Four years in the making, Mountain Pointe High School graduate John Swan recently launched a Christian clothing line he hopes will be appealing to all walks of life.

Armani Del Franco, a 2010 alumnus from Horizon Community Learning Center, graduated from the University of Arizona Honors College with a bachelor’s degree in finance and entrepreneurship within three years. Del Franco graduated summa cum laude. During his tenure, he was on the dean’s list with distinction, president of Eller Scholars and volunteered within the Tucson community serving others. He was also recognized as an Eller Centurion and Eller Excellence Fund member. In his spare time, he participated in the university’s intramural program, as a defender on the Inner Tube Water Polo Champion’s team, the Yuma Polar Bears.

Mary Myles, a 2009 alumnus from Desert Vista High School, will graduate from the University of Arizona Honors College this month with degrees in marketing, business management and entrepreneurship from the Eller College of Management.

Three high school students submitted three big ideas to the Ahwatukee Chamber Charity Foundation with hopes of being selected for a brand new college scholarship. On Wednesday the foundation presented a $4,000 scholarship to Spencer Elliott of Mountain Pointe High School, and a $500 scholarship to Josh Greene and Emily Pawlik, both Desert Vista students.

In an effort to get ahead of the curve in entrepreneurship and student success, South Mountain Community College (SMCC) has appointed long-time Ahwatukee Foothills center associate dean Dr. Cheryl Crutcher to a new position.

If home sales are a gauge of a market’s desirability, Ahwatukee has gotten a lot more desirable over the last two years. Sales of single-family residences (SFR) in January 2013 were 88 percent higher than in January 2011, and 5 percent higher than in January 2012.

Dedicated to helping students learn, longtime Ahwatukee Foothills resident and Arizona State University professor Dr. Mary Niemczyk hopes the release of her second book will gain the attention of students Valleywide.

We will remember 2012 as a year of change and extremely hard work by our board, staff and countless volunteers. As we wrap up the year, we thought we would take this opportunity to summarize what your Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce has been up to since January of this year.

The South Mountain Community College Ahwatukee Foothills campus is offering an Entrepreneurship Certificate Program with seven different classes in all aspects of running a small business including marketing, finance, hiring and managing employees and creating business plans.

The Nov. 16 guest commentary by Arizona State University English professor Neal A. Lester (“In recipe for success, humanities and arts are as essential as science and math,” AFN) reminds me of a comment I heard back in Minnesota — “A potato farmer believes that all of the world’s problem can be solved by planting more potatoes.”

Arizona State University is gearing up for the annual homecoming celebration, set to take place on Oct. 27.

South Mountain Community College (SMCC) president Dr. Shari Olson traveled to Washington D.C. this month to a conference focusing on education-based entrepreneurship and innovation.

Arizona State University is gearing up for the annual homecoming celebration, set to take place on Oct. 27.

Chris Bustamante, president of Rio Salado College, and Shari Olson, president of South Mountain Community College, have joined the new Presidents for Entrepreneurship Forum.

While most teenagers are concerned about where they will spend their summer vacation away from school and responsibility, one Ahwatukee teen is taking a different route.

Mayor Greg Stanton and the City Council have approved a partnership to lease office space to SEEDspot, a local business incubator and nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs launch innovative ideas and boost Phoenix’s economy.

Soon-to-be graduates aren’t the only ones smiling these days. Parents are happy, their kid is graduating and they’re coming out and spending some money. A typical football weekend is busy — but it never tops the graduation celebration.

Soon-to-be graduates aren’t the only ones smiling these days. Parents are happy, their kid is graduating and they’re coming out and spending some money. A typical football weekend is busy — but it never tops the graduation celebration.

Sitting in the heart of Discovery Triangle near Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation at GateWay Community College has officially opened its doors, and clients are being courted to bring their businesses to this new business incubator.

More than 350 Arizona students learned networking skills and competed in business skills challenges at the fourth Junior Achievement “You’re Hired” conference at the Tempe Center for the Arts Thursday.

It’s ironic that the question would be raised about a system that has brought economic freedom and prosperity to so many. But the public image of capitalism always suffers during economic downturns. This time, populist conservatives have teamed with traditional enemies to slap around capitalism pretty badly.

Filmmaker Jon Reiss and musician David Cutler may be masters of two very different crafts, but they share similar advice for arts students at Arizona State University.