{"id":73673,"date":"2025-01-13T12:02:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=73673"},"modified":"2025-01-13T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:02:41","slug":"in-the-spotlight-jan-13-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-jan-13-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Jan. 13-17, 2025"},"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\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mowana Lomaomvaya, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">archivist for Indigenous Initiatives and Cultures with Cline Library Special Collections and Archives, presented at &#8220;Following Knowledge Forward,&#8221; a conference hosted by the American Philosophical Society\u2019s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, in Philadelphia in October. Lomaomvaya presented on the Cline Library team\u2019s collaborative work with the Seven Generations Indigenous Knowledge Center (7Gen Center) to develop the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ikdll.nau.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indigenous Knowledges Digital Learning Library<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an open-access repository for digital materials sharing Indigenous knowledge and providing Indigenous perspectives on a variety of topics and disciplines.<\/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\">Six students from the Sports and Adventure Media certificate program\u2014seniors <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tony Bracha <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Noah Butler<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, juniors <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bryan Adams <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Connor Emery<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and sophomores <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alyssa Munoz <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adriana Sparks<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014covered the College Football Playoff national quarterfinal Fiesta Bowl in Glendale on Dec. 31. Additionally, sports and adventure media senior <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ava Nichols <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">worked as a seasonal intern with the Fiesta Bowl\u2019s media relations staff for the fall semester, bringing the number of sports reporters representing NAU at the game as active students to seven. \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\">Northern Arizona University <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ranked No. 1 in the state for best value colleges and universities based on a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smartasset.com\/student-loans\/student-loan-calculator#arizona\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2024 study<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> completed by the financial technology company SmartAsset. The study ranked schools based on five categories: tuition, student living costs, scholarship and grant offerings, student retention rates and starting salary for new graduates.\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-jan-13-17-2025\/\">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. Mowana Lomaomvaya, archivist for Indigenous Initiatives and Cultures with Cline Library Special Collections and Archives, presented at &#8220;Following Knowledge Forward,&#8221; a conference hosted by the&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-73673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73673","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=73673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}