Emerge event showcases art, science you can sink your teeth into

November 16, 2022

With a variety of interactive installations, researchers, entertainment and vendors, Emerge 2022: Eating at the Edges aims to provide more than just food for thought.

The festival, to be held on Nov. 19 in Mesa, will explore the concept of eating in a world of environmental extremes. Emerge 2022: Eating at the Edges will take place in Mesa on Nov. 19. Download Full Image

The event is presented by entities from within Arizona State University and the city of Mesa, including the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and the Mesa Arts Center. Festivities begin at noon and run until 7 p.m. at the Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center in downtown Mesa. Admission for the festival is free.

“Emerge is all about helping people imagine and experience their futures,” said ASU Assistant Professor Christy Spackman, organizer for this year’s Emerge. “We’re showing the future of food in more than 40 exhibits, which range from hands-on workshops to live music themed around the structure of a meal.”

2022 marks the ninth edition of Emerge, which experienced a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Experiences at this year’s festival include food art installations, Mesa Arts Center’s MABEL (Mobile Arts Based Engagement Lab) and film screenings. One such art installation, the Pixel Plate, is a student-led conceptualization of a potential future kitchen appliance. In this imagined future, the kitchen appliance would take meal tickets and then 3D print edible meals such as “Dune donuts” and “Dalek dumplings.”

“We’re imagining the future in a very conceptualized way with the Pixel Plate,” said Kassidy Breaux, a graphic information technology lecturer who worked with students to create the Pixel Plate. “Nothing at the exhibit is edible, but it explores just one possibility of what the future of food could look like.”

In addition to art, Emerge will feature musicians Sophie and Alex Dorsten, Izzy Mahoubi and band, Vaughn Willis and Ear Candy, and the Gustavi Angeles Band. All performances will take place on the Alliance Pavilion Stage. Also featured at the festival is improv from the Neighborhood Comedy Theatre, which will perform three sets throughout the event. And no food festival would be complete without food trucks and vendors, which will be set up across the festival site.

“We have artists coming from Australia and Ukraine — Indigenous chefs who bring their knowledge to the table,” Spackman said. “We are all here together to experience how our past and present can influence our futures.”

Katelyn Reinhart

Communications specialist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory

Katelyn.Reinhart@asu.edu

3 exceptional alumni to be honored during ASU Homecoming game

Woman wearing a baseball mitt on a baseball field, walking toward a baseball player in uniform.

The Arizona State University Alumni Association will honor three exceptional alumni leaders during the Nov. 19 Homecoming football game against the Oregon State Beavers.The honorees are outstanding members of the ASU community who have consistently contributed their time, energy and expertise to help ASU continue to grow in its role as The New American University. Chuck Inderieden, '87 BS, and Ch...

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3 exceptional alumni to be honored during ASU Homecoming game

The honorees are outstanding members of the ASU community who have consistently contributed their time, energy and expertise

November 16, 2022

The Arizona State University Alumni Association will honor three exceptional alumni leaders during the Nov. 19 Homecoming football game against the Oregon State Beavers.

The honorees are outstanding members of the ASU community who have consistently contributed their time, energy and expertise to help ASU continue to grow in its role as The New American University. Woman wearing a baseball mitt on a baseball field, walking toward a baseball player in uniform. Kristine Kassel, '91 BS, founder of the Tempe-based Benefits by Design health insurance and employee benefits agency, will be awarded the Past Chair’s Award for her service as ASU Alumni Board of Directors chair during fiscal year 2021–22. Download Full Image

Chuck Inderieden, '87 BS, and Chuck Goodmiller, ‘90 BS, co-managing partners of the Henry+Horne CPA firm, will each be awarded the Alumni Service Award for their long-standing support of the Sun Devil 100 program since its inception in 2015.

Krisine Kassel, ‘91 BS, founder of the Tempe-based Benefits by Design health insurance and employee benefits agency, will be awarded the Past Chair’s Award for her service as ASU Alumni Board of Directors chair during fiscal year 2021–22.

Inderieden and Goodmiller both graduated from ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in accounting; Inderieden earned his degree in 1987, while Goodmiller received his diploma in 1990. Their CPA firm, Henry+Horne, with offices in Tempe, Scottsdale and Casa Grande, is a Top 200 nationally ranked business that has been providing professional services since 1957.

For many years, Henry+Horne has performed accounting services for the ASU Alumni Association’s Sun Devil 100 program. The Sun Devil 100 is an annual ASU business awards program that celebrates the achievements of alumni who own or lead organizations that exemplify innovation, growth and the entrepreneurial spirit.

In addition to leading their business, both Inderieden and Goodmiller actively volunteer within the community. Inderieden has been a member of the Arizona Cactus-Pine Girl Scout Council Financial Committee and served on the Boys & Girls Clubs of Phoenix Executive Council. Goodmiller has served as a board member of the Banner Casa Grande Medical Center and Banner Casa Grande Hospital Foundation, and he serves as board treasurer of the Casa Grande Rotary Scholarship Foundation.

Chuck Goodmiller, ASU alumni to be honored with Alumni Service Award, speaks into a microphone.

Chuck Goodmiller, ‘90 BS, co-managing partner of the Henry+Horne CPA firm, will be awarded the Alumni Service Award for supporting the Sun Devil 100 program since its inception in 2015.

Portrait of Chuck Inderieden, ASU alumni to be honored with Alumni Service Award.

Chuck Inderieden, ‘87 BS, co-managing partner of the Henry+Horne CPA firm, will be awarded the Alumni Service Award for service and dedication to the Sun Devil 100 program.

Kristine Kassel, ASU graduate '91 BS, wearing a black robe and speaking behind a lectern in front of the Arizona State University seal.

Kristine Kassel, '91 BS, will be awarded the Past Chair's Award for her service as ASU Alumni Board of Directors chair during fiscal year 2021–22.

Past Chair's Award

Kristine Kassel, a true Sun Devil and an exemplary alumna, was chair of the ASU Alumni Board of Directors during fiscal year 2021–22, an exciting, growth-filled year for the ASU Alumni Association. Kassel’s strong direction helped enhance the services offered to all alumni.

During her tenure, the Alumni Association benefited from Kassel’s expertise and enthusiasm, her role as representative of the Alumni Association and status as a multi-year Sun Devil 100 recipient. Kassel’s organizational acumen and strong advocacy helped the Alumni Association build a stronger ASU community and advance the university.

While chair, Kassel made the ASU Alumni Association scholarship programs a priority, growing the number of students through the Medallion Scholarship program. The ASU Alumni Chapter organization also expanded under her leadership, as did programming in virtual, hybrid and in-person formats.

For additional information about the ASU Alumni Association’s celebration of Homecoming week, visit the ASU Alumni Association Homecoming website.

Laurie Merrill

Marketing Copy Writer , ASU Alumni Association

lcmerril@asu.edu