{"id":67041,"date":"2022-10-03T16:30:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T23:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=67041"},"modified":"2022-10-03T16:30:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T23:30:43","slug":"in-the-spotlight-oct-3-7-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-oct-3-7-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Oct. 3-7, 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;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\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;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\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><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" 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\">T. Mark Montoya<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate dean for Curriculum and Student Affairs and associate professor of ethnic studies in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences co-authored a book chapter that was recently published in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apsanet.org\/gradschool\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond.<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">The chapter, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apsanet.org\/Portals\/54\/journals\/Graduate%20school%20chapters\/427_PDFsam_Graduate%20School%2091622.pdf?ver=jAdUcCa25SbQ6_pMownsqg%3d%3d&amp;timestamp=1663361416158\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Concerns for First-Gen Political Science Graduate Students<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d identifies the challenges faced by first-generation political science graduate students while calling to mind assets-based approaches.<\/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=\"1\" 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\">President Biden intends to appoint <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Juliana Urtubey, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">program director at the Arizona K12 Center and 2021 National Teacher of the Year, to serve as a member of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/09\/30\/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-8\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">President\u2019s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This commission will provide advice to the President through the Secretary on matters pertaining to educational equity and economic opportunity for the Hispanic and Latino community.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" 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=\"none\">The <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Northern Arizona University Women\u2019s Cross-Country team<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> shot up the national rankings after a strong performance at the Cowboy Jamboree. Moving up 18 spots, the Lumberjacks are now ranked fourth in the nation, their highest ranking in program history.\u00a0<\/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=\"1\" 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\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nico Young<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Elise Stearns<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> swept the Big Sky weekly awards, winning the men\u2019s and women\u2019s Cross-Country Athlete of the Week. Both Young and Stearns placed fifth at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Young, with his second consecutive top-five finish at the Jamboree, ran a time of 23:20.8 in the 8K. Stearns led the women with a time of 20:29.5 in the 6K.<\/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=\"1\" 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 American Association of University Women (AAUW) has awarded the International Master&#8217;s\/1st Professional Degree Fellowship to <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shonduri Manda, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a student at Northern Arizona University pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice and Criminology. AAUW is one of the world\u2019s oldest leading supporters of graduate women\u2019s education. Since 1888, it has awarded more than $135 million in fellowships, grants and awards to 13,000 women from 150 countries<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-oct-3-7-2022\/\">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.\u00a0 T. Mark Montoya, associate dean for Curriculum and Student Affairs and associate professor of ethnic studies in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"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-67041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67041","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\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}