In collaboration with ASU Health, ASU Employee Health launched personal medical care services to employees covered by an ASU medical plan.

ASU Employee Health services aim to provide ASU employees with the highest primary health care to achieve and maintain optimal health. ASU Employee Health provides limited personal medical care services, including:

• Basic laboratory services like cholesterol testing.
• Minor injuries and illnesses such as colds or sore throats.
• Routine immunizations, including influenza and shingles.

Call Employee Health at 602-496-1917 to schedule an appointment or for questions during office hours, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Jay Donnelly, ASU Vice President of University Real Estate Development, has been recognized as a standout performer in his field by two Valley-based publications.

Phoenix Magazine recently showcased Donnelly's work in its Great 48 class of 2024 edition, highlighting outstanding individuals from the Valley in business, sports, the arts, media, philanthropy and politics.

Donnelly joined ASU in 2018 and oversees its real estate portfolio. He also earned accolades in AZ Big Media’s latest People and Projects to Know in Commercial Real Estate. The magazine’s 2025 issue spotlights Arizona’s most influential commercial real estate professionals and projects shaping the landscape.

The publications noted Donnelly’s pivotal role in developing the Novus Innovation Corridor, a 355-acre mixed-use, public-private partnership on the ASU Tempe campus. He guides ASU’s collaboration with Catellus, a private development partner in the project, and is responsible for strategic planning.  

“Novus creates an ecosystem where private-sector companies and ASU’s knowledge assets co-locate for the benefit of our community,” Donnelly said. “These recognitions display the university’s overall commitment to educational growth on and around our campuses.”

In addition to Donnelly’s accolades, the People and Projects to Know in 2025 issue highlighted the Tempe District Utility Plant project. The new utility plant will provide greater electrical, chilled and heated water capacity to meet the current and future needs of facilities on the west side of the Tempe campus.

ASU Business and Finance offers a new needs-based scholarship for its employees, their spouses and dependents. The scholarship is open to full-time and part-time students.

ASU Facilities Development and Management, a unit within Business and Finance, and its industry collaborators participated in the department’s annual golf charity event this fall that helped raise over $90,000 for the scholarship funds.

“We are proud to contribute to this new scholarship to support the continuing education of ASU employees and families,” said Tim Smith, ASU vice president for Facilities Development and Management. “Thank you to all the community partners that support the growth and success of our institution.”

Chasse Building Team, Climatec, Core Construction, Willmeng Construction, and others helped spearhead donations for the tournament at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix.

Scholarship applications must be submitted for each fall, spring and summer semester. Spring 2025 applications are open until Dec. 8, 2024.

This endowed scholarship is administered and awarded by the ASU Foundation.

Arizona State University employees who perform HR-related tasks must complete Workday web-based and instructor-led training based on their security roles. This ensures employees can perform necessary tasks.

View a list of employees with HR-related security roles.

Only complete HR personnel training if your name is listed. Contact your unit’s readiness coordinator if you do not have a security role. 

HR security roles

HR personnel includes anyone with these security roles: 

• Academic HR Analyst.
• Academic HR Partner.
• Dean/VP.
• HR Analyst. 
• HR Partner. 

Be sure to complete prerequisite courses first.

Take training

Regardless of what HR-related security roles you have, you must complete introductory Workday training courses and enroll in and complete the following ILT courses that run Oct. 21 to Dec. 13:  

• Adding additional jobs.

• Compensation.

• Hire and onboarding.
• Manage positions.

• Manage job requisitions. 
   

As the date harvest month — October – rolls along, so do the Arizona State University Arboretum volunteers as they harvest and pack the annual date crop on the Polytechnic and Tempe campuses that will be available for purchase.

The Polytechnic date grove — the largest date palm collection of any public garden in the country with more than 40 date palm varieties — produces several options of the sweet fruit that ripen throughout the fall. Check out Sphinx Date Co. Palm & Pantry in Scottsdale to sample and purchase some of the Polytechnic collection.

One-pound boxes of Palm Walk Medjool dates from the Tempe campus are now on sale Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University Services Building front desk.

