{"id":45077,"date":"2016-09-14T08:54:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T15:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=45077"},"modified":"2016-09-14T10:38:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T17:38:29","slug":"spotlight-sept-14-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlight-sept-14-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Sept. 14, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kudos to these faculty, staff and students<\/strong><\/p>\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><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sept-Delegation-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45083 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sept-Delegation-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese delegates with President Cheng\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/09\/Sept-Delegation-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/09\/Sept-Delegation-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/09\/Sept-Delegation-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>President <strong>Rita Cheng<\/strong> met with a delegation from China on Thursday, Sept. 8,\u00a0to discuss future initiatives and further strengthen NAU\u2019s relationship.\u00a0While on campus, the delegation met with faculty members, students and administration to learn more about NAU programs that will bolster international student exchange with China. Pictured (from left) are Yin Kai, director of the 1+2+1 program within the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, NAU President Cheng, Shen Xianfeng, deputy dean of Beijing International Studies University School of International Relations and Hao Ming, assistant to the board director at Xi\u2019an University.<\/li>\n<li>NAU photography professor<strong>\u00a0Harun Mehmedinovic<\/strong>\u00a0and his renowned SKYGLOWPROJECT were featured on\u00a0the Science Channel this week. The show, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencechannel.com\/tv-shows\/outrageous-acts-of-science\/\">Outrageous Acts of Science<\/a>, looks at Mehmedinovic&#8217;s time-lapse photography composited with cityscapes of Los Angeles and Hollywood to illustrate\u00a0the impact of\u00a0light pollution. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iwTCGpzaJv8\">Watch the show segment online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><i>Sierra<\/i><em> Magazine<\/em>, which is the official publication of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/\">Sierra Club<\/a>, recently released its annual <a href=\"http:\/\/sierraclub.org\/sierra\/2016-5-september-october\/cool-schools-2016\/full-ranking\">&#8220;Cool Schools&#8221; rankings<\/a>\u2014recognizing\u00a0<strong>Northern Arizona University<\/strong>\u00a0as a national leader in sustainability.\u00a0After assessing hundreds\u00a0of schools that participate in an extensive sustainability survey created by the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE),\u00a0NAU was ranked No. 51 in the nation.\u00a0The magazine ranks universities based on their commitment to upholding high environmental standards and implementing projects and initiatives that demonstrate this commitment. Innovative research and development, renewable energy installations, educating students in the most advanced thinking on sustainability and other innovative initiatives and projects gain institutions points and higher positions in the ranking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlight-sept-14-2016\/\">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. President Rita Cheng met with a delegation from China on Thursday, Sept. 8,\u00a0to discuss future initiatives and further strengthen NAU\u2019s relationship.\u00a0While on campus, the delegation met with&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45077","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}