NAU Geography, Planning and Recreation (NAUGPR)

We are excited to announce the start of a new online graduate certificate in Recreational Therapy! Applications are now open! Some special features of this new graduate certificate are:

Fully online
18-21 credits (depending on career goals)
Global perspectives in curriculum
100% career-ready (and NCTRC exam ready)
Informational Zoom sessions:

Tuesday, February 27th from 10:30-11:30am MT
Monday, March 4th from 3:00-4:00pm MT
Wednesday, April 17th from 2:00-3:00pm PT


Contact [email protected] with questions!







ID: Exciting News Alert: Applications now open – New Online Recreational Therapy Graduate Certificate! Our new graduate certificate will prepare you to practice as a recreational therapist anywhere in the world. Global perspectives, experiential courses, 18 credits, fully online, www.nau.edu/prm [email protected] with NAU logo in top right corner and diverse individuals hiking in bottom right corner.

Ever want to work in Washington D.C.? Here's your chance! The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring for geographers!
More information can be found at this link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/758207200

Wondering what you're going to do while snowed in this winter? Cozy up and take this online class about food!

What are the benefits? Getting a Cultural Understanding course completed!!! Having an awesome online experience learning!
Enroll now!

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Route 66 Online Exhibit Highlights Diversity - NewsBreak Mark Twain once stated, “Travel is fatal to prejudice,” and those who worked on a new Shades of Route 66 online educational exhibit hope it will...

Please join us in celebrating. Brendan Trachsel, current Student Body President of the Associated Students at Northern Arizona University (ASNAU), and Parks and Recreation Management degree-seeking student with an emphasis in Outdoor Education & Leadership, wrote a wonderful short article highlighting the PRM program and finding a path toward meaningful experiential education here at NAU. Brendan’s article is entitled “Finding My Path to Parks and Recreation”. It was submitted and well received by our national professional association, National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA), and subsequently published in the ‘We Are Parks and Recreation’ section of this February’s NRPA magazine.
Many thanks to Brendan for taking the time to write this article and recognize the potential beneficial impacts of experiential programming at NAU.
Please find Brendan’s 3-minute read electronically by navigating to this link.

Finding My Path to Parks and Recreation | We Are Parks and Recreation | Parks & Recreation Magazine | NRPA A current college student explains his path so far as a student of parks and recreation management.

PRM Faculty, Alumni, and current Students are rendezvousing at the annual National Recreation and Parks Association conference being held in Phoenix this year.

Professor Hawley received an NAU President's Diversity award for their service by the Commission on Disability Access and Design!
https://in.nau.edu/center-for-university-access-and-inclusion/diversity-awards/

In remembrance of Dr. Bob Clark

Happy Mapping Monday

H/T Roger Paulen

https://mashable.com/article/indigenous-map-america
Indigenous Peoples Day

This map shows you what Indigenous lands you're living on Columbus wasn't the first person to discover America. Use this map to type in your address and discover what indigenous groups lived there previously.

Interactive precipitation map of the Flagstaff area in case you want to check out the highly localized storms we get during monsoon season. https://rain.flagstaffaz.gov/jefmap/

Some interesting maps to communicate changes around fire and infrastructure. https://apps.npr.org/us-wildfires-impact-environment-climate-change/

Interesting topic and even cooler map function feature which lets you see the stats for each county in the US. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/opinion/covid-eviction-moratorium.html

Arizona is home to some unique places. Have you ever wanted to eat dinner 200 feet underground? https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grotto-at-grand-canyon-caverns

Here is an up to date map of the Rafael and Backbone fires in Northern AZ. https://www.arcgis.com/home/webscene/viewer.html?webscene=c0370c01b1cb42b4b82a665e1d5f4c48&viewpoint=cam:-112.03029316,34.47425956,42900.023;12.901,56.4

Very cool! Professor Gehrke and undergrad Mike Huff had their article on ride sharing services in Boston published! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213624X21000742?via%3Dihub

Women in GIS virtual meet up
https://womeningis-az.org/index.php/events/mugs-mornings
Friday, May 28 at 8 a.m.

Eat Your Way Across Route 66
https://www.atlasobscura.com/itineraries/where-to-eat-route-66
Maps can lead you to some very cool places! Check out our GIS program offerings and you too can create maps to share information. https://nau.edu/gpr/gis-certificate/

Do you love learning in the great outdoors? Classes in Parks and Recreation Management will have you learning valuable job skills in beautiful surroundings. Check out our program offerings - https://nau.edu/gpr/prm-degrees-and-programs/.

NAU's Geography, Planning & Recreation Department offers exciting career training in City Planning, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Parks and Recreation Management, and Park Ranger Training. Check us out! https://nau.edu/gpr

Our Parks and Recreation Management Program offers the finest in outdoor education. Have a look at https://nau.edu/gpr/prm-degrees-and-programs/ and find a pathway that is right for you.

Wilderness First Responder students learn how to care for the injured in a variety of settings.

Judy Montoya is retiring from the GPR Department after 24 years of teaching in the Parks and Recreation Management program. She was a wonderful colleague, teacher and mentor and will be missed. We wish her the very best on her new life path.

Congratulations, Allison! Another successful practicum - Introducing Prescribed Fire to Lake Johnson Park. Way to go!

Congratulations, Adam! Adam undertook a very cool project to test and recommend biking sections of the Sun Corridor Trail - GPR students' hard work benefiting the community!

Congratulations, Brendan! Another successful thesis defense: "The frontier next door: How short-term rentals affect housing in western mountain towns".

https://nau.zoom.us/rec/share/EdvugZvaJ0qvsgJByU2Hwj1jNx-KIfk1WdFVisVHOkP0a5AEnG0pf301GnFM0q9e.gByBX1JhCdpVfpdh

Congratulations, Sarah! She successfully defended her practicum project on climate change and community resilience in South Maui. Her project was adopted for the South Maui Community Plan update. Way to go! # resilience