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Students mill about Arizona State University’s main Tempe campus in March 2019.
Arizona colleges saw more students amid pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic turned the academic world on its head for more than a year and its effects are still being felt in higher education today. more
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Demari Hackett is the lone member of the Surprise-based LAUNCH TEAM Robotics that attended school in Surprise at Valley Vista High School. He graduated in May.
Surprise-based LAUNCH Robotics team wins region
LAUNCH Robotics is a community-based non-profit in Surprise.Their FIRST Robotics Competition team won the Regional Chairman’s Award for Arizona and Nevada at the May 8 Southwest Region Awards … more
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Desert Mountain Wolves celebrate graduation with the traditional cap toss.
Scottsdale school leaders graduate from freshman roles with Class of 2021
Completing a full school year — passing the challenges presented by a global pandemic — were reasons to celebrate for educators in the Scottsdale Unified School District as leaders and students alike have graduated from an academic year of “firsts.” more
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West-MEC students get hands-on career technical training at one of the public school district’s many West Valley facilities. The district will consider ending its relationship with the Arizona School Board Association on Wednesday.
Tension builds at West-MEC over ASBA membership
Trouble is brewing in the West Valley as one school district seeks to sever ties with the state’s school board association. more
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Trevor Wilde, left, presents a check for $25,000 to Arizona Tuition Connection team members.
Wilde Wealth Management Group donates $25K to Arizona Tuition Connection
Scottsdale’s Wilde Wealth Management Group financial services firm has partnered with Arizona Tuition Connection to develop a scholarship fund helping low-income students to attend Notre Dame Preparatory Academy during the next school year. more
rand Canyon University students hand out food boxes through the university’s partnership with CityServe earlier this year. GCU handed out more than 18,000 boxes to community members in need.
GCU expands partnership with CityServe to assist local community
After months of distributing much-needed food boxes to the local community, Grand Canyon University is expanding its partnership with CityServe and committing to its community in a big way. more
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Scottsdale Quarter is inviting graduates of the Class of 2021 to enter the #ScholarSpree sweepstakes contest that runs through June 7 with 13 winners announced on June 9.
Scottsdale Quarter honors graduates with sweepstakes through June 7
Scottsdale Quarter is celebrating local graduates with the #ScholarSpree sweepstakes contest that runs through June 7. more
CIS Abroad students explore Costa Rica during their spring 2021 semester abroad.
Global students prepare for return of travel
With the European Union’s 27 countries agreeing to open their borders to vaccinated Americans this summer, the world is one step closer to the international travel that has been held at bay by the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year. more
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Graduate celebrates as he rides in a decorated car before receiving diploma
ASU prep digital to hold drive-thru graduation ceremonies for high school graduates
ASU Prep Digital will hold a drive-thru graduation ceremony this Friday and Saturday in substitution of normal graduation festivities. more
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A teen gets a coronavirus vaccination during an Arizona Department of Health Services event over the weekend.
Teen eligibility drives Arizona’s COVID-19 vaccine demand
Arizona teens’ demand for the COVID-19 vaccine could mean big things for a return to normalcy this fall. more
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Boy Scouts of America Grand Canyon Council offers Drone Flight School at Payson camp
Boy Scouts of America Grand Canyon Council is hosting its annual Camp Geronimo with one new addition --- a science, technology, engineering and mathematics technology-based Drone Flight School this … more
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Living with autism made college extra challenging for Ignazio Macaluso, 22. To help others like him, he developed a program that provides peer support for Arizona State University engineering students on the autism spectrum.
EASE up: New ASU program supports engineering students with autism
In his first three years of college, Ignazio Macaluso, a chemical engineering major at Arizona State, felt there was little support provided to students who, like him, live with autism. more
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A rendering of the future home for the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory and the ASU-Starbucks Center for the Future in Tempe. The center is a further expansion of the long-standing Arizona State University and Starbucks partnership.
ASU, Starbucks extend partnership into sustainability research
Arizona State University and Starbucks are expanding their seven-year partnership and moving it in a new direction. more
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Dr. William M. (Bill) Tsutsui has been selected to serve as University President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ottawa University system, including OUAZ in Surprise, effective July 1.
Ottawa University taps new president, CEO
Dr. William M. (Bill) Tsutsui has been selected to serve as university president and chief executive officer effective July 1. more
Arizona continues to have a teacher shortage that likely will linger into the summer and beyond with more than 1,700 openings in districts around the state.
Arizona’s teacher shortage will continue this summer
Arizona’s years-long teacher shortage is likely to continue into the summer, according to education experts from across the state. more
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The class of 2021 at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix graduated on Monday and is entering a job market that is far friendlier than the one graduates entered this time last year.
College seniors face slow-but-steady job market
When Grand Canyon University senior Rabekah Neu crossed the stage at graduation on Monday, she did so with a full-time job offer in supply chain management from Amazon.com Inc. more
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Sparky and ASU alumna Rosalva López flash pitchforks after she receives her second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, February 1, 2021 at the Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix. She is the principal of NFL YET College Preparatory Academy, in Phoenix. ASU officials are still debating on whether to require vaccines of incoming students in the fall.
Legal ground solid for college vaccine mandates
When Rutgers University announced in late March it would require all students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before stepping foot on its New Jersey campus this fall, it became the first university to do so. Since then, a handful of schools have followed suit, including Cornell University and Notre Dame University. more
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More than 17,000 Starbucks partners are currently enrolled in Arizona State University’s online degree programs, thanks to the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.
ASU, Starbucks deal grows its reach
When Starbucks launched its partnership with Arizona State University in June 2014, it was hailed as a first-of-its kind employee benefit set to increase access to higher education. more
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File photo showing Seraphina Ross taking advantage of online learning options at an early age.
From in-person instruction to digital and back again at Scottsdale Schools
At the dawn of the global COVID-19 pandemic the Scottsdale Unified School District — along with public school entities across the country — realized quickly a seamless transition to … more
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Arizona State University English and social work sophomore and Barrett Gold Guide Shivani Jaiswal demonstrates how to take a residence hall saliva test in Vista Del Sol residence hall Sept. 1, 2020 in Tempe. Arizona universities are mostly undecided if they will require vaccines of students in the fall.
Arizona universities grapple with COVID-19 vaccine
Arizona colleges and universities are grappling with a decision of whether to require students returning in the fall to come back to campus with proof of a coronavirus vaccination. more
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