• Read more about Sun Devils recognized with President’s Volunteer Service Award

Through hard work and dedication, 27 Arizona State University students have qualified for the President’s Volunteer Service Award.

The national award was established in 2003 by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and recognizes the importance of volunteers in the U.S. and their commitment to serving their communities.

In total, the ASU students’ efforts amount to thousands of hours in community impact, giving their time to help tackle issues like homelessness, the environment, education in underserved communities and many others.  

• Read more about Celebrating faculty excellence 2018

Each year, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College honors faculty members whose scholarship and teaching embody our mission to create knowledge, mobilize people and take action to improve education. This year, we are pleased to honor four faculty members who, in different ways, exemplify excellence and a spirit of creative intrapreneurship.

Excellence in Research Achievement

• Read more about ASU unveils iconic pitchfork statue at newly renovated Sun Devil Stadium

The pitchfork symbol is ubiquitous around Arizona State University, and now there is finally a sculpture of the iconic representation of the Sun Devils, unveiled last week.

The 6-foot, 3-inch-tall bronze pitchfork sits at the southeast entrance of the newly renovated Sun Devil Stadium, a symbol of school spirit and the perfect place for fan photos.

“We didn’t have anything like this, and we needed our emblem,” said Arthur Pearce II, a Mesa businessman and third-generation Sun Devil, who donated the statue.

• Read more about Entrepreneur cleaned up mistakes, became better educator and leader

Earlier this month, Kristen Hadeed, founder of Student Maid and author of “Permission to Screw Up,” visited ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College to give a talk and workshop on leadership.

• Read more about ASU partners with the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education, welcomes cohort of Saudi educators

Arizona State University has welcomed 52 Saudi Arabian educators to the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College as part of the yearlong Building Leadership for Change Through School Immersion program. Developed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education, the program — which will run through February 2019 — is in direct response to the Saudi Arabian government’s goal of investing in the future of their country by improving and innovating their schools.

• Read more about Storymap: ‘Teacher as citizen’ with Joel Westheimer

Last April, the iTeachELLs Teacher Quality Partnership Project, an initiative of ASU's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, sponsored a visit from Joel Westheimer. The author and commentator facilitated three events focusing on the topic, "Teacher as Citizen," and based on his book, "What Kind of Citizen? Educating our children for the common good."

• Read more about Alumna helps transform educators and educational organizations

“I have always seen education as a key to moving our society move forward,” alumna Angel Jannasch-Pennell (PhD '96) says of earning her degree in Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education. And moving forward is just what Jannasch-Pennell helps educators and educational organizations do.

• Read more about From unknown solutions to urban discoveries

• Read more about Education by design: a year of thinking and doing

• Read more about Seed grants fund education research projects with social science roots