Getting to know ASU's students


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ASU boasts a diverse population of students from near and far. In this series, we take a peek inside the lives of a variety of Sun Devils. We'll add more stories over the next two weeks.

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Veterans transition to student life at ASU

Shifting to college life can be a tough transition for any student, but students who come to ASU from the military have unique concerns and situations that make the change more complicated. Thats why ASU has programs and services to help veteran students succeed in their academic pursuits.

The daily grind: ASU student-athletes work hard for their success

ASU student-athletes say their lives are a busy balance of achieving student and athletic success, but they would not have it any other way.

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The tough transition: International students help one another adjust to ASU

There are about 9,800 international students at Arizona State University, and they’ve taken a variety of paths to ASU. And although these students come from all over the world, they face similar issues once they get here — from language barriers to the acclimation of a new culture.

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Life doesn't stop for ASU online students who want to better themselves

As if homework wasn't enough to worry about, Tony Bothwell has freeze rays to contend with. That's the life of this ASU online student balances a full time job in California and parenting a "Despicable Me"-loving kid with earning a degree in graphic information technology. Bothwell's drive is typical of ASU online students - people who want to add to their successes or improve their futures by earning degrees from home.

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Adults and children sit in a classroom semicircle with several hands raised, surrounded by colorful educational posters and a screen showing cartoon cats playing music.

A different kind of preschool: How ASU's Child Study Lab sets kids up for success

The playground and classrooms on the ground floor of the Arizona State University Psychology Building might resemble the setting of any other preschool, but what happens inside those classrooms and…

Ela Chachulski, a robotics and autonomous systems undergraduate student in the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, part of the Fulton Schools, attends the Polytechnic campus 30th anniversary celebration and poses with Sparky and her commemorative mark design. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU

Artwork, exhibit capture spirit of Polytechnic campus as it celebrates 30 years

When Ela Chachulski set out to design a commemorative mark for Arizona State University Polytechnic campus’s 30th anniversary, she faced a great challenge.The bustling campus is home to academic…

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For these ASU graduate students, community starts with showing up

No one had finished the book. Race Schwartz, a first-year chemistry doctoral student, made it halfway. Holly Steinhauer, a second-year biochemistry doctoral student who studies the…