Posted in Diablo Performance Rec Center, Health, Healthy Lifestyles on Jun 15th, 2011
The West campus fitness center is offering a summer “Buddy” student membership deal that runs through July 8. Available for new and returning students, buy one $25 summer membership and get another free! Pay the bucks at the Cashier’s Office in the University Center Building (UCB), and bring your receipt to the fitness center, UCB [...]
Posted in ASU Athletics, ASU Spirit, Diablo Performance Rec Center, Events, Spirit, Students, Sun Devil sports on Jun 9th, 2011
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk in Sparky’s size-Sun Devil sneakers? Don his maroon-and-gold ASU jersey? Carry his legendary pitchfork? Wonder no longer, friend, as Sparky tryouts come to the West campus on Monday, June 13. Michael Beadle, program coordinator for the Diablo Performance and Recreation Center, and his possee are looking [...]
Posted in Diablo Performance Rec Center, Health, Healthy Lifestyles, Students on Jun 8th, 2011
Calling all fitness gurus – those of you with a burning desire to assist fellow Sun Devils in their pursuit of health and happiness. The Diablo Performance and Recreation Center at the West campus is looking for group fitness instructors to teach courses at the West campus in the fall semester of 2011. Be a [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, Arts and Cultural Studies, Diversity, Division of Humanities, Faculty and Staff, Faculty Research, Humanities, Humanities Arts Cultural Studies, New College Interdisciplinary Studies, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Social Justice and Human Rights on Jun 8th, 2011
C. Alejandra Elenes, an associate professor in ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, is blessed with a winning recipe for her writing — one part heart, one part personal experience. The two are in evidence in her most recent tome, “Transforming Borders: Chicana/o Popular Culture and Pedogogy” (Lexington Books). “My interest in the border, borderland [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, Alumni, Arts events, Division of Humanities, Events, Humanities, Humanities Arts Cultural Studies, Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Students on Jun 7th, 2011
A one-of-a-kind exhibit, created by a graduate of ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, is headed for the West campus in October. “Flying Over Time: The Spirit of St. Louis Experience” is scheduled Oct. 21-22 in La Sala in the University Center Building (UCB), and is the brainchild of Nova Hall, grandson of [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, Barrett, Barrett the Honors College, Center for Critical Inquiry and Cultural Studies, Diversity, Division of Humanities, Division of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Faculty and Staff, Humanities, Humanities Arts Cultural Studies, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Students, the Honors College on Jun 1st, 2011
The ASU Center for Critical Inquiry and Cultural Studies, based in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, has launched an updated site that boasts more flexibility, creativity and visibility. The new site can be found at http://ccics.asu.edu. The new-look site was designed by New College student Amanda Piltz, who expects to graduate in [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, Alumni, Communication Studies, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty and Staff, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Students on May 31st, 2011
Nicki Piemonte is packing her bags for the Lone Star State. Specifically, she is bundling clothes, books, her iPod and more for a summer trip from ASU’s West campus to Galveston where she will enroll at the University of Texas Medical Branch in pursuit of a Ph.D. in medical humanities. Oh, so she earned her M.S. in [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College on May 17th, 2011
The most recent edition of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College e-newsletter, ed connections, is coming to a computer screen near you! Packed with news and notes, the latest version takes a look at U.S. News & World Report college rankings, the new West campus-based Herberger Young Scholars Academy, a unique “Music in Motion” class [...]
Posted in Academic Programs, Awards, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Events, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Students on May 17th, 2011
Props to Jeanine Walashek and her daughter, Brittany Walashek, who walked the West campus convocation carpet together last Thursday as graduates of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Mom received her B.S. in sociology, while Brittany was awarded dual sheepskins: B.S. in sociology and B.A. in psychology with honors! “We both fell in [...]
Posted in Awards, Faculty and Staff, Fletcher Library on May 16th, 2011
Dennis Isbell and his wife Alika Kumar are keeping the kudos and accolades all in the family these days. Isbell, a familiar face in the West campus’ signature building – and the one with the books, tapes, CDs and more – was recently promoted from his interim director slot to full-blown director of the Fletcher [...]