Stories from 2009

June 29, 2009 |

Indiana University East will offer the Veterans Administration’s Yellow Ribbon Program this fall to Post- 9/11 veterans. Fall 2009 is the first semester the new Post-9/11 GI Bill goes into effect.  IU East will provide up to 10 qualifying students a direct grant up to $1,500 per academic year under the program and the U.S. ...

June 26, 2009 |

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels proclaimed today as BOSS Day. A proclamation by the governor’s office was read during the Entrepreneurship Business Opportunities for Self Starters (BOSS) program competition for high school students. Students presented their business plans in the competition. BOSS is a program in the Center for Entrepreneurship that provides high school students with ...

June 24, 2009 |

Join Indiana University East for a night at the Wayne County 4-H Fair from 5 p.m. to close Thursday, June 25 for “KnowHow2Go to College Day.” IU East will be at the “Kids to College” tent with Indiana’s College Success Coalition, a group working to rally and connect individuals and organizations willing to help more ...

June 24, 2009 |

Indiana University East announced today (June 24) that the Tuition Reciprocity Agreement with Ohio institutions of higher education will be renewed. The agreement means that IU East will continue to offer Ohio students in neighboring counties in-state tuition rates. The renewal of the Tuition Reciprocity Agreement follows the approval of the Indiana Commission for Higher ...

June 23, 2009 |

Indiana University East and Ivy Tech Community College announced today that they have entered into an agreement on programs that will significantly expand educational opportunities in southeast Indiana. Indiana University East is now offering three bachelor’s degree completion programs for students enrolled at its regional center in Lawrenceburg, Ind. located at Ivy Tech Southeast’s Lawrenceburg ...

June 22, 2009 |

Editors: On Tuesday (June 23), Indiana University East and Ivy Tech Community College Southeast will make a joint announcement at the Lawrenceburg Riverfront Campus. The two schools have reached an agreement that will impact education in the region. IU East Chancellor Nasser Paydar and Ivy Tech Southeast Chancellor James Helms will speak. WHAT: Indiana University ...

June 17, 2009 |

Indiana University East Chancellor Nasser Paydar received good news during the Celebration of Campus and Community. Indiana University President Michael McRobbie made a surprise announcement, stating that the university would match contributions to IU East’s campus beautification initiative up to $50,000. “We have received tremendous support from President McRobbie and Indiana University as we have ...

June 17, 2009 |

Elliott Miles McKinley is passionate about what he does. McKinley, an assistant professor of music at Indiana University East, has been instrumental in developing the music major and minor offered at the university since fall 2008. Students can major in music through the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities or minor in music performance, music composition ...

June 15, 2009 |

Indiana University East would like to invite the public to the Celebration of Campus and Community planned for Tuesday, June 16 on the Springwood Hall lawn. The celebration is being held on the IU East campus and is replacing a traditional installation ceremony for Chancellor Nasser Paydar. The reception will begin at 2:30 p.m. with ...

June 12, 2009 |

Indiana University East students who take 12 or more credit hours and complete the semester with a grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale are named to the Indiana University East Dean’s List. The following is the spring 2009 Dean’s List. The list is sorted by the student’s listed hometown. Indiana Anderson Laura ...