Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Marcus White Dance Studio
Marcus White Dance Studio
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Marcus White played an important role at ASU as a faculty member in the dance program, a cross-Herberger Institute collaborator, a dedicated mentor and a deeply engaged and committed community artist-scholar-activist. He held an appointment as assistant professor in dance in the School of Film, Dance and Theatre (now the School of Music, Dance and Theatre), where he served as faculty lead for Urban Sol and Come AZ You Are, and he was a program advisor for Projecting All Voices. As an artist and scholar, he dedicated his career to working in the long legacy of the Black Radical Tradition and speaking truth to power.
Your gift to the Marcus White Dance Studio Fund supports the needs of the program, including but not limited to lecture series, facilities maintenance and upgrades, scholarships, student travel and educational experiences.
Impact of Donor Support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
Give yourself the gift of art. It’s one of the greatest choices that you can make to enrich your life and expand your philanthropic capacity. Giving to the arts represents an investment in yourself that will yield returns full of meaning, knowledge, and joy. It’s also one of the greatest gifts that you can give AZ. What kind of a public would we be without arts and culture?”