UA students often compete for Goldwater Scholarships and, each year, UA student recipients are named. (Photo credit: Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)
Two UA Students Earn Goldwater Scholarships Two UA students, Eric Hansen and Daniel Patrick Fried, have earned the 2013 Goldwater Scholarship. The nationwide scholarship, provided by the Goldwater Foundation, is the premier undergraduate award for those studying mathematics, science and engineering.
For the Walatowa High Charter School students, benefits of the recent UA excursion were manifold: Students were introduced to Arizona state universities, informed about UA fire ecology research around their home communities and learned about fire ecology from a scientific and cultural perspective in ways meant to inform their future studies and professional careers.
UA Fostering a New Type of Outreach A new movement is under way to shift the way in which the UA engages its community partners in outreach initiatives funded by research grants. Where academics of the past sometimes limited their outreach projects, the move today is toward tailored, multi-year culturally responsive initiatives that serve a range of people throughout Arizona and beyond.
UA student Jill Hamilton works at the Maricopa County Extension's Outdoor Water Conservation Demonstration area to improve irrigation efficiency.
Externships to Give UA Students Hands-On Experience This summer, students will work with Arizona Cooperative Extension on sustainability projects throughout the state - providing them valuable on-the-job experience and allowing them to contribute to the UA's land-grant mission of bettering the community. Said the UA's Mark Apel: "It really helps them to get ready for the job market, to understand sustainability and get some real-world working experience."
This weekend, 5,728 undergraduate degrees, 908 master's degrees, four educational specialist degrees and 255 doctoral degrees will be awarded at the UA.
UA Offers Continued Career Support for New Grads Entering Workforce More than 5,700 undergraduates just earned UA degrees, and while the job market is starting to look up, it remains competitive. For those still looking for jobs, a variety of UA Career Services resources continue to be available, including online job postings, career fairs, seminars, career counseling and more.
UA College of Medicine-Phoenix Holds Third Graduation Fifty UA College of Medicine-Phoenix students were conferred with their medical degrees at ceremonies on May 8 in the third graduation for the downtown Phoenix medical school. The college, which has graduated 114 physicians in three years toward addressing Arizona's doctor shortage, opened in 2007.
UA students often compete for Goldwater Scholarships and, each year, UA student recipients are named. (Photo credit: Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)
For the Walatowa High Charter School students, benefits of the recent UA excursion were manifold: Students were introduced to Arizona state universities, informed about UA fire ecology research around their home communities and learned about fire ecology from a scientific and cultural perspective in ways meant to inform their future studies and professional careers.
UA student Jill Hamilton works at the Maricopa County Extension's Outdoor Water Conservation Demonstration area to improve irrigation efficiency.
This weekend, 5,728 undergraduate degrees, 908 master's degrees, four educational specialist degrees and 255 doctoral degrees will be awarded at the UA.

Graduating Senior Inspires Kids to Pursue Higher Education

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  • May 3, 2013
Graduating senior Lexi Shinn was part of Xtreme Discovery Teams, a program dedicated to inspiring local middle and high school students to pursue higher education. Under her leadership, the program has impacted more than 750 students, introducing them to chemistry, physics, astronomy, linguistics, psychology, and more.

Summit Empowers Girls to 'Dream Without Limits'

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  • May 2, 2013
UA senior Ashely Dickerson created TogetHER, a program that works to empower young girls from inner city communities. The program's recent summit, "Dream Without Limits," was held at the UA for elementary and middle school-aged girls, encouraging and empowering them to believe in themselves and in their dreams.

Graduating Senior to Pursue Medical Dreams

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  • May 1, 2013
Graduating senior Victor Arias overcame a devastating childhood to thrive at the UA. Upon graduation, he will attend medical school with the intention of practicing in Arizona, which is experiencing a physician shortage.

UA Students Study Ancient Greek Pottery Techniques

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  • May 1, 2013
UA students are using a replica of an ancient Greek hand-operated potter's wheel to study how Greek pots were created many years ago. The interdisciplinary project, directed by Eleni Hasaki, UA associate professor of anthropology and classics, explores both the art and science behind ancient Greek pottery making.

UA Student Pharmacists Move Closer to Professional Goal

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  • April 30, 2013
During a recent ceremony, 95 students in the UA College of Pharmacy donned white coats representing the profession they will enter after one more year as students. The annual White Coat Ceremony signifies the beginning of a year of clinical training in which each student completes at least seven six-week rotations.

Cambodian Roots Inspire Graduating Senior's Psychology Focus

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  • April 30, 2013
Graduating senior Meardey Kong immigrated to the U.S. at age 10 after her parents survived the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. At the UA, research for her honors thesis brought her back to Cambodia, where she witnessed how psychological trauma from the genocide continues to affect the country today. This experience fueled her ambitions to study the field of psychology.

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