Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2010
It snowed this afternoon at ASU’s West campus! At 2:44 p.m., West campus Media Relations Manager Matt Crum looked out his third floor FAB office and exclaimed, “Hey, is it trying to snow?!?” It was and it did. The flakes fell briefly, were tough to catch on the tongue and defied an amateur photographer’s attempts [...]
Posted in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Students on Dec 28th, 2010
Readers of the Dec. 27 edition of ”The Arizona Republic” learned about the major changes being made to the student teaching experience at ASU. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, headquartered on ASU’s West campus, is in the midst of a pilot program with three Phoenix-area school districts to expand student teaching from the traditional one-semester format [...]
Posted in Sustainability on Dec 22nd, 2010
It is, after all, the Holiday Season — a time of caring, a time of giving. Our distant friends at ASU’s Polytechnic campus are presenting us with a chance to display a little of each as they pursue funding to harness and recycle waste water. Rain Bird, the company of lawn sprinkler fame, is awarding three cash [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences on Dec 21st, 2010
The New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences has grown a top-notch master’s program in social justic and human rights. In a short period of time, the program has attracted students from around the world and earned a reputation for events and coursework that are timely, meaningful and probing. From human trafficking to border issues to [...]
Posted in New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Students on Dec 20th, 2010
For a few months now, we’ve been telling you about New College’s winter session classes that enable you to get three credits closer to graduation in a three-week time period. Well, that time period is almost here! If you’ve been procrastinating, it’s time to take the plunge and get registered. ASU’s winter session runs from Tuesday, [...]
Posted in Academic Programs on Dec 20th, 2010
With the end of 2010 on the horizon and the start of a new year just ahead, ASU has recently unveiled its 2009-2010 Annual Report. The report, viewable on the university Web site documents a year of extraordinary challenge—and extraordinary achievement—for the faculty, staff and students of ASU. The most significant events and accomplishments can [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences on Dec 17th, 2010
Yes, the weather was a bit on the damp side. But “damp” hardly describes the spirits of the more than 200 newly minted graduates of ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences who were recognized for their accomplishments, during the Convocation ceremony Dec. 16 on the West campus. Hundreds more friends and family members were present on [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, Division of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Faculty and Staff, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Student Research, Students on Dec 16th, 2010
It should come as no surprise that ASU New College senior Jordan Roberts is “fearless.” After all, he played both ways as a lineman on the Lakeside (AZ) Blue Ridge High School state championship football team in 2001 and 2002. But it’s not between the white lines that the life sciences major fears not; it is [...]
Posted in Events, Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College on Dec 14th, 2010
With topics like “Smart Boys,” “Smart Girls,” and “Finding School Support for Your Gifted Child,” a series of upcoming free seminars on the West campus will provide lots of practical advice for parents of gifted and talented middle-school students. Most of the eight seminars are offered on weekday evenings from January to June, with one [...]
Posted in Diversity, Events, West campus Environment Team (CET) on Dec 13th, 2010
If a primary rule of building an audience is to be provocative and grab attention from the git-go, then the monthly workshop hosted by the Diversity Leadership Alliance on Wednesday of this week (Dec. 15) should be well attended. “How to Get Along with others Without Hiring a HITMAN” is the topic, and Rio Salado Community [...]