Arizona State University Tempe campus

Largest campus that composes Arizona State University

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Tempe: 631.6 acres (2.556 km²)^[3]Websitecampus.asu.edu/tempe

Arizona State University Tempe campus is the main campus of Arizona State University, and the largest of the five campuses^[4] that comprise the university. The campus lies in the heart of Tempe, Arizona, about eight miles (13 km) east of downtown Phoenix. The campus is considered urban, and is approximately 642 acres (2.6 km²) in size. The campus is arranged around broad pedestrian malls and, in toto, is considered to be an arboretum.^[5]^[6] ASU has an extensive public art collection, considered one of the ten best among university public art collections in the United States.^[7] Against the northwest edge of campus is the Mill Avenue district (part of downtown Tempe) which has a college atmosphere that attracts many students to its restaurants and bars. ASU's Tempe Campus is also home to all of the university's athletic facilities.

History

The Tempe campus is the original campus, and Old Main, the first building constructed on campus in 1894, still stands today. The university used to be named the Arizona Territorial Normal School and was initially used to train public school teachers. In 1925 the college was renamed the Tempe State Teachers College and started offering its first four-year bachelor's degree. After gaining accreditation in 1933, the college started offering graduated programs in 1937. The Tempe campus is also the largest of the four campuses, with 54,866 students enrolled in its programs.^[8] There are many notable landmarks on campus, including Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Other notable landmarks include Palm Walk, which is lined by 111 palm trees,^[9] Charles Trumbull Hayden Library, Old Main, the University Club Building, and University Bridge.

Academics

The Tempe campus is home to the following schools and colleges:^[10]

In addition, the Tempe campus hosts courses and programs offered by the following schools and colleges:

Barrett, The Honors College (All campuses)
Graduate College (All campuses)
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
University College (All campuses)

Residence halls

North Neighborhood

Manzanita Hall (Freshman – Residential College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Mary Lou Fulton Teacher's College)
Tooker Hall (Freshman – Residential College of Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering)
Palo Verde East Hall (Freshman – Residential College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Mary Lou Fulton Teacher's College)
Palo Verde West Hall (Freshman – Residential College of Liberal Arts and Science and Mary Lou Fulton Teacher's College)
San Pablo Hall (Freshman – Residential College of Health Solutions, Mary Lou Fulton Teacher's College, and School for the Future of Innovation in Society)

Center Neighborhood All residential communities here are for the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.

Best Hall (Freshman and the Arcadia Residential Community for Design and the Arts)
Hayden Hall (Freshman)
Irish Hall (Upper Division)
McClintock Hall (Upper Division students)

South Neighborhood

Barrett Honors College (Freshman-Senior) (Cereus) (Agave) (Sustainability House at Barrett, SHAB) (Cottonwood) (Rosewood) (Juniper) (Willow)
Hassayampa Academic Village (A–E) (Mohave Hall – WP Carey School of Business) (Arroyo – WP Carey School of Business) (Jojoba Hall – WP Carey School of Business) (Chuparosa Hall – – WP Carey School of Business) (Acacia Hall – – WP Carey School of Business Leader's Academy)
Hassayampa Academic Village (F–H) (Mesquite Hall – WP Carey School of Business) (Verbena Hall – WP Carey School of Business) (Acourtia Hall – WP Carey School of Business)
Sonora Center (Freshman-Senior Dependant on Year)
Adelphi Commons I (Freshman – Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Barrett, the Honors College, College of Health Solutions, and W.P. Carey School of Business)
Adelphi Commons II (Freshman – Residential of Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, and School of Sustainability)

Campus Apartments

University Towers (Upper division)
Cholla Apartments (Now permanently closed to make room for the Greek Leadership Village)
Greek Leadership Village (Upper-division, only for students in sororities and fraternities)
Vista del Sol (Upper division) – Privately owned, operated, and managed by American Campus Communities through an on campus Real-Estate Investment Trust (Student REIT) set up through American Campus Communities and Arizona State University. This agreement is one of the first of its kind.

Gallery

Old Main (1898), the oldest building on campus
University Club (c.1909), the second oldest building on campus
The east entrance to Gammage Memorial Auditorium designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
The School of Music
The main library on campus is the Hayden Library which is mostly located underground
Palm Walk is the main pedestrian route going through the middle of campus
The Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 2
The south east side of Lattie F. Coor Hall
The Biodesign Institute building
Agave Hall of Barrett, The Honors College
The Ross-Blakley Law Library
The Fulton Center (ASU Foundation building)
Sun Devil Stadium, home to the ASU football team
"A" Mountain next to Sun Devil Stadium

References

^ "Facts and figures | Arizona State University".
^ This figure is summed from students whose academic majors are based on the Tempe campus – any ASU student may be enrolled in classes on any of the four campuses simultaneously.
^ ASU University Office of Institutional Analysis. September 24, 2008
^ "Campuses and locations" on the Arizona State University website]
^ ASU's Tempe campus
^ Arizona Arboretums And Botanical Gardens Archived August 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Big Ten". Public Art Review. 17 (2): 24–5. Spring–Summer 2006. ISSN 1040-211X.
^ "Facts and figures | Arizona State University".
^ Arizona State University: Virtual Tour Archived December 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ List of ASU Colleges