{"id":42608,"date":"2016-03-29T15:03:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T22:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=42608"},"modified":"2016-03-29T15:03:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T22:03:35","slug":"nominations-sought-convocation-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nominations-sought-convocation-awards-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations sought for convocation awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The LEADS Center is encouraging faculty and staff to recognize students, staff or departments for their contributions to the NAU community by nominating individuals for awards to be presented at the annual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/IMS\/Convocations\/\">convocation ceremonies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The events will celebrate diversity at Northern Arizona University by honoring graduates during various\u00a0ceremonies. The convocations combine award ceremonies with cultural rites. Family and friends are encouraged to attend, and receptions will follow all ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nominations for <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/ims\/hispanic-convocation\/\">Hispanic Convocation<\/a> Awards are due\u00a0Monday, April 18.\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Completed\u00a0nomination forms for the awards can be sent to Priscilla Mosqueda at<\/span><span class=\"s3\"> <a href=\"mailto:Priscilla.Mosqueda@nau.edu\">Priscilla.Mosqueda@nau.edu<\/a><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/uploadedFiles\/Administrative\/EMSA_Sites\/Multicultural_Student_Center\/Forms\/Cesar%20Chavez%20Award.pdf\">Cesar Chavez Award<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">: <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Recognizes students with strong leadership skills, a demonstrated care and concern for fellow students and a history of involvement on behalf of the Hispanic community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/uploadedFiles\/Administrative\/EMSA_Sites\/Multicultural_Student_Center\/Forms\/Sor%20Juana%20Ines%20De%20La%20Cruz%20Award.pdf\">Sor Juana In\u00e9s de la Cruz Award<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">: <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Recognizes students with demonstrated leadership abilities, strong attachments to their cultural heritage and demonstrated advocacy regarding women\u2019s rights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/uploadedFiles\/Administrative\/EMSA_Sites\/Multicultural_Student_Center\/Forms\/Gabriela%20Mistral%20Award.pdf\">Gabriela Mistral Award<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">: <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Recognizes students with a strong commitment to education and to promoting multicultural understanding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/uploadedFiles\/Administrative\/EMSA_Sites\/Multicultural_Student_Center\/Forms\/Outstanding%20Graduate%20Student%20Award.pdf\">Outstanding Hispanic Graduate Student<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">: <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Recognizes a graduate student that serves as a positive role model for the fellow undergraduate colleagues; with strong leadership skills, demonstrated care and concern for fellow students, a history of involvement on behalf of the Hispanic community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nominations for Black Convocation Awards are due <strong>Saturday, April 30<\/strong>. Completed nomination forms and letters of support can be sent to Bernadine Lewis at <a href=\"mailto:Bernadine.Lewis@nau.edu\">Bernadine.Lewis@nau.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/IMS\/Black-Convocation\/\">Theodore \u201cTed\u201d Johnson Outstanding Student Award<\/a>: Recognizes faculty, staff or departments that demonstrate involvement, support and commitment to the black programs and\/or students.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/IMS\/Black-Convocation\/\">Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Ross Award of Recognition of Faculty\/Staff\/Department<\/a>: Recognizes students for academic accomplishments, involvement with community and extracurricular activities and demonstrated career goals and ambitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nominations-sought-convocation-awards-2\/\">The LEADS Center is encouraging faculty and staff to recognize students, staff or departments for their contributions to the NAU community by nominating individuals for awards to be presented at the annual\u00a0convocation ceremonies. The events will celebrate diversity at Northern Arizona University by honoring graduates during various\u00a0ceremonies. The convocations combine award ceremonies with cultural rites.&hellip;<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42608","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=42608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}