{"id":7747,"date":"2011-10-03T16:35:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T23:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=7747"},"modified":"2012-12-11T16:49:35","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T23:49:35","slug":"a-very-mary-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/a-very-mary-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"A very Mary homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students unwrap honor for caring teacher<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Business communication instructor\u00a0Mary Bowers<\/strong>\u00a0was at a loss for words this morning after learning Northern Arizona University\u2019s\u00a02011 Homecoming<\/a>\u00a0is being dedicated in her honor.<\/p>\n

Bowers, who also directs the Business Communication Center in The W.A. Franke College of Business, was told of the special recognition when several members of NAU\u2019s Chain Gang club unexpectedly\u00a0entered her classroom\u00a0and shared the news of her selection. As her students applauded, a stunned Bowers said, \u201cNAU is the best place on Earth, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n

Often called a favorite teacher among business students, Bowers has prepared and led teams of students in the college\u2019s innovative BizBlock program, which teaches students how to prepare extensive business plans, present those plans and request funding from mock venture capitalists.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is a\u00a0personable, caring professor that knows every student’s name on the first day of class,\u201d wrote her anonymous nominators. \u201cMore than that, Ms. Bowers cares for students on an individual basis. \u2026She is a wonderful professor and makes the sometimes very dry subject of business communications incredibly entertaining and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Members of Chain Gang will be selling these custom buttons with 2011 dedicatee Mary Bowers’ photo, a Homecoming tradition for decades.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Members of the student club Chain Gang uphold the tradition of notifying the dedicatee and organizing the Dedicatee Banquet. Bowers will be honored at the annual Homecoming Dedicatee Banquet scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the High Country Conference Center. Tickets are $8 for students and $16 for non-students and are available through ASNAU in the University Union, room 206.In a\u00a0custom dating back to 1936<\/a>, leaders of student organizations from across campus annually select a\u00a0Homecoming dedicatee\u2014an NAU faculty or staff member for at least 10 years who students feel has demonstrated exceptional service to the university and interest in its students. Dedicatees are honored during major events during\u00a0Homecoming Week<\/a>, which includes a banquet in their honor and a place in the Homecoming parade.<\/p>\n

Bowers has taught since 1988 and has been with NAU since 2000. In 2009, she was named Teacher of the Year for The W.A. Franke College of Business, and has three times been named the most influential faculty member by graduating seniors who have received the coveted Gold Axe Award.<\/p>\n

She holds an MBA from the University of Toledo and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Heidlelberg College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students unwrap honor for caring teacher Business communication instructor\u00a0Mary Bowers\u00a0was at a loss for words this morning after learning Northern Arizona University\u2019s\u00a02011 Homecoming\u00a0is being dedicated in her honor. Bowers, who also directs the Business Communication Center in The W.A. Franke College of Business, was told of the special recognition when several members of NAU\u2019s Chain…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":7793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7747","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\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}