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Evolution of a University [permanent dead link ], a series on ASU's history and future plans printed in The State Press from Nov. 4–6, 2008 50 years ago, voters endorse name change for Arizona State; Longtime employees look back at past 50 years’ ASU presidents; Crow’s vision attracts both praise, criticism
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university [8] in Tempe, Arizona, United States. [9] Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the United States. [10]
Sparky the Sun Devil is the official mascot of Arizona State University. [2] Originally the ASU athletic teams' mascot was an owl, then became a "Normal" (because ASU was founded as a normal school). It was later changed to a bulldog in an attempt to make the school – Arizona State Teacher's College at the time – appear more in line with ...
Thunderbird School of Global Management (or simply Thunderbird) is a global leadership, management, and business school at Arizona State University, a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. It was founded in 1946 as an independent, private institution and acquired by Arizona State University in 2014.
A year later, the school established a student radio station, Blaze Radio, as a place for prospective students to mature their skills. [1] (The State Press used to fulfill that role, but it became independent in the 1970s.) In 1984, the school was renamed Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication in honor of the veteran news ...
Charles Trumbull Hayden Library, at 300 East Orange Mall on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University, was built in 1966 and was named for Charles Trumbull Hayden, founder of Tempe and the first president of the board of the Arizona Territorial Normal School, ASU's predecessor. Hayden Library is the largest facility on ASU's Tempe campus ...
Michael M. Crow [1] (born October 11, 1955) is an American professor, science and technology policy scholar and expert in university design. He is the 16th and current president of Arizona State University, having succeeded Lattie F. Coor on July 1, 2002.
This is a list of colleges and schools of Arizona State University. Most of ASU's academic programs are spread across four campuses in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, ASU Online, and ASU Local. The table below indicates enrollment by college, with an indication of which metropolitan campuses are represented.