President's awards honor university innovators
<p>From creating a program to capture and re-use water to make the university more sustainable, to developing an online tutoring program to increase student success, to initiating and delivering an innovation and entrepreneurship program for tribal communities, ASU employees are helping their university and community in a big way.</p><separator></separator><p>In recognition of their efforts and achievement, ASU President Michael Crow hosted a reception to present the President’s Award for Innovation, the President’s Award for Sustainability, the President’s Medal for Social Embeddedness, and the Top Multiple Sun Award for Individual Excellence.</p><separator></separator><p>The Office of Human Resources coordinated the event.</p><separator></separator><h3> President's Award for Innovation</h3><p> </p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_FirstInnovations"><img alt height="100" src="/files/images/innovations_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" width="100"></a></p><separator></separator><h2> <a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_FirstInnovations">First Innovations Initiative</a></h2><p id="eow-description">The First Innovations Initiative at ASU is a successful collaboration between the American Indian Policy Institute, Venture Catalyst at SkySong and the American Indian Studies program.</p><separator></separator><p> </p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_Academic_Success"><img alt height="100" src="/files/images/tutoring_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" width="100"></a></p><separator></separator><h2> <a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_Academic_Success" target="_blank">Multi-Subject Online Tutoring – University Academic Success</a></h2><p id="eow-description">University Academic Success Programs is utilizing technology that allows access to services once bound by geographic proximity and time to optimize tutoring services.</p><separator></separator><p> </p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_MyASU"><img alt height="100" src="/files/images/myasu_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" width="100"></a></p><separator></separator><h2> <a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_MyASU" target="_blank">My ASU: One University in Many Places</a></h2><p>Introduced in 2008, My ASU is the primary point of contact between ASU and its students, faculty, staff, applicants and friends.</p><separator></separator><p> </p><separator></separator><h3> President's Award for Sustainability</h3><p> </p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_Ditch_the_Dumpster"><img alt height="100" src="/files/images/dumpster_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" width="100"></a></p><separator></separator><h2> <a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_Ditch_the_Dumpster" target="_blank">2010 Ditch the Dumpster</a></h2><p>The 2010 Ditch the Dumpster program stemmed from ASU’s first large-scale effort during the spring of 2008 residence hall move-out to divert reusable items from the landfill.</p><separator></separator><p> </p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_Facilities_Management"><img alt height="100" src="/files/images/water_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" width="100"></a></p><separator></separator><h2> <a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_Facilities_Management" target="_blank">Facilities Management Central Plant Water Capture and Re-Use</a></h2><p>Facilities Management Central Plant and Grounds Services teams received $5,000 seed money from University Sustainability Practices to design, fund, construct and then re-use Reverse Osmosis reject water from the Central Plant.</p><separator></separator><p> </p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_Future_of_Phoenix"><img alt height="100" src="/files/images/future_phx_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" width="100"></a></p><separator></separator><h2> <a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_Future_of_Phoenix" target="_blank">The Future of Phoenix: Crafting Sustainable Development Strategies</a></h2><p>A research team of faculty and graduate students, in collaboration with the City’s Planning Department, has engaged in analyzing the current state of Phoenix to craft future visions and scenarios, and develop transformative sustainability strategies incorporated into long-range city planning.</p><separator></separator><p> </p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_PolyHarvest"><img alt height="100" src="/files/images/poly_harvest_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" width="100"></a></p><separator></separator><h2> <a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_PolyHarvest" target="_blank">PolyHarvest Community Supported Agriculture</a></h2><p>The PolyHarvest CSA is a community supported agriculture program that delivers fresh, local produce to ASU and non-ASU community members.</p><separator></separator><p> </p><separator></separator><h3> President's Medal for Social Embeddedness</h3><p> </p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_CARE"><img alt height="100" src="/files/images/hands_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" width="100"></a></p><separator></separator><h2> <a href="http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_CARE" target="_blank">Community Action Research Experiences (CARE)</a></h2><p id="eow-description">The Community Action Research Experiences program builds community capacity through a yearlong collaboration between student researchers from diverse disciplines and nonprofit community organizations to address research questions that help these community organizations increase their effectiveness.</p><separator></separator><p> </p><separator></separator><h3> SUN Award for Individual Excellence</h3><p> </p><separator></separator><p>• Marcos Romero, Financial Services, Payroll.</p><separator></separator><p>• Lisa Grabarec, College of Nursing and Health Innovation.</p><separator></separator><p>• Jeffrey Bricker, Educational Outreach and Student Services.</p><separator></separator><p>• Jason Johnson, ASU Libraries, Fletcher Library.</p><separator></separator><p> </p>