Author Archives: mdilwort

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Financial Literacy and You

Financial Literacy and You

Library Resources, Matt Dilworth, Programs
The deadline for filing the FAFSA is March 10th! This crucial form determines your eligibility for financial aid, including Pell Grants, federal student loans and work-study jobs. Without it, college can be much more expensive! Fortunately, IU East has lots of knowledgeable people to help you. The office of financial aid and scholarships http://www.iue.edu/finaid is a great place to start. Director Sarah Soper and Associate director Amy Jarecki are very helpful for providing much reliable information. Did you know that a student needs to file a FAFSA every year to be eligible for federal and state aid?  Did you know that graduate students need to file the FAFSA every year? You can contact these dedicated IU East staff to help … Continued
I Cannot Tell a Lie

I Cannot Tell a Lie

, Matt Dilworth
Presidents Day is an opportunity to reflect on our leaders, their strengths and their challenges. And this Presidents Day, it seems appropriate to examine a story about our first President.   We’ve all heard the apocryphal story by biographer Parson Weems about the young George Washington chopping down the cherry tree, but being unwilling to lie about it to avoid punishment. As the story goes, Washington was given a hatchet when he was about six, and proceeded to swing it at everything he could, as a little boy with a new toy might. This included his father’s prized cherry tree. Obviously, Augustine Washington had a pretty good idea what had happened, and asked his son if he knew who killed his … Continued
Black History Month

Black History Month

, Library Resources, Matt Dilworth
Every February, we get the chance to come together as a community and celebrate the achievements of African Americans throughout the history of the United States. Whether it’s hearing the biographies of often-overlooked scholars and artists and scientists, or digging deep into the life of one particularly inspirational person, this is a great time to explore the nuances of the black experience in America. Some of our databases, like Biography in Context, have sections dedicated to African American biography. Others are dedicated entirely to African American studies. Take Black Thought and Culture, a database which brings together over 100,000 pages of interviews, essays, pamphlets, letters, and speeches, and journal articles from 1700 to the present. It includes a wealth of … Continued
Shyanna Pasay: a perfect fit for service

Shyanna Pasay: a perfect fit for service

, outreach
Service-learning continues to grow at IU East, and we are fortunate to have many students dedicated to service work. Shyanna Pasay is a new student staff member in the Center for Service-learning (CSL). In her second semester at IU East, Shyanna is majoring in Psychology with the goal of becoming a Child Life Specialist working at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis. She is originally from Greenfield, Indiana, which is about 50 miles from Richmond. Shyanna worked at the Boys and Girls Club in Greenfield for two years while in high school. She has always enjoyed being involved in her community and is very passionate about working with children, so she says her work here will be “a perfect fit.” Her favorite … Continued
INSPIRE

INSPIRE

, , Library Resources, Matt Dilworth
Here at IU East, you have no shortage of good, scholarly sources for every information need. But what do people use who are not in college? And what will you use when you graduate? The free web is an option, using tools like Google Scholar to navigate it, but you will quickly find that almost everything of value is only indexed – the full text access you rely on at IU just isn’t available to average citizens. And what is available on the free internet is often commercialized, self-published, or tabloid-level material. This type of resource is re-blogged and linked often, giving the impression of significant content, but instead being little more than an echo chamber of unreliable material. Fortunately, … Continued