{"id":72394,"date":"2024-05-21T10:25:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=72394"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:25:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:25:29","slug":"spotlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlights\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: May 20-24, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&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?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fE-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">online submission form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" 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;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU women\u2019s track and field<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> team won its fourth straight Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship title in Bozeman, Montana. The team scored a total of 240.5 points, the third-highest total in conference championship history. <\/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=\"1\" 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;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Madeline Wilson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Annika Reiss <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">both received additional recognition at the conference, Wilson being named Women\u2019s Most Valuable Athlete and Reiss being named Women\u2019s Most Outstanding Performer. Wilson took gold in both the 100-meter and 200-meter, with times of 11.70 and 23.00, respectively, while Reiss ran a time of 4:17.71 in the 1,500-meter.\u00a0<\/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=\"1\" 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;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU men\u2019s team<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> placed second in Bozeman with 185 points, one point behind Montana State. The team took gold in the hammer throw, triple jump, 4&#215;100-meter relay, 1,500-meter and 200-meter.\u00a0<\/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=\"1\" 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;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">KNAU reporter <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Melissa Sevigny<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> won a regional 2024 Edward R. Murrow Award for small market radio. Her piece \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knau.org\/knau-and-arizona-news\/2023-01-10\/lack-of-firewood-for-home-heating-continues-to-trouble-hopi-people\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lack of Firewood for Home Heating Continues to Trouble Hopi People<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d won in the category of Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. <\/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=\"1\" 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;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Graphic design student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Karen Javalera<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> won the Coconino County Board of Supervisors competition to design a new \u201cI Voted\u201d sticker. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coconino.az.gov\/3303\/i-voted\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Javalera\u2019s design<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> incorporates the San Francisco Peaks and ponderosa pine trees along with the traditional \u201cI Voted\u201d phrase in English, Navajo, Hopi and Spanish.\u00a0<\/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=\"1\" 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;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Undergraduate English and history student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Henry Petterson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> received the 2024 Martin-Springer Award for an independent summer research project at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C. The $4,000 award will cover his travel and other expenses to conduct research on anti-Roma laws and sentiments in pre-World War II Europe and during the Holocaust.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlights\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0 \u202fE-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our\u202fonline submission form.\u202f\u202f\u00a0 The NAU women\u2019s track and field team won its fourth straight Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship title in Bozeman, Montana. The team scored a total&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"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-72394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72394","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\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}