{"id":74449,"date":"2025-03-31T12:02:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=74449"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:02:55","slug":"in-the-spotlight-march-31-april-4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-march-31-april-4-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: March 31-April 4, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0<\/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\">Two professors from the School of Communication\u2014<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rich Rogers <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Rodrigo de Toledo<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014were elected to tenure-track positions on the Faculty Status Committee, which regularly evaluates faculty members applying for promotions or tenure. Rogers will serve a three-year term, and de Toledo will serve a two-year term.\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=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Astronomy and planetary science graduate student <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amelia Ascione <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">earned the Lunar and Planetary Institute\u2019s Career Development Award at the 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Award recipients, who must submit a research abstract in which they are the first author, are selected through a competitive review process completed by a panel of planetary scientists.\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\">Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science alumni <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lonnie Dausend <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Audrey Martin <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">joined professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Joshua Emery <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to write the paper \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ada778\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Measuring the Effects of Regolith Porosity on Mid-IR Spectra of the Allende Meteorite<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published in The Planetary Science Journal. The research uses Allende meteorite samples of varying particle sizes and mid-infrared spectroscopy to potentially improve the likelihood of accurately linking meteorite samples to their parent asteroids.\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\"><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\/4125542.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">University Lodging Revenue Enhancement with the Growing Demand for Longevity, Health, and Well-being Solutions<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d published on Hospitality.net. The article argues universities can attract adult learners and additional revenue by embracing health and wellness models on campus with existing infrastructure.<\/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=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was one of eight Arizona colleges and universities to be recognized by the Fair Elections Center\u2019s Campus Vote Project and NASPA as a \u201cVoter Friendly Campus\u201d in 2025. To earn this designation, campuses must submit a plan for promoting democracy and engaging students ahead of the general election and a report detailing the results of this plan\u2019s implementation. <\/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-march-31-april-4-2025\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0 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. Two professors from the School of Communication\u2014Rich Rogers and Rodrigo de Toledo\u2014were elected to tenure-track positions on the Faculty Status Committee, which regularly evaluates faculty&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-74449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74449","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=74449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}