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The Old Main building on the NAU campus.

Northern Arizona University, often called NAU, is a big public university located in Flagstaff, Arizona. It's like a large school for older students who want to learn more after high school. NAU started a long time ago, in 1899, which makes it over 120 years old! Today, more than 22,000 students go there to study all sorts of interesting subjects. The current president of the university is John D. Haeger.

Sports at NAU

NAU has exciting sports teams! Their men's athletics teams are known as the Lumberjacks. A lumberjack is someone who cuts down trees, which fits with Flagstaff's forest surroundings. These teams play in 15 different sports, from basketball to track and field. They are part of a group of schools called the Big Sky Conference, where they compete against other universities.


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