{"id":526,"date":"2018-04-24T18:44:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T01:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/training.wp.nau.edu\/austinl-sandbox\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:07:09","slug":"welcome-from-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/welcome-from-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome from the Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span class=\"s3\">Welcome From the Staff<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>We are here to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s5\">Serve <strong>you<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s5\">To answer y<\/span><span class=\"s5\">our<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0questions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s5\">To guide you through your educational process<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s5\">To provide a listening ear <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s5\">To support your<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0academic and career<\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u00a0endeavors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-3\">\n    \n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pete Yanka<\/h3>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-769 size-portrait-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2018\/08\/Pete-Headshot-300x300_offwhite-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2018\/08\/Pete-Headshot-300x300_offwhite.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2018\/08\/Pete-Headshot-300x300_offwhite-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2018\/08\/Pete-Headshot-300x300_offwhite-96x96.png 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Director<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Veteran and Military Services<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-3\">\n    \n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">William Everett<\/h3>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3562 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/William-Pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"William Everett headshot\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/William-Pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/William-Pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/William-Pic-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Assistant Director<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Veteran Success Center<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-3\">\n    \n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Heflin<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1413 size-uncropped-small\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2018\/10\/Scott-Headshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Heflin Headshot\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2018\/10\/Scott-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2018\/10\/Scott-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2018\/10\/Scott-Headshot-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2018\/10\/Scott-Headshot.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\nAssistant Director<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Academic Support<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-3\">\n    \n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cecilia Torres<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3560 \" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/Cecilia-Torres-2-186x186-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cecilia Torres headshot\" width=\"258\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/Cecilia-Torres-2-186x186-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/Cecilia-Torres-2-186x186-1.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/>\nProgram Coordinator &amp; Certifying Official<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Military Outreach<\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-3\">\n    \n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Brandon Terry Piestewa<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3558 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/Brandon-Terry-Pietsewa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A headshot of Brandon Terry Pietsewa\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/Brandon-Terry-Pietsewa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/Brandon-Terry-Pietsewa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/Brandon-Terry-Pietsewa.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Certifying Official<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-3\">\n    \n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">More resources<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/submit-your-class-schedule\/\">VA Enrollment Certification<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/vsc-news-events\/\">NAU Upcoming Events<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/naz-community-calendar\/\">NAZ Community Events<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/forms-index\/\">Forms | Policies | Resources<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/nau-veteran-oral-history-information\/\">Vet Oral History Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- shortcode-button -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-button shortcode-button--center\">\n      <a class=\"main-button\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/contact-information\/\">Contact us<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Serving our Military-Connected students and families by focusing on exemplary service, professionalism, and respect.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome From the Staff We are here to: Serve you To answer your\u00a0questions To guide you through your educational process To provide a listening ear To support your\u00a0academic and career\u00a0endeavors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":528,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-526","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3563,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions\/3563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/veteran-and-military-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}