Education

Craig Newman, a Cronkite School alumnus, was "a natural choice" to sit on the new board of philanthropy trustees.

Kelley Benham and Tom French had a harrowing experience as parents of a premature newborn who was not expected to live, but Benham's feature series on these events, nominated for a 2013 Pulitzer Prize, shows there can be a happy ending after the most impossible circumstances.

Desiree Crawford is a military veteran and single mother of a 6-year-old girl. After high school, she served as a medical lab technician and medic in the U.S. Army and toward the end of her enlistment, she got married and became pregnant. She moved back to Arizona and decided to enroll in ASU's nursing program with help from a scholarship program.

After serving for nearly a decade on the Cronkite Endowment Board of Trustees, a group that represents and advises the Cronkite School, local lawyer and media law specialist David J. Bodney was named the board's president.

Downtown undergraduate student government President Frank Smith has shown a pattern of intimidation and manipulation of USGD Senators and staff members during the first semester of his term, several USGD members said.

As ASU's smoking ban nears the end of its first semester, concerns are sparking up that students who are now forced into the dirt lot by Taylor Place are littering the area. While some believe a nicer smoking area constructed off campus would promote tidier habits, others think smokers need to make more effort to clean up.

The Arizona Chamber of Commerce director of events and as of just a year ago, an ASU graduate, Taylor McArthur's already full career is about to grow. He is now a State Senate candidate, running on a platform that centers on supporting entrepreneurship and education in Arizona. McArthur, who graduated from the Walter Cronkite School in December of 2012, is running for the Arizona State Senate in legislative district 16.

The final Downtown Devil Discussions event of the semester focused on how effective transportation throughout Phoenix is as well as how often the different modes of transportation are used compared to one another.

Ryan Gabrielson’s investigative reporting for California Watch on Fairview Developmental Center won him the newly developed Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability.

Music Together's music and movement classes are aimed at developing children’s social and motor skills. The music organization has classes in downtown Phoenix and the greater Valley area.