The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of English Guest Speaker Fund
Department of English Guest Speaker Fund
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The Department of English Guest Speaker Fund provides resources for hosting events featuring noteworthy speakers at ASU, either virtually or in person. Your gift will be used toward speaker fees, transportation, refreshments, facility rentals, sound systems, and software, among other items that enhance events like the TomorrowTalks series, which has featured political commentator Michael Eric Dyson, philanthropist Melinda Gates and race scholar Ayanna Thompson.
Our access mission is the heartbeat of what we do at ASU. We want to give students opportunities to engage with some of the most influential people about some of the most pressing issues of the day so that they can shape a future we all want to be a part of.
Impact of donor support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
I believe ASU is a major life force in our community and I want to do my part to help it thrive."