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No limits to a mother’s love, a wrestler’s determination
Judy Robles was 16 when she found out she was pregnant with her first child, who would later be born with only one leg. As Anthony Robles grew, his mom realized that he defied limitations — "he was going to figure things out." Anthony went on to become an NCAA champion wrestler at ASU, and his life story is now the focus of a new Amazon Prime movie, “Unstoppable."
This month marks the 10th anniversary of ASU announcing that its club hockey team would be moving to the NCAA Division I level.
When Natasha Adair drove to the basket for a layup one October night in 1990, her future was right in front of her. She was a high school senior being recruited by more than 200 college coaches. But as she landed on the court and heard the pop in her knee, everything changed. Adair couldn’t have known then, but that injury headed her down a path that would eventually lead her to become the women’s basketball coach at ASU. “People often ask me if I would change what happened,” she said. “No. It made me who I am.”
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Through recruitment, training of volunteers, ASU students help USDGA golf tournament go on
An ASU clinical assistant professor and her event management students helped solicit, sign up and train volunteers for an annual national golf tournament for people with disabilities. Without their involvement, the event would not have been possible, said Jason Faircloth, founder of the U.S. Disabled Golf Association.
Fall 2021 courses at ASU to prepare students to be true global citizens
Although summer has just begun and we still can’t travel around the world due to the pandemic, that doesn’t mean that we can’t discover and learn about the cultural diversity of our planet. Through the lenses of these six interdisciplinary courses offered for the fall 2021 semester in the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University, students will have the opportunity to learn from the history of early Rome, to explore fascinating cases of cultural diversity and investigate race in a transnational framework.
ASU athletes ready for careers in related fields taught at School of Community Resources and Development
Life after college looks different for every student athlete. Some may move on to the pros. Others will put their sports-playing days behind them as they graduate into unrelated careers. But some student athletes competing in intercollegiate sports at Arizona State University are putting their athletic capabilities to work in closely related fields taught in programs offered by the School of Community Resources and Development.
New urine color chart makes self-assessing hydration easier
In the decades since University of Connecticut researcher Lawrence E. Armstrong developed the first eight-color urine color chart to give athletes a quick and easy way to self-assess their hydration level, derivatives of it have resulted in skewed colors and questionable accuracy. ASU College of Health Solutions Assistant Professor Floris Wardenaar saw an opportunity and worked with his colleagues to develop a new, multi-shade urine color chart.
Chicago Bears chairman becomes three-peat ASU alum with Master of Laws degree
Chicago Bears Chairman George H. McCaskey will become a third-time ASU alumnus as he earns his ASU Law Master of Laws (LLM) degree this spring, following his earlier ASU Law JD and ASU undergrad degrees.
ASU Law grad is taking a lifetime of rigorous athletic training to an aspiring career in sports
A gymnast starting at age 3, Heather Udowitch says pursuing her Master of Sports Law and Business degree at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law helped her learn how to balance her life while staying focused on her dreams.
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