Government and Community Engagement
The Office of Government and Community Engagement (GCE) represents ASU on Capitol Hill and works to advance the University's charter and legislative priorities with the Arizona Congressional Delegation and other Members of Congress. The office actively participates in national associations to advance issues of importance to ASU and serves as a resource to faculty and staff for federal legislative issues.
GCE is also responsible for submission of quarterly and semi-annual federal lobbying reports to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Representatives
The Office of Government and Community Engagement is available to assist ASU faculty and staff with questions related to the federal legislative process. Examples of support services include:
- Engaging Members of the Arizona Congressional Delegation on ASU business (letters of support for a grant, expedited visa processing, help with a federal agency, etc.)
- Submitting federal appropriations requests
- Reviewing legislative text
- Information about visiting the U.S. Capitol
Districts and Representatives
Visits from U.S. Presidents
Joe Biden
Picture available here
2023
Jimmy Carter
July 31, 2015
Barack Obama
May 13, 2009
George W. Bush
October 13, 2004
George H.W. Bush
Picture available here
May 5, 1998
William J. Clinton
October 31, 1996
Ronald Reagan
March 20, 1989
Gerald R. Ford
February 24, 1984
Lyndon B. Johnson
January 29, 1972
Richard Nixon
October 30, 1970
Gerald R. Ford
April 28, 1968
Theodore Roosevelt
Picture available here
March 20, 1911
Visits from White House Cabinet members
U.S. Under Secretary of Education, James Kvaal
November 2, 2022
U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Heidi Shyu
November 1, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo
August 30, 2022
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
May 31, 2022
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
August 20, 2018
U.S. Secretary of Education John King, Jr.
December 15, 2016
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack
September 14, 2016
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter
Full video presentation available here
April 6, 2015
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald
March 12, 2015
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C. Johnson
Full video presentation available here
January 28, 2015
U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
December 11, 2014
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
September 4, 2014
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
May 14, 2014 and September 11, 2013
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
April 23, 2014
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
May 15, 2012
U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner
November 9, 2011
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Secretary Robert Reich
March 19, 2009