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==Student life== {| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;" |+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2020 |- ! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Arizona State University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?104151-Arizona-State-University-Campus-Immersion |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref> ! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total |- | [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]] |align=right| {{bartable|45|%|2||background:gray}} |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] |align=right| {{bartable|26|%|2||background:green}} |- | [[Asian Americans|Asian]] |align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:purple}} |- | Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}} |align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:brown}} |- | [[Foreign national]] |align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:orange}} |- | [[African Americans|Black]] |align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:mediumblue}} |- | [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] |align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:gold}} |- ! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]] |- | [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}} |align=right| {{bartable|31|%|2||background:red}} |- | [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}} |align=right| {{bartable|69|%|2||background:black}} |} ===Extracurricular programs=== {{See also|List of Arizona State University fraternities and sororities}} Arizona State University has an active [[extracurricular]] involvement program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eoss.asu.edu/clubs|title=Student Organizations|publisher=Asu.edu|access-date=August 3, 2017|archive-date=August 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827103124/https://eoss.asu.edu/clubs|url-status=live}}</ref> Located on the second floor of the Student Pavilion at the Tempe campus,<ref name="asu13">{{cite web|url=https://cfo.asu.edu/student-pavilion|title=Student Pavilion|publisher=ASU|access-date=August 3, 2017|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619023311/https://cfo.asu.edu/student-pavilion|url-status=live}}</ref> Educational Outreach and Student Services (EOSS) provides opportunities for student involvement through clubs, [[sororities]], [[fraternities]], [[community service]], leadership, [[student government]], and [[Co-curricular activity|co-curricular]] programming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eoss.asu.edu/student_involvement|title=Get Involved at ASU|publisher=Asu.edu|access-date=August 3, 2017|archive-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702090207/https://eoss.asu.edu/student_involvement|url-status=live}}</ref> The oldest student organization on campus is Devils' Advocates, the volunteer campus tour guide organization, which was founded in 1966 as a way to more competitively recruit National Merit Scholars. There are over 1,100 ASU alumni who can call themselves Advos.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 18, 2017|title=Devils' Advocates: 50 years of walking the Sun Devil walk|url=https://news.asu.edu/20170418-sun-devil-life-devils-advocates-50-years-walking-sun-devil-walk |access-date=March 7, 2021|website=ASU News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615185140/https://news.asu.edu/20170418-sun-devil-life-devils-advocates-50-years-walking-sun-devil-walk|archive-date=June 15, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Changemaker Central is a student-run centralized resource hub for student involvement in [[social entrepreneurship]], [[civic engagement]], [[service-learning]], and [[community service]] that catalyzes student-driven social change. Changemaker Central locations have opened on all campuses in fall 2011, providing flexible, creative workspaces for everyone in the ASU community. The project is entirely student run and advances ASU's institutional commitments to social embeddedness and entrepreneurship. The space allows students to meet, work and join new networks and collaborative enterprises while taking advantage of ASU's many resources and opportunities for engagement. Changemaker Central has signature programs, including Changemaker Challenge, that support students in their journey to become changemakers by creating communities of support around new solutions/ideas and increasing access to early stage seed funding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://changemaker.asu.edu/ |title=Changemaker Central @ ASU |publisher=Arizona State University |access-date=July 2, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703010458/http://changemaker.asu.edu/}}</ref> The Changemaker Challenge seeks undergraduate and graduate students from across the university who are dedicated to making a difference in our local and global communities through innovation. Students can win up to $10,000 to make their innovative project, prototype, venture or community partnership ideas happen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eoss.asu.edu/changemaker-challenge |title=Changemaker Challenge|publisher=ASU|access-date=August 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804014645/https://eoss.asu.edu/changemaker-challenge|archive-date=August 4, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition to Changemaker Central, the [[Fraternities and sororities|Greek]] community (Greek Life) at Arizona State University has been important in binding students to the university, and providing social outlets. ASU is also home to one of the nation's first and fastest growing gay fraternities, [[Sigma Phi Beta (fraternity)|Sigma Phi Beta]], founded in 2003;<ref name="statepress">{{cite web|url=http://www.statepress.com/2010/11/15/asu-gay-fraternity-expands-to-indiana-university/|title=ASU gay fraternity expands to Indiana University | ASU News | The State Press | Arizona State University|publisher=statepress.com|access-date=May 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221150629/http://www.statepress.com/2010/11/15/asu-gay-fraternity-expands-to-indiana-university/|archive-date=February 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> considered a sign of the growing university's commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion. The second Eta chapter of [[Phrateres]], a non-exclusive, non-profit social-service club, was installed here in 1958 and became inactive in the 1990s. There are multiple councils for Greek Life, including the Interfraternity Council (IFC), Multicultural Greek Council (MGC), [[National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations]] (NALFO), [[National Pan-Hellenic Council]] (NPHC), Panhellenic Association (PHA), and the Professional Fraternity Council (PFC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eoss.asu.edu/fsl/contact_us/council|title=Chapter and Council President Contact List|website=ASU|access-date=August 3, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804013645/https://eoss.asu.edu/fsl/contact_us/council|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Student media=== ''The [[State Press]]'' is the university's independent, student-operated news publication. ''The State Press'' covers news and events on all four ASU campuses. Student editors and managers are solely responsible for the content of the ''State Press'' website. These publications are overseen by an independent board and guided by a professional adviser employed by the university. ''The Downtown Devil'' is a student-run news publication website for the Downtown Phoenix Campus, produced by students at the [[Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://downtowndevil.com/ |title=Downtown Phoenix News |publisher=Downtown Devil |access-date=July 8, 2014 |archive-date=August 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827140002/http://downtowndevil.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ASU has one student-run radio station, Blaze Radio. Blaze Radio is a completely student-run broadcast station owned and funded by the Cronkite School of Journalism. The station broadcasts using a 24-hour online stream on their official website. Blaze Radio plays music 24 hours a day and features daily student-hosted news, music, and sports specialty programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cronkite.asu.edu/real-world-experiences/student-media/kasc-the-blaze|title=Blaze Radio: College Radio at ASU/Cronkite|publisher=Blazeradioonline.com|access-date=July 2, 2018|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702233507/https://cronkite.asu.edu/real-world-experiences/student-media/kasc-the-blaze|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Student government=== Associated Students of Arizona State University (ASASU) is the [[student government]] at Arizona State University.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://eoss.asu.edu/studentgov|title = Student Government|access-date = January 27, 2016|archive-date = February 2, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160202201852/https://eoss.asu.edu/studentgov|url-status = live}}</ref> It is composed of the Undergraduate Student Government and the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA). Each ASU campus has a specific USG; USG Tempe (Tempe), USGD (Downtown), USG Polytechnic (Polytechnic) and USG West (West). Members and officers of ASASU are elected annually by the student body. The [[Residence Hall Association]] (RHA) of Arizona State University is the student government for every ASU student living on-campus. Each ASU campus has an RHA that operates independently. RHA's purpose is to improve the quality of residence hall life and provide a cohesive voice for the residents by addressing the concerns of the on-campus populations to university administrators and other campus organizations; providing cultural, diversity, educational, and social programming; establishing and working with individual community councils.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.asurha.com/|title = ASU Residence Hall Association|access-date = May 19, 2020|archive-date = May 17, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200517205749/https://www.asurha.com/|url-status = live}}</ref>
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