{"id":3109,"date":"2025-05-07T16:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T23:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/ccs\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2025-05-07T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T23:58:17","slug":"ccs-awards-dinner-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/ccs-awards-dinner-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"CCS Awards Dinner 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 1<sup>st<\/sup>, CCS celebrated its students at the annual awards dinner. We awarded 4 scholarships, 5 Junior Book Prizes, our inaugural Ambassador Award, and our Outstanding Senior Award. Learn more about the different <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/resources\/scholarships\/\">scholarships offered by CCS here<\/a>. The Junior book prize is awarded to a junior in each area (Art History, Asian Studies, Humanities, Museum Studies, and Comparative Study of Religions) who show outstanding academic promise. The inaugural Ambassador Award seeks to recognize a student that goes above and beyond serving as an ambassador of CCS to the wider University and seeks to further build community within the department. See the full list of awarded students below!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-uncropped-large wp-image-3113 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"a crowd of people listen to a speaker at a sit-down event\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_181155-232x174.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Senior:<\/strong> Alex Williams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambassador Award:<\/strong> Grace Price (pictured at center in yellow of Junior book prize image at bottom)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3112 size-uncropped-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-600x450.png\" alt=\"three faculty smile around a student with a certificate\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-464x348.png 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/IMG_9290-232x174.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Scholarships:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lois Kellogg Duncan Scholarship:<\/strong> Ava Usher<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Acker Memorial Scholarship:<\/strong> Brianna Felix<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lakeview United Methodist Scholarship:<\/strong> L Shaffer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary Kane Study Abroad Scholarship:<\/strong> Bowie Aitken<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_184038-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3110 size-uncropped-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_184038-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"three people smile, holding certificates\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_184038-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_184038-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_184038-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_184038-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_184038-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_184038-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Junior Book Prizes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Art History:<\/strong> Piper Kruger<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asian Studies:<\/strong> Tahlia Colon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Humanities:<\/strong> Bowie Aitken<\/p>\n<p><strong>Museum Studies:<\/strong> Liv Keesling<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comparative Study of Religions:<\/strong> Isabelle Frank<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-uncropped-large wp-image-3111 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"6 people smile holding books and certificates\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/20250501_183457-464x348.jpg 464w, 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We awarded 4 scholarships, 5 Junior Book Prizes, our inaugural Ambassador Award, and our Outstanding Senior Award. Learn more about the different scholarships offered by CCS here. The Junior book prize is awarded to a junior in each area (Art History, Asian Studies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[5,17],"class_list":["post-3109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ccs-events","category-student-news","tag-ccs","tag-nauccs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3109"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3117,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions\/3117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}