{"id":66581,"date":"2022-07-26T11:37:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T18:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=66581"},"modified":"2022-07-26T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T18:37:35","slug":"in-the-spotlight-july-25-29-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-july-25-29-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: July 25-29, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, or use our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">online submission form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Northern Arizona University\u2019s golf, men\u2019s and women\u2019s tennis and men\u2019s and women\u2019s outdoor track &amp; field programs<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> combined for 58 Big Sky Spring All-Academic awards. Already this year, NAU Athletics saw an increase from 40 to 62 honorees in the fall and 47 to 60 in the winter from the 2019-20 year to this year. Did the news release list the students who won the awards? Please list them and bold all of their names, if so.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Big Sky Conference announced that the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU Lumberjacks<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> were once again voted to finish seventh in both the coaches and media preseason polls for football, while offensive lineman <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jonas Leader<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and safety <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Morgan Vest<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> were named to the 2022 Big Sky Football Preseason All-Conference Team.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Frederick DeMicco,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> executive director and professor of the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> authored the article \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalitynet.org\/opinion\/4111483.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">New Revenue Enhancing Opportunity for Hospitality Operations: Food to Seniors via Home Delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> This is a new opportunity for hospitality operations to deliver food to seniors; the program is\u00a0funded by Medicare in order to effectively deliver healthy and high-quality meals to seniors at their homes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the second consecutive year, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">won the Big Sky Conference Presidents\u2019 Cup, an annual award given to the university that best <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">promotes a commitment to academics and overall success in the classroom and athletic competition.\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU\u2019s successful defense of the Presidents\u2019 Cup is the Lumberjacks\u2019 fifth all-time, tying Weber State for the most in conference history.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU alumnus <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Luis Grijalva<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> put together an incredible performance in the 5,000-meter finals at the 2022 World Athletics Championships on Sunday. With a season-best 13:10.44, Grijalva nearly medaled and came away with a fourth-place finish in his first world championship appearance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Men\u2019s basketball players <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nik Mains, Keith Haymon <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Mason Stark<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">were recognized on the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court. In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must be a junior or senior academically, hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher and have spent at least one year at their current institution.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Valerie Payr\u00e9,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, authored the article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0012821X22003302\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cTridymite in a lacustrine mudstone in Gale Crater, Mars: Evidence for an explosive silicic eruption during the Hesperian.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The unexpected detection of \u223c16 wt. percent monoclinic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/earth-and-planetary-sciences\/tridymite\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">tridymite<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a high-temperature silica polymorph, within an otherwise lacustrine <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/earth-and-planetary-sciences\/mudstone\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">mudstone<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in Gale crater, Mars<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> raises significant questions about its formation and the extent of magmatic evolution on that planet.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-july-25-29-2022\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form. Northern Arizona University\u2019s golf, men\u2019s and women\u2019s tennis and men\u2019s and women\u2019s outdoor track &amp; field programs combined for 58 Big Sky Spring All-Academic&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"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-66581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66581","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\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}