{"id":11705,"date":"2011-04-13T14:48:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T21:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=11705"},"modified":"2013-02-06T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:04:18","slug":"convocations-recognize-outstanding-students-celebrate-diversity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/convocations-recognize-outstanding-students-celebrate-diversity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocations recognize outstanding students, celebrate diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The LEADS Center is encouraging faculty and staff to recognize students, staff or departments for their contributions to the NAU community by nominating individuals for awards to be presented at the annual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/leads\/convocations.asp\">convocation ceremonies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although nominations for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/leads\/hispanic_convocation.asp\">Outstanding Hispanic Student Awards<\/a>\u00a0were due April 12, nominations are still being accepted for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/images\/userimages\/ss\/7688\/Award%20information%20sheet%2010-11.doc\">Outstanding Native American Student Awards<\/a>, due April 15, and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/leads\/black_convocation.asp\">Outstanding Black Student Awards<\/a>, due April 22.<\/p>\n<p>The awards will be announced at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/leads\/convocations.asp\">Convocation Day events<\/a>\u00a0on May 12. The events will celebrate diversity at Northern Arizona University by honoring ethnic graduates in three separate ceremonies. The convocations combine award ceremonies with cultural rites. Family and friends are encouraged to attend, and receptions will follow all ceremonies:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/nass\/convocation.asp\">Native American Convocation<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n3:30 p.m., Ardrey Auditorium<br \/>\nContact: Sharon Doctor (928) 523-6960<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/leads\/hispanic_convocation.asp\">Hispanic Convocation<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n5:30 p.m., du Bois Center Ballroom<br \/>\nContact: Valeria Chase (928) 523-6973<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/leads\/black_convocation.asp\">Black Convocation<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n7:30 p.m., Ashurst Auditorium<br \/>\nContact: Kevin Chase (928) 523-4388 or Bernadine Lewis (928) 523-6021<\/p>\n<p>Information is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/leads\/convocations.asp\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/convocations-recognize-outstanding-students-celebrate-diversity-2\/\">The LEADS Center is encouraging faculty and staff to recognize students, staff or departments for their contributions to the NAU community by nominating individuals for awards to be presented at the annual\u00a0convocation ceremonies. Although nominations for\u00a0Outstanding Hispanic Student Awards\u00a0were due April 12, nominations are still being accepted for the\u00a0Outstanding Native American Student Awards, due April&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}