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After a challenging upbringing including time in Arizona\u2019s foster-care system, Smith has advocated to improve the system and has desires to make a positive difference on a bigger policy scale. His hard work and dedication during his undergraduate career at ASU is apparent in all his endeavors. A dual major in political science and public service and public policy and has received numerous awards and scholarships, served two terms as student body president, and even helped get bills passed in the Arizona State Legislature.","teaser":"College was never a certainty for Frank Smith III, a first-generation college student and former foster youth.\u201cIt was never something that was talked about in my family,\u201d Smith said.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/fs-31-2.jpg?itok=dpxfVsJ9","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20180509-putting-public-policy-perspective","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The GAME School","contributor-contact-information-name":"Lisa Rolland","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Downtown Phoenix campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/fs-31-2.jpg?itok=dpxfVsJ9","image_alt":"Frank Smith ","image_caption":"Frank Smith III is the Spring 2018 Outstanding Overall Undergraduate Student for the College of Public Service and Community Solutions.","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Public Affairs|Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions","interests":"Student government|Convocation|Community involvement|Public service|Politics","audiences":"Alumni|Faculty|Community|Students","locations":"Downtown Phoenix campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"news","field_saf":"Law, journalism and politics"}},{"node":{"nid":"77821","title":"ASU Polytechnic campus English, history grad earns Fulbright to South Korea","body":"Editor\u2019s note:\u0026nbsp;This is part of a\u0026nbsp;series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement.\u0026nbsp;For ASU Polytechnic campus graduating senior Julia Christine Anderson, the news that she was chosen to receive a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award to South Korea for the 2018-19 academic year ticked\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222018-05-06T11:59:00-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/06\/2018-11:59am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"For ASU Polytechnic campus graduating senior Julia Christine Anderson, the news that she was chosen to receive a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award to South Korea for the 2018-19 academic year ticked just about every one of her passions: her love of teaching (she\u2019ll be an English teaching assistant in secondary education), her fascination with history and political science, her wanting to make an impact in international development, and especially her blossoming knowledge of and interest in South Korea.   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