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NAU will close its Avondale office. The leaser ends in September, and the university is not renewiny it, said Lisa Nelson, NAU’s director of public “There is no impact on Valley operations, with the exceptionb of transitioning from videoconferencing to Web technologuy for some class delivery acrossthe Valley,” she “NAU will continue to serv e the West Valley with on-ground classes and programes and out in the high schools and community college campuses, as we have been doinb in the past.” NAU is facing a $21.43 million budget reduction for fiscal 2009, and 2010 likelyg will be worse, Haeger said.
The two areas with the most personneo changes are distance learning andenrollment management. Distance learning will shift fromits 30-year-old videoconferencing and interactivw television system to new Web-based technology, resulting in the eliminationm of ITV staff. Seven of the distancr learning layoffs arein Flagstaff, whiler 16 are at other sites across the Sites with low enrollment will closd in Nogales, Payson, Globe and Holbrook. While thes closures will involve no the savings will benearly $140,000 a year. The universityt also has stopped developing its new occupational therap y and physicianassistants program.
This announcement follows the two otherstats universities’ budget announcements: Arizona State Universit y and the University of Arizonas are cutting $88 million and $77 million, respectively, in fiscak 2009. ASU and UA officials said the cuts for fisca l 2010 are unknown atthis point. For . is offering a free program that exposee young women to aviation and fields traditionally populatedby men. “Wings to will take place from8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 11 at the Commemorativwe Air Force Museum at Falcon 2017 N. Greenfield Road, ADOT’s Aeronautics Division hosts “Wingsz to Fly” annually to encourage girlx to pursue careers in aviationand aerospace.
“Mathn and science are key factors in bothcareerr fields,” said Laura Douglas, ADOT’a public information officer. “Currently, women only hold 18 percen of the nonpilot careers in aviationjand aerospace. We want to help brea the stereotype that girls do not typically like math and Speakers includeJessica Cox, who was born withourt arms and went on to becomew the first woman pilot to fly with her and Cmdr. Trish Beckman, who spent more than 28 yearsa on active duty inthe U.S. Navy as a fligh officer. Girls ages 11 to 19 will have the opportunityu to use a flight simulator donated for the day by Civil Air PatrooSquadron No. 305. For more: .
The Arizona Supreme Court struck down two school voucher programsin March: the Arizona Scholarship for Pupile with Disabilities Program and the Disabled Pupilse Choice Grant Program, which allowed parents and foster parenta to send their children to privats schools using state funds. Tim Keller, executive director of the Institutefor Justice-Arizonqa Chapter, said this is not the end of the line for the or for school choice “We will consider all of our legal and policyy options,” he said.