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(12/06/13 12:49am)
About five years ago, Vice Provost Joseph Carter was attending a concert when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around puzzled to see a young man standing before him. This young man, who was a recent ASU graduate and had now entered the work force, smiled and said, “Dr. Carter, I wanted to let you know that the class I took from you was the most valuable class I took at Arizona State University.”
Carter is now the Vice Provost of the West campus and associate dean of the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU. He has been teaching graduate and undergraduate students for more than 25 years with 22 of them at ASU. Carter is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the area of purchasing and supply management because of his extensive list of research publications that amounts to more than 80 articles and monographs published in academic journals all over the world.
“I was inspired to first start teaching, because I wanted the chance to have an impact in an individual’s life that would be long lasting and of high value to them,” Carter said. “I knew the learning would be pervasive over many years, because education is not materialistic. A person can lose something of material value, but anything they have in their mind, in their intellect, is a lasting possession.”
In high school, Carter was trained in the ancient languages of Latin and Greek and found inspiration in the power of education and teaching through some of the philosophers he studied such as Socrates and Cicero.
Carter received an MBA at Northeastern University and continued on to receive a doctorate in operations management at Boston University.
“I was a teaching assistant as part of my MBA scholarship, and I got hands-on experience in the classroom that I really enjoyed,” Carter said. “I found the students' hunger for knowledge to be exciting. I enjoyed the discussions we had in the classroom and working with the students in a collaborative fashion.”
Carter first started teaching as an assistant professor in supply chain management at Michigan State University in 1985.He was then later promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1990, but he left MSU for a position as an associate professor with tenure at ASU in 1991 where he taught supply chain management in the College of Business Administration.In 1995, he was promoted to the rank of professor with tenure and then in 2003 he was awarded an Avnet professorship in supply chain management that allowed him to further his business research and writings through an endowment funded by the Avnet Corporation.
Carter is one of about 65 professors in the University that holds either a named or chaired professorship.“Administratively, in 1998 at ASU, I was appointed chair of the supply chain management department, and in 2006, I was appointed senior research fellow at CAPS research.” Carter said, “Then, in 2011, I was elected president of the University Senate, and in 2012, (I) was appointed Associated Dean of the W. P. Carey School of business and Vice Provost of Arizona State University.”
His assignment as Vice Provost of the West campus is to grow the student population both at the undergraduate and graduate level, Carter said.
“As the Associate Dean of the W. P. Carey School, I am committed to growing the business academic presence at West campus by adding new degrees at both the undergraduate and graduate level,” Carter said. “I feel that the West campus is a jewel in the crown of Arizona State University, and I look forward to the growth of the campus.”
Administrative assistant Veronica Mize said Carter’s presence at the West campus is very uplifting and positive. He has a passion for the West campus, she said.
“His presence on campus with students is very positive," Mize said. "He goes out of the way to talk to them. When he’s at the cafeteria, he tries to have lunch with them. They are all positive, and they all have good things to say about him.”
Carter reached out to the West Valley business and social community in order to help with growth at the West campus, Mize said.
Elizabeth Carter, his wife, said teaching and education has always played a major part in Carter’s life.
“The presence of his passion for teaching has not changed or lessened since the first day I met him 25 years ago,” Elizabeth said. “Education is very important to him; it is a gift that he believes all people should possess, and it shows through his hard work and teaching.”
Reach the reporter at acataruz@asu.edu or follow her on Twitter @AleksCatz
(12/05/13 6:00pm)
ASU's Walk-Only Zones were created to enhance pedestrian safety and ease vehicle congestion on campus, but a few months after the policy was instituted, students have mixed feelings about the enforcement and placement of these zones.
Walk-Only Zone enforcement times are from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. on weekdays in the area around the Memorial Union and Hayden Library in the Tempe campus. Although the zone has been successful in reducing on campus injuries, some students contend that they are inconvenient and could be improved.
Walk-Only Zone Ambassador Gustavo McGrew said he thinks that the Walk-Only Zones are working to enhance student safety for those who comply.
“Crashes have reduced significantly," McGrew said. "I haven’t seen nearly as many crashes as last year. About 80 percent of students comply with the Walk-Only Zones, and the other 20 percent don’t.”
Walk-Only Zone Ambassador Omkar Deshpande said expansion of the zones could be on its way next semester, when ASU enters phase two and three of the program.
“They could hire more ambassadors,” Deshpande said. “They should be more strict with people. (A) few don’t even care this is a Walk-Only Zone. They could give the ambassadors some power or impose restrictions for people who ride bicycles and longboards.”
