Arizona State University is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the U.S.
Four Peaks Brewing Co. is an Arizona brewery and restaurant that was founded by Andy Ingram, Jim Scussel, and Randy Schultz. The original and main location is in the Historic Borden Milk Co. Creamery and Ice Factory buildings on 8th Street in Tempe, Arizona, about one-half mile (800 m) east of the campus of Arizona State University. Nearby Scottsdale, Arizona boasts an additional location, and, in response to high demand, another Tempe brewing site opened in the summer of 2012. The Tempe site was selected following a review of 25 potential sites, including the famed Sunkist facility in Mesa, Arizona and numerous warehouses in downtown Phoenix.
Benedictine University is a private Roman Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois. It was founded in 1887 as St. Procopius College by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey in the Pilsen community on the West Side of Chicago. The institution has retained a close relationship with the Benedictine Order, which bears the name of St. Benedict, the acknowledged father of western monasticism.
KAET, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by Arizona State University and operated by ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. KAET's studios are located at the Cronkite School's facility at ASU Downtown Phoenix, and its transmitter is located on South Mountain on the south side of Phoenix. Its signal is relayed across Arizona on a network of 13 translator stations.
Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus is a public research university in Phoenix, Arizona. It is one of four campuses of Arizona State University. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".
Mesa High School is a public high school in Mesa, Arizona, United States. Mesa High School currently accommodates grades 9–12 as part of Mesa Public Schools. Mesa High School is the oldest high school in Mesa, Arizona, and home of the Jackrabbits. Mesa High has more than 3,200 students and boasts award-winning athletics, music, theatre programs and more.
Desert Ridge High School (DRHS) was founded in 2002 in Mesa, Arizona, and is part of Gilbert Public Schools.
ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the largest of the 17 independent school units at Arizona State University. Students majoring in The College make up 32 percent of all Tempe campus students and the college fills over 40 percent of all ASU course seats.
The Gilbert Arizona Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the town of Gilbert, Arizona.
The Palm Walk is a pedestrian mall located on Arizona State University's Tempe campus that is lined with one hundred and five Mexican fan palms. Running from the foot of the University bridge to the north, to the Student Recreation Complex to the south, the path runs for almost four-tenths of a mile. The path itself follows the old alignment of Normal Avenue, before it was incorporated into the expanding college's campus.
The Mesa Ranch School was a ranch school in Mesa, Arizona, that was established in 1902 by H. David Evans, a Briton with a Cambridge education who arrived in Arizona in 1899. It was designed to offer students from the eastern seaboard a western ranch lifestyle in a "dry and equable climate". Modeled as western equivalent of Phillips Academy, the Evans School was a college preparatory academy for 20 boys ages 15–18. Life at the school was described as "simple, even rough, the boys living each in his own cabin, keeping horses and making camping trips." In the mountains near Flagstaff the school maintained a summer tutoring camp.
Compadre Academy is a high school in the Tempe Union High School District in Tempe, Arizona. It serves as a faster paced alternative high school for students who wish to get ahead in their high school credits. Compadre Academy formerly consisted of two campuses due to one of the schools being under construction to add more facilities. Subsequently, the other school was closed and has since had its students moved to the now much larger and renovated campus.
The Mona Plummer Aquatic Center is the aquatic center used by the Arizona State University Sun Devils swim team. It opened in 1981, costing four million dollars to build, and is named after Mona Plummer, a national championship winning coach who died in 1979.
Douglas Anthony Ducey Jr. is an American businessman and politician serving as the 23rd and current governor of Arizona since 2015. He previously was the CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, a chain of ice cream parlors based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Heritage Academy is a traditional charter high school in central Mesa, Arizona. It opened in 1995 as one of the first charter schools in the state.
The East Valley is a multi-city region within the Phoenix metropolitan area of Arizona. East Valley is a loosely defined region, with differing definition of what constitutes it.
Bryan Craig Caldwell was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers. He played college football at Arizona State University.
Donald William Strauch, Jr., known as Don Strauch, was an American politician. He served as mayor of Mesa, Arizona from 1980 to 1984. He had previously served on the Mesa City Council since 1972.
Wilkes University, Mesa, is a private university located in Mesa, Arizona. It began offering classes in Arizona in 2013. The university was established to provide first-generation college students access to higher education. It was one of four colleges invited to participate in Mesa’s H.E.A.T. Initiative for Economic Development.
Tempe Streetcar is a future streetcar extension of Phoenix's Valley Metro Rail light rail system. Construction began in 2017 with a projected opening for service in 2021. When completed, it will link various parts of the city's downtown, as well as the Tempe campus of Arizona State University.
