{"id":40202,"date":"2015-11-13T09:18:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T16:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=40202"},"modified":"2015-12-20T16:23:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T23:23:33","slug":"nau-recognizes-outstanding-seniors-during-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-recognizes-outstanding-seniors-during-award-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU recognizes outstanding seniors during award ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Rita Cheng poses with President’s Prize winners during the Nov. 10 ceremony. From left: Justin Wilgus, Crystae Rohman and President Cheng.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dozens of graduating seniors received honors\u00a0Tuesday night\u00a0recognizing them\u00a0for their contributions to Northern Arizona University.<\/p>\n

Twenty-two\u00a0students received the university’s coveted Gold Axe Award for their achievements. Two\u00a0of the winners\u2014Crystae Rohman<\/b>\u00a0and Justin Wilgus<\/strong>\u2014also received the prestigious President\u2019s Prize for their exemplary leadership, academic excellence and service to the NAU community.<\/p>\n

Eight students pictured below also were named Distinguished Seniors by their college. The awards were announced at the Gold Axe and Distinguished Seniors awards banquet in Ashurst Auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Taylor Brooks<\/b>
Psychological Sciences
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Daniel Camarillo<\/b>
Finance
W.A. Franke College of Business<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Sherri Castro<\/b>
Public Administration
Extended Campuses<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Michael Hastings<\/b>
Mathematics, Physics
College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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KarenAnn Mancha<\/b>
Elementary and Special Education
College of Education<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Jocelyn Maurer<\/b>
Nursing
College of Health and Human Services<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Tanya Moore<\/b>
French Global Sciences, Environmental Sciences
College of Arts and Letters<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Not Pictured: Catherine Khederian<\/strong>, University Studies major, was named the Fall 2015 Distinguished Senior for University College.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tradition of the Gold Axe Award dates back to 1933, a year after the student body adopted the axe as the symbol for Lumberjack athletics. It was then that NAU adopted the tradition of awarding small gold axe pins to outstanding members of the student body. To this day, the gold axe pin is considered the official emblem of the Associated Students of NAU and is presented each semester to recognize students\u2019 outstanding achievements and distinguished service to the university and the greater community.<\/p>\n

Students selected for a Gold Axe Award also are eligible for the President\u2019s Prize, considered the highest student recognition from the university. After reviewing all the Gold Axe nominations, a university wide committee makes its recommendations to President Rita Cheng<\/strong>, who then selects the President\u2019s Prize winners.<\/p>\n

Below are the winners of this semester’s Gold Axe awards, along with the NAU faculty or staff member the students named as having the most significant impact on them during their undergraduate career. View a photo album from the event online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Amanda Barnes<\/b>
Exercise Science
Richard Coast, Biological Sciences<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Kayla Boxberger<\/b>
Finance, Marketing
Lisa Majure, W.A. Franke College of Business<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Samantha Briguglio<\/b>
Exercise Science
Richard Coast, Biological Sciences<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Patrick Burdell<\/b>
Applied Human Behavior
James Subach, Extended Campuses<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Erin Comprosky<\/b>
Anthropology
Leslie Mitchell, Student Success Initiatives<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Daniel Conley<\/b>
Environmental Studies
Melissa Rhodes, Sociology and Social Work<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Wendy Ellsworth<\/b>
Public Administration
Kimberly Charrier, Extended Campuses<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Eduardo Flores<\/b>
Business Management
T. Paul Thomas, W.A. Franke College of Business<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Emmaline Frey<\/b>
Elementary and Special Education
Honors Program
Brian Stone, College of Education, Teaching and Learning<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Ian Grzyb<\/b>
Music Secondary Education
Steven Hemphill, School of Music<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Michael Hastings<\/b>
Mathematics, Physics
Dana Ernst, Mathematics and Statistics<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Anaheed Hill<\/b>
Elementary and Special Education
Laura Theimer, College of Education<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jewel Honga<\/b>
Business Management, Marketing
Sharon Doctor, Native American Student Services<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Mary Lauderdale<\/b>
Elementary and Special Education
Sigmund Boloz, College of Education, Teaching and Learning<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Jonathan Melendez<\/b>
Civil Engineering
Rand Decker, Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Environmental Engineering<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Kaylee Mueller<\/b>
Biomedical Science
Fernando Monroy, Biological Sciences<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Anissa Ortiz<\/b>
Nursing
Maria Wood, Extended Campuses<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Hannah Prawzinsky<\/b>
Mathematics, Secondary Education in Mathematics
Honors Program
Dana Ernst, Mathematics and Statistics<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Crystae Rohman<\/b>
Accountancy
Honors Program
Glenn Hansen, Honors Program<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Janay Wiggins<\/b>
Art Education
Pamela Stephens, School of Art<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Justin WIlgus<\/b>
Geology
David Brumbaugh, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Katherine Zhang<\/b>
Anthropology
Honors Program
Robyn Martin, Honors Program<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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  Dozens of graduating seniors received honors\u00a0Tuesday night\u00a0recognizing them\u00a0for their contributions to Northern Arizona University. Twenty-two\u00a0students received the university’s coveted Gold Axe Award for their achievements. Two\u00a0of the winners\u2014Crystae Rohman\u00a0and Justin Wilgus\u2014also received the prestigious President\u2019s Prize for their exemplary leadership, academic excellence and service to the NAU community. Eight students pictured below also were…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":40357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40202","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=40202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}