{"id":60577,"date":"2020-08-27T13:22:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T20:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=60577"},"modified":"2020-08-27T13:22:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T20:22:28","slug":"in-the-student-spotlight-aug-28-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-student-spotlight-aug-28-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Student Spotlight: Aug. 28, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kudos to these students<\/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:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/\">online submission form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Taylor Roberts<\/strong>, sophomore in management and information systems management, helped implement a new communication request for the Northern Arizona University Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid using the software application OnBase. ITS application systems analyst <strong>Wes Walker<\/strong> and business analyst <strong>Jordan Jones<\/strong> assisted Roberts to develop a process that allows NAU staff to organize a call campaign and send mass emails to students while checking the form for more information or revisions when a form comes back from a request.<\/li>\n<li><strong>UTV Studios<\/strong>, an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/yp8uwjlqkbbzybvjvzjw6\/Open-house-MIC-UTV-studios-1080.mp4?dl=0&amp;oref=e&amp;r=ABOoTpHSoShQaNB-jL4QhQc5wn5bXD7n-E_kuJaH36uU_9H7NP5lI7k-C9euuGB_0VsvCoOlTnuK7w_TYhMWK0Qde5fsM0ooxARX8od1R220U2TYfqwfMcIaTPbddWtCiJ_5HVXATtwVa9xAxMlONxsgXGds6gNjdN_NcRdFBaW4LpopgZwogC7Cav-6Pg6QTE4&amp;sm=1\"> independent film studio at NAU<\/a> advised by associate professor of practice in the School of Communication <strong>William Carter<\/strong>, produced several successful short films this past year.\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/n9fi5olg6s1x6fo5jy9di\/Believer-Judahs-Truth.mp4?dl=0&amp;oref=e&amp;r=ABMuY3Ru3KpDAX6a6JSqnGv6OjrGNglQbGkWJ9aUffKqXbCNdO72gEOuClkr47FK2r9X4TLJoOiAwr9Xm4ZTAmG-UoztwYORtLPead-lHSaEBR-RLkTziAq_3C9YoXDJ7wADX7C-kFKEp9OajllqkgwokExDkX9zRD5rYQbJzbzlykhzxvXz2VFi0M5Re700GRI&amp;sm=1\">The Believer<\/a>,\u201d directed by recent graduate <strong>Huntr McMillan<\/strong> and produced by creative media and film student <strong>Angela Houston<\/strong>, is a short fiction crime story that won two Los Angeles Independent Short Awards: Silver for Best Student Director 2020 and Gold for Best Crime Short 2020. It was also nominated for four Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards: Best Writer, Best Director, Best Sound and Best Editing.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSfdiBSgoBk\">June Heist<\/a>,\u201d directed by Houston in fall 2019, is about a single mother battling the effects of poverty while fighting for her daughter\u2019s happiness. The short won three Independent Short Awards: Silver Best Acting Duo, Gold Best Student Short Film and Platinum Best Student Director (Female).<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/d8ylznhji89tdax2tnonv\/Open-House-option-1.mp4?dl=0&amp;oref=e&amp;r=ABNfl8yVNFWPhNlO9Xiy91KSxTse43C-f7aTeleUVGrZXhktZFFXIsijpt_BPZpG27kk0dI6bN9oiP6Xz4khz4KP3cIZK1B0L-HfClhMpceQWYSqRWZVg9pnfG4NRjD9uG0119A6c_mOXackaRIH0FC94hruNuke4z14JBXxyDr_4NtQGryVjgH-rMSpWSw2p6g&amp;sm=1\">Skin Deep<\/a>,\u201d directed by creative media and film student <strong>Ember Crowley<\/strong> was awarded Best Student Film at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, an award winner for Best Student Film (Female) at the Independent Short Awards and a Best Thriller Short (IMDb qualifier).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-student-spotlight-aug-28-2020\/\">Kudos to these 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. Taylor Roberts, sophomore in management and information systems management, helped implement a new communication request for the Northern Arizona University Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid using the software application&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"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-60577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60577","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\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}