A Medal of Honor Recipient Lives Here! In the following article, Mirabella at ASU housekeeping staff member Bill Chaplar recounts the valiant career of Colonel Bruce Crandall, a recipient of our nation’s highest medal for valor, the Medal of Honor.
Thanks to two of our community members who served as faculty in the ASU School of Dance, we had a chance to tour the facilities, observe a class, and participate in several unique dance experiences this month.
Sun Devil Athletics extended complimentary tickets to ASU’s season opening football game against Southern Utah University to Mirabella residents.
We are now a couple weeks into the Fall semester, so I took the opportunity to check in with the 40 residents who are taking ASU classes this semester and hear their experiences as some of the newest learners on campus.
As you may know, Mirabella at ASU residents get complimentary tickets to Sun Devil Athletics events, with the exception of football and men’s basketball. However, we do occasionally get tickets to specific football games or special Sun Devil Athletics events, like the 2021 Sun Devil Football Kickoff Luncheon hosted by the Tempe Chamber of Commerce at Sun Devil Stadium on August 26.
Now that students and staff are returning from summer break, we get to explore more of the Tempe campus and meet faculty from across ASU’s 17 distinct colleges and schools! The ASU Drone Studio is one of many destinations within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering that we’ve been eager to learn more about.
We are pleased to introduce our inaugural cohort of students who have been selected for the much-anticipated Mirabella at ASU Musicians‐in‐Residence program in partnership with the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
Since opening in 1964, Gammage Auditorium has been a crown jewel in the Arizona performing arts scene and architectural landmark at ASU. Designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Gammage is named after past ASU president Grady Gammage, who envisioned a distinct university auditorium with the capacity to host renowned arts and cultural performances from around the world.
Lindsey Beagley is the Director of Lifelong University Engagement for Mirabella at ASU and leads the vision for Mirabella’s full immersion into the ASU campus community. This includes designing new programs to promote intergenerational connections, purpose-driven engagement experiences, and lifelong learning.
Lindsey is a native Phoenician and lifelong Sun Devil having grown up around ASU’s campuses where her father has served on the faculty for the last 25 years. She earned a BA (Spanish), BS (Psychology) and a Master of Public Administration from ASU. As an undergraduate, she worked as a strategic research analyst for President Crow’s New American University model, and a decade later returned as a University Innovation Fellow experimenting with ways to blur the traditional bounds of the university and the community it serves.
In 2021, Lindsey was awarded Phoenix Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award and is passionate about connecting generations and innovating the future of university-based retirement living.
