{"id":25528,"date":"2013-08-14T13:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T20:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=25528"},"modified":"2013-08-14T13:52:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T20:52:31","slug":"vp-fred-hurst-appointed-to-congressional-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/vp-fred-hurst-appointed-to-congressional-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Fred Hurst appointed to congressional committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hurst_fred_2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25536\" alt=\"Fred Hurst\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hurst_fred_2013.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/08\/hurst_fred_2013.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/08\/hurst_fred_2013-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The architect of Northern Arizona University\u2019s new Personalized Learning initiative has been appointed to serve on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/bdscomm\/list\/acsfa\/edlite-index.html\">congressional committee<\/a> that advises on student financial aid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fred Hurst<\/strong>, senior vice president for NAU Extended Campuses, will serve a three-year term on the Student Financial Assistance Advisory Committee. Recommendations from the 11-member group go to Congress and the Secretary of Education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal student financial aid is essential for Northern Arizona University\u2019s students to earn a degree and a living wage,\u201d Hurst said. \u201cAt the same time, there is concern about rising student aid, which topped $173 billion last year. I am honored to represent our students\u2019 needs and work toward simplified, more effective and transparent financial aid policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurst was nominated by Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick and appointed by the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so proud that both Fred Hurst and the NAU community are being recognized nationally for their leadership in higher education,\u201d Kirkpatrick said.<\/p>\n<p>NAU Extended Campuses enrolls more than 7,700 students off-campus each semester, representing more than one-third of NAU\u2019s total student population. <a href=\"http:\/\/pl.nau.edu\">Personalized Learning<\/a> is an online, competency-based program that offers degrees in small business administration, liberal arts and computer information technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/vp-fred-hurst-appointed-to-congressional-committee\/\">The architect of Northern Arizona University\u2019s new Personalized Learning initiative has been appointed to serve on a congressional committee that advises on student financial aid. Fred Hurst, senior vice president for NAU Extended Campuses, will serve a three-year term on the Student Financial Assistance Advisory Committee. Recommendations from the 11-member group go to Congress and&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":25536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[366,303,317,38,24,401],"class_list":["post-25528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","tag-ann-kirkpatrick","tag-extended-campuses","tag-fred-hurst","tag-nau","tag-northern-arizona-university","tag-student-financial-assistance-advisory-committee"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25528","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=25528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}