Kasey Stevens (left) a political science major from Pasadena, Calif., and her sister, Carly Stevens (middle) a graphic design major, along with Emily Beckley, an English major from Chicago, took advantage of the mild evening temperatures to visit in front of the Memorial Union on ASU's Tempe campus.

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz,) speaks with Lee Feliciano (left) and Ben Montclair of CarbonFree Technology, about a solar installation on the Stadium parking garage at ASU’s Tempe campus. Giffords, a member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, came to ASU to learn more about the university’s efforts in solar energy research.

Detective Parker Dunwoody of the ASU Police Department and Disney, the Bomb Dog, go through a training exercise at Gammage Auditorium. Disney, a yellow Labroador retriever, is the newest member of the ASU Police Department and the first canine officer to join the force.

Heather Rae, Academy Award nominated film director and producer, was a speaker in The Jonathan and Maxine Marshall Distinguished Lecture Series at Arizona State University. Rae has produced numerous documentaries and nurtured the work of dozens of Native American screenwriters and filmmakers. Her film, Frozen River, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

The Staff Appreciation BBQ had a large turn out on the Tempe campus.

Along with the meal, Suzanne Rios, from the School of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies got a massage from Victoria Webster of Stress Relievers.

Mary Margaret Fonow, director of the School of Social Transformation, spoke at the formal launch event of the school.  The new school brings together four distinct interdisciplinary fields: African and African-American studies, Asian Pacific American studies, justice and social inquiry and women and gender studies.

Chantal Balcom, a business administration major and Oday Shahin, computer information systems major, study for a business law exam beneath the artwork "24 Untitled Works" by A. Contreras in the Agribusiness building on ASU's Polytechnic Campus.

Lindsey McClintock, a fourth-year education major, kept the first-graders attention at Wood Elementary School in Tempe as one of more than 150 ASU early childhood pre-service teachers that were reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle. The students in the College of Teacher Education and Leadership were participating in the “Read for the Record” annual reading campaign by Jumpstart, in an effort to set a world record by reading the same book on the same day to young children worldwide.

Herb Sendek, ASU's basketball coach, was the inaugural speaker at Barrett, The Honors College Honors Lecture Series. Coach Sendek spoke on "Good Things to Think About" to a group of students in Honors Hall in the refractory on the Barrett campus.

Lindsay Cullen receives congratulations following a ceremony at the headquarters of PetSmart in Phoenix. Cullen, Hoge Day (right) and Justin Pasternak (not pictured) were the three winners in a design competition. PetSmart has teamed up with some innovative students at ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts who are creating a prototype doghouse that is better suited to a dog’s needs and is Earth-friendly, as well.