{"id":75748,"date":"2025-09-15T10:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=75748"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:57:57","slug":"in-the-spotlight-sept-15-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-sept-15-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Sept. 15-19, 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\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Rocky Mountain\/Southwest chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored NAU\u2019s <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">School of Communication <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with student production awards in two categories at its 2025 regional student awards ceremony. NAU earned first prize in the College Newscast category\u2014recognizing students <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alyssa Munoz<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Makayla Richardson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ava Nichols<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kayleigh Doyle<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Jordan Vallender<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Noah McNeil<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Connor Emery <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for their NAZ Today Super Bowl coverage\u2014and the College Animation, Graphics and Special Effects category for <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ariel Rieghard<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s project \u201cThe Secret Garden Title Sequence.\u201d<\/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\">Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics <b>Uri Farkas <\/b>was appointed to the NCAA Division I Track and Field\/Cross Country Oversight Committee. As the Big Sky Conference&#8217;s representative, Farkas will help select teams and individuals for national championships, establish and review qualifying criteria and oversee the conduct and administration of championships within his division.<\/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\">NAU quarterback <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ty Pennington <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">earned Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week honors following his career-high performance against the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds on Sept. 13. Pennington leads the Big Sky in total offense, passing yards, passing touchdowns, points responsible for and points responsible per game, ranking in the top 20 nationally in all five categories.<\/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-sept-15-19-2025\/\">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. The Rocky Mountain\/Southwest chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored NAU\u2019s School of Communication with student production awards in two categories&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-75748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75748","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=75748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}