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Desert Financial Credit Union is now ASU’s official retail banking partner, replacing MidFirst Bank after their 11-year contract with the University ended earlier this semester.
The Sun Devil Motorsports club is set to unveil its 2023 Formula Society of Automated Engineers racecar on April 8 at the Podium Club at Attesa. The event, located in Casa Grande, will include test sessions, a car show and food trucks with gates opening at 9 a.m. and free entry.
On Friday, March 24, Women in Science and Engineering at ASU hosted their second annual WISE Gala at the Polytechnic campus – a formal night filled with fun as students from all of the ASU campuses were invited to celebrate women in science, technology, math and engineering. Students filled up the SDFC as they got to enjoy food, take pictures with friends and dance the night away.
The ASU all-female a cappella group Pitchforks advanced to the wild card round at the Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella after placing third at the ICCA Southwest Quarter Finals on Feb. 25.
A $5.5 million grant recently given to the ASU nursing program by the Arizona Department of Health Services aims to help fix the statewide nursing shortage that has been ongoing since 2020. The 104 students that are accepted for the summer 2023 accelerated baccalaureate program will have their tuition and fees covered by this grant.
ASU alumnus Austin Davis has returned to ASU for the release of his second book, "Compulsive Swim" — a collection of poems about mental health, homelessness and fentanyl abuse that was published on Jan. 21. A book release event was held at ASU's Memorial Union on Feb. 1.
In Fall 2021, ASU reported it served the largest Indigenous community within Arizona compared to surrounding universities. These numbers show how crucial it is to have organizations made for the community, as well as those that serve it — organizations such as the American Indian Social Work Student Association.
Shawn Banzhaf served in the Army National Guard for 21 years before coming to ASU. He earned the Bronze Star and Combat Action badge, he is an Iraq War veteran and executed 100 combat missions around Baghdad, Fallujah and Ramadi.
ASU's swim coach Bob Bowman is renowned as a coach, having worked with Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps. But behind him is a team of people that have helped the program become what it is today. Herbie Behm, Derek Schmitt, and Logan Hirka have been recruited over the years and either started as swimmers at ASU or traveled to the desert when they got the call to coach for the Sun Devils.
When redshirt sophomore Laura Garcia entered the transfer portal this summer after spending her freshman year on the University of Houston swim and dive team, she was looking to find a team that was more tight-knit.
The swim and dive team traveled to Los Angeles over the weekend where the men competed against USC and the women had two meets against USC and UCLA.
In late March, Max McCusker watched with the Florida State swim and dive team as Leon Marchand and Grant House combined for four top-two finishes in the men's 2022 NCAA swim and dive championship. When he decided to put his name in the transfer portal, ASU was at the top of the list.
It was a tough start for new ASU men's diving coach Marc Briggs as he did not have any divers on the roster when he took the job in September of 2021. He started as a volunteer for the team, and when he was named head coach, he had to do heavy recruiting to make up his roster.
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The Sun Devils opened the season in Georgia at the Gabrielsen Natatorium on Sept. 30. The men split their contest with the Georgia Bulldogs and defeated the Missouri Tigers while the women fought hard, but were unsuccessful in the end.
The ASU club swim team began during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 when five students got together to form the team with a Facebook post.
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