April 2006 Alumni Newsletter
A Touch of CLAS - 7th Annual International Wine Festival
Presented by Insight Enterprises and Quarles & Brady Streich Lang
Time is running out! Purchase your tickets now to the the 7th Annual International Wine Festival. Enjoy an evening with ASU alumni, staff, faculty, students and friends, hosted at ASU's historic Old Main on Saturday, April 8, 2006, from 4-7 p.m. The event funds travel abroad scholarships for students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Proceeds from the event will also support a first-generation scholarship endowment.
Guests to the event will sample a variety of excellent international wines, while sampling delicious hors d’oeuvres, provided by premiere restaurants such as Caffe Boa – Awahtukee, Grilled Expedition, P.F. Chang’s and Rustler’s Rooste. Our silent auction includes something for everybody, including fabulous items such Southwest Airline tickets, Dr. Phil VIP tickets, a beach-front vacation rental in Rocky Point, golf foursomes, hotel getaways, and more!
This exclusive event, held only once a year, was created to fund scholarships for students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Two $1,000 scholarships will be announced this year. Proceeds from the event will also support a first-generation scholarship endowment.
Tickets are $50 per person and can conveniently be obtained online by visiting us at https://clas.asu.edu/alumni/leadership/WineFestivalTickets.aspx. Phone orders can be processed by contacting Martha Carter at 480- 965-0207.
(Dress for the event is casual chic.)
Thank you to our 2006 sponsors
Insight Enterprises
Quarles & Brady, Streich Lang
Colliers International-Amy Whatley
Fennemore Craig
4 in Wine Imports, LLC
Alliance Beverage
AZ Wine
Hensley and Co.
Intrinsic Bioprobes
Merrill Lynch
Osborn Maledon
Patrick and Sande Shannahan
Williams Financial Group
Fulton Challenge - New Opportunity for 2006!
Following the outstanding success of the 2005 Fulton Challenge, we have been given another opportunity to match investments from alumni and others closely affiliated with the college. If another $100,000 is raised by alumni, faculty, staff, students and parents of current students by June 30, 2006, Ira Fulton will once again match all gifts of up to $5,000. This year, you can direct your investment to support scholarships and fellowships in your own school, department or program so that you are directly supporting the students who are following in your footsteps.
To donate to the Fulton Challenge for 2006, please contact Marla Giarratano at 480.965.0377 or marla.giarratano@asu.edu.
CLASWorks Career Mixer - April 28, 2006
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Ambassadors invite CLASWorks volunteers to attend a career mixer on Friday, April 28 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on the campus of ASU. The CLAS Ambassadors is a paraprofessional organization comprised of student leaders who serve in an advisory capacity to the Dean and provide service to the College. This group of involved, motivated, and committed students will have the opportunity to meet CLASWorks volunteers and learn about how degrees from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU have benefited them. If you would like to join CLASWorks as a volunteer, please contact Joyce Olive at 480.965.8151.
Summer Programs and Camps Available for Future Sun Devils!
Are your children into drama, music, art, math, or sports? Are you looking for ways to enhance their interests? ASU offers a wide range of summer programs and camps for toddlers, kids, teens and adults. Build a robot, explore ancient petroglyphs, take horse riding lessons, double your reading speed, improve your batting average, learn to draw, or prepare for college—you can do all this and more at ASU this summer. Go to http://community.uui.asu.edu/summer/ for more information.
Did You Know?
Phoenix voters approved funding for ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus on Tuesday, March 14th. Proposition 3, one of seven listed on the City of Phoenix ballot, allocates $223 million in bond money to fund ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus. As far as city and university officials are aware, this is the first time in history that a city government has funded expansion of a state university campus. ASU is partnering with Phoenix to build a modern, vibrant university campus as part of a larger plan to revitalize and redevelop the city’s urban core. The city bought nearly $100 million in land to provide space for the first phase of the campus, which opens in fall 2006.
Source: ASU Insight
Cultural Encounters Club
ASU alumna and former CLAS alumni board member, Jennifer Adkins, has a started a new venture and she wants you be be a part of this exciting opportunity!
The Cultural Encounters Club exposes people to the arts in an unparalleled, extraordinary way. Imagine a dinner party at a hip local restaurant with Arizona Opera singers serenading you with arias as you eat delicious food with friends and discuss the arts. After this sophisticated and educational night you'll be ready to attend an evening at the opera, best seats in the house, the following week! Perfect for date nights and single professionals looking to add some sophistication to their lives and get off the couch! Join today and receive season's passes to the arts with a taste of everything. ASU alumni get 10% off all CEC programs. More information on dates and availability at www.culturalencountersclub.com or call CLAS alumna Jennifer "Addy" Adkins at 602-741-1761.