If you’re looking for a tasty treat on the go, stop by the date vending machine inside the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus.

ASU Parking and Transportation Services requests all employees to help ASU reach its 60% participation goal in the mandated Maricopa County Travel Reduction Program yearly survey.

The short survey helps the county plan for public transportation services to reduce carbon emissions and shares Sun Devils’ commuting patterns. Employees should choose the campus or site they commute to the most and complete the accompanying survey. Please respond by Oct. 31, 2024.

• ASU SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center.
• Downtown Phoenix campus.
• Polytechnic campus.
• Tempe campus.
• West Valley campus.

PTS also encourages student participation in the survey:

Take the student survey

Email PTS or call 480-965-6124 with questions about ASU participation in the Maricopa County TRP survey.

Tim Smith has been named Arizona State University’s Vice President for Facilities Development and Management. Smith assumes the chief facilities officer position after leading as the FDM interim VP since December 2023. 

Smith joined ASU in 2004, transitioned to the FDM team in 2009, and most recently served as executive director overseeing Facilities Management site operations for all campuses. As executive director, he successfully improved communication efforts with campus units and capital renewal planning for the university’s infrastructure.

As VP, Smith will continue sharing his expertise and strong leadership skills, overseeing a team responsible for facilities planning, design, construction and management; infrastructure and grounds maintenance; utility operations; and energy innovation for all university-owned property at each ASU campus and our DC and LA centers.

Smith is an ASU alumnus and holds a Master of Science degree in construction management and technology. He earned a Master of Education in counselor education from Clemson University after completing a Bachelor of Arts in secondary education history from Buena Vista University. 

Rudy Bellavia has been named Vice President for University Business Services at Arizona State University. Bellavia’s latest senior leadership role follows his service as the UBS interim VP since January 2024. 

As vice president, Bellavia will lead the teams responsible for Auxiliary Business Services, Environmental Health and Safety, Enterprise Risk and Resilience, Supply Chain Management, and University Sustainability Practices. He will continue managing the Business and Finance Communications group, the Business and Finance Information Technology department and the Organizational Performance Office for the near term. 

Bellavia has worked at ASU since 1993 in Student Housing, Purchasing and Business Services, and Business and Finance IT. He became Managing Director for ASU Business and Finance in 2011. Throughout his 13-year tenure as managing director, Bellavia has worked diligently with the Business and Finance senior leadership team to realize our departmental and university-wide goals while successfully managing the communications, IT and OPO teams.

Bellavia is a double ASU alumnus, holding a Master of Education degree in higher and post-secondary education, a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, and a management and global leadership certificate from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Samuel Robertson has been hired as Arizona State University’s assistant vice president of Facilities Management. Robertson will begin his role on Sept. 23, 2024, and report to Tim Smith, Facilities Development and Management interim vice president.

“Samuel’s extensive background in facilities management will help deliver operational efficiency, strategic planning and high-quality customer service for our community,” Smith said. “Facilities Development and Management is delighted to welcome Samuel to ASU. We look forward to enhancing our sustainable campus environment under his leadership.”

Robertson will oversee nearly 500 employees responsible for the daily operations of ASU’s built environment, which includes over 2,000 acres of land and 1,200 buildings across multiple locations.

Robertson comes to ASU from the University of Richmond, where he was executive director of Facility Operations. He spearheaded transformative initiatives across the campus including a steam plant renovation, an improved utility processing strategy and the implementation of smart-metering technology.

Robertson’s 17-year career in the higher-education sector has led to pivotal leadership roles at Virginia Commonwealth University, Indiana University and the University of Utah. His experience includes strategic energy management, asset preservation and environmentally sustainable daily operations.

Robertson earned a bachelor’s degree in facility management from Brigham Young University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in business administration from VCU. He holds certifications in real estate, facility management and safety preparedness.

John Thompson was named the new Arizona State University chief of police, effective Sept. 16, ASU officials announced. 

Thompson, a 19-year veteran of the ASU Police Department, takes charge of the law enforcement agency after having served as the interim chief of police since May.

Read the full announcement here.