{"id":42521,"date":"2016-03-25T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=42521"},"modified":"2016-03-25T16:13:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T23:13:16","slug":"spotlight-march-25-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlight-march-25-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: March 25, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Kudos to these faculty, staff and students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/p>\n<p>E-mail your announcements to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><strong>Inside@nau.edu<\/strong><\/a>, or use our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/news-tip\/\"><strong>online submission form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cyndi Banks<\/strong>, dean of University College, has published a new book titled <em>Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice<\/em>. The book examines the criminal justice system through an ethical lens by identifying issues in practice and theory, exploring ethical dilemmas and offering suggestions for criminal justice professionals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jason Thibodeaux<\/strong>, senior associate dean of students, participated in the Association for Student Conduct Administration annual conference held Feb. 3-6 in St. Pete Beach, Fla. Thibodeaux was part of a presentation titled &#8220;Secondary Trauma, Self Care and Student Conduct Practice.\u201d The presenters discussed\u00a0the signs, symptoms and management of secondary trauma that can result from investigating difficult cases involving violence, graphic information and facts upsetting to hear. The impact of secondary trauma and strategies for coping and managing the weight of investigating traumatic situations, both personally and among teams, were also discussed.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?list=PLb5Fe-XTdsz7eLonVPXOy3MV1Yevle3mH&amp;v=PTc43vCPS40\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-42526\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Simply-the-Best-YouTube-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/Simply-the-Best-YouTube-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/Simply-the-Best-YouTube-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/Simply-the-Best-YouTube.png 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a>Arizona K12Center\u2019s <\/strong>promotional video, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PTc43vCPS40&amp;list=PLb5Fe-XTdsz7eLonVPXOy3MV1Yevle3mH\">Simply the Best<\/a>\u201d received a silver ADDY award in the category of Public Service, Online Film, Video and Sound. The video was produced by Randy Murray Productions. The ADDY Awards recognizes and rewards the creative spirit in the art of advertising. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PTc43vCPS40&amp;list=PLb5Fe-XTdsz7eLonVPXOy3MV1Yevle3mH\">Watch the video here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbara T. Veltri, <\/strong>associate professor of education, had a chapter published in <a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781475825800\/Work-Hard-Be-Hard-Journeys-Through-%22No-Excuses%22-Teaching\"><em>Work Hard, Be Hard: Journeys Through \u201cNo Excuses\u201d Teaching<\/em><\/a>. Veltri\u2019s chapter explores supplying the needed manpower and values components required to deal with high levels of attrition in schools.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42524 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PicMonkey-Collage-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"CIE partnerships\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/PicMonkey-Collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/PicMonkey-Collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/PicMonkey-Collage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/PicMonkey-Collage-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>NAU electrical engineering faculty <strong>Phil Mlsna<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0Julie Heynssens,<\/strong>\u00a0advisor <strong>Julie Thurston<\/strong>\u00a0accompanied <strong>Liz Grobsmith<\/strong>, interim director of the Center for International Education, to China last week to refine details for exchange students who will attend NAU as seniors in 2017.\u00a0<strong>Terry Baxter<\/strong>, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, delivered a lecture on ABET accreditation to colleagues at Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Grobsmith and Baxter also visited Xi\u2019an University of Science and Technology to sign an\u00a0agreement that will allow students to complete a graduate program through joint study at both universities. CIE\u2019s <strong>Wang Feng <\/strong>and <strong>Bingyin Cao\u00a0<\/strong>facilitated both campus visits.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Martin D. Sommerness<\/strong>, professor of journalism, edited <em>Survey of Communication<\/em>, published by McGraw-Hill Education.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rebecca Campbell<\/strong>, <strong>Zhong Chen<\/strong>, <strong>Cody Canning<\/strong>, <strong>Kaitlin Hublitz, Laurie Dickson<\/strong> and <strong>Linda Neff\u00a0<\/strong>presented a paper titled &#8220;The Longitudinal Impact of Two Different First-Year Seminars: NAU 100 and NAU 120&#8221; during the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition annual meeting in Orlando.<\/li>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42522 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Harun-mojave-blues--300x176.jpg\" alt=\"Desert at night \" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/Harun-mojave-blues--300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/Harun-mojave-blues--768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/Harun-mojave-blues-.