Faculty & Staff Accolades
Best of NAU 2009 Winners
The NAU Lumberjack runs a "Best of NAU" survey each year and the results were published in a special edition on April 28. This edition of Best of NAU provides the results from student's opinions about the people, places, and things that make NAU and Flagstaff the best.
FCB made its mark in the following categories:
Best Dean or Director: FCB's Marc Chopin
"'While [he's] flattered to ...receive the award' and recognition from the students, Chopin finds it is the direct 'effort of the staff...in the college that is a benefit to the students and they deserve the recognition, too.'"
2nd Best Dean or Director: Eric Yordy, FCB associate dean
2nd Best Professor: Bill Archer, FCB lecturer
Congratulations to Honored FCB Faculty and Staff
Each year, NAU surveys its sophomore class. In the survey, students are asked to name and comment on any faculty or staff member who has positively influenced the student’s NAU experience. Congratulations to the following who were named in the most recent survey:
| Beverly Amer (CIS faculty) | Kim Knowles (HRM advising) |
| Christine Lynn (HRM faculty) | Nancy Wilburn (ACC faculty) |
| Dean Smith (ECO faculty) | Sara Presler (Law part-time faculty) |
| Jacqueline Hatch (Law part-time faculty) | Sarah Holcomb (Law faculty) |
| Jennifer Staskey (ACC faculty) | Todd Johnson (CIS faculty) |
| John Eastwood (ECO faculty) | Willard Ott (MGT faculty) |
| Judy Haskell (FCB Office of Academic Services) | William Archer (MGT faculty) |
| Kathleen Birch (HRM) | Xiao Bing Zhao (ECO faculty) |
| Kay Pitt (ACC faculty) |
Thanks to all for the hard work!
Eric D. Yordy, J.D.
Associate Dean
FCB Takes on the Bike to Work Week Challenge
This year, 18 faculty and staff members commuted to work for Flagstaff's Bike to Work Week, May 11-15. Kudos to all the energy that went out to make a difference!
| Bikers: | Walkers: |
| Jennifer Beltz (Elderhostel assistant director) | Brandon Jones (IT systems admin.) |
| Marc Chopin (dean) | Kay Pinto (Building manager) |
| Margo Conley (Business Communication Center) | Eric Yordy (Associate dean/Law faculty) |
| Deirdre Frank (Career Development Office) | |
| Michael Goldman (Academic advisor) | |
| Matt Haertzen (FIN faculty) | Special Category: Walking FOR Work |
| Jon Hales (HRM faculty) | Jeff Strang (Elderhostel instructional spec.) |
| Julie Mueller (ECO faculty) | |
| Pin Ng (ECO faculty) | |
| Jeff Peterson (AHRRC research associate) | |
| Damien Plunkett (Systems admin. & FCB Webmaster) | |
| Denys Roberts (Academic advisor, Sr.) | |
| Theresa Stacy-Ryan (Graphic designer, Srt.) | |
| Rich Stephens (Elderhostel director) | |
| Dick Toeniskoetter (FCB IT manager) |
This uniquely Flagstaff event encourages people to get out of their cars for a week and get to work using non carbon producing means. There were lots of great happenings each day associated with the event: free give aways, raffles, free breakfasts, bike parade, and camaraderie - truly an event that backs up FCB's sustainability pledge.
Rich Stephens
Bike to Work Week Worksite Coordinator
Director - NAU Elderhostel and Road Scholars Program
