{"id":70026,"date":"2023-09-18T11:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T18:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=70026"},"modified":"2023-09-18T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T22:31:08","slug":"in-the-spotlight-sept-18-22-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-sept-18-22-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Sept. 18-22, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kudos<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> 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-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><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jeffrey Hovermill<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate professor of mathematics education, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shannon Guerrero<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statisitcs<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/departments?id=10216\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Dana Ernst,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics,<\/span> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Donelle Ruwe<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate dean in the Department of Professional Educational Programs, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jo\u2019el Johanson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate teaching professor in STEM education, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Theresa Fuller<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, assistant clinical professor in STEM education, and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chris Aungst<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, academic support director in professional education programs at the College of Education<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are leading the newest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.unl.edu\/announce\/mtep-transformers\/16099\/89999\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership (MTEP) Transformers program<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Through this partnership with MTEP, they look to redesign<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> secondary mathematics teacher preparation programs, they can help improve STEM teaching and learning for diverse schools and districts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>NAU<\/strong> ranked No. 3 on the Top D1 Higher Education Institutions on Instagram in the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/blog\/higher-ed-social-media-engagement-report\/\">Rival IQ Higher Education Social Media Engagement Report<\/a>. <strong>NAU Social&#8217;s<\/strong> consistent posting and engagement and leaning into Instagram Reels to leverage the algorithm helped boost NAU&#8217;s performance.<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" 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\">NAU<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ranked 5<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">among colleges that support Indigenous students and communities by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegevaluesonline.com\/colleges-supporting-indigenous-peoples\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">College Values Online.<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">These rankings are based on a college\u2019s support to Indigenous students and communities and evidence of improving its representation efforts for their community.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" 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\">James Bowie, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">teaching professor in the Department of Sociology, was recently interviewed by British art and design site <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativebloq.com\/features\/best-fashion-logos\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Creative Bloq,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> about logos in the fashion industry. Bowie evaluated the logos of Versace, Collection of Style and Comme des Gar\u00e7ons PLAY in his interview.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" 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\">NAU<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> earned several rankings on <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">2024 Best Colleges list. This list evaluated around 1500, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">four-year degree-granting institutions,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> on graduate outcome<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s, academic quality and financial aid offered, among others.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\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-sept-18-22-2023\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0 Do 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 \u00a0Jeffrey Hovermill, associate professor of mathematics education, Shannon Guerrero, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statisitcs, Dana Ernst, associate professor in the Department&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-70026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70026","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=70026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}