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 I remember coming to football, watching football. Teresa esparza got

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introduced to Arizona State University
at an early age football was a big

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part of our family. Um My dad always
used to talk about frank kush and the

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great old days of the issue. Um
Football program, sporting events is just

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one of many things Teresa bullies can
keep alumni connected to A. S. U.

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She got her master's in tax back in
1994 and as a graduate of the

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university is Hispanic Leadership
Institute. There's so much going on here

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that if I wasn't involved, I probably
wouldn't know about these things.

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And so I think that's the great uh
aspect of becoming a member of the

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alumni association. You get
reconnected. Teresa is definitely involved.

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She's hoping to grow the issue. Alumni
association's membership in her

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new role as the 2013 14 chair of the
board of directors and national

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alumni council. So I think that
there's a lot of programs uh that folks

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may not be aware of. In addition there
are so many campuses now put there

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to when I first attended CIA
polytechnic. You have the West Valley, you

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have the downtown campus. Some of
those programs alumni can take advantage

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of when they become a member includes
networking mixers and the career

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resources program we saw with the
downturn in, oh a a lot of folks coming

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back to the university wanting to get
involved for help with career

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counseling assessments to figure out a
different career uh different

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opportunities with interview skills
but bringing awareness to other alumni

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association programs is also on
Teresa's agenda, like the Medallion

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Scholarship and Sun Devil generations,
introducing Children to the

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university's traditions so that they
know early on that there is a path to

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a college career. Teresa hopes she and
the other board members can be a

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good resource for new alumni and ones
who have been around for a while.

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What better way to keep someone
connected with the university?