{"id":48181,"date":"2017-08-10T09:36:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=48181"},"modified":"2017-08-10T09:45:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:45:11","slug":"spotlight-aug-10-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlight-aug-10-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Aug. 10, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kudos to these faculty and staff <\/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\">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><strong>Chad Trujillo<\/strong>, assistant professor in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.physics.nau.edu\">Department of Physics and Astronomy<\/a>, is mentioned in IEEE Spectrum\u2019s cover story \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/aerospace\/satellites\/is-there-a-giant-planet-lurking-beyond-pluto\">Is There a Giant Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto<\/a>?\u201d Trujillo has contributed to the ongoing search for the true ninth planet in the solar system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Suzanne Pieper<\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/ocldaa\/\">Office of Curriculum, Learning Design, and Academic Assessment<\/a>, <strong>Galen Collins<\/strong> and <strong>Allen Reich<\/strong> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/hrm.nau.edu\">School of Hotel and Restaurant Management<\/a>, and Agnes DeFranco from the University of Houston presented their paper, \u201cCreating an Effective Assessment of Learning Outcomes Process for Hospitality Programs,\u201d at the annual International Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Educators conference in July. The article provides an overview of the justifications for implementing an assessment of learning outcomes process and the steps that were developed by NAU\u2019s HRM program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flagstaff<\/strong> was ranked No. 3 in EAB\u2019s list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eab.com\/daily-briefing\/2017\/08\/08\/the-10-best-college-towns?elq_cid=896877&amp;x_id=003C000001Cv1vyIAB&amp;WT.mc_id=Email%7CDaily+Briefing+Headline%7CDBA%7CDB%7CAug-08-2017%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C&amp;elqTrackId=3c8b44b1d4af43d6a4be44745e6542e7&amp;elq=faf918cfe7f04d1692b6ca56f8cf38f3&amp;elqaid=69453&amp;elqat=1&amp;elqCampaignId=32422\">The 10 Best College Towns<\/a> in the U.S. NAU\u2019s hometown landed in the top three cities for its \u201claid back\u201d culture and variety of options for dining, bars and entertainment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlight-aug-10-2017\/\">Kudos to these faculty and staff 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. Chad Trujillo, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is mentioned in IEEE Spectrum\u2019s cover story \u201cIs There a Giant Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto?\u201d Trujillo has&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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48181","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=48181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}