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Arizona is at the threshold of a brighter future.
@ASU, @NAU and @UArizona are preparing for it by meeting workforce demands in key industries.
Learn more about the plan to lead Arizona's workforce into the future at azopportunity.com.
"Your degrees will take you places. Higher education increases your opportunities to pursue your passions and to land jobs that make a difference in our world."
From Chair Goodyear, on behalf of the board, congratulations @UAZGlobalCampus Class of 2026!
Arizona Board of Regents retweeted
It was a pleasure to welcome U.S. Secretary of Education @Linda_McMahon to ASU this week to experience our New American University in action and see how we are enhancing access to a world-class education while advancing innovation and student success.
More than 4,000 students have transferred from Coconino Community College to @NAU through CCC2NAU since the program began in 2008.
CCC2NAU advisors help students smoothly transfer between the two institutions – saving time and money: ow.ly/ftVX50ZYevo
Water sustainability and AI can go hand in hand.
@ASU Professor Tiezheng Tong is exploring how AI can accelerate water treatment research – from developing new materials to improving treatment plant efficiency – while addressing the water demands from AI: ow.ly/geVi50ZY9Bh
On the latest AZ Opportunity Podcast, Regent Garcia shared about the latest Student Essential Needs Report and the actions @ASU, @NAU and @UArizona are taking to support students' basic needs, wellness and mental health.
Listen where you get podcasts: ow.ly/sixI50ZZTk9
University of Arizona researchers are developing an AI platform that makes the research process more efficient.
Funded by a $4.6 million @NSF grant, the platform will search raw data, images and videos to find files most relevant to users' requests: ow.ly/yvWB50ZXOqH
Through an Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council grant, @NAU researchers are studying how technology helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities maintain their independence.
The findings will inform how technology can help people age in place: ow.ly/oxmT50ZY9P4
Arizona businesses have saved tens of thousands of dollars on energy costs thanks to free energy audits from @ASUEngineering students.
Through the Industrial Training and Assessment Center, the students gain work experience testing for energy inefficiencies like heat loss: ow.ly/kABx50ZV8JI
For expectant mothers in Apache County, the nearest hospital with a labor and delivery unit is 50+ miles away.
To improve maternal health outcomes in rural Arizona, the @UArizona Center for Rural Health is training providers at non-birthing facilities for emergency deliveries: ow.ly/Gqxa50ZXLPs
Arizona Board of Regents retweeted
Proud to join President Cruz Rivera, Dean Chadwell, Dean Haro, Rich Bowen, & partners at @NAU to celebrate the opening of the MPaCT Lab! With hands-on experience in adv. manufacturing technologies, the MPaCT Lab will prepare students for the careers shaping tomorrow’s economy.
Six teams from Arizona's public universities are in the top 10 of their respective rankings – including @NAU_football who is ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 2013.
Arizona Board of Regents retweeted
Arizona’s future depends on smart water leadership. The $40M invested into ASU’s Water Innovation Initiative is driving cutting-edge technologies, research, supporting local communities, and training the water leaders of tomorrow. Proud of the work being done at the AWII to create tangible solutions that will secure our state's water future.
In 2025-26, more than 2,400 aspiring teachers received Arizona Teachers Academy scholarships to support their education.
After graduation, they'll give back by teaching in an Arizona classroom for every year they received ATA funding – helping build Arizona's K-12 workforce.
ASU is developing a pipeline to address Arizona's shortage of anesthesia practitioners.
Beginning next fall, the three-year Doctor of Nursing Practice in nurse anesthesia program will train students to fill Arizona's 700+ nurse anesthetists shortage: ow.ly/1GAC50ZV9gk
Arizona Board of Regents retweeted
America’s growing energy needs require both new technologies and the people prepared to deploy them. ASU, @lifeatpurdue and @UTKnoxville are launching the New Nuclear Academic Consortium to help build the workforce of the future. Learn more: ow.ly/Sln650ZXJ3i
Students in @UAZMedTucson's MD/PhD program are studying to be physician-scientists who treat patients while pursuing research that can advance health care.
The program is expanding admissions following the renewal of a $2.3 million NIH grant: ow.ly/tanV50ZNvAI
10.8% of Arizonans lack health insurance – limiting their access to regular health care.
To help, @ASU partnered with St. Vincent de Paul to open a free clinic in the East Valley. ASU Health faculty and students will provide care to uninsured and underserved patients: ow.ly/ZPCK50ZXnuE
NAU's new online dual master’s program in public administration and social work is preparing public servants to better serve communities.
The program combines policy analysis and organizational leadership coursework with social work training – saving students time and money: ow.ly/oibV50ZVzGI
Each year, hundreds of @UArizona undergraduates take part in the Blue Chip Leadership Experience to find a sense of community and develop leadership skills.
The program was named a finalist for @EdExcelencia's 2026 Examples of Excelencia award: ow.ly/6kcL50ZNzhi
