Northern Arizona University isn’t going to wait for Valley students to come to its Flagstaff campus. It’s coming to them.

As Katie Wesolek puts one of her twin baby boys to bed, the other is waking up. “I get up at least 10 times a night,” said the Valley resident and mother of three. So it was critical that Wesolek could attend college class lectures in her living room while still wearing pajamas.

Brenda Lee Cox’s back-toschool story is atypical. After being out of the traditional work force so she could raise her daughter as a stayat-home mom, the Scottsdale woman believed it was necessary to continue her education and update her job skills.

At 76, Frances New will be the oldest of 5,500 Arizona State University students receiving a degree at commencement Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena.

Michelle Lee is a master in marketing and a master — with a capital “M” — in martial arts. The 39-year-old Tempe business entrepreneur and tae kwon do black belt master instructor owns and operates one of the more successful martial arts academies in the Valley.

W. Dan Hausel is a Hall of Fame martial artist, geologist, prospector, gemologist, writer, teacher, public speaker and artist. The Gilbert 56-year-old likes to keep busy. He is certified in 18 different martial arts, although he primarily practices and teaches Shorin-Ryu, a style of karate, and Kobudo, the practice of ancient martial arts weapons.

The Masters is still two weeks away, but professional golf's championship season begins in earnest this week when the $7.5 million (no, that's not a typo) Players Championship unfolds at the TPC of Sawgrass.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - The first round of the Masters was called off Thursday for the first time in 64 years after more rain fell on an already water-logged course.

The Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education gave approval to Chandler University this week to award certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees.

The University of Arizona and Chandler announced last week the two are teaming up to bring a university presence, along with master's and certificate programs, to the downtown area as soon as this May.

Gilbert's next presiding judge will have a law degree. The Gilbert Town Council voted late Tuesday to require for the first time that the presiding judge for Gilbert Municipal Court have a law degree, be in good standing in the State Bar of Arizona and have at least five years of experience in local courts.

Chandler and the University of Arizona announced Wednesday the two are teaming up to bring a university presence, along with master's and certificate programs, to the downtown area as soon as this May.

Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn., will expand to Arizona and have an integrated master’s program with Arizona State University, according to a Tuesday press release.

As the credits rolled and the lights of the sparsely populated theater came up, a wave of indifference crashed over me. I was pretty certain I loved what I had just witnessed, but why? And quite frankly, what had I just witnessed?

AUGUSTA, Ga. - This week marks Kirk Triplett’s sixth trip to the Masters. But before the Scottsdale pro gets too excited about his earlier success — a tie for sixth place in 2001 — he offers these words of wisdom.

Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday she supports the idea of tying new funding for the state’s three universities to how successful they are at getting students to graduate.

The W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is offering three new degree options, with classes starting this week. All focus on timely fields: public service, real estate and information technology.

A new nine-month master's program at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is aimed at recent graduates to make them more marketable in the current tough job market.

Plenty of real estate agents made money for years simply by selling homes, but the Valley’s foreclosure crisis and more recent influx of investors has changed how — or even whether — agents can make a living.

Plenty of real estate agents made money for years simply by selling homes, but the Valley’s foreclosure crisis and more recent influx of investors has changed how – or even whether – agents can make a living.

One player arrived at the Masters like a meteorite, while the other took a slow freight train that eventually led to the green jacket. In almost every way, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are as opposite as right and left.

Ahwatukee Foothills resident Danielle Lauren Watkins has graduated from Seattle Pacific University with a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy.