Great amenities, accommodations, and student support, but you'll pay for them. While campus housing…read moreis priced at the national average, living in a dorm isn't naturally peaceful. If you value quiet, you'll probably be disappoineted. Studying and sleeping can be difficult due to dorm noise. It's hard to get into a university apartment because there is a waiting list and units are typically reserved for upperclassmen and persons with specific disabilities. It can be expensive to live off campus. While you can use your grant and loan monies towards rent, there's more costs involved: bus passes, parking permits, icy roads, rain, and snow. Finding a parking spot isn't guaranteed. Most off campus students have jobs--PT or summer-- to cover expenses. Family support makes on-campus living easier because you can go home for breaks and holidays. It's much harder on independent students to live a traditional college lifestyle. Flagstaff is generally over priced. Despite this, I am happy that I attended NAU-Flagstaff. I lived on campus, paid campus tuition, but got special permission to take all my classes online so I could have an open work schedule. (I was paying off a car and credit card.) It is hard to get a job in Flagstaff due to the overwhelming number of students trying to find one in a mountain town. Flagstaff is technically a city but it feels like a town. I completed a major in Parks & Recreation Management. My emphasis was Human Health and I did study abroad with NAU in Costa Rica. I am happy that I attended NAU for both the program and location, which is what brought me to the university. (I had considered PA and FL, but want to live in the Wild West instead.) However, I don't know of a single person who likes Dr. Charles Hammersley. His teaching style is so-so and his assignments often didn't correspond to our reading material-- like our own textbooks. I have had discussions with other older adults whom also have had professional jobs prior to taking his courses. All of us were in agreement that he was frustrating. Worse, he is one of the rudest people I have ever met and not open to feedback. He has a pretty bad reputation campus-wide. His courses were difficult not because of the material but because he is a difficult person. I am bringing this up because, by all appearances, it doesn't seem that NAU has done anything about his behavior although the university averages about one formal complaint about him per week. (I am friends with a person in that office!) What makes this a hardship on students is that he teaches the upper level PRM courses; so, you can't avoid him. Altogether, this affects your life and your GPA, causing unnecessary stress in a major program about recreation, health, happiness, and personal growth. It's ironic. NOTE: If you want a job a the ski resort, you'll need 4WD to get there. Most "cool" jobs and PRM-related jobs will require you to commute 30-90 minutes from campus. I moved out of state for several paid internships that provided cheap or free housing in the form of bunk houses, trailers, and historical adobe cottages. I also rented bedrooms from locals loosely affiliated with my employers. I have also lived out of my Prius for seasonal jobs. (If you do this, I would suggest an SUV with tinted windows or stealth camper van because car camping is often illegal. Doing out of a Prius was super uncomfortable.) Of all the college programs in the world, the only ones that I would ever suggest be completed online (after freshman year) are ones in parks, recreation, tourism, sports management, and hospitality. That's because experience matters as much- if not more- than the degree. If your program is offered online, you can work and attend college at the same time. These degrees are not rocket science. Before make any decisions about NAU, call around to housing options on and off campus. Schedule campus tours. Do online research. Try to interview current students and RAs without filters.

It was a breeze moving the girls in for sophomore year at NAU. Barcodes are sent through email to…read moreprint out and place on dashboard so that parents are able to park on campus without worrying about getting a ticket. Times are chosen by the student through the jack app so that move-in can be staggered. There are large Bins available to move items from the car to the dormitory. Some dorms do not have elevators, but the bins are still helpful because you're able to move items to the staircase. Doors are still locked for safety, which is a good thing. Use the jack app as a student for entry on your phone. There are always plenty of large dumpsters and extra dumpsters near the dorms during move-in and move out to easily dispose of trash and boxes.

We spent the summer in Flagstaff and my kids wanted to take vocal and drum lessons. Flagstaff…read moreSchool of Music has been amazing and really influenced our summer. Joe (drums) is "cool" and made my son feel like he was a pro right from the start. Danielle (voice) is so complimentary and really encouraging. If you or your child want to unlock your inside musician I recommend Flagstaff SoM! What a difference music makes!

The talent that exudes from this music school is remarkable. Our family happily drives an hour to…read moreFlagstaff from Sedona so my daughters can take guitar lessons with Terry Allen and vocal lessons with Joe Dingman. They have learned so much since they started at the school in January, and they are both eager to see their instructors each week. I haven't yet had the pleasure of hearing Terry play, but my daughter said he is one of the best musicians she has ever heard. It is wonderful to be at a school where my daughters receive such devoted attention. Thank you, Terry, Bonnie and Joe. Our family has had a great amount of music instruction over the years, and the Flagstaff School of Music is definitely one of the best.

Pretty nice school I was in six grade, the kids are very nice some teachers are good some are ok…read more Good school mean teachers, rules feel like preschoolers rules, band is fun but grading is bad got F because I turn on assignment 5 minutes late thanks for reading

Horrible interactions. Administration failed to reply to this email and concern…read more Vada Visockis, It has come to my attention that last week, during finals, my daughter was provided an option to remove a vanity license plate from my car or be suspended (picture of AZ sunset and letters DRRUSTFCKITS, because it spent 3 winters in Chicogo and every non aluminum item rusted). Vanity plates or tag lines are cognitively intended to convey playful intelligence. If they trigger a person, it is possible that they fail to comprehend the intent of playful intelligence. Your reaction strikes me as a demonstration of intelligence like that portrayed by the characters Lloyd and Harry, or Beavis and Butt-Head, or the cute yellow Minions when Mr. Ramsbottom said his own name and they laughed like pre-school children. ... You see, I have attended an NPA volleyball match, a basketball game, and a soccer game. I was aghast at the lyrics played over the speakers. Music to rally up and get the fans and students engaged and excited. Words that are racist and star with 'N' that I dare not even type blaring over NPA speakers..... But, my vanity plate is your trigger. Lyrics that clearly state a guy wants to bend a woman over and then follows again with words I dare not type but detailing licking and sticking, etc..... But my vanity plate is the trigger..... I can also reminisce about the published school dress code. Then I realize I need to keep my head down and look at the ground when on campus because the visual seems to be the role play of the songs played at sporting events. Maybe I have entered an establishment that requires I be 18 or 21 to enter. There are gluteal sulcus's on clear display and walking all over... but my vanity plate is your trigger. Curious, if you have the time and energy to demand the removal of my vanity plate, because you find the letters that are close to a vulgar word offensive, what would you do if I share some words that have a full foul word in them? Would we need to remove those from textbooks at NPA so as to not trigger those lacking playful intelligence? What if I ordered a cocktail? Was acting crass, asked Joe to cut the grass, played a brass instrument, studied Scunthorpe problems (has the word cunt in it....), went to an assembly, had an assist in basketball, was researching meltwater as a software package or water collected in lakes after snow melt. Let me help you with that one as well, it was the word twat in it. ....Maybe I went to the lake and caught some bass. What if I had a vanity plate that said, 'Nice Bass'? No bad words at all but the playful intelligence of many would tell you they are referring to a person's ass.....We could also study space and investigate Uranus, but lets not go there. My point here, while a little tongue and cheek if you will, is to make a point. I doubt you are tramp-ing on all these words or the 1st amendment across all of NPA. That is however an assumption..... and we know what that can mean. So, if you are too scared to enforce the dress code out of fear of offending or admitting you were looking at a students body, and not tramping on the 1st amendment, and not filtering music at NPA sponsored events, but you are demanding my daughter remove a vanity license plate..... I think you are a coward and a bully and acted as such toward a person who you felt would not retaliate. A person for whom you could make an example of that you suspected would simply oblige. The clear signs of harassment and a bias. Yes, the bully, the emblazoned bad person who should not hold a position of authority over others that are subject to behaviors of a bully that are often intended to be mean, belittling, or to demonstrate a power differential. Bully's have no place in our schools. I have CC'd the Superintendent and Principal. I am demanding a public apology from you to my daughter or your quiet resignation. Given the seriousness of this, and that its Memorial Day weekend I will allow you till 5 pm on Thursday May 30th to postulate and render your response and answer. A concerned parent and pillar of the community