{"id":67641,"date":"2022-12-06T09:30:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=67641"},"modified":"2022-12-06T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:30:17","slug":"in-the-spotlight-dec-5-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-dec-5-9\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Dec. 5-9, 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=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, or use our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">online submission form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/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\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Northern Arizona University\u2019s director of cross country and track &amp; field,<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Mike Smith,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has been awarded the Bill Dellinger Award as he was named the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA ) National Men\u2019s Coach of the Year. This is the fifth time that Smith has been named National Men\u2019s Coach of the Year<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the third consecutive year. Smith is only the second person to win this award three years in a row.<\/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=\"auto\">Frederick J. DeMicco,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> executive director and professor from the School of Hospitality and Restaurant Management, had a new article recently published on <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hospitality Net<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. In his article, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalitynet.org\/opinion\/4113703.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lodging Opportunity: Strategies for Planning for a Successful University Based Retirement Community<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d DeMicco and co-author John Spooner discuss University Based Retirement Communities (UBRCs) and how they offer retirees a strong intergenerational connection, opportunities for personal and intellectual growth and more.<\/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\">Senior <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christopher Castillo <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was featured in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dozg3o4VzhI\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">commemorative video<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of the inaugural AZ Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Summit by a partner HSI institution, the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">University of Arizona<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The inaugural AZ HSI Summit brought together faculty, staff, administrators, students and community partners to showcase and exchange evidence-based practices that are effectively and intentionally supporting Latinx students and building capacity among faculty &amp; staff to teach and lead at HSIs and to create opportunities for networking and community building across AZ <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HSIs and Emerging HSIs.<\/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\">Honors College senior <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anthony Zapata <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was named a finalist for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk\/office-of-the-american-secretary\/application-overview\/united-states-information\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Rhodes Scholarship<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at Oxford University. With the guidance of NAU&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/nisf\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Office of National &amp; International Scholarships and Fellowships<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Zapata completed a rigorous application and university presidential endorsement process to compete for a finalist position. Zapata graduates in spring 2023 with a degree in health sciences-public health and a minor in biology. He had various roles such as student researcher for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pathogen and Microbiome Institute<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, presenter at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/undergraduate-research\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Undergraduate Research Symposium<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Honors peer mentor and co-founder and president of the Public Health Service Club.<\/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-dec-5-9\/\">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 Northern Arizona University\u2019s director of cross country and track &amp; field, Mike Smith, has been awarded the Bill Dellinger Award as he was named&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-67641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67641","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=67641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}