Arizona State University - Athletics

Arizona State University's Division I athletic teams are called the Sun Devils, which is also the nickname used to refer to students and alumni of the university. They compete in the Pac-12 Conference in 20 varsity sports. Historically, the university has highly performed in men's, women's, and mixed archery; men's, women's, and mixedbadminton; women's golf; women's swimming and diving; baseball; ...

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Arizona State University - Student life

Extracurricular programs[edit] Arizona State University has an active extracurricular involvement program (Sun Devil Involvement Center).[136] Located on the 3rd floor of the Memorial Union,[137]the Sun Devil Involvement Center (SDIC) provides opportunities for student involvement through clubs, sororities, fraternities, community service, leadership, student government, and co-curricular programming.[138] Changemaker Central is student-run centralized resource hub for student involvement in social entrepreneurship, civic engagement, service ...

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Arizona State University - Academics

Admissions[edit] Fall Freshman Statistics[70][71][72][73][74]  20122011201020092008 Applicants30,69629,72229,78528,30427,089 Admits26,98626,45225,79525,61624,473  % Admitted87.988.986.690.590.3 Enrolled9,2659,2549,5449,3449,707 Avg GPA3.423.413.393.383.41 School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe Campus Admission to any of the public universities in Arizona is ensured to residents in the top 25% of their high-school ...

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Arizona State University - Campuses and locations

ASU's academic programs are spread across campuses in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area; however, unlike most multi-campus institutions, ASU describes itself as "one university in many places," explaining that it is "not a system with separate campuses, and not one main campus with branch campuses."[47]The university considers each campus "distinctive" and academically focused on certain aspects of the overall university mission. The Tempe Campus ...

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Arizona State University - Organization and Administration

The Arizona Board of Regents governs Arizona State University as well as the other state's public universities; University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University.[42] The Board of Regents is composed of twelve members including eleven voting, and one non-voting member. Members of the board include the Governor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction acting as ex-officio members, eight volunteer Regent members with eight years term that are appointed by the Governor, and two Student Regents with two years term, serving a one-year term as non-voting apprentices. ABOR provides ...

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Arizona State University-History

1885–1929[edit] Originally named the Tempe Normal School, the institution was founded on March 12, 1885, after John Samuel Armstrong first introduced House Bill 164, "An Act to Establish a Normal school in the Territory of Arizona to the13th Legislative Assembly of the Arizona Territory. Instruction was instituted on February 8, 1886 under the supervision of Principal Hiram Bradford Farmer. Land for the school ...

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Arizona State University

Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a national space-grant institution and public metropolitan research university[8]located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Arizona and is the largest public university in the United States by enrollment.[9]b[›] Founded in 1885 as the Tempe Normal School for ...

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