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Lester, Foundation Professor of English and founding director of\u0026nbsp;Project Humanities at Arizona State University, has been awarded a $25,000 Teacher-Scholar Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.The one-year award will support Lester\u2019s research exploring\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-06T10:14:24-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/06\/2026-10:14am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU Foundation Professor Neal A. Lester has been awarded a $25,000 Teacher-Scholar Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship to support Lester\u2019s research exploring Black American spirituality as a living system of worship, fortitude and communal care.","teaser":"Neal A.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/20190114NealLester_04.JPG?itok=UmXSZ_Q4","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260106-asu-professor-awarded-grant-research-black-american-spirituality","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Project Humanities","contributor-contact-information-name":"Nayeli Lopez","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/20190114NealLester_04.JPG?itok=UmXSZ_Q4","image_alt":"Portrait of Neal A. 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That changed when she realized her passion while scrolling through a Wikipedia page about languages.\u201cI didn\u0027t have any real plans to go back to school, but one day I\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-10T10:54:36-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/10\/2025-10:54am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Judith Guerrero, the School of International Letters and Cultures\u2019 fall 2025 Dean\u2019s Medalist, is taking what she learned in her double majors of Italian and English linguistics into a summer internship at the Biblioteca Classense, housed inside a Camaldolese monastery built in 1512 in Ravenna, Italy.","teaser":"After leaving her previous university, Casa Grande, Arizona, native Judith Guerrero wasn\u2019t sure when she\u2019d return to the classroom. That changed when she realized her passion while scrolling through a Wikipedia page about languages.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/54962348519_58b6338557_o.jpg?itok=09KnmRxV","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251210-sun-devil-community-deans-medalists-transfer-story-leads-italian-summer-experience","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Neely","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/54962348519_58b6338557_o.jpg?itok=09KnmRxV","image_alt":"Judith wearing a white top with black jacket and a blue headband. 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He came alone, the only one of his four siblings eligible for a visa.Gill had dreams for sure; he had begun film school in his native Pakistan but put\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-01T16:12:28-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/01\/2025-4:12pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Originally from Lahore, Pakistan, Simon Gill is graduating from Arizona State University this fall with a Bachelor of Arts in film (film and media studies) that he earned online. He said the flexibility and admissions support he received from from the university made all the difference.","teaser":"When Simon Gill first arrived in the U.S. in 2016, he wasn\u2019t thinking about making art.At the time, the then-26-year-old was focused on survival. 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Now, the revitalized initiative has new goals in\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-10-28T14:12:03-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/28\/2025-2:12pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Over the past year, ASU\u0026#039;s Native Narratives program has shifted its focus to helping participants prepare and succeed in postgraduate studies, with an emphasis on creating a personal statement and working on writing samples.","teaser":"In 2020, a program at Arizona State University was established to expand the tradition of storytelling in Native American culture.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-10\/NN-1%5B62%5D.JPG?itok=f2MrJ_Dx","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20251028-revitalized-asu-program-helps-prepare-indigenous-students-postgrad-success","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Neely","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-10\/NN-1%5B62%5D.JPG?itok=f2MrJ_Dx","image_alt":"Group of 7 participants in the native narratives program smiling at the camera indoors","image_caption":"Participants of the Native Narratives program this past year. 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The series combines two new initiatives, \u201cToward Morning \u2014 Nyamathaam\u2019im \u2014 \u2018Abini\u201d and \u201cThe Tendency,\u201d that invite larger artistic and scholarly communities to Arizona State University. 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