{"id":73507,"date":"2024-12-09T13:25:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T20:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=73507"},"modified":"2024-12-09T13:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T20:25:14","slug":"in-the-spotlight-dec-9-13-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-dec-9-13-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Dec. 9-13, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/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\">.<\/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\">Department of Anthropology associate professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lucero Radonic <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU Water, Society and Policy Lab<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> hosted the launch event for the NAU Arizona Water for All (AW4A) initiative on Nov. 15, a partnership program between the Arizona government and in-state public universities designed to support water-insecure households using community-based solutions. The launch event included more than 35 participants from nonprofit organizations, government agencies and higher education institutions to celebrate NAU\u2019s inclusion in the program and build momentum for future on-campus AW4A projects.<\/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\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ranked No. 3 in the nation and No. 1 in Arizona on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bestforvets.militarytimes.com\/rankings\/colleges\/y2024\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Military Times Best for Vets 2024 Colleges list<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Military Times scores universities based on their capacity to provide career services, academic support and financial assistance to military students.\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\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fred DeMicco<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, co-authored the opinion article \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalitynet.org\/opinion\/4124919.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Addressing Senior Travelers\u2019 Top Health Concerns Leads to a Better Guest Experience<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published on Hospitality.net. The article posits that initiatives like hosting onsite clinics and emphasizing pre-travel health checks could help hotels, resorts and spas give peace of mind to elderly travelers.\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=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Department of Anthropology assistant professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kellam Throgmorton <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">co-authored the article \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00231940.2024.2425919\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Origins and Sources of Zuni Mountain Spotted Chert<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published in KIVA: The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History. The article is the first publication to provide a scientific description of the geologic origins and distribution of Zuni Mountain Spotted Chert, a sedimentary rock found in archaeological sites in northwestern New Mexico historically used extensively for making stone tools and projectile points.\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-dec-9-13-2024\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs. Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form. Department of Anthropology associate professor Lucero Radonic and the NAU Water, Society and Policy Lab hosted the launch event for the NAU Arizona Water for&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-73507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73507","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=73507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}