{"id":72024,"date":"2024-04-15T08:53:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=72024"},"modified":"2024-04-18T08:57:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:57:45","slug":"gold-axe-may-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/gold-axe-may-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring the President&#8217;s Prize, Gold Axe and Distinguished Seniors of the Class of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The President\u2019s Prize, Gold Axe awards and the Distinguished Senior awards for the Class of 2024 were honored at a ceremony on April 11. Provost <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Karen Pugliesi<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, in presenting the awards, highlighted the accomplishments, service and scholarship of this class as she recognized students from each college.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72026\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-72026\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1529_presidents_prize_20240411-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/1529_presidents_prize_20240411-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/1529_presidents_prize_20240411-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/1529_presidents_prize_20240411-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/1529_presidents_prize_20240411-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/1529_presidents_prize_20240411.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The President&#8217;s Prize winners with Provost Karen Pugliesi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The students came from a pool of applicants selected by the Office of Leadership &amp; Engagement. The program is co-sponsored by the Office of the President, NAU Alumni and ASNAU. This year\u2019s class included 45 Gold Axe winners, including five President\u2019s Prize winners\u2014the highest honor awarded to undergraduate students. Additionally, nine students were honored as Distinguished Seniors of their colleges.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The President\u2019s Prize winners are:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Maria Emilia Machelor<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a member of the Honors College who majored in Spanish and international affairs; served in ASNAU, including as the 2023-24 student body president; and participated in Global Bridges NAU and the NAU Photography Club.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emma Anderson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, who majored in elementary education and served as a member of the Campus Living Student Association and the National Residence Hall Honorary organization, in addition to participating in various other volunteer and community organizations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarahy Gonzalez Gonz\u00e1lez<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a first-generation student who majored in finance and management, studied abroad in Spain and is a President\u2019s Leadership Fellow and a finance TA.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Miles LeBlanc<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a business economics and finance major and member of NAU\u2019s football team, did a yearlong research project on name-image-likeness deals, exploring the practical applications of these deals for college athletes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keona Hosteen<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a communication sciences and disorders major, Presidential Leadership Fellow and member of Native Journey to Academic Success, switched to online courses so she could move home to the Navajo Nation and care for her grandmother.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72027\" style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72027\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0600_distinguished_seniors_20240411-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Distinguished Seniors stand on a staircase\" width=\"363\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/0600_distinguished_seniors_20240411-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/0600_distinguished_seniors_20240411-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/0600_distinguished_seniors_20240411-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/0600_distinguished_seniors_20240411-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/0600_distinguished_seniors_20240411.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Distinguished Seniors for the Class of 2024.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Distinguished Seniors are: <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Olivia Hall<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Arts and Letters); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alexandria Call<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Education); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Matthew Helms<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jessica Marshall<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keona Hosteen<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Health and Human Services); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carolina Jimenez Hernandez<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Social and Behavioral Sciences); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Theresa Bell<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Personalized Learning); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Isaac Lopez<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (NAU Yuma) and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Miles LeBlanc<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (The W. A. Franke College of Business).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The standard bearers are: <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jonathan Otero<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Education); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grace Morris<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Max Whittington<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keona Hosteen<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Health and Human Services); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Savanna Cabrera<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Social and Behavioral Sciences); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Samantha Barraza Amador<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (NAU Yuma and Personalized Learning); <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abigail Webster<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (College of Arts and Letters) and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Madison Riedling<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (The W. A. Franke College of Business).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EUcOQgkPQgU\">Watch the ceremony recorded by NAU-TV.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Gold Axe winners<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72032\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.27-AM.png\" alt=\"Collage of Gold Axe winner headshots\" width=\"947\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.27-AM.png 947w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.27-AM-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.27-AM-768x617.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72033\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.37-AM.png\" alt=\"Collage of Gold Axe winner headshots\" width=\"950\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.37-AM.png 950w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.37-AM-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.37-AM-768x601.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72034\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.55-AM.png\" alt=\"Collage of Gold Axe winner headshots\" width=\"950\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.55-AM.png 950w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.55-AM-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.17.55-AM-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72035\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.04-AM.png\" alt=\"Collage of Gold Axe winner headshots\" width=\"940\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.04-AM.png 940w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.04-AM-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.04-AM-768x634.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72037\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.13-AM.png\" alt=\"Collage of Gold Axe winner headshots\" width=\"950\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.13-AM.png 950w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.13-AM-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.13-AM-768x611.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72036 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.22-AM.png\" alt=\"Collage of Gold Axe winner headshots\" width=\"589\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.22-AM.png 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.22-AM-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-11.18.22-AM-768x818.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Distinguished Seniors<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72029\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.58.48-AM.png\" alt=\"Collage of Distinguished Seniors\" width=\"981\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.58.48-AM.png 1362w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.58.48-AM-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.58.48-AM-1024x872.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.58.48-AM-768x654.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Standard Bearers<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72031\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.56.06-AM.png\" alt=\"Collage of Standard Bearers from each college\" width=\"1030\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.56.06-AM.png 1376w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.56.06-AM-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.56.06-AM-1024x833.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-10.56.06-AM-768x625.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/gold-axe-may-24\/\">The President\u2019s Prize, Gold Axe awards and the Distinguished Senior awards for the Class of 2024 were honored at a ceremony on April 11. Provost Karen Pugliesi, in presenting the awards, highlighted the accomplishments, service and scholarship of this class as she recognized students from each college.\u00a0 The students came from a pool of applicants&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":72025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72024","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}