ASU offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs through an entirely online platform, known as ASU Online.

As of spring 2012, more than 5, 000 students were enrolled at ASU Online.

ASU Online was ranked # 1 in online Student Services and Technology by U. S. News and World Report.

Both a 12-month Evening MSIM held on the ASU campus at Tempe and a 16-month Online MSIM are available.

Arizona State University ( commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State ) is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the U. S. state of Arizona.

In response to demands for lower-cost public higher education in Arizona, ASU is developing a number of small, undergraduate-only college locations throughout Arizona.

In 2011-2012, ASU admitted 86. 6 % of all applicants and is considered a " selective " university by U. S. News and World Report.

ASU's undergraduate program is ranked 65th for public universities and 132nd of 280 " national universities " by the 2012 US News and World Report ranking of US colleges and universities ; and, for the fourth year in a row, ASU was ranked in the top 10 for " Up and Coming " universities in the US, for substantial improvements to academics and facilities.

In addition, ASU is ranked 78th in the world / 45th in the US by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and was named as one of " America's Best College Buys " by Forbes magazine.

ASU's faculty and students are served by two dedicated general-topic libraries: Hayden Library, which is the largest of the ASU libraries and is located on the Tempe campus, and Fletcher Library, located on the west campus.

The project is entirely student run and advances ASU ’ s institutional commitments to social embeddedness and entrepreneurship.

The Palm Walk is frequented by ASU students.

The Residence Hall Association ( RHA ) of Arizona State University is the student government for every ASU student living on-campus.

Donald Johanson, who discovered the 3. 18 million year old fossil hominid Lucy ( Australopithecus ) in Ethiopia, is also a professor at ASU, as well as George Poste, Chief Scientist for the Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative.

ASU is in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and its mascot is the Grizzly Bear.

* ASU and SLV-Adams State University is located in the heart of the San Luis Valley.

Although the stadium is called Sun Devil Stadium, in 1996 the gridiron within the stadium was named Frank Kush Field in honor of the former coach of the ASU football team.

The building is the home of the ASU Athletic Department.

The festival is put together by The EL Diablito Arizona State University ( ASU ) Alumni chapter.

ASU Stadium is home of Jonesboro's ASU Red Wolves.

Garreau is also an affiliated faculty member in the ASU Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes ( CSPO ).

Arkansas State University ( also known as ASU, ASTATE or " stAte ") is a public university and is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System, the state's second largest college system and third largest university by enrollment.

Appalachian State University ( ASU ) is a comprehensive ( Master's / L ), public, coeducational university located in Boone, North Carolina, United States.

ASU is the only school of the three to compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ; UALR does not have football, while UAPB and UCA compete in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision.

ASU uses a plus-minus grading system with highest cumulative GPA awarded of 4. 0 ( at time of graduation ).

In September 2009 criticism over the seven-figure salaries earned by various coaches at Arizona's public universities ( including ASU ) prompted the Arizona Board of Regents to re-evaluate the salary and benefit policy for athletic staff.

School of Music at ASU Tempe campus

The football team plays at Hornet Stadium, the basketball teams play at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome, and the baseball team plays at the ASU Baseball Complex, which recently opened on March 26, 2010.

President Barack Obama delivered the ASU commencement address at the stadium on May 13, 2009 before a crowd of 63, 000 which included 9, 000 graduates.

Angelo State University, through " The Arts at ASU ", puts on six plays a year open to the general public.

After his retirement from Mayo in November 2009, Dr. Cortese became director of the Health Care Delivery and Policy Program at Arizona State University ( ASU ), Foundation Professor at ASU, and President of the Healthcare Transformation Institute.

In both seasons at ASU, she was a member of the All PAC-10 First Team, and she received an honorable mention on the 2002 Associated Press All-America Team.

* The Mello Zone-Blog by John Ericson, associate professor of horn at ASU

In 2000, ASU played Tennessee Volunteers at the same facility.

The ASU system includes campuses in Jonesboro ( Craighead County ), which offers degree programs through the doctoral level ; Beebe ( White County ), Mountain Home ( Baxter County ), and Newport ( Jackson County ), where associate degree programs are offered ; and at Heber Springs, Marked Tree, and Searcy.

Delta Technical Institute at Marked Tree merged with ASU and became Arkansas State University Technical Center on July 1, 2001.

ASU offers bachelor's degree programs, master's degree programs and upper level courses through ASU degree centers at ASU-Beebe, ASU-Mountain Home, and three other cities -- Blytheville, Forrest City, and West Memphis -- where partnership agreements have been established in cooperation with the local community colleges.

ASU also operates an instructional site at nearby Paragould in Greene County.

The next year was the first annual National MEChA Conference at Arizona State University ( ASU ).

He became a chemistry teacher at North High School in Phoenix and later went on to work as deputy director of the community service group Guadalupe Organization Inc. After returning to ASU to earn a law degree, he became an assistant to Arizona Governor Raul Castro.

In July 2005, the campus changed its name from ASU East to ASU's Polytechnic campus to better reflect the mission of the programs at the campus.