{"id":69711,"date":"2023-08-01T12:45:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=69711"},"modified":"2023-08-01T12:45:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:45:59","slug":"in-the-spotlight-july-31-aug-4-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-july-31-aug-4-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: July 31-Aug. 4, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the Spotlight: July 31-Aug. 4, 2023<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><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-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><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-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><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><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Northern Arizona University <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">was recognized as one of <\/span>Money\u2019s list of <a href=\"https:\/\/money.com\/best-colleges\/methodology\/\">2023 Best Colleges<\/a> in the country<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">he list considered diversity, quality, affordability and student outcomes.<\/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\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ryan Holder<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, associate director of choral studies at NAU, made his Carnegie debut at the New England Symphonic Ensemble\u2019s 40<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> anniversary. He was joined on<\/span><\/span>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69718\" style=\"width: 561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69718\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1008.jpeg\" alt=\"Twenty people in black clothing pose at Carnegie Hall\" width=\"561\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2023\/08\/IMG_1008.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2023\/08\/IMG_1008-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2023\/08\/IMG_1008-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Back Row \u2013 L to R \u2013 Simon Nissen, Lies\u2019l Hill, Kaitlin Simonson, Austin Shaw, Troy Meeker, Courtney Evans, Amanda Johnson, Taylor Day, Colton Stuart, Heather Drusedum, Robin Neely, Evan Braun, Logan Willson, Christopher Hughes, Anders Edenroth (composer); Middle Row \u2013 L to R \u2013 Katherine Rosenfeld, MaryAnne Muglia Smith, Dominic Smith, Sague Molina, Celine Durney, Schae Chapman, Abby Dotts, Osanah Manzo, Herbert Thames, Katelyn Mason, Justin Jenkins; From Row \u2013 L to R \u2013 Kazin Cole, Jaime Rodriguez, Hannah Kimball, Ryan Holder (conductor). Not pictured \u2013 Smith Graham, Miguel Saucedo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">the stage by several NAU students and alumni: <strong>Simon Nissen<\/strong>, <strong>Lies\u2019l Hill<\/strong>, <strong>Kaitlin Simonson<\/strong>, <strong>Austin Shaw<\/strong>, <strong>Troy Meeker<\/strong>, <strong>Courtney Evans<\/strong>, <strong>Amanda Johnson<\/strong>, <strong>Taylor Day<\/strong>, <strong>Colton Stuart<\/strong>, <strong>Heather Drusedum<\/strong>, <strong>Robin Neely<\/strong>, <strong>Evan Braun<\/strong>, <strong>Logan Willson<\/strong>, <strong>Christopher Hughes<\/strong>, <strong>Katherine Rosenfeld<\/strong>, <strong>MaryAnne Muglia Smith<\/strong>, <strong>Dominic Smith<\/strong>, <strong>Sague Molina<\/strong>, <strong>Celine Durney<\/strong>, <strong>Schae Chapman<\/strong>, <strong>Abby Dotts<\/strong>, <strong>Osanah Manzo<\/strong>, <strong>Herbert Thames<\/strong>, <strong>Katelyn Mason<\/strong>, <strong>Justin Jenkins<\/strong>, <strong>Kazin Cole<\/strong>, <strong>Jaime Rodriguez<\/strong>, <strong>Hannah Kimball<\/strong>, <strong>Smith Graham<\/strong> and <strong>Miguel Saucedo<\/strong>. The Desert Ridge High School Choir, which alum <strong>Albert Lee<\/strong> directs, also performed.<\/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-july-31-aug-4-2023\/\">In the Spotlight: July 31-Aug. 4, 2023\u00a0 \u00a0Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0 \u00a0Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0 \u00a0E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0 Northern Arizona University was recognized as one of Money\u2019s list of 2023 Best Colleges in the country.&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"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-69711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69711","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\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}