{"id":74631,"date":"2025-04-23T09:54:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=74631"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:11:35","slug":"gold-axe-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/gold-axe-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU recognizes President&#8217;s Prize, Gold Axe, Distinguished Senior winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The President\u2019s Prize, Gold Axe awards and the Distinguished Senior awards for the Class of 2025 were honored at a ceremony on April 22. President <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jos\u00e9 Luis Cruz Rivera<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, in presenting the awards, highlighted the accomplishments, service and scholarship of the class as he recognized students from each college.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The students came from a pool of applicants selected by the Office of Leadership &amp; Engagement. The program is co-sponsored by the Office of the President, NAU Alumni and ASNAU. This year\u2019s class is composed of 47 Gold Axe winners, including six President\u2019s Prize winners\u2014the highest honor awarded to undergraduate students. Additionally, 10 students were honored as Distinguished Seniors of their colleges.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Cruz Rivera highlighted the challenges, resilience, hard work and joy that marked each of these students\u2019 academic journeys.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-74686\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Presidents-Prize.jpg\" alt=\"President's Prize winners with President Cruz Rivera\" width=\"281\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Presidents-Prize.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Presidents-Prize-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Presidents-Prize-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/>\u201cThey are exceptional role models who have excelled in their studies and committed to serving others, using all that they have learned to shape a brighter future,\u201d he said of the class. \u201cThrough their accomplishments, they are the NAU story.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The President\u2019s Prize winners are:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Parris Adams<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a hotel and restaurant management major who is a member of the Honors College and a Flinn Scholar who is president of the Black Student Union, which enabled her to collaborate with partners throughout campus and taught her how to lead, motivate people and work with various populations<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emily Delabarra<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a first-generation student and social work major who is a member of the Honors College and a Flinn Scholar who was a community assistant and global ambassador. She participated in the DreamBuilder program, which helped her finalize her LLC and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/2022-flinn-scholars\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">finish a business plan<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chiara Holgate<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a fitness wellness major and an Indigenous ambassador and Indige-Peer mentor who won the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/udall-scholarship-2024\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Udall Undergraduate Scholarship<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in 2024 and the National Cobell Scholarship. She completed three internships that introduced her to advanced research methodologies and allowed her to present research at conferences<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Viviana Mendoza<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a fitness wellness major who represented NAU at the Southwest American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting, helped increase student involvement as a Get Involved ambassador, worked for NAU Athletics and was president of Kappa Delta Chi<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Karli VanderMeersch<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a psychological sciences major, member of the Honors College and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/humans-of-nau-karli-vandermeersch\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ASNAU president<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> who focused her efforts on supporting student voter initiatives and also participated in Mock Trial, Model UN, the Research Assistant Mentoring Program and undergraduate research through the Hooper Undergraduate Research Award<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guillermo Vazquez<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a first-generation biology and chemistry double major who worked as a Supplemental Instruction leader, did science demonstrations at local elementary schools and participated in the National Science Foundation-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergrads program at the University of North Dakota<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-74687\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Distinguished-Seniors.jpg\" alt=\"Distinguished Seniors standing on the stairs\" width=\"286\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Distinguished-Seniors.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Distinguished-Seniors-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Distinguished-Seniors-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/>The Distinguished Seniors are:\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amanda Emery<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Arts and Letters; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zoe Clyde<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Education; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reese Simonetta<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Niah Nieuwenhuis<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Health and Human Services; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Avery Bowman<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Nursing; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tate Knowles<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Timothy Lehto<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, NAU Online; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lianne Andre<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, NAU Yuma; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alyssa Ortiz<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Steve Sanghi College of Engineering; and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lenora Argomaniz<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, The W. A. Franke College of Business.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Each college also represents an outstanding graduate to carry its standard into the commencement ceremony. This year, the <span data-contrast=\"auto\">standard bearers are:<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Alexandra Williams<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Arts and Letters; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kenna Kieckbusch<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Education; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mariessa Fowler<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Niah Nieuwenhuis<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Health and Human Services; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Peighton Gellings<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Nursing; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alaina Bishop<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jeremy Clark<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, NAU Yuma; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ava English<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Steve Sanghi College of Engineering; and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tracy Castillo<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, The W. A. Franke College of Business.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/Jw6rztVC2g0?feature=share\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Watch the ceremony on NAU-TV.<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0Gold Axe winners<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74632 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-creenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.24.02\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Collage of outstanding seniors\" width=\"678\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/1-creenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.24.02\u202fPM.png 678w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/1-creenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.24.02\u202fPM-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74633\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.24.31\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Collage of outstanding seniors\" width=\"669\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/2-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.24.31\u202fPM.png 669w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/2-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.24.31\u202fPM-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74705 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-24-at-10.00.34\u202fAM-1024x828.png\" alt=\"Student award winners\" width=\"640\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-24-at-10.00.34\u202fAM-1024x828.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-24-at-10.00.34\u202fAM-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-24-at-10.00.34\u202fAM-768x621.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-24-at-10.00.34\u202fAM-1536x1241.png 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-24-at-10.00.34\u202fAM.png 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74635\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.25.15\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Collage of outstanding seniors\" width=\"673\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/4-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.25.15\u202fPM.png 673w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/4-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.25.15\u202fPM-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74636\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.25.45\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Collage of outstanding seniors\" width=\"673\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/5-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.25.45\u202fPM.png 673w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/5-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.25.45\u202fPM-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74637\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.25.52\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Collage of outstanding seniors\" width=\"677\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/6-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.25.52\u202fPM.png 677w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/6-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.25.52\u202fPM-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Distinguished Seniors<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74638\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.26.20\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Collage of outstanding seniors\" width=\"686\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/7-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.26.20\u202fPM.png 686w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/7-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.26.20\u202fPM-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74639\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.26.26\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Collage of outstanding seniors\" width=\"721\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/8-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.26.26\u202fPM.png 721w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/8-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.26.26\u202fPM-300x119.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Standard bearers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-74792\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-11.10.46\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"Collage of standard bearers\" width=\"781\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-11.10.46\u202fAM.png 781w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-11.10.46\u202fAM-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-11.10.46\u202fAM-768x589.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74641\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.26.55\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Collage of outstanding seniors\" width=\"689\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/10-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.26.55\u202fPM.png 689w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/04\/10-Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-1.26.55\u202fPM-300x110.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/gold-axe-may-2025\/\">The President\u2019s Prize, Gold Axe awards and the Distinguished Senior awards for the Class of 2025 were honored at a ceremony on April 22. President Jos\u00e9 Luis Cruz Rivera, in presenting the awards, highlighted the accomplishments, service and scholarship of the class as he recognized students from each college.\u00a0 The students came from a pool&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":74685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74631","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=74631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}