{"id":37529,"date":"2015-06-26T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=37529"},"modified":"2015-06-26T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T18:52:11","slug":"in-the-spotlight-june-26-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-june-26-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: June 26, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Kudos to these faculty, staff and students<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">E-mail your announcements to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\">Inside@nau.edu<\/a>, or use our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/news-tip\/\">online submission form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><figure id=\"attachment_37523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37523\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1-Mark-Neumann6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37523 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1-Mark-Neumann6-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"#1 Mark Neumann[6]\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/1-Mark-Neumann6-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/1-Mark-Neumann6-1024x704.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Neumann&#8217;s &#8220;They got lost on their holiday&#8221; will be featured at the Incubarte Festival in Spain.<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>Mark Neumann<\/strong>, professor of creative media and film in the School of Communication, had his photographs selected for two international juried art exhibitions. Neumann\u2019s work will be on exhibit at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.incubarte.org\/2015\/en\/\">Incubarte 7, Festival Internacional de Arte<\/a> in Valencia, Spain, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/lacda.com\/exhibits\/exhibitshome.html\">Los Angeles Center for Digital Art<\/a>. Neumann\u2019s photographs use prefabricated plastic figures set in natural wilderness and other existing landscapes to create a narrative scene on a micro scale that emerges through arrangement of the objects and photography.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NAU Information Technology Services\u2019<\/strong> Student Computing and Networking team, sponsored by the Nexenta Corporation, was awarded a 2015 American Business Association <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevieawards.com\/pubs\/awards\/403_2949_25776.cfm\">bronze award<\/a> in the category of Information Technology Department Team up to 2,500 employees. Team members include <strong>Tobias Kreidl, Heather Bell, Duane Booher, Kristopher Bullins, Timothy Cochran, Christopher Coffey, Gary McClellan, Rob Moser <\/strong>and <strong>William Wilson<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Liza-Roxie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-37524\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Liza-Roxie-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"Liza &amp; Roxie\" width=\"228\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/Liza-Roxie-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/Liza-Roxie-945x1024.jpg 945w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2015\/06\/Liza-Roxie.jpg 2045w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>Liza Aber<\/strong> and <strong>Roxie Nebel<\/strong> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/CAL\/Music\/Academy\/\">NAU Community Music and Dance Academy<\/a> have qualified for the Gen\u00e9e International Ballet Competition in London. The dancers will compete in September and have the opportunity to work with world-renowned choreographers and perform on an international stage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annette McGivney<\/strong>, senior lecturer in the School of Communication, had an article published in the July issue of Arizona Highways magazine. McGivney discusses citizen efforts to protect the area around Walnut Canyon National Monument. She also was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kjzz.org\/content\/155267\/advocates-want-land-around-walnut-canyon-monument-designated-conservation-area\">interviewed<\/a> by KJZZ radio in Phoenix.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cheyenne Adamonis<\/strong>, a junior in the School of Forestry, has been selected as the 2015 national student representative to the Society of American Foresters. She began her year-long term in May and was recently\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nxtbook.com\/nxtbooks\/saf\/forestrysource_201506\/index.php?startid=1#\/10\">featured<\/a> in\u00a0<em>The Forestry Source<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-june-26-2015\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and students Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to\u00a0Inside@nau.edu, or use our\u00a0online submission form. Mark Neumann, professor of creative media and film in the School of Communication, had his photographs selected for two international juried art exhibitions. 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