"Year One: Life at ASU" is a periodic photo series following five freshmen navigating their first year at ASU. This installment checks in on Eric Arellano where the freshman, who is a Flinn Scholar, talks to high school students at a Flinn Scholar Day dinner. The 40 finalists for the scholarship had a recruitment visit at ASU where they explored the campus, its programs and what it has to offer the gifted high school seniors. Current Flinns, as well as college administrators, welcomed the prospective students and answered questions.
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Freshman Eric Arellano talks with some of his fellow Flinn Scholars at the Flinn Scholar Day dinner on Feb. 23 at Nelson Fine Arts Center. The 40 finalists for the scholarship were at recruitment visit at ASU, exploring the campus, its programs and what it has to offer the gifted high school seniors.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Arellano talks with some of his fellow Flinn Scholars. The Flinn Scholarship Program provides a financial package for undergraduate study at an Arizona public university for 20 of Arizona’s highest-achieving high school seniors each year.
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Arellano listens as Dean Jim Collofello talks with prospective Flinn Scholarship finalists at the Flinn Scholar Day dinner. Collofello is the senior associate dean for academic and student affairs for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Their table of 10 included current and future Flinn Scholars.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Brad Baertsch (left), with ASU undergraduate admissions, talks with Arellano as others are getting their food at the Flinn Scholar Day dinner. The two talk about Arellano's speech that he'll deliver at the end of the meal.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Arellano talks with prospective and current Flinn Scholars at the Flinn Scholar Day dinner. Current Flinn recipients as well as college administrators welcomed the prospective students and answered questions.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Arellano speaks about what it is like to be a Flinn Scholar at ASU. He talked about opportunities, overcommitment and adapting to new ideas. Within the past several days, Eric changed his course of study to include a dual major in the newly offered Innovation in Society, via the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and computer science.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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