Education
How do we educate in a rapidly changing world?
Ninety percent of well-paying jobs today require postsecondary education or training. Ensuring that every person is well-educated increases our local and national competitiveness.
"Providing educational opportunities to everyone strengthens our workforce and increases our local, state and national competitiveness.
"Strong educational outcomes rely on program accountability and constant improvement through tools such as assessment models and incorporating useful research.
"We cannot do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.
"Today’s successful students have a broad range of skills to draw from and apply toward our increasingly interconnected world.
"Teachers become more effective educators, mentors and role models when they receive adequate support and resources.
"Effective leadership involves innovative thinking made possible by creative thought and imagination.
"We cannot do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.
"By encouraging students to pursue curiosity and ask — and attempt to answer — big questions, we transform how they think and live.
"Effective leadership involves innovative thinking made possible by creative thought and imagination.
"Teachers become more effective educators, mentors and role models when they receive adequate support and resources.
"Providing educational opportunities to everyone strengthens our workforce and increases our local, state and national competitiveness.
"Strong educational outcomes rely on program accountability and constant improvement through tools such as assessment models and incorporating useful research.
{Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative} Transforms student ideas into successful ventures by granting $200,000 each year to student teams with innovative venture ideas and providing winning teams with mentoring, office space and training.
Visit online: http://studentventures.asu.edu{Phi Alpha Honor Society, Theta Tau Chapter} Phi Alpha, Theta Tau Chapter, is the National Honor Society for ASU Social Work students. Through membership, students have the opportunity to learn more about the profession, get involved with humanitarian activities, and explore career choices for the future through networking with social workers in the community.
Visit online: http://www.west.asu.edu/ose/studentorgs/search.cfm?ClubName=Phi%20Alpha%20Honor%20Society,%20Theta%20Tau%20Chapter{Adult and Family Literacy Project} In the Department of English’s Adult and Family Literacy Project, Masters of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MTESOL) students serve at-risk English language learners in the greater Phoenix area, teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) using the latest methodology and socially-embedded teaching practices.
Visit online: http://english.clas.asu.edu/community{Center for Law and Global Affairs} The College’s Center for Law and Global Affairs focuses not just on formal international law, but on all the settings in which law and norms cross territorial borders and on keeping pace with the rapid diffusion of those norms.
Visit online: http://law.asu.edu/lga{Sun Devil Entrepreneurship Network} The network links local small businesses with the extensive student talent base at ASU while presenting students with valuable internship experience working in an entrepreneurial environment.
Visit online: http://entrepreneurship.asu.edu/sden{Ashoka Changemaker Campus} Advnaces social entrepreneurship education and practice in partnership with Ashoka: Innovations for the Public and nine universities across the U.S. through cutting-edge curriculum development, research initiatives and applied learning opportunities.
Visit online: http://ashokau.org/changemaker-campuses/arizona-state-university/{Mentor students through the Obama Scholars Program} In Arizona we have many motivated, high achieving students. For some of them, a lack of family resources has been a barrier to higher education. With the right support, these students can be successful, build better communities and create positive change. Contact Amy Golden for more information.
Visit online: http://promise.asu.edu/obamascholar{Phi Alpha Honor Society, Theta Tau Chapter} Phi Alpha, Theta Tau Chapter, is the National Honor Society for ASU Social Work students. Through membership, students have the opportunity to learn more about the profession, get involved with humanitarian activities, and explore career choices for the future through networking with social workers in the community.
Visit online: http://www.west.asu.edu/ose/studentorgs/search.cfm?ClubName=Phi%20Alpha%20Honor%20Society,%20Theta%20Tau%20Chapter{Center for Law and Global Affairs} The College’s Center for Law and Global Affairs focuses not just on formal international law, but on all the settings in which law and norms cross territorial borders and on keeping pace with the rapid diffusion of those norms.
Visit online: http://law.asu.edu/lga{Mentor students through the Obama Scholars Program} In Arizona we have many motivated, high achieving students. For some of them, a lack of family resources has been a barrier to higher education. With the right support, these students can be successful, build better communities and create positive change. Contact Amy Golden for more information.
Visit online: http://promise.asu.edu/obamascholar{Financially support the Medallion Scholarship Program through the purchase of a Sparky license plate} Does your Sun Devil wardrobe include something for your car? Outfit it with an ASU Sparky plate, obtainable from the Arizona Motor Vehicle Divison. For every plate sold, $17 goes to the Alumni Association's Medallion Scholarship fund to help deserving students. So when you get a Sparky plate, your car looks good and you look good too.
Visit online: http://alumni.asu.edu/support/sparky-plates{Host a Send Off for new ASU students} Sun Devil Send-Offs provide a personal welcome and offer opportunity for incoming Sun Devils to connect with ASU alumni and new and continuing students from their home area. These fun and casual summer events provide a relaxed setting in which new students and their families can ask questions about ASU and make a few friends before making the transition to college.
Visit online: http://alumni.asu.edu/programs/sun-devil-send-offs{Become an Alumni Admissions Ambassador} As an Admissions Ambassador, you’ll provide the interaction, personal attention and encouragement that can make the difference between a student choosing ASU or another school. Alumni are the university’s most ardent supporters, and they are the heart of this program.
Visit online: http://alumni.asu.edu/programs/asu-admissions-ambassadors{Mentor current students as part of the Young Alumni program} The Arizona State Young Alumni group is dedicated to Sun Devils under the age of 35 interested in staying connected, getting out there and having a blast. Whether you’re looking to establish new professional opportunities or mingle socially with people with similar interests, Young Alumni has something to offer you.
Visit online: http://alumni.asu.edu/programs/asu-young-alumni{Adult and Family Literacy Project} In the Department of English’s Adult and Family Literacy Project, Masters of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MTESOL) students serve at-risk English language learners in the greater Phoenix area, teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) using the latest methodology and socially-embedded teaching practices.
Visit online: http://english.clas.asu.edu/community{School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Program (SOLUR)} The School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research (SOLUR) program promotes and facilitates real-world, hands-on experiences for undergraduates to participate in the cutting-edge research and technologies in Biology, Bioengineering, Psychology, Philosophy, Kinesiology on the ASU campuses and elsewhere in the Valley of the Sun. The program, in connection with AZBioNet, serves more than 100 students each year.
Visit online: http://sols.asu.edu/ugrad/solur/index.php{Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative} Transforms student ideas into successful ventures by granting $200,000 each year to student teams with innovative venture ideas and providing winning teams with mentoring, office space and training.
Visit online: http://studentventures.asu.edu{Sun Devil Entrepreneurship Network} The network links local small businesses with the extensive student talent base at ASU while presenting students with valuable internship experience working in an entrepreneurial environment.
Visit online: http://entrepreneurship.asu.edu/sden{Ashoka Changemaker Campus} Advnaces social entrepreneurship education and practice in partnership with Ashoka: Innovations for the Public and nine universities across the U.S. through cutting-edge curriculum development, research initiatives and applied learning opportunities.
Visit online: http://ashokau.org/changemaker-campuses/arizona-state-university/{Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship} As part of Entrepreneurship at ASU, the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship offers hands-on, experiential courses that teach aspiring entrepreneurs from university-wide majors how to envision, prototype, launch and market cutting-edge, viable media products and services with sustainable, growth-oriented business models – and how to position and present these products to attract early-stage investment.
Visit online: http://cronkite.asu.edu/experience/knight.php
