Hi everyone! Welcome to the Polytechnic campus.
My name is Esperanza Sanchez, a.k.a "Espe,"
and I am a senior studying technological
entrepreneurship and management.
Yes, that is a mouthful,
and I will be your tour guide for today.
So, let's begin with the ASU Charter right behind me.
It was adopted in 2014, and to summarize it,
ASU likes to pride itself on whom it includes,
not who it excludes.
This 600-acre campus was built on a desert arboretum.
Right behind me are these buildings that students
take classes in. These were architecturally designed
for where students can come in and cool down.
There are actually big fans in there
generated by solar energy.
ASU Polytechnic is the perfect campus for where
students can take things apart, analyze it and
put it back together.
We are here at the technology building.
Some people call it the tech building, some people call it
the innovation hub.
We have 3D printers, laser cutters, printing labs
where they will print off banners, stickers,
and it's available for all the students here on
the campus to use. So, if you're a business major
and you want to learn how to do 3D printing, we actually
have training here just for you to do 3D printing.
Here on the corner of campus is the simulation building.
That's where a lot of the aviation students come
for their flight simulations, where they prepare to go on
an airplane and bon voyage they go!
We're here at the Student Union
where you can study,
make new friends, or even make any new opportunities.
There are food options here.
There's organizations that you can join,
and there's a bookstore.
You can purchase any of the books that are required on
your online account. If they are not here, they can come
from Tempe and be delivered here for pick-up, or you
can get them mailed.
So attached to the Student Union is the Cooley
Ballrooms where we hold a lot of fun events Ñ
some of the events being ASU Devil's Royale,
which is the ASU homecoming dance, and
we also have the student forum with President Crow,
where he attends and listens to student concerns
and comments. We also even have student events
that they put on for students to enjoy and
relax and learn new things.
So come with me on to the next part of our tour.
We are here at the SDFC, the Sun Devil Fitness Complex.
We have the bike co-op in here, where you can actually
rent bikes for free. Just come in, swipe your ASU card,
fill in the registration and renew your bike every
two weeks. It actually originated here on the Polytechnic
campus and expanded into all other campuses.
We also have our cardio floor on the top floor
and the weight floor on the bottom.
I'm usually on the top because the weight floor can be a
little bit intimidating. We also have three basketball
courts where students can do open gym,
basketball and volleyball, or whatever
sports they are playing. We also have our,
our softball fields, our soccer fields. We even have
our swimming pool that is open year-long
because we are Arizona. We hold a lot of events there.
So, yes. This is the Sun Devil Fitness Complex.
So on to the next part of our tour.
We are here at Century Hall, where there are
two three-story buildings right here,
and the reason why it's called Century Hall is because
they built this around a century-old tree.
With the rooms, you get to share a room with someone,
and then you share the bathroom with another room.
So, it is a Jack-and-Jill style.
We also have all of the furniture provided in here,
and on each floor we have some type of entertainment.
So the first floor is a pool table,
second floor we have foosball, and third floor we have
ping pong, and we have study rooms on every floor.
We have a multipurpose room, and we just have a lounge
where students can relax, they can study,
or watch video games or play video games
with their friends.
So we are here at the Citrus Dining Pavilion,
where students can get a meal plan.
On-campus or off-campus students can.
They have salads, they have pizza,
they have burgers, and they can go to your dietary
restrictions. Once you are done with all of your food,
empty your plates and all of the food that you empty
off can be composted.
So, we like to be sustainable here on campus.
Nothing goes to waste.
We're here at the Poly Market. It's a little convenience
store here on the ASU campus.
One of the favorite things that I Iike about the Poly Market
is the build-your-own pizza station,
where you can make your own pepperoni pizza.
You can actually use your M&G Ñ maroon and gold
money, which is money that you put onto your ASU
account. So get a salad, you can get yogurt, or
hummus and pretzels, and just swipe your card
and then youÕre ready to go on to your next class.
We're here at the Academic Center.
We're on the top building. There's the Barrett lounge,
there's a computer lab, there's a tutoring center, and
there is the Career and Professional Development
Services. Underneath us is the library.
Fun fact: it used to be a military bunker before it was
ever a library.
You found me here! The ASU Polytechnic water tower.
So this was actually constructed in the early 1940s,
and before this was Polytechnic campus, it was
originally Williams Air Force Base,
and we became a campus in 1996. We were originally
called East campus,
but ASU actually purchased this campus for one dollar,
and all of this military base was donated to us.
So, with the ASU tower, we just use it as a landmark.
It reminds students of the sense of community that we
have here on the Polytechnic campus.
Thank you guys for doing this tour with me.
I had a wonderful time!
I'll catch you guys later. Bye!