Arizona State University lost one of its most generous supporters last week with the death of Bruce Halle, who built Discount Tire from one small showroom in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1960 into one of the most successful independent tire dealerships in the industry’s history.

Late 2017 and early 2018 ushered forth a new assortment of insightful scholarship, published in a variety of journals and books by our own faculty members. From evocative firsthand accounts of growing up and receiving an education in a socialist regime to resources for teachers to help students more proactively deal with ADHD in a digital age, you’ll want to hear from our distinguished faculty firsthand.

Mahatma Gandhi said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Alumna Nicolle Karantinos (EdD ’09) took that advice — and found that it worked. Karantinos’s first career was as a financial planner, but she wasn’t happy. She craved the passion and commitment her husband and sister, both educators, had for their careers. Wanting a taste of what they had, Karantinos began volunteering at a local junior high school. “That was the moment I knew I wanted to go into education,” she says.

A photo from the late 1960s of a picnic in Papago Park shows Rudy Lavik (center, in hat), Bill Kajikawa (front right), Charlotte Lavik (behind Kajikawa) and Margaret Kajikawa (second from left). Image courtesy of the family.

The name of Rudy Lavik is honored in the Sun Devil Sports Hall of Fame. His five-year tenure in his highest-profile position for Arizona State Teachers College, head football coach, wasn’t nearly as long as those of fellow hall of famers, Frank Kush and Bruce Snyder. And his win-loss record from 1933 to 1937 was 13-26-3.

Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College has been awarded a $12.4 million grant by the Kern Family Foundation to develop and incorporate character education into its teacher and leadership preparation programs. These programs will include undergraduate programs, graduate programs, nondegree certificates and professional development programs.

Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College has been awarded a $12.4 million grant by the Kern Family Foundation to develop and incorporate character education into its teacher and leadership preparation programs. These programs will include undergraduate programs, graduate programs, non-degree certificates and professional development programs.

Shannon Sipes, an ASU senior majoring in chemistry, seamlessly transferred from Glendale Community College with the help of the Maricopa to ASU Pathways Program. “It reassured me that every course I was taking at community college would apply toward my desired degree. MAPP really took the stress out of planning my schedule each year,” Sipes says.

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