{"id":68529,"date":"2023-03-07T09:17:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=68529"},"modified":"2023-03-07T09:17:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:17:30","slug":"in-the-spotlight-march-6-10-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-march-6-10-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: March 6-10, 2023"},"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=\"5\" 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\">Chrissina Burke<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate teaching professor of anthropology and assistant dean for student success in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences recently had an article published in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Taylor &amp; Francis Online <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which discusses the significance of building equity-driven syllabi for my courses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" 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\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As part of its commitment to increasing diversity and inclusiveness in transportation, the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trb.org\/AboutTRB\/MinorityStudent.aspx\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Transportation Research Board (TRB) Minority Student Fellows Program<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> funds students from minority-serving institutions to attend and present their research at the TRB Annual Meeting and help them engage in TRB\u2019s network of transportation professionals. This year, NAU undergraduate student, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Armando Martinez<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, made quite an impression with his poster presentation. Beth Ewoldsen, TRB content strategist, noted that \u201cto do this presentation at the undergraduate level is particularly impressive.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" 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\">Beyonce Bahe,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> an Honors Interdisciplinary Global Program Junior was named a 2023 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truman.gov\/apply\/finalists\/2023-truman-finalists\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Truman Finalist<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Firmly rooted in President Truman&#8217;s belief that education promotes the general welfare of our country, the Truman Scholarship continues to support and encourage the future of public service leadership in the United States as many of those chosen as scholars go on to serve in public office, as prosecutors and public defenders, as leaders of non-profit organizations and as educators. Bahe is among an elite group of students selected nationally from 133 U<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> institutions for the Truman Regional Review Panel interviews in March. Her Truman proposal included her pursuit of a master&#8217;s in public health and MD so that she can <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">be<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> best prepare<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for a career in healthcare and public service with Indian Health Services on the White Mountain Apache reservation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" 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\">Sophia Zuniga<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, public health junior, was selected to attend the Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute (JSI) Fellowship Program. The JSI Fellowship Program is a rigorous academic graduate-level preparation program for undergraduate juniors committed to public service careers. This fully funded opportunity equips fellows with the knowledge and skills they will need to succeed in graduate school and, ultimately, in influential roles serving the public good.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" 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\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Travel.GR <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">published an article highlighting the work of NAU\u2019s <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fred <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DeMicco<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, director and professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Elisabeth Gutt<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, MBA candidate in the W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Franke College of Business. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travel.gr\/how_to_travel\/travel-news\/athoryvi-paraitisi-to-fainomeno-poy-ech\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">article <\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">explores DeMicco\u2019s and Gutt\u2019s study which focuses on widespread silent resignation and why a person would or would not participate in it.<\/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-march-6-10-2023\/\">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 Chrissina Burke, associate teaching professor of anthropology and assistant dean for student success in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences recently had an&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-68529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68529","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=68529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}