{"id":72504,"date":"2024-06-25T15:33:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T22:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=72504"},"modified":"2024-06-25T15:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T22:33:09","slug":"in-the-spotlight-june-24-28-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-june-24-28-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: June 24-28, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 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=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Campus Dining sustainability coordinator <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fran Alvarado<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was one of three Sodexo employees in the honorable mention category of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/us.sodexo.com\/news-releases\/stop-hunger-2024-scholars-heroes.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2024 Heroes of Everyday Life award<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Alvarado earned a $1,000 grant for her work addressing the NAU community\u2019s food needs and combating food insecurity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amy Armstrong-Heimsoth<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, department chair and associate clinical professor for the Department of Occupational Therapy, was selected as a finalist for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Phoenix Business Journal\u2019s<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/phoenix\/event\/169767\/2024\/health-care-heroes-awards\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2024 Health Care Heroes Awards<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. As one of three finalists in the community outreach category nominated for educating her community about healthcare topics, Armstrong-Heimsoth will be recognized for her achievements in the journal\u2019s Aug. 30 issue<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">and at the annual Health Care Heroes<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">awards celebration on Aug. 29.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sanjay Joshi<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a professor in the Department of History, was one of 31 scholars awarded fellowships by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiastudies.org\/the-american-institute-of-indian-studies-is-pleased-to-announce-its-upcoming-fellows-for-2024-2026\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">American Institute of Indian Studies<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to complete academic projects in India from 2024-26. Joshi earned a senior fellowship funded by a U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs grant for his project \u201cNegotiating Marginality: The Life of Marie Sommerville.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU men&#8217;s cross country and track and field teams<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> finished second in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ustfccca.org\/2024\/06\/featured\/2024-ncaa-division-i-track-field-and-cross-country-program-of-the-year\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2024 USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Program of the Year standings<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, finishing with 29.5 points. The award recognizes institutions based on their successes during the NCAA championships.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU swimming and diving <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was among 722 teams from 417 institutions to be recognized for academic excellence as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cscaa.org\/news\/2022117\/spring2024scholar-2p79k-cmb27\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Scholar America Team<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America. With a team GPA of 3.67, NAU swimming and diving was one of 563 teams with a GPA of 3.30 or higher.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\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-june-24-28-2024\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0\u00a0 Campus Dining sustainability coordinator Fran Alvarado was one of three Sodexo employees in the honorable mention category of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation\u2019s 2024 Heroes&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-72504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72504","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=72504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}