Live the Suite Life in San Diego!
Do your vacation plans need a boost? Members of the ASU Alumni Association are eligible to enter the organization’s “Suite Life in San Diego” prize drawing. You could win a 2-night stay at the Sheraton Suites in San Diego!
Enter the drawing!
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Show your Sun Devil pride! Join or renew your membership with the ASU Alumni Association and take advantage of a host of benefits and opportunities to connect with fellow alumni and current students.
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Celebrate ASU’s excellence through the years at Homecoming Nov. 15
Meet members of the classes who spearheaded Arizona State’s 1958 name-change effort, connect with all that the Alumni Association has to offer you, and give your “next generation” a head start on ASU pride—it’s all happening Nov. 15, when ASU celebrates an extra-special Homecoming.
Homecoming offers something for everyone
Join the Web 2.0 generation with us!
The ASU Alumni Association has set up groups on Facebook and LinkedIn for graduates of ASU! LinkedIn is a social networking platform dedicated to helping professionals expand their online business network and Facebook is one of the most popular social networks on the Web.
Sign up today and see who you know from ASU, and who THEY know!
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Starting a second-generation Sun Devil?
Are you a parent or relative of a new ASU student and a graduate of ASU? Don't miss our special Aug. 21 "Welcome Home" event, designed specifically for our legacy family members! After you help your student move into their new home for the semester, stop by Old Main on the Tempe campus between 3:30 and 5 p.m. to enjoy complimentary refreshments and snacks.
Register for “Welcome Home” today!
Let the game-watching begin!
Fall across the Sun Devil nation means that out-of-state ASU fans will be holding game watching parties to cheer the football team to victory. Here are a few of the parties being hosted by alumni chapters and connection groups:
Orange County: Aug. 30, ASU vs. Northern Arizona University, at Sharkeez in Newport Beach, Calif. Information, e-mail chrisbissonnette@aol.com.
Chicago: Sept. 6, ASU vs. Stanford, at the Cubby Bear in the Wrigleyville area of Chicago. Information: http://www.asuchicago.org.
Western Pennsylvania/Northern Appalachia: Sept. 20, ASU vs. Georgia, North Park Club House, Pittsburgh, Penn. Information, e-mail charles.tichy@sru.edu.
Wine and dine in Napa Valley with Sparky
The Northern California alumni chapter will host its second annual trip to the Napa Valley on Sept. 6 for Sparky’s Summertime Wine and Dine. The event will feature a tour, tasting and catered lunch at Judd’s Hill Estate, property of ASU alum Judd Finkelstein, along with visits to other wineries along Napa’s Silverado Trail.
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New York alums learn to like Ike at Aug. 21 event
Alumni from the Greater New York chapter will watch former Sun Devil baseball player Ike Davis as he plays for the Brooklyn Cyclones as they take on the Lowell Spinners on Aug. 21.
Contact chapter leaders for more information
Join alums at Pittsburgh Symphony event
The Western Pennsylvania Northern Appalachian ASU Alumni Connection is starting its second year with a September 26 event at the opening night of the Pittsburgh Symphony. For further information, including an entry form for tickets to the event, contact Charles Tichy at charles.tichy@sru.edu.
Be a part of the solution, support Chicago’s Race for the Cure team
Members of the Chicago alumni chapter are forming a team to participate in the Susan G. Komen’s Race for the Cure 5K Run/Walk in Chicago on Sept. 27.
Support the team!
ASU named one of nation's 'greenest' universities
Arizona State University has been named one of the nation's "greenest" universities by The Princeton Review in its first-ever rating of environmentally friendly institutions.
Learn more about the rating
University’s tech transfer reach goes global
Arizona Technology Enterprises, the technology venturing arm of Arizona State University, has entered into separate global arrangements to market technologies developed by ASU’s partner universities, Dublin City University in Ireland and Tec de Monterrey in Mexico.
Collaborations key to developing a “vibrant global network”
Biodesign director to lead groundbreaking science initiative
The director of the university’s Biodesign Institute, George Poste, has been selected to head a major new initiative at ASU that will revolutionize academic research through the innovative convergence of science, engineering, social sciences and computing.
Learn more about the Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative
Sports Illustrated names ASU athletics program No. 1
On the strength of three national titles and multiple conference championships, Sports Illustrated is lauding ASU as having the top ranked athletic department for 2007-2008.
More on the ranking
Sun Devil athletes go for the gold
Tune in to the 2008 Olympics in Bejing and you may just see a Sun Devil winning a medal! Former and current ASU athletes competing in this year’s summer games for Team USA include field athlete Trevell Quinley and heptathlete Jacquelyn Johnson.
Sun Devils who are competing for their home countries include diver Joona Puhakka, who is competing for his native Finland; track stand-out Joel Phillip of Grenada; track athlete Marcus Duncan of Trinidad and Tobago; and Mohammed Madwa, a freestyle swimmer from Kuwait.
Financial support helps reinstate men’s swimming
Vice President for Athletics Lisa Love announced July 15 that the athletic department was fully reinstating the sport of varsity men’s swimming due to financial support from various donors across the globe.
Program supporters rally to save varsity sport
Do the Grand Canyon the Sun Devil way
Sun Devil Destinations’ “Grand Canyon Explorer” adventure, slated for Oct. 14-19, will show travelers the natural wonder’s many faces. Travel with other ASU alumni and friends through nearby towns via railway, take a close look at the canyon’s painted walls on a below-the-rim day hike, and enjoy a smooth-water rafting adventure on the Colorado River.
Sign up for this adventure today!
Your SunDevil Spark Could Be Worth $10,000!
Here’s your chance to rule your devil domain, win some cash and help support the ASU Alumni Association!
Bank of America has launched the “MyExpression™ Search for Alumni Passion” contest. The alumnus whose college pride outshines all others can win $500, plus a $10,000 donation made in their name to the ASU Alumni Association.
The contest runs Sept. 2-Oct. 24. Full details are available at www.bankofamerica.com/alumnipassion starting Sept. 2. Good luck!
Kaplan’s Admissions Consulting $100 off in August
Intimidated by the graduate school application process? Kaplan’s Admissions Consulting can help – our expert consultants are former admissions officers, advisors and experts; they know what admissions committees seek in a candidate. Throughout August, alumni who enroll in a 3-, 6-, 10-, or 15-hour law, business, graduate or medical school Admissions Consulting program can save an extra $100 off the hourly rates. Call 1-800-KAP-TEST to sign up today!
Learn more about Kaplan’s services