Engineering major Shawn Womack said the Walk-Only Zones need stronger enforcement.
“If you’re going to have Walk-Only Zones, you need to really enforce them,” Womack said. “Have more people working or have someone who is really strict about it.”
The Walk-Only Zones are about safety, he said. Stronger enforcement would only affect the “rule breakers” and would be necessary to make sure the Walk-Only Zones are really being taken seriously, Womack said.
“I think they should ticket or have consequences for people who disregard the Walk-Only Zones especially since the purpose of the Walk-Only Zones are safety,” Womack said. “Some people are really reckless on longboards or bikes, and they just go way too fast or are way too careless, and it causes injuries.”
Exploratory junior Ryan West said the Walk-Only Zones are an unnecessary inconvenience for students.
“As a person that rides a long board, I don’t like it, because you have to plan to leave earlier for class,” West said. “And its located in the main part of campus, so it’s inconvenient to try to avoid them.”
Dividing the Walk-Only Zone pathways in half and allowing students on one side to use their long board or bike while pedestrian students use the other side could be a way of still enforcing safety and convenient traveling, West said.
“I think the Walk-Only Zones are pretty ridiculous as it is, and if they started giving tickets that would be a little bit overboard,” West said. “As a third year at ASU, I’ve seen two years of riding long boards without this, and I think it was fine.”Reach the reporter at acataruz@asu.edu or follow her on Twitter @AleksCatz
(12/05/13 12:20am)
Along with an increase of police working with the alcohol-related task force in Tempe, there has been an increase in alcohol-related hospital visits that pose serious health risks to young adults and students at ASU, according to hospital employees.
Florence Premeau, emergency department manager at Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital, said there was an increase in visits since the beginning of August."I know that weekends, (especially) football weekends, the alcohol-related ER visits dramatically increase," she said.
Alcohol is an impairment drug, and it puts people at risk of blackouts, liver damage, unintentional injuries, alcohol poisoning, dehydration and brain damage, Premeau said.
According to statistics on TempeCoalition.org, 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die nationally each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes.
“You don’t have to be an alcoholic to still have liver impairment,” Premeau said.
Binge drinking — the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time, is equally unhealthy for the body as drinking daily.
Approximately 42 percent of college students are frequent weekly binge drinkers, according to statistics on TempeCoalition.org.
“(They'd say), 'I don’t drink every day; I’m not an alcoholic,'" Premeau said. "Well even if you binge drink every weekend, that still impairs your liver and its ability to filter out the normal toxins in the body."
Special education junior Mikaela Novitsky said she thinks students are unaware of the dangerous effects alcohol has on the body and believes incorporating educational seminars for students who drink will be beneficial.ASU students who consume alcohol potentially overlook the current and future health risks of drinking because they are more concerned about avoiding trouble with Tempe and ASU police, Novitsky said.
“People really don’t consider how drinking affects their bodies," she said. "They are more concerned about staying out of trouble than keeping their bodies healthy. It's sad, really."
Students who do choose to consume alcohol should remember to eat a good portion that day and stay hydrated to avoid possible alcohol poisoning, Premeau said.
“If you’re going to drink, you need to have something in your body," Premeau said. "All that alcohol goes straight to your head and increases the risk for blackouts."
Drinking water in between every alcoholic drink and only consuming one alcoholic beverage an hour will help avoid alcohol-related sickness, she said.
The safest way for students to completely avoid alcohol-related health risks is to not consume alcohol, which can be difficult because of peer pressure, Premeau said.
Communications junior Tommy Groff said peer pressure plays a major part in student drinking.
“It is hard to say no to drinking when your friends are doing it and they seem to be having a good time, but there are nights people shouldn’t chose to drink,” Groff said.
Moderation and knowing limits are important to avoid possible health risks related to the consumption of alcohol, Premeau said.
ASU offers confidential, personal counseling and crisis services to any students who would like to get help with a possible alcohol addiction. The counseling office is located in the Student Services building at the Tempe campus on the third floor and is open for walk-ins Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Reach the reporter at acataruz@asu.edu or follow her on Twitter @AleksCatz
(11/25/13 12:30am)
Faculty and veterans gathered at the West campus Sunday at 2 p.m. to honor those who have died in service since 2011.
(10/31/13 10:36pm)
McCord Hall, the newest building in the W. P. Carey School of Business, has already built a reputation for its beautiful architecture, comfortable classrooms and easy learning environment.
(09/12/13 11:20pm)
Cindy McCain, philanthropist and wife of Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Marta Sahagún de Fox, former first lady of Mexico, spoke Thursday morning about the importance of the U.S. and Mexico working together to eliminate human trafficking.