{"id":69518,"date":"2023-06-27T15:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T22:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=69518"},"modified":"2023-06-27T15:48:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T22:48:57","slug":"spotlight-june-26-30-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlight-june-26-30-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: June 26-30, 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><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=\"9\" 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\">Politics and international affairs professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Edythe Weeks <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">recently presented a lecture and two additional presentations at the &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iafastro.org\/events\/global-series-conferences\/gloc-2023\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fire and Ice \u2013 Space for Climate Action, Global Space Conference<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d in Oslo, Norway. Weeks&#8217; research aims at welcoming a broad range of students and scholars from all backgrounds to participate in outer space and polar research. This effort is another step towards achieving her goal of winning the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/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=\"9\" 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\">During the 2022\u20132023 academic year, the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sigma Chi fraternity<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> at Northern Arizona University raised and donated $61,683 to the Huntsman Cancer Institute of Salt Lake City for the fight against women\u2019s cancers. NAU Sigma Chi is the 14<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-highest \u201cSig\u201d Huntsman fundraising chapter of all 240 Sig chapters at colleges and universities throughout North America, who have collectively raised more than $3.4 million this year. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since 2001, Sigma Chi at NAU has raised and donated $329,772 to Huntsman, Children\u2019s Miracle Network and other charities.<\/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=\"9\" 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\">Nico Young<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, All-American NAU cross country and track and field athlete, was recently featured in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Queerty<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/this-college-track-star-leads-the-pack-as-his-authentic-self-moonlights-as-a-fashion-designer-20230620\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">article<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> discusses Young\u2019s impressive accomplishments throughout the season which he attributes to increased confidence and authenticity following his coming-out announcement last summer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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=\"9\" 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\">Students <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Caitlin Brogan<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christian Fauser<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adam Bringhurst<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gabriel Bac <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">received the national River Studies and Leadership Certificate (RSLC) from the River Management Society (RMS). This unique program gives university students the foundation of knowledge and experience required to pursue river-related careers. Each recipient has completed interdisciplinary coursework and a field-based practicum in river-based science, policy, conservation, education and recreation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlight-june-26-30-2023\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0\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 Politics and international affairs professor Edythe Weeks recently presented a lecture and two additional presentations at the &#8220;Fire and Ice \u2013 Space for Climate&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-69518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69518","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=69518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}