{"id":78907,"date":"2026-09-14T09:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=78907"},"modified":"2026-09-14T09:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:53:52","slug":"in-the-spotlight-sept-14-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-sept-14-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: Sept. 14-18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kudos to these faculty,\u00a0staff\u00a0and programs.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/p>\n<p>E-mail your announcements to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\">Inside@nau.edu<\/a>,\u00a0or use\u00a0our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.nau.edu\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\">online submission form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defense back<strong>\u00a0Deliyon Freeman<\/strong> was named Big Sky Co-Defensive Player of the Week after his performance last Saturday, which contributed to a 38-28 victory over the University of Incarnate Word.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sam Minkler, <\/strong>a School of Communication professor, received a second-place award from the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) for his exhibit at the Santa Fe Indian Market. Minkler received the award for his photograph of a stork skimming across Lake Mary, employing pictorialism and the reflective nature of water. Minkler said his art is vital in realizing his purpose: to bring awareness about the overconsumption of natural resources and respect for the storied history of indigenous people in northern Arizona.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sun Kim, <\/strong>an assistant professor in the School of Communication, co-authored an article titled <em>Asian Celebrity Voices Against Anti-Asian Racism: An Experiment with Young Adults<\/em> published in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/UGUSBBITF2X2EAQUURHM\/full?target=10.1080\/15205436.2026.2718205\"><em>Mass Communication and Society<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> The publication focuses on a study that examines how active engagement in social activism by Asian celebrities, such as K-pop stars, can increase Gen Z\u2019s support for policies addressing anti-Asian racism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yang Jie, <\/strong>an assistant professor in The W. A. Franke College of Business, was featured in a WalletHub piece about zero-based budgeting in a section titled <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/b\/zero-based-budgeting\/142818#expert=Yang_Jie\"><em>Ask the Experts.<\/em><\/a> The article focuses on frequently asked questions about who benefits from zero-based budgeting and tips for getting the best results.<\/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-14-18-2026\/\">Kudos to these faculty,\u00a0staff\u00a0and programs. Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to\u00a0Inside@nau.edu,\u00a0or use\u00a0our\u00a0online submission form. Defense back\u00a0Deliyon Freeman was named Big Sky Co-Defensive Player of the Week after his performance last Saturday, which contributed to a 38-28 victory over the University of Incarnate Word. Sam Minkler,&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3036,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78907","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\/3036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78907"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78913,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78907\/revisions\/78913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}