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Scholarships help drive student entrepreneur success

Posted by Anonymous on January 21, 2011 at 5:09 PM MST
David Metoyer
David Metoyer, undergraduate student in the W.P. Carey School of Business, introduces himself to peers at a recent ASU entrepreneurship event. Metoyer was recently named a Crown Innovation Scholar.

ASU student entrepreneurs are breaking the conventional thinking that to start a successful venture means you don’t have time for earning a degree at the same time.

As the growing demand for problem solvers in the world continues to rise, a new breed of entrepreneur is emerging; students who juggle the time for heavy course work with the burdens of launching startups and new businesses at the same time.

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OurStory: Second year graduate students grow green consulting firm

Posted by Anonymous on January 21, 2011 at 5:08 PM MST
Adam Tate and Charlene Mendez
Adam Tate and Charlene Mendez are second-year graduate students in the ASU School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture. They are also co-managing partners of Goletian Design & Evaluation (www.goletiandesign.com), a consulting firm that produces highly accurate digital models for testing the environmental performance of proposed building designs. These are their stories.

Adam Tate – Graduate Student
MArch (Master of Architecture) + MSBE (Masters of Science of the Built Environment) 
School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture

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Nursing college redefines health education

Posted by Anonymous on January 21, 2011 at 5:07 PM MST
Kinesiology students
Kinesiology students play an important role in research directed at investigating cerebral asymmetries and specificity of learning in human motor development.

Linda Mottle likes to say that ASU has had a college of nursing for 52 years but they just did not know it for the first forty-six.

Now, Mottle says, ASU’s College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI) has become a powerhouse, a radical transition from perhaps one of the most humble beginnings of any college at the university.

Mottle, the former director of the Center for Health Innovation and Clinical Trials, who retired earlier this month, describes the college as a force that has gained international recognition.

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ASU alum starts nonprofit to help widows in need

Posted by Anonymous on January 21, 2011 at 5:07 PM MST
Heather Murphy
Heather Murphy, ASU alum and CEO of Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI), sits among many of the entrepreneurs her organization supports.

As a freshman in college, Heather Murphy watched a close friend’s mother cope and struggle with the difficulties of supporting herself and her three sons when their father died.

The experience stayed with Murphy throughout her college career, driving her to dedicate her education tothe goal of bringing aid to those in need.

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Innovation Challenge finalists announced

Posted by Anonymous on January 21, 2011 at 5:05 PM MST
Tara Wright, biomedical engineering student
Tara Wright, biomedical engineering student in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, stands for recognition as her team, BanglaEPICS Water Distribution Team, is announced as an Innovation Challenge Finalist at the Innovation Challenge Summit held Saturday, January 22. All teams that applied for the Innovation Challenge were invited to attend this event filled with interactive workshops to help students move their ideas forward. The event concluded with an announcement of finalists. Photo by Kyle Patton

The Arizona State University Innovation Challenge, a funding opportunity for ASU undergraduate and graduate students looking to make a difference in local and global communities, announced the list of finalists on Saturday, bringing 30 student teams closer to the chance of winning up to $10,000.

This year 153 applicants applied for the competition, a 50 percent increase from last year. In spring of 2010, 16 teams were awarded funding ranging from $2,000 to $5,000.

Last year, $35,000 was distributed to student teams. Over $45,000 will be awarded this year, with grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000.

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Stephanie Garcia, M.Ed. student, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Posted by Anonymous on January 19, 2011 at 2:27 PM MST
Stephanie Garcia, Masters of Education student, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Stephanie Garcia, Masters of Education student, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Photo by Kyle Patton

Stephanie Garcia is a Masters student at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Garcia has married her love for teaching and entrepreneurship, leading up the efforts of the Innovation in Social Education Entrepreneurship (I-SEE) program, a pioneering project that teaches the basic methods of social entrepreneurship.

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Sidnee Peck, Director, Entrepreneurship Initiatives in the WP Carey School of Business

Posted by Anonymous on January 10, 2011 at 5:40 PM MST
Sidnee Peck, Program Manager, Entrepreneurship Initiatives in the WP Carey Schoo
Sidnee Peck, Director, Entrepreneurship Initiatives in the WP Carey School of Business, listens on as her students engage in conversation about ideas to launch a venture.

Sidnee Peck is the director of entrepreneurial initiatives for the W. P. Carey School of Business and is an entrepreneur, educator, and advocate for Arizona entrepreneurship.

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