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Arizona couple donate $10M to Arizona PBS, the largest gift in the station's history
Sue Hart-Wadley and Searle Wadley have always loved PBS for its educational, entertaining and inspirational programming. After years of learning from its variety of offerings, the Arizona couple are looking to ensure future generations can do the same.They’re doing so through a $10 million gift —…
Cronkite School launches Women Leaders in Sports Media live-learn program
Women in a new sports media program at Arizona State University got a solid game plan from a sports veteran at an Aug. 20 welcome event.“Be humble, be consistent and be a solver,” Charli Turner Thorne — basketball scout, former Phoenix Mercury assistant coach and ASU women’s basketball coach —…
W. P. Carey Foundation commits $25M to ASU business school, bolsters real estate education
By Emily Beach and Michelle StermoleThe W. P. Carey Foundation and Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business are partnering to expand the scope, strength and reach of the school's real estate programs.The foundation committed $25 million to ASU, bringing the W. P. Carey Foundation’s…
ASU alum, whose brother-in-law died of West Nile virus, contributes to ASU insectary
Dorene McCourt, an Arizona State University alumna, was flipping through an issue of ASU Thrive last fall when a story on the university’s insectary caught her attention. Shortly after, she reached out to ASU to see how she could contribute to the lab’s future success.Her interest in the…
Gregory Melikian remembered for ‘steadfast dedication to critical language and global engagement’
Gregory Melikian, U.S. Army veteran, community leader and longtime benefactor of Arizona State University, passed away peacefully on July 14.Two weeks earlier, with Emma, his wife of 70 years, and his four children and their own families, he celebrated his hundredth birthday and a lifetime of…
Elva Coor, wife of former ASU president, remembered as 'a catalyst for enduring change'
Elva (Wingfield) Coor was passionate about the community, politics and outdoor activities.She grew up on a ranch in Camp Verde, Arizona, where she raised steers, rode horses, milked cows and learned the importance of hard work and working together to get things done. Those values guided her…
New Piper Servant Leader Network to expose ASU students to nonprofit career opportunities
Working from the premise that the nonprofit sector can provide meaningful and fruitful career paths for people in nearly any profession, a grant from Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust will enable Arizona State University to engage students from multiple fields in the newly established Piper…
Celebrating 40 years of positive impact
In 1984, the ASU President’s Club was established by then-ASU Foundation President Lonnie Ostrom and then-ASU President J. Russell Nelson, alongside a handful of dedicated community members, to accelerate change and empower solutions to advance Arizona State University. Since then, 1,836 supporters…
Moonshot Accelerator preps life-changing ASU projects for big funding
Arizona State University faculty and staff are working on some of the world’s biggest challenges — health disparities, plastic pollution and education inequity.
Over the past year, eight of these far-reaching initiatives across the university have been working with the ASU Foundation to hone their…
Oustanding grad's capstone blends German and architecture, highlighting social justice
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2024 graduates.
This semester, Lauren Swartz is graduating from the School of International Letters and Cultures with a double major in landscape architecture and German along with a business minor.
Swartz, who…
Scholarship established for Barrett Honors College students studying hermeneutics
A scholarship has been established for students in Barrett, The Honors College at the Arizona State University West Valley campus studying the centrality of language and interpretation to human flourishing, known as hermeneutics.“Those of us who study hermeneutics believe it is the philosophy…
From GED to JD, first-generation transfer student looks forward to full scholarship to law school
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2024 graduates.
James Starks isn’t your typical Dean’s Medal recipient, and that’s what makes them so captivating.
Starks began their collegiate journey at the age of 25 after they earned their GED during the…
ASU Gammage program brings the arts to incarcerated women
Laughter might not be the first thing you expect to hear when arriving at Maricopa County Estrella Jail, the all-women prison facility in south Phoenix.
But it was there on a recent afternoon, down a hallway labeled “CD TOWERS, EFGH DORMS,” as seven incarcerated women performed in front of…
Couple with more than 60 years of service to ASU establish student scholarships
Ken Hollin and Michelle Brown-Hollin met, worked together and married each other at Arizona State University. Now, they will both retire in May after serving the university for many years.Together, they have a combined total of almost 65 years of service to ASU.They have established two…
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