{"id":73255,"date":"2024-10-28T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T19:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=73255"},"modified":"2024-10-28T12:44:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T19:44:07","slug":"in-the-spotlight-oct-28-nov-1-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-oct-28-nov-1-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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=\"{}\">\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=\"{}\">\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\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sara Rinfret<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a director and professor of public administration for the Department of Politics and International Affairs, was selected as the vice president and president-elect for the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA). NASPAA is the global accreditation body for all public administration education programs and will host its fall 2025 conference at NAU. Rinfret earned this position after a rigorous nomination process involving NASPAA\u2019s more than 300 member schools.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU alumna<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Shondiin Mayo <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">contributed to the article \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ictnews.org\/news\/historic-apology-boarding-school-history-a-sin-on-our-soul?utm_source=ICT&amp;utm_campaign=c4510a9e4c-The+Weekly%2C+2%2F16_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_5e3432615c-c4510a9e4c-361297468\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Historic Apology: Boarding school history \u2018a sin on our soul,\u2019<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d published in Indian Country Today. The news article covers President Joe Biden\u2019s historic apology on behalf of the United States for its history of hosting more than 500 Indigenous boarding schools and the subsequent cultural genocide inflicted on Native American communities.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Global Languages and Cultures <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is launching its new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.nau.edu\/Catalog\/details?plan=SPAHPUCT\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Spanish for the Health Professions<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> undergraduate certificate program this fall. This program is designed to address the demand for health care professionals with cross-cultural communication skills by focusing on the cultural, social and linguistic knowledge necessary to treat and assist Hispanic patients. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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\">Multiple faculty members, students and alumni from the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science (APS) <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were presenters and co-authors acknowledged at the American Astronomical Society&#8217;s Division for Planetary Science meeting in Boise, Idaho. The department members recognized include:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cb&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department Chair <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">David Trilling<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cb&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Josh Emery<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cb&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Assistant professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Haley Sapers<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cb&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Stephen Tegler<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cb&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Associate professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Cristina Thomas<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cb&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Associate professor<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Chad Trujillo<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cb&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Postdoctoral scholars<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Annika Gustafsson, Lauren McGraw <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Will Oldroyd<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cb&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Doctoral students<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Will Burris, Maria Chernyavskaya, Anna Engle, Kennedy Farrell, Lucas McClure, Ana Morgan, Ryder Strauss <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Cece Thieberger<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cb\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cb&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alumni<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Wilnelia Barea-Carrion, Colin Chandler, Jarod DeSpain, Max Hood, Rachel Huchmala, Oriel Humes, Jay Kueny <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Audrey Martin<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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\">Sam Hemmelgarn<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a first-year APS doctoral student, was the first author of the paper \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2410.02883\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">How Meteor Showers Can Guide the Search for Long Period Comets<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published in the Planetary Science Journal. The study investigates the procedures of detecting long-period comets based on the meteor showers they create when passing close to Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Engle was the first author of the paper \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ad6764\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ice Formation, Exsolution, and Multiphase Equilibria in the Methane\u2013Ethane\u2013Nitrogen System at Titan Surface Conditions<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published in The Planetary Science Journal. This study looks into the effect nitrogen has on ice formation on Titan\u2019s surface, Saturn\u2019s largest moon. Other authors from NAU include Hanley, Grundy, Tegler, Lindberg, doctoral student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shaelyn Raposa<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Thieberger and alum <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shyanne Dustrud<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Undergraduate APS student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hunter Brooks <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was a co-creator of the citizen science initiative \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zooniverse.org\/projects\/exoasteroids\/exoasteroids\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Exoasteroids<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d developed by the National Science Foundation\u2019s NOIRLab. The project\u2019s website encourages citizens to use footage from telescopes to identify white dwarf stars with fluctuating brightnesses, as these may be remnants of planetary system host stars similar to Earth\u2019s sun.\u00a0\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-oct-28-nov-1-2024\/\">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 Sara Rinfret, a director and professor of public administration for the Department of Politics and International Affairs, was selected as the vice president and president-elect&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-73255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73255","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=73255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}