Video shines spotlight on Downtown Phoenix campus


Caption 1: Eight, Arizona PBS prepares Mayor Gordon

Elliot Alvarado, a student worker for Eight, Arizona PBS, helps to prepare Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon for the production of a video at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus.

This year, ASU was named a regional outreach scholarship recipient of the 2008 C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award, which recognizes the outreach and engagement partnerships of four-year public universities.

The video, "An Extraordinary Partnership Between Arizona State University and the City of Phoenix," was created by Eight, Arizona PBS, for consideration in the national level of the award competition. The national recipient will be named in November.

To view the two-minute video, go to http://copp.asu.edu/phx.

PHOTO CREDIT: Zara Gort 

Caption 2: Downtown Phoenix campus video production

Videographer Richard Torruellas, left, listens to John Booth, senior producer/production manager for Eight, Arizona PBS, as they prepare to film ASU President Michael Crow and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, from left to right in the background.

This year, ASU was named a regional outreach scholarship recipient of the 2008 C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award, which recognizes the outreach and engagement partnerships of four-year public universities.

The video, "An Extraordinary Partnership Between Arizona State University and the City of Phoenix," was created by Eight, Arizona PBS, for consideration in the national level of the award competition. The national recipient will be named in November.

To view the two-minute video, go to http://copp.asu.edu/phx.

PHOTO CREDIT: Zara GortÂ