Alumni Association presents awards at Homecoming
ASU Alumni Association presented its awards for Alumni Service and Alumni Appreciation during the halftime program of the ASU-California Homecoming game on Oct. 31. Jim Kane ’88 B.A.E. and Carol Peck ’71 B.A.E., ’75 M.Ed., ’79 Ed.D.  received the Alumni Service Award, and Migs Woodside and Donald V. Budinger received the Alumni Appreciation Award.

Maria Hesse ’77 B.S., ’84 M.B.A., immediate past chair of the association’s board of directors, was honored during the award ceremony for her service to the Alumni Association.

“Our award winners are exemplars of the kind of fervent ASU supporters crucial to involving all graduates of ASU in the life of the university today,” ASU Alumni Association President Christine Wilkinson said. “We thank this year’s honorees for their hard work on ASU’s behalf.”

Read more about the 2009 Alumni Award recipients.

Alumni Association names winner of its 2009 Super Fan Contest
Some couples search for something borrowed or something blue for their wedding day, but Will Foster, winner of the Alumni Association’s 2009 Super Fan Contest, went looking for something maroon and gold! He found it in a spectacular ASU-themed wedding cake, and his love for all things Sun Devilish helped put his photo entry over the top.

Foster will receive a prize basket of ASU-themed goodies for his winning entry.
 
Check out all the Super Fan Contest photos!

ASU’s Homecoming offers “devilish” good time
Thousands of ASU alums and supporters came back to ASU’s Tempe campus on Oct. 31 for a day filled with plenty of activities. The block party offered lots of opportunities for alums to connect with their colleges, student groups and the Alumni Association as well as learn about The Challenges Project at ASU. The parade featured fun for the whole family — spirited floats, the ASU Marching Band, and Gov. Jan Brewer as the parade grand marshal. Fans got their gold on and cheered as the Sun Devils took on the Bears in the big Homecoming game. ASU fell to Cal State to a field goal with 21 seconds left in the game.

A look back at Homecoming 2009
Didn’t make it back to ASU for Homecoming? Check out a FaceBook page for some of the scenes as well as our own photo gallery.