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Harun Mehmedinovic<\/strong>, assistant professor of practice in the School of Communication, filmed\u00a0and edited a video titled <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/153992994#at=33\">Mojave Blues<\/a>. In the time-lapse, Mehmedinovic captures an exploding meteorite and a rare flash of zodiac light over the desert. <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/153992994#at=33\">Watch the video here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Faculty\u00a0and students in the\u00a0<strong>Ethnic Studies program<\/strong> presented papers and contributed to panels during several events last week.\n<ul>\n<li>The following were presented during the National Association for Ethnic Studies 44th annual conference:\n<ul>\n<li>Professors\u00a0<strong>Mark Beeman<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Frederick W. Gooding, Jr., <\/strong>and graduate student <strong>Sol Serpas-Guardado <\/strong>presented \u201cEvolving Controlling Images in Contemporary Film: The Jezebel\/Mammy Hybrid.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Gooding also presented \u201cNot Another Sequel?! Hollywood&#8217;s Persistent Use of Racial Patterns in Mainstream Movies\u201d and a teach-in titled &#8220;It Takes a Nation of Millions: Teaching and Organizing Hip-Hop&#8221; along with professor <strong>T.\u00a0Mark Montoya<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Lecturer <strong>Michelle T\u00e9llez <\/strong>organized and participated in a panel, \u201cClaiming Space: Building the Arizona Ethnic Studies Network\u201d and <strong>An Nguyen <\/strong>participated in a plenary panel \u201cInstitutionalizing Ethnic Studies in Arizona.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The following was presented during the National Council for Black Studies 40th conference:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ricardo Guthrie, <\/strong>associate professor, also presented \u201cDear White People and the Unresolvable Antagonism Between Whiteness and Black Subjectivity.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Northern Arizona University\u2019s Phoenix Biomedical Campus <\/strong>was featured in <a href=\"http:\/\/dtphx.org\/\">Downtown Phoenix\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0blog. The article \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dtphx.org\/2016\/03\/23\/nau-expands-student-population-on-phoenix-biomedical-campus\/\">NAU Expands Student Population on Phoenix Biomedical Campus<\/a>\u201d discusses NAU\u2019s growing graduate programs that fill a much-needed niche in Arizona\u2019s health care workforce and add a boost to the economy. The <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/chhs\/phoenix-biomedical-campus\/\">downtown campus<\/a> began with physician assistant and physical therapy tracks and has expanded to include occupational therapy and athletic training. Students at the campus benefit from \u201cinter-professional\u201d education working with students from Arizona State University and the University of Arizona. NAU also enjoys close ties with Translational Genomics Research Institute. In fiscal year 2014, the programs made an economic impact of $17.5 million.<\/li>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42523 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/The-Reading-Pig-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Reading Pig \" width=\"157\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/The-Reading-Pig-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/The-Reading-Pig.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/>Nicholas Clement<\/strong>, NAU\u2019s Ernest W. McFarland Citizen\u2019s Chair in Education, published the book\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thereadingpig.com\/\">The Reading Pig Goes to School<\/a><\/em>. It is a\u00a0true to life storytelling of Clement\u2019s haphazardly earned duty as a classroom substitute for a day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Northern Arizona University<\/strong> has been named among the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestmastersdegrees.com\/top\/affordable-top-ranked-online-masters-in-educational-psychology-degree-2016\">20 Most Affordable Top-ranked Schools for an Online Master\u2019s in Educational Psychology<\/a>. NAU\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/COE\/Ed-Psych\/Degrees-Programs\/Graduate\/\">Educational Psychology department<\/a> offers an online master\u2019s in educational psychology with school psychology certification. The program includes online coursework and fieldwork experience or an internship. Students take courses in biological bases of behavior, human development, personality adjustment and philosophy of education.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Toni DeAztlan-Smith<\/strong>, assistant professor of practice in the School of Communication, was a videographer for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/datelinenbc\/videos\/10153936196291420\/?pnref=story\">Conviction<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0a newly released NBC Dateline web-series. The story was filmed prior to DeAztlan-Smith\u2019s arrival at NAU.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kelly-Rae Meyer<\/strong>, graduate student in the English Literature program, has published an essay &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/9f8ZtSJyBnvIHaVTxJsc\/full\">Cathy&#8217;s &#8216;Masculinity&#8217; as Survival in Steinbeck&#8217;s East of Eden&#8221;<\/a> in the peer-reviewed journal <em>The Explicator<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Junior <strong>Xavier Rangel<\/strong>, student producer at NAZ Today, has been named an <a href=\"http:\/\/nahj.org\/nahj-congratulates-the-2016-nbc-fellows\/\">NBC News Group Summer Fellow<\/a> by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Rangel will spend 10\u00a0weeks this summer working on NBC\u2019s Dateline in New York City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlight-march-25-2016\/\">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. Cyndi Banks, dean of University College, has published a new book titled Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice. 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