Posted in Academic Programs, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences on Nov 30th, 2010
So what are your plans for Dec. 28 through Jan. 14? If your calendar isn’t crowded, why not get ahead in your studies by taking a Winter Session class? New College is offering 22 classes in a range of fields including English, communication, American studies, psychology, sociology and more. You can take anything from First-Year Composition [...]
Posted in Community partnerships, Diversity, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Student Research, Students on Nov 29th, 2010
Maria Paredes is an Ed.D. student in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. She is on to something that is making a difference in the Phoenix Creighton Elementary School District where she has served as director of community education since 1998. Paredes has developed the Academic Parent Teacher Team (APTT) model that is being successfully practiced [...]
Posted in Students on Nov 22nd, 2010
Here’s a rare opportunity to exercise your passion for higher education in the state of Arizona. The next student member of the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), who will serve a two-year term starting next July, will be selected from applicants who are ASU students. The regents provide policy guidance and set tuition rates for Arizona’s three [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences on Nov 19th, 2010
A recent article in ASU’s “State Press” spotlighted two spring 2011 classes, offered by ASU’s West campus-based New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, that will help students understand the cultural contexts of two wildly popular topics: vampires and Harry Potter. Michael Stancliff, assistant professor in New College’s Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies (HArCS), will teach AMS 494, “Impossible [...]
Posted in Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty Research, Healthy Lifestyles, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Student Research on Nov 18th, 2010
OK, we don’t mean to make light of Associate Professor Mary Burlseon’s research into the human health benefits of affectionate touch; it’s a bit more serious than “touchy-feely.” Burleson, who conducts research with her students in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences’s Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, is currently working with fellow [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, Events, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences on Nov 18th, 2010
Several ASU offices and academic programs have joined forces to present tonight’s screening of the provocative film “The Other Side of Immigration.” The free screening starts at 7 p.m. in the La Sala Ballroom on the West campus; it will be preceded by a reception starting at 6 p.m. Based on more than 700 interviews [...]
Posted in ASU Athletics, ASU Spirit, Events, Spirit, Sun Devil sports, West campus Public Affairs on Nov 17th, 2010
What ties ASU’s club roller hockey team to the West campus? Simple: a proud father and his successful coaching son. Geoffrey Boyarsky, West campus Public Affairs communication manager for graphic design, is the father of the coach of ASU’s roller team, Nick Boyarsky. The younger Boyarsky has his team, literally, on a roll. The Roller Devils (6-1-1) [...]
Posted in Alumni, Faculty and Staff, Humanities Arts Cultural Studies, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences on Nov 16th, 2010
Clint Van Winkle has become a familiar, if not inspirational story at ASU’s West campus: a Marine who fought in the first battles of the Iraq War, a graduate with a New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences B.A. in English who upgraded to a master’s from Swansea University in Wales; author of “Soft Spots,” a gripping [...]
Posted in Barrett, Barrett the Honors College on Nov 15th, 2010
It’s always great to support a good cause, but it’s really easy when doing so involves eating really tasty food. You can do just that on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at Chipotle at 59th Ave. and Thunderbird. If you bring in a coupon between 5 and 8 p.m., part of the proceeds from your dinner purchase [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, Events, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College on Nov 12th, 2010
A benefit for the Teaching Resource Library at the West campus, the annual “Bring a Book Bash” is scheduled for Tuesday of next week, Nov. 16, from 6-9 p.m. in the Delph Courtyard. If you haven’t attended a Bash, you have missed a great event that features activities for all ages. And, with the Holidays ever-looming, [...]