and field teams. [1]
Jay Lively Activity Center opened in 1971 under the name "Flagstaff Ice Arena" until 1985 when the name was changed to honor Jay Lively. In 1977 NAU left the arena to play NCAA D-I ice hockey inside the new Walkup Skydome but returned in 1985 after NAU dropped support for the hockey program due to the ice system in the Skydome falling into disrepair.
The team is head coached by Michael Smith. Since 2016, the Northern Arizona men's team is widely considered as the nation's leading program in the NCAA Division I. The team has been constantly ranked in the top 2 nationally of the USTFCCCA coach's poll since the start of the 2017 season. [3]
Chad Campbell – Member of the Arizona House of Representatives; Howard Cannon – U.S. Senator from Nevada; Richard A. Carranza – Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education; Heather Carter – Member of the Arizona State Senate; Raul Hector Castro – 14th Governor of Arizona; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Bolivia, and El Salvador
2015 Northern Arizona University shooting; 2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team; 2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team; 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team; 2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team; 2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team
In 1985 Northern Arizona joined with Alaska–Anchorage, Alaska–Fairbanks and U.S. International to form the Great West Hockey Conference. NAU finished 3rd in the conference but had several problems: the Walkup Skydome was in need of serious and expensive repair, the state had cut the university's budget for the next fiscal cycle and NAU was ...