Nov 20th, 2009 by Matt Crum
If you’re a West campus student or employee under age 25 and you haven’t received a vaccine for the swine flu (H1N1) virus yet, what are you waiting for? Get over to the Student Health office in the University Center Building and get yourself protected!
You can stop in for a swine flu vaccination between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., or between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
In addition to members of the ASU community who are age 24 and younger, those currently eligible for the vaccine are people who are pregnant or caring for a child under six months, along with those who have one of the following conditions: obesity, heart disease, lung disease, asthma, kidney or liver disease, diabetes or metabolic disease, anemia or blood disorder, or other immune-compromising conditions.
Need more info? Call Student Health at (602) 543-8019.
You can also find lots of information and swine flu-related links at ASU’s Pandemic Influenza web site.
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Nov 18th, 2009 by Steve Des Georges
Camp Darfur, a reminder of man's inhumanity to man, is presented on the Fletcher Lawn at ASU's West campus today and tomorrow.
Presented by the West campus Office of Student Engagement, Camp Darfur features exhibits, performances and expert speakers.
An interactive exhibit exploring the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan is in place on Fletcher Lawn today and tomorrow (Nov. 18-19).
In addition to tents detailing such tragedies as Darfur, the Holocaust, Armenia, Cambodia and Rwanda, speakers and performances are featured. Today at 5:30 p.m is a musical performance by February State, an Arizona rock band characterized by a fresh new sound, memorable songs and a distinctive vocal style.
On tomorrow’s schedule is a chance to meet and talk with Holocaust survivor Magda Herzberger. A poet, lecturer, composer and author, Herzberger is one of the few remaining survivors of the Nazi-perpetrated death camps — against all odds she survived three such camps: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bremen, and Bergen-Belsen. She will be on site at Camp Darfur all day Thursday.
For more information, click here. To contact the West campus Office of Student Engagement for Camp Darfur schedule information, call 602-543-8200.
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Nov 17th, 2009 by Steve Des Georges
Cheese rolling on Fletcher Lawn and the "Ed and Awareness Tour," scheduled for this evening, have been cancelled.
Tonight’s “Education and Awareness Tour,” presented by the Northwest Black History Committee and featuring Jeremih, has been cancelled because of flight connection trouble in Chicago. If you had made plans to attend this evening’s concert in La Sala, your schedule just freed up! For questions concerning the event or the cancellation, contact the Northwest Black History Committee at 623-204-0959.
Now, what to do with your free time this evening? Check out the “International Dinner, Film and Discussion” in La Sala A in the University Center Building (UCB) from 5-8 p.m. This is your chance to learn about another culture through traditional cuisine, a top-flight international film, and discussion with fellow attendees after the flick. For more information, call the West campus Office of Student Engagement at 602-543-822.
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Nov 16th, 2009 by Matt Crum
Visiting scholar Stephen Pluhacek will discuss “Philosophy at the Field’s Edge” on Monday, Nov. 23 at noon in the Bookstore on ASU’s West campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Pluhacek also will sign copies of three of his books, all of which are available at the West Bookstore.
This event is sponsored by Barrett, the Honors College at ASU, along with the West campus Bookstore.
Click here for more information.
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Nov 16th, 2009 by Steve Des Georges
In less than two years, the M.A. degree program in Social Justice and Human Rights (MASJHR) in ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences has developed what Director Dr. William Simmons calls, “a one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary and applied curriculum” that focuses on educating students to work with affected populations to address social justice and human rights issues locally and globally.
The program has just rolled off the electronic press its most recent newsletter, which addresses the MASJHR role in ASU’s “Challenges Before Us” initiative, the connections to be made through a pair of student clubs, student internships, grant writing, and a faculty spotlight on Dr. Patricia Friedrich.
To check out the most recent MASJHR newsletter, click here. To see a pdf of the newsletter, click here.
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Nov 13th, 2009 by Matt Crum
ASU has received a partial allotment of swine flu (H1N1) vaccines. On the West campus, vaccinations will be offered Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in La Sala to students, faculty and staff in the following high-risk groups:
- Age 24 and younger
- Those caring for children under age 6 months
- Those with one of the following medical conditions: pregnancy, obesity, heart disease, lung disease, asthma, kidney or liver disease, diabetes or metabolic disease, anemia or blood disorder, or other immune-compromising conditions.
There is a $10 fee for students receiving the vaccine.
ASU is expecting to receive additional doses of the vaccine in the future; updated messages will be posted when the vaccine is available for the general university population.
Click here for more information.
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Nov 13th, 2009 by Steve Des Georges
West campus students are ivited to participate in a full week of entrepreneurial learning opportunities, Nov. 16-2.
Next week, Nov. 16-20, is Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) at ASU, offering students across the university’s four campuses a chance to learn how to turn a smart idea into action that could be life-changing.
A full week of events and activities have been scheduled and take place at locations ranging from the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus to Sky Song, and from online to Bison Witches in downtown Tempe. West campus students are encouraged to join fellow Sun Devils, and the first step is visiting ASU’s Entrepreneurship at ASU Web site, http://entrepreneurship.asu.edu. To view the weeklong schedule of events, and for more GEW info, click here. Richard Lefevre is the student entrepreneurship ambassador at the West campus and can be reached at 480-884-1870 or via cell at 602-696-9628.
Don’t forget to take the ASU intercampus shuttle to these GEW events!
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Nov 13th, 2009 by Steve Des Georges
Jeremih is featured in La Sala at the West campus at 7 p.m. on Tues., Nov. 17.
R & B newcomer Jeremih, currently one of this country’s hottest hip-hop singing sensations, is coming to ASU’s West campus on Tuesday, Nov. 17, and he’s bringing an all-star cast of performers to encourage students to stay in school and pursue their dreams. The “Education and Awareness Tour” stops at the West campus and La Sala Ballroom in the University Center Building (UCB) at 7 p.m. A $20 donation is requested.
Presented by the Northwest Black History Committee, the tour will also feature performances by Silky T, Young Slick, Dot Mouth, and Angie (aka Ladie Lyriq).
For more information, call the Northwest Black History Committee at 623-204-0959.
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Now is the time to get into the spirit of giving! The Hispanic Honor Society at ASU’s West campus is gathering food and necessities for the Esperanza para los Ninos Orphanage in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. It’s your chance to “fill a tummy while you fill your heart.”