{"id":79382,"date":"2026-09-18T17:01:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=79382"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T00:07:31","slug":"spotlights-sept-21-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlights-sept-21-25-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlights: Sept. 21-25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kudos to these faculty,\u00a0staff\u00a0and programs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/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><b>Karen Sealander,<\/b> emeritus professor in the College of Education, was recognized by the Community, Leadership, Alliances, and Belonging (CoLAB) Center as Advisor of the Month. Sealander was nominated for her outreach to donors, problem-solving and unwavering support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Soccer goalkeeper <b>Emery Copeland<\/b> was named the Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week after three saves that contributed to the 1-0 victory against Grambling State.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Professors <b>Jani Ingram, Victor Ramos Sanchez <\/b>and <b>Cindy Browder<\/b> from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry received the certificate of leadership from<a style=\"color: #5533ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondbenign.org\/\"> Beyond Benign<\/a> for their efforts in addressing the growing demand for students trained with green chemistry skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondbenign.org\/\"><b><\/b><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/spotlights-sept-21-25-2026\/\">Kudos to these faculty,\u00a0staff\u00a0and programs.\u00a0\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to\u00a0Inside@nau.edu,\u00a0or use\u00a0our\u00a0online submission form. Karen Sealander, emeritus professor in the College of Education, was recognized by the Community, Leadership, Alliances, and Belonging (CoLAB) Center as Advisor of the Month. Sealander was nominated for her outreach&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-79382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79382","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=79382"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79387,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79382\/revisions\/79387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}