This week, as incoming students began their college journeys at Arizona State University and returning students came back for the fall semester, there was no shortage of events to welcome them to campus.
ASU's Welcome Week events are designed to help students succeed, connect with new people and make the most of their Sun Devil experience.
Take a look at some of the events from each campus.
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First-year students R.J. Ramos (left), Libbi Crago and Diego Lara listen to academic success advice during the Solera Experience on Monday at ASU West. Solera is a three-day interactive program for all incoming first-year and transfer students to the West campus to help them navigate and succeed at ASU.
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Associate Professor Duku Anokye (center), Instructor Ken Kunkel (left) and Lecturer Anna Cunningham, with the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, welcome students during the Solera Experience at ASU's West campus on Monday.
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Ken Kunkel, an instructor in New College's Social and Behavioral Sciences, talks to incoming students about how to develop strong communication skills during the Solera Experience.
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Culture@ASU held its annual Culture Kickoff on Tuesday outside the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus. The two-hour event attracted hundreds of people to tables and displays from culturally based student coalitions, inviting everyone to explore their identity, promote inclusion and celebrate their cultural expression.
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Sai Tanmayee, an international graduate business analytics student from India, tries the Philippine tinikling foot dance at the Culture Kickoff. Members of the Philippine American Student Association taught and helped with the jump-rope-style dance involving wooden poles.
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Fourth-year biomedical science students Shabathya Williams (left) and Destiny Ogbeama pose for an Instagram picture during Culture Kickoff. The two are representatives of the Black Medical Students Association on campus.
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Fourth-year global agribusiness students Zoie Sherman (left) and Kimberly Aranda Fausto mix up a compost pile during the Day of Service on Wednesday at the Garden Commons on the Polytechnic campus. The Changemaker Central event gave students an opportunity to volunteer in a variety of positions around the campus for the day.
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Siblings Madelynne and Owen Greathouse clear a flowerbed of mint during the Day of Service at the Polytechnic campus. Madelynne is a graduate student in sustainability solutions, and Owen is a first-year student in business communications.
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Alondra Ceja, an applied biological sciences and pre-veterinary first-year student pulls the flowering top off a large basil plant during the Day of Service at the Garden Commons on the Polytechnic campus.
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First-year sports science and performance programming student Cody Nelson finds out information about the after-school elementary and middle school literacy program Read Better Be Better from program coordinator Lilly Curry (left) during an employment fair on Wednesday at the A.E. England Building on the Downtown Phoenix campus.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News
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Thunderbird graduate student Viral Kundhadia, an international student from India, fills out an application with Laura Guzman, the HR coordinator with GEN Korean BBQ House, during the employment fair held Wednesday at the Downtown Phoenix campus. Around 200 students spoke to recruiters at the part-time job fair sponsored by ASU’s Career and Professional Development Services.
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First-year history (secondary education) student Lisette Torres (center) signs up for volunteer information from Jared Byrd with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Phoenix, while graduate student in information systems Divya Paramerwaran chats with Byrd during the employment fair at the Downtown Phoenix campus.
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Top photo: Third-year business and global politics student Roman Mansur talks about the Asian/Asian Pacific American Students' Coalition with first-year business sustainability student Tyna Nguyen at the 2022 Culture Kickoff on Tuesday, Aug. 16, outside the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News
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