{"id":13788,"date":"2010-12-15T15:12:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T22:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=13788"},"modified":"2013-03-05T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T23:05:37","slug":"head-of-the-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/head-of-the-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of the class"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Northern Arizona University prepares to welcome the next graduating class into its alumni family, many are reflecting on the stories that brought them to this moment.\u00a0Inside NAU<\/em>\u00a0highlights just a few of the exceptional students who will be celebrating their accomplishments at NAU’s commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, at the Walkup Skydome.<\/p>\n

Northern Arizona University salutes all 2,450 graduates who have worked so hard toward this significant achievement.<\/p>\n

Watch the ceremonies\u00a0online<\/a>. Schedules for the various school and college receptions, as well as parking and other information, also can be found\u00a0online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Alex<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nAlex Oden: Making every day count<\/a>
\nWinning three of Northern Arizona University\u2019s most esteemed honors\u2014the President\u2019s Prize, the Gold Axe Award and the Distinguished Senior Award for his college\u2014pales in comparison to\u00a0Alex Oden’s<\/strong>\u00a0other feats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Rachel<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nRachel Tso: Inspiring future generations<\/a><\/strong>
\nRachel Tso’s<\/strong>\u00a0graduate work in the sustainable communities program ended up planting a seed in her daughter’s life, too.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"David<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nDavid McNeill: Going the extra mile<\/a>
\nAustralian distance runner\u00a0David McNeill<\/strong>\u00a0traveled from the other side of the world to attend NAU. The record-setting athlete picked up a number of honors along the way, while remaining equally steadfast in his pursuit of his exercise science degree.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Northern Arizona University prepares to welcome the next graduating class into its alumni family, many are reflecting on the stories that brought them to this moment.\u00a0Inside NAU\u00a0highlights just a few of the exceptional students who will be celebrating their accomplishments at NAU’s commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, at…<\/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":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-academics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13788","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=13788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}