{"id":73029,"date":"2024-09-23T16:20:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=73029"},"modified":"2024-09-23T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:20:47","slug":"in-the-spotlight-sept-23-27-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-sept-23-27-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Sept. 23-27, 2024\u00a0"},"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><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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU\u2019s <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Physician Assistant Studies <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">received $898,779 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to expand the program\u2019s substance use disorder education efforts. The grant will fund direct clinical training between students and NAU\u2019s health partners, including the implementation of the Project ECHO virtual training model, to improve students\u2019 confidence and proficiency when treating individuals with substance use disorders.<\/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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flagstaff recently became the first city in northern Arizona and the 11th city in the state to earn the Dementia Friendly Community (DFC) designation from Dementia Friendly America (DFA). Students and faculty within NAU\u2019s <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">College of Health and Human Services<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">College of Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Office of the Provost<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The W. A. Franke College of Business <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">significantly contributed to this initiative by spearheading support services, research groups and advocacy measures centered on the care of individuals with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and dementia. More than 300 NAU students, faculty and staff members have also completed dementia awareness training through Dementia Friends USA.\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;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Charn McAllister<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an associate professor in the Department of Management, Marketing, and Information Systems Management, was featured on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcelschwantes.com\/charn-mcallister-katie-alexander-parker-ellen-understanding-workplace-deviance-and-how-to-stop-it-ep-228\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Love in Action<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> podcast to discuss his research on productive workplace leadership behaviors published in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sloanreview.mit.edu\/article\/bad-apples-or-bad-leaders\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">MIT Sloan Management Review<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/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-sept-23-27-2024\/\">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\u00a0 NAU\u2019s Department of Physician Assistant Studies received $898,779 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to expand the program\u2019s substance use disorder&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"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-73029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73029","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=73029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}