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.

Among other things, the high achievement in this area of excellence points to consistently strong advising and support, a logical outcome of Barrett ( Arizona State University's honor college ) investing more in honors staff than any other honors program that " Public University Honors reviewed.

Arizona State Football Team in September of 2011

Arizona State University's Division I athletic teams are called the Sun Devils, which is also the nickname used to refer to students and alumni of the university.

Arizona State Sun Devils football was founded in 1897 under coach Fred Irish.

Arizona State University has an active extracurricular involvement program ( Sun Devil Involvement Center ) with over 600 registered clubs and organizations on campus.

In addition to Changemaker Central, the Freshman Year Residential Experience ( FYRE ) and the Greek community ( Greek Life ) at Arizona State University have been important in binding students to the university, and providing social outlets.

The Freshman Year Residential Experience at Arizona State University was developed to improve the freshman experience at Arizona State University and increase student retention figures.

Associated Students of Arizona State University ( ASASU ) is the student government at Arizona State University.

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

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Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, a college town suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium.

* Becoming Human: Paleoanthropology, Evolution and Human Origins, presented by Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins

Northern Arizona University's Old Main building

Tempe is the location of US Airways Group's corporate headquarters, and of Arizona State University's oldest and largest " Tempe " campus.

The campus also houses Northern Arizona University's Bullhead City campus, which offers 4-year degree programs.

In April 2009, Arizona State University's President Michael M. Crow refused to give an honorary degree to US President Barack Obama for his perceived lack of adequate qualifying achievements thus far.

) The Cedar Fire forced the Chargers to move a contest with the Miami Dolphins to Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

He is a former cadet in the Civil Air Patrol and a 1989 Air Force ROTC graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's campus in Prescott, Arizona.

Several rowing clubs practice and race on the lake, including Rio Salado Rowing Club, Arizona State University's Rowing Club, Tempe Town Lake Rowing, Tempe Junior Crew as well as many private owners.

Severn was inducted into Arizona State University's wrestling hall of fame at the end of his collegiate career.

* Diane Grua, " Saving the Life Work of Two Daring Grand Canyon Photographers: The Emery Kolb Collection at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library ", Annotation, December 1998

The society was founded in the fall of 2000 by Dean Larryl Matthews and named in honor of Francis T. Crowe, a Civil Engineer of the University's class of 1905 who designed 19 of the ' super-dams ' in the Western United States that made farming possible in the Great Basin, the California Central Valley, Central Arizona and the Imperial Valley.

* Arizona State University's Eastern campus

Once the stadium was built, the team could emerge from its days of having to play before small crowds on a torn-up field as the secondary occupant of Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium.

Arizona State University's Masters of Real Estate Development ( MRED ) is offered in partnership with the Sandra Day O ’ Connor College of Law, the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, and the Del E. Webb School of Construction.

The School of Letters and Sciences on Arizona State University's Downtown Phoenix campus offers a liberal arts core curriculum and a university-wide bachelor ’ s degree in interdisciplinary studies.

In July 2007, Billy enrolled in a full-time Master of Business Administration ( MBA ) program at Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business.

With Arizona State's softball title in 2011, the conference won its 400th NCAA Championship.

He played college golf at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was an All-American twice and led the Wildcats to their first ( and only ) NCAA title in 1992.

In 2005-06 the Badgers lost to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, and to Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

That changed when Nash led the Broncos to a WCC Tournament title and an upset win over the No. 2 seeded Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

The following year, Pitino's Kentucky team made it back to the national title game, losing to Arizona in overtime in the finals of the 1997 NCAA Tournament.

Brooks played varsity baseball at Arizona State University — winning an NCAA championship there in 1977 while playing shortstop, with Bob Horner at third — and was the third player chosen by the Mets in the June 1978 amateur draft.

Chaminade University of Honolulu competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division II as a member of the Pacific West Conference, a nine member athletic conference with members located in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Utah.

Steven Allen Blackford ( August 1, 1977 in Des Moines, Iowa-September 3, 2004 near Brush, Colorado ) was a three-time NCAA All-American and two-time Pac-10 Champion wrestler for Arizona State University.

While some historians and the NCAA state that the oldest rivalry with a trophy is between what is now Arizona and Arizona State, the Territorial Cup did not start changing hands until 2001, as it was a one-time award after their first series in 1899.

Cook helped lead the Illini to a number one seed in the 2001 NCAA Tournament, and the Illini cruised to the Elite 8, where they were upset in a hard fought and controversial game by Cook's future teammate Luke Walton and the Arizona Wildcats.

In college, Lofton was the backup point guard ( to Craig McMillan and Steve Kerr ) on an Arizona Wildcats team that made it to the Final Four of the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

* Led University of Arizona to the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, setting school season record for steals

* Led Arizona to second consecutive NCAA Men's division I Basketball Tournament as starting point guard

He also helped Arizona win the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1997.

Entering the NCAA Tournament with Pollard ( foot stress fracture ) and starting shooting guard ( later Kansas and UNC assistant coach, and current head coach at Alabama-Birmingham ) Jerod Haase ( broken wrist ) trying to play with injuries, the team was upset in the Sweet Sixteen by the eventual champion, Arizona Wildcats.

In the 2006 NCAA Tournament, Wright's experienced team earned a # 1 seed for the first time in school history and posted victories over Monmouth in the first round and Arizona in the second.

Howland is among a handful of NCAA Division I coaches to take three different teams to the NCAA tournament: Northern Arizona, Pittsburgh, and UCLA.

After graduating Compton High School, Williams enrolled at Arizona State University and won the NCAA championships in 440 yd in 1963 and 400 m in 1964.

The tournament is largely dominated by Pacific-12 Conference teams, who have combined to win 21 of the 27 NCAA Division I championships through 2008, including 10 wins from UCLA ( 1995 championship vacated ) and 8 from University of Arizona.

The park hosted both an NCAA Regional and Super Regional, as Arizona won both to advance to the 2012 College World Series.

* Mustafa Shakur ( Class of 2003 )-NBA Player ( Washington Wizards ), Polish Basketball Player, former NBA Player ( Sacramento Kings ), former NCAA Player ( Arizona )

Though Frieder intended to coach Michigan through the end of the 1989 NCAA tournament, athletic director Bo Schembechler ordered Frieder to leave immediately and hired Fisher as interim coach, declaring that " a Michigan man will coach Michigan, not an Arizona State man.