OISS
As a Student Affiars Department, the acronym O.I.S.S. stands for this.
What is the Office of Indigenous Student Success?
The year that Peer Jacks was founded at NAU.
What is Fall 2010.
At NAU, a student is considered first-generation if neither of their parents or guardians has earned this type of degree.
What is a bachelor’s degree?
Annual welcome back event for the Leadership Academy.
What is the Color Bash?
This fall tradition, complete with a parade and football game, has been bringing Lumberjacks together since the early 20th century.
What is Homecoming?
This is where OISS is located.
What is the Center for Native American and Indigenous Futures?
The three areas that now make up the Peer Jacks Department.
What are Mountain Jacks, Transfer Jacks, and Jacks State?
This annual event, held each fall, celebrates and honors first-generation students, faculty, and staff.
What is National First-Generation College Celebration Day (or First-Gen Celebration Day)?
What is the name of the new program through the CoLAB Center?
What is the Involvement to Impact Leadership Academy?
This now-iconic student union building opened in 2007, replacing the older Union that stood for decades.
What is the University Union (Union at NAU)?
This is the OISS Instagram handle?
What is NAU_indigenous?
The permanent resident of the Transfer Lounge.
Who is Bone Jovi
This summer program, housed in First-Generation Programs, provides an on campus experience for incoming first-gen students.
What is the STAR Program?
The building and room number of the Community, Leadership, Alliances, and Belonging (CoLAB) Center.
What is Building 30, room 134/135?
Once housed in the Rolle Activity Center, this student service moved into the state-of-the-art HLC in 2011, offering fitness classes, rock climbing, and wellness programs.
What is Campus Recreation (Campus Rec)?
This is one of the signature events co-hosted with CNAIF in November.
What is the fall Stew Fest?
The number of mentors Peer Jacks hired under the Elevating Excellence Grant.
What is 100 mentors?
This signature event, hosted in April, celebrated graduating first-generation Lumberjacks with cords, recognition, and reflection.
What is Cakes & Cords?
What is the Instagram handle for the CoLAB Center?
What is nau_colab?
This student-run organization has been leading social events, concerts, and late-night programs for decades, playing a central role in student engagement.
What is SUN Entertainment?
The number of years the OISS Department has existed at NAU.
What is 30 years?
The number of pages in the Peer Jacks mentor handbook this year.
What is 98 pages?
This federally funded program, which works closely with First-Gen Programs at NAU, provides support services for eligible students who are first-gen, low-income, or have a disability.
What is TRIO Student Support Services (SSS)?
How many requirements do I to I Participants complete?
What is 20 requirements?
In 2020, NAU made this major change to academic structure and support services to promote access and equity for all students.
What is NAU’s Access2Excellence (A2E) Tuition Initiative?