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ADVISORY BOARD: President Crow was appointed to the U.S Department of Commerce's new advisory council Teusday.

ASU President Michael Crow appointed to Obama's entrepreneurship advisory council

ASU President Michael Crow was named a member of the new National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Tuesday, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

By State Press Staff | July 14, 2010

Business school creates scholars program to aid at-risk youth, lower class

The W. P. Carey School of Business has created a comprehensive and free “bridge program” intended to aid underrepresented and economically disadvantaged high school students in their transition to college.

By Joseph Schmidt | July 11, 2010

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SAFETY FIRST: ASU recently collaborated with Tempe Fire and Police departments for scenes in a new safety training video filmed on campus.

Tempe fire, ASU police collaborate with EHS in lab safety video

ASU recently collaborated with Tempe Fire and ASU Police departments for scenes in a new lab safety training video filmed on campus.

By Joseph Schmidt | July 5, 2010

ASU seeks to purchase new Tempe building

During the Arizona Board of Regents Capital Committee meeting in May, ASU requested approval to purchase a building in the CenterPoint Development in downtown Tempe.

By Joseph Schmidt | July 5, 2010

ASU makes administrative changes for coming school year

According to University officials, creating new positions and hiring new administrators are part of improving ASU’s programs and quality of education.

By Rheyanne Weaver | June 27, 2010

HI-TECH: A new K-12 teacher program wants to use interactive technologies like Youtube and cellular devices in classrooms.

K-12 teachers learn classroom technology in ASU, UA program

Teach Tec, an educational technology certification program for teachers, is a collaboration between ASU and UA, and instructs teachers on how to use technologies to improve student engagement.

By Rheyanne Weaver | June 20, 2010

ABC anchor Diane Sawyer chosen for 27th Cronkite Award

Television journalist Diane Sawyer, anchor of ABC’s “World News with Diane Sawyer,” was chosen May 31 as the recipient of the 27th Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

By Tabitha Peterson | June 5, 2010

Prop 100 passage prompts reevaluation of state's fiscal policy, higher education funding

ASU faculty and students are exploring the next steps toward easing the University’s financial burden in the wake of Arizona’s passing of Proposition 100.

By Joseph Schmidt | May 31, 2010

ASU campus newspaper commemorates 120 years

Over 120 years and five name changes, The State Press has been covering news as the Valley developed from a rural community to a metropolis.

By Katie Shoultz | May 2, 2010

Ariz. university presidents to develop plans in case of Proposition 100 failure

ABOR asked Arizona's university presidents to develop plans in case Prop 100 fails, which would result in a $107.1 million reduction from the system.

By Kyle Patton | May 2, 2010

A HELPING HAND: Renae Hackman is the supervisor of testing accommodations at the ASU Disability Resource Center. Living with cerebral palsy, Hackman is an inspiration to the hundreds of students she helps each year. (Photo by Scott Stuk)

Disability Resource Center supervisor helps ASU’s disabled students ‘find their potential’

For Renae Hackman, making excuses is not an option. Born with cerebral palsy, Hackman is the supervisor of testing accommodations at ASU’s Disability Resource Center.

By Jordan Moon | April 29, 2010

Health officials meet to plan for future disease outbreaks

On Thursday, nearly 50 state and University health officials met to discuss the effects of H1N1 and how schools can be better prepared for a future event of widespread disease.

By Kyle Patton | April 29, 2010

ODD JOBS: Billboards, such as ones at the Homer G. Language and Literature building, are filled with flyers for full- and part-time jobs for students who want to earn extra cash over the summer. (Photo by Nikolai de Vera)

Costs for summer courses add up

Many students have no choice but to sign up for summer sessions in spite of rising costs and a lack of flat-rate fees.

By Maxfield Barker | April 29, 2010

DISQUALIFIED: Andres Cano was disqualified in the USG election for campaign violations after winning 58 percent of the student vote. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Disqualified downtown candidate claims he was pressured to concede

A disqualified Downtown presidential candidate is claiming he was pressured by University administrators to stop asking for a third-party review of his campaign’s disqualification.

By Kyle Daly | April 27, 2010

ALL LAW-YERED UP: Lauren burke, center, works late into the evening with fellow first-year graduate students in the Sandra Day O'Conner College of Law. On monday, a national lawyer and judge summit was held here to discuss the future of law education. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Legal experts discuss future of law education

Top legal experts came from all over the country Monday to participate in a Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law forum on how to advance the future of legal education.

By Maxfield Barker | April 26, 2010

Crow urges Brewer to veto immigration bill

ASU President Michael Crow jumped into the immigration bill debate Friday, sending a letter to Gov. Jan Brewer urging her to veto SB1070 as her time to make a decision runs out.

By Adam Sneed | April 23, 2010

QUESTIONS FOR CROW: ASU President Michael Crow held an open forum on the West campus that was broadcasted to the other ASU campuses. On the Tempe campus there was a small turnout. (Photo by Scott Stuk)

Crow takes on Proposition 100, campus development in forum

ASU President Michael Crow called for better student participation in University matters during an open forum at the West campus Tuesday, addressing students at the other three campuses by video.

By Josh Snyder | April 20, 2010

Bill, $1M grant aim to simplify course-transfer process

As a bill to make the community college-to-university transferring process more transparent nears passage, ASU has secured a $1 million grant to increase its number of transfer students.

By Kyle Patton | April 13, 2010

PIRG challenges fee vote results, cites ballot’s ‘inaccurate’ language

Members from the unofficial ASU chapter of the Arizona Public Interest Research Group, or PIRG, are calling for the dismissal of last week’s election results, which denied the group funding.

By Kyle Daly | April 13, 2010

SPLIT DECISION: All four campuses are divided on their policies concerning smoking and smoking areas. (Photo by Nikolai de Vera)

Campus governments divided on smoking policies

All four campus student governments and the graduate student government are considering campus smoking policies.

By Rheyanne Weaver | April 13, 2010

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