{"id":71351,"date":"2024-02-09T13:33:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T20:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=71351"},"modified":"2024-02-09T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T20:33:50","slug":"in-the-spotlight-feb-2-9-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-feb-2-9-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Feb. 2-9, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the Spotlight: Feb. 2-9, 2024\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:420}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:420}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:420}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, 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\">.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:420}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The NAU Police Department <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">received an accreditation award from the Arizona Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (ALEAP). In order to grant accreditation, ALEAP conducts in-depth internal reviews of law enforcement agencies\u2019 policies, procedures, operations and training with the goal of building community trust and confidence in police departments.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAUPD Officer Leander Adson <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">earned the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Flagstaff Post, Officer of the Year award at VFW\u2019s banquet Feb. 3.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU Track &amp; Field <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was named the Big Sky Commissioner\u2019s \u201cTeam of the Month\u201d after beginning their season with the highest week one <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">U.S. Track &amp; Field and Cross Country Coaches Association national rankings in program history. They saw multiple event wins, as well as a new school and conference record, at the third annual Ron Mann Classic.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">NAU Track &amp; Field <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">athletes <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Garret Bernt <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ruby Smee <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">were named Big Sky Athletes of the Week for their strong performances at the Ron Mann Classic. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bernt <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">was named Big Sky Men\u2019s Field Athlete of the Week after a school and conference record-breaking weight throw putting him at 10th in the nation in the event. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Smee <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">was named Big Sky Women\u2019s Track Athlete of the Week after finishing her race in third place.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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-feb-2-9-2024\/\">In the Spotlight: Feb. 2-9, 2024\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The NAU Police Department received an accreditation award from the Arizona Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (ALEAP). In order&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"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-71351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71351","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\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}