ASUPA Update
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Dear parents,
 Participation in ASU's Homecoming Parade and Block Party is an annual tradition for the Parents Association. Our parents and PLUMS (parents of alums) build a float, march in the parade and show their Sun Devil pride as they celebrate at our booth at the Homecoming Block Party. Check out the details and be sure to join the fun! Out-of-state parents can participate, too. Send a shout out to ASU parents in our facebook community and invite Sun Devils in your area to get together and celebrate Homecoming. Organize a game-watching party, a coffee or meet for dinner. Keep us posted and we will send your group some ASU goodies to add to your Homecoming celebration. Thanksgiving is around the corner, and the ASUPA funds a free on-campus Thanksgiving dinner. See the event listing below and encourage your student to sign up if he or she is unable to travel home for the holiday. We also have an emergency crisis fund to help students dealing with short-term financial difficulties stay in school. Looking ahead, our scholarship application will be posted on our website in November. Please support these important student success initiatives by making your gift online today. Go Sun Devil families!
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Send us a photo of your ASU family decked out in Sun Devil gear for our third annual photo contest.
The winning photo will be featured in the 2012–13 ASU family calendar.
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Changes to the ASU Academic Calendar go into effect with the spring 2012 semester. Classes begin on Jan. 5, 2012, a week and a half earlier than past spring semesters. ASU also added two 7.5-week sessions to the regular 15-week schedule, allowing students more flexibility in their schedules and making it possible to move to the next course in a series more quickly.
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Janna Harala waited at the door of the Microsoft building, eager to meet fellow Seattle-based ASU parents at the inaugural Nationwide Sun Devil Family Coffee Day sponsored by the ASU Parents Association.
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Please click the event link to learn specific details about each activity and/or to RSVP.
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ASU Tempe Campus
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Saturday, Oct. 29Homecoming float planning and rehearsalJoin the fun as we enter our annual float into the ASU Homecoming Parade. We will meet two hours prior to the parade — plenty of time to learn the dance routine or be assigned a banner to carry. Homecoming T-shirts will be distributed. Help us decorate the float and meet our Professors of the Year, who lead our float in the parade. No experience required.
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 2–3
10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Fall Housing Fair
The annual ASU Off-Campus Housing Fair features services that can assist with your transition to off-campus living. Representatives from a wide range of residential communities and businesses will be available to answer your questions. Get more information»
Thursday, Nov. 24
11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Free Thanksgiving meal for students
Students unable to travel home for Thanksgiving can enjoy a free meal, complete with all of the trimmings. Meals are made possible through a grant from the ASU Parents Association.
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Saturday, Nov. 5Sparky's Touchdown Tailgate, ASU @ UCLA Sparky's Touchdown Tailgates are a great way for alumni and Sun Devil fans to get ready for the big game. The tailgate includes food, refreshments, a rally item, DJ music, exciting raffle items, ASU's spirit squad, Sparky and special guest speakers including 1987 Rose Bowl MVP Jeff van Raaphorst.
Sunday, Nov. 6
Hyatt Regency Orange County, CASun Devil SunDaySun Devil SunDay is free and open to the public. Bring your friends and family for a day of fun and excitement with Sparky and the ASU Spirit Squad, and get the information you need to make the right decision about your academic future. Current parents also are invited to participate. Learn about ASU, visit with staff and stop by the Parents Association's hospitality room and meet with fellow SoCal ASU parents and Parents Association staff.
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ASU's new website, 10000solutions.org, has garnered more than 500 innovative ideas on how to tackle the world's most pressing problems. The project was the focus of a recent top story by Anne Ryman in the Arizona Republic
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"Student-centered" and "customized education" are two terms that can be applied to several initiatives expected to result in substantial increases in student success at ASU. These efforts consist of an online student advising system, innovative programs in math and English, and shorter course units.
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Arizona State University's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was recently ranked sixth worldwide in impact, according to an analysis by Science Watch.
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Mayo Clinic announced the expansion of Mayo Medical School to Arizona. The school will include a key collaboration with ASU —all students will complete a specialized master's degree granted by ASU, concurrently with their medical degree from Mayo Medical School.
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Engineers are at work on designs for robotic devices that promise to aid progress in almost every field of human endeavor – and ASU researchers are at the forefront of the wave of robotics innovation.
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R. F. "Rick" Shangraw, Jr., senior vice president for Knowledge Enterprise Development at Arizona State University, has been named CEO and president of the ASU Foundation for a New American University, announced Bill Post, foundation board chairman, and ASU President Michael M. Crow. The appointment takes effect November 1.
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