ASU's Week in Pictures

This week, the Associated Students of ASU presented their 2011-2012 Centennial Professor Awards, given to recognize and encourage excellent teaching and leadership within and beyond the classroom. Named Centennial Professors were Aaron Golub (right), of the School of Sustainability and School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, along with Cynthia Leitz (second from right), from the School of Social Work. Also honored were Bryan Brayboy (not shown), with the School of Social Transformation, Omayra Ortega (second from left), of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, and Stephen Helms Tillery (left), with the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering. To learn more about the Centennial Professors and the awards, visit http://www.asuusg.com/?page_id=1360.

Left to right: Edith Cseke, a second year law student, Javier Corral Clayton, a freshman chemical engineering major, and Hyejung Lim, a senior majoring in sustainability, were the 2012 Pricilla Richards Outstanding International Students Award recipients. Learn more about the award and recipients.

Following spring football practice, students took to the field to meet the team members and have a football experience of their own during “Pigskinapalooza.” Erika Green, a sophomore from Mesa, Ariz., majoring in non-profit leadership and management, gets into the spirit of things with a tackling dummy.

After the drills were finished, Sun Devil Stadium’s Frank Kush Field was covered with blankets and became a theater for a screening of “The Blind Side.”

After finishing Pat’s Run, April 21, fitness trainer Steven Bronston stretches his legs near the 42-yard line of the stadium. See more images from Pat's Run.

On the eve of the annual Pat’s Run, Marie Tillman (second from left), the widow of former ASU and Cardinals standout Pat Tillman, made her first visit to the veteran’s center that bears his name. Escorted by Captain Steve Borden (left), center director, the visitors stopped to view the mural at the entrance of the center, in ASU’s Memorial Union.

Prior to the official groundbreaking ceremony for the addition to the Student Recreation Complex on the Tempe campus, Breanne Hill, Niesha Whitman and Emeka Ikeguonu sign a plaque. Construction is slated to be complete in the fall of 2013. Funded by a fee increase voted on by the students, the facility will have five indoor basketball courts and a multi-use court for indoor soccer and field hockey.

Celebrating the official Sun Devil Fitness Complex groundbreaking ceremony, at the ASU Polytechnic campus, from left to right: Rhian Stotts, GPSA; Bryce Harris, senior in the College of Public Programs; Zach Fort, first year law student; Jacob Goulding, President, USG – Tempe; Kelley Stewart, President, GPSA; Martha Dennis Christiansen, associate vice president of Educational Outreach and Student Services; Michael Crow, President of ASU; Tammy Garstka, Sun Devil Fitness Complex – Tempe director; James Rund, senior vice president of Educational Outreach and Student Service; and Kevin Cook,; associate vice president and dean of students in Educational Outreach and Student Services.

ASU employees celebrate at the Staff Appreciation BBQ on the Fletcher Lawn at ASU’s West campus.

The Sun Devil Fitness Complex at the ASU West campus broke ground, and is part of a dining and residence community already under construction. Natalie Reyna, a freshman global health major, signed the last beam, which will be put into place in late June of this year. The recreation center will be completed in January of 2013, while the dining and residence construction will be ready for incoming students in August of 2012.

Armed with gold shovels, participants prepare to officially break ground on the Sun Devil Fitness Complex at the ASU West campus. From left to right: Josh Tucker, West campus student body president; Kelley Stewart, graduate student; Rhian Stott, graduate and member of the Professional Students Association; Sparky; Michael Crow, President of ASU; Mistalene Caleroz-White, dean of students at the West Campus; Elizabeth Langland, vice provost and dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences; David Anaya, student; and Diane Landis, Litchfield Park City Council.

Three recent books by professors of African and African American Studies,in ASU's School of Social Transformation, served as a launch point highlighting the program's diversity of diaspora scholarship. Aribidesi Usman (right) led the discussion, moderated by Michael Mitchell (second from right). David Hinds (left) and Abdullahi Gallab also made presentations. For more, visit http://sst.asu.edu/

Biomedical engineering sophomore Alex Walsh shares his research project on the creation of a realistic CPR manikin with his mother, Nora Walsh, at the spring 2012 FURI symposium. The Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative is a program at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering that offers undergraduate students the opportunity to gain hands-on lab experience. Students in the program present their work at semi-annual public symposiums.

More than 100 student and industry-sponsored iProjects were on display at the Innovation Showcase at the College of Technology and Innovation on the Polytechnic campus. Engineering major Bianca Jimenez (right) talks to students from Mesa about her team’s electronic fan clutch project.

Projects at the Innovation Showcase highlighted the ingenuity, creativity and hands-on problem solving skills of students, as they tackled real-world challenges. Mechanical engineering technology major Chris Zappettini (left) talks with Andy Neal, a mechanical engineering student, about Zappettini’s team project, which modified a dynamometer for a four-cylinder VW diesel engine. Learn more about the showcase: http://asunews.asu.edu/20120419_CTIInnovationShowcase

The group study area of Hayden Library is a popular place to collaborate and prepare for finals. Chris Cox (left) and Allie Reeves go over material for their 200 level linguistics finals. Reeves is a freshman studying Chinese and Cox is a junior majoring in Spanish.

In the Fletcher Library on ASU's West campus, sophomore life sciences majors Taylor Samora-Dietz (left) and Paul Kando work on understanding cell biology in preparation for finals.

Applied biological sciences major Mieszko Wrobel prepares for his organic chemistry final at ASU's Polytechnic campus.

Journalism freshmen, Jessica Boehm (left) and Abree Abril, study for their upcoming finals while enjoying a break from the warm weather in the Taylor Place Shade Garden, on the Downtown Phoenix campus.

Wednesday, April 25 was Reading Day – a time set aside to prepare for final exams – and one of the traditions of Reading Day is to serve up a hearty breakfast late in the evening to fuel all-night study sessions. On all four campuses university faculty and staff volunteered to serve the meals to students. In Tempe, basketball coach Herb Sendek (second from left) was on hand to assist at Pitchforks in the Memorial Union.

ASU student Rachel Snyder (right) mentors Ivette Jimenez, a Paradise Valley High School student, on editing for an upcoming symposium. The mentoring program is part of Quanta, an ASU student-led initiative that helps bring the university research experience to other high school students. Learn more about ASU's Quanta program.