

“The center’s events focus on personal development through a speaker series, workshops and classes, which attract similarly motivated students from all different years, majors and backgrounds. Lewis Center for Personal Development at Barrett resonated most with him.

Speek said experiences offered by the T.W. No matter the topic, my goal was to take away a new perspective from my experiences,” said Speek, who is from Boulder, Colorado, and received the ASU President’s Award Western Undergraduate Exchange scholarship.

“During my first semester, I attended 60-plus events, from football games to speaker series on how to get into medical school. He is pursuing a Master of Global Management (MGM) from the Thunderbird School of Global Management through the 4 +1 program. “I came to ASU as a freshman hungry to maximize my college experience and all the resources ASU had to offer me,” said Speek, who will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering systems with honors from Barrett, The Honors College. Tallin Speek will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering systems with honors from Barrett, The Honors College. Tallin Speek entered Arizona State University with a hearty appetite for what the university could offer. (Oct.Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2023 graduates. Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. Carey has set up a complex social ecosystem full of delightfully distinctive characters who warrant exploration in future volumes. The overall tone is light and gently humorous but still appropriate for a murder mystery, and Daisy comes off as confident and modern without excessive sass or defensiveness. Daisy Johanssen, a half-demon trying to dodge her innate attraction to the “Seven Deadlies” while functioning as Hel’s agent on Earth and the local link between the eldritch community and the human police, is called in to help investigate the drowning of a local college boy when signs of both foul play and magical residue are found on the body. It’s also home to a thriving “eldritch community” of supernatural entities, thanks to the presence of the local underworld controlled by the Norse goddess Hel. Small town Pemkowet, Mich., is a popular tourist destination for humans. Acclaimed for epic fantasy (Kushiel’s Dart, etc.) and post-apocalyptic SF (Santa Oliva Saints Astray), Carey turns to contemporary fantasy, showing off her talent for building engaging, detailed settings that feel utterly natural despite their inherent strangeness.
