The Many Mascots of NAU
Since its beginnings in 1899 as a normal school, NAU has grown exponentially. Its expansion on campus buildings, student attendance, and faculty is evidence that the Lumberjacks are taking Flagstaff, Arizona by storm. In addition to these changes, the very symbol of NAU pride, the school mascot, has been altered dramatically throughout the university’s history. Louie the Lumberjack, which students are familiar with today, was not always the face of the Flagstaff campus. The story behind how Louie became NAU’s official mascot dates far back to the early days of Arizona Normal School, and explains how the campus eventually became home of the Lumberjacks.
Small Beginnings: School Pride and Early Mascots
The New Age: Louie’s Many Faces
Author Bios
My name is Leanne Brodie and this is my second year at Northern Arizona University. For this project, we all collaborated very well to put together this final result. As far as my contribution, I helped find as much information on the mascot as possible, starting back when we were Arizona Normal School through now. I found both information and photographs. I have also helped disperse that research throughout this website. I also did my best to help make this site look visually appealing. Finally, I went through and cleaned everything I could up so this would be ready for the final presentation, and be easy to use in the future.
I’m Marcyanna Concepcion and I am a 2019 freshman. I was drawn to researching the mascot because the mascot is the face of any school and being able to find out about its development and evolution over the decades is interesting to me. My contributions to the website consisted of finding information for the site in which we added to the timeline. I also edited the multi-media and added it to the site. My final contribution was helping Leanne with the development of the website.
I am a 2019 Freshman at Northern Arizona University. I was interested in the history behind NAU’s mascots because it is a part of the Lumberjack experience that my parents, both graduates of NAU, highly emphasized. My contribution to the exhibition was the research frrom the beginning of the Lumberjack era in 1915 up to the first signs of an official mascot in 1969. Additionally, I helped in the creation of the exhibition by gathering photos, speaking in part of the multimedia, and developing an introductory paragraph. My last and major contribution as a group member is presenting the final project.