Stories from 2015

December 21, 2015 |

Liz Ferris, Career and Experiential Learning Coordinator at Indiana University East, has been nominated for the Career Development Professional of the Year Award from Indiana INTERN.net. The award recipient will be announced during the 10th Annual IMPACT Awards luncheon on February 3, 2016, in Indianapolis. The Annual IMPACT Awards luncheon is sponsored by Ivy Tech ...

December 15, 2015 |

Indiana University East’s School of Nursing is now the School of Nursing and Health Services. According to Dean Karen Clark, “This name change reflects the school’s desire and vision to positively impact the quality of life of citizens in our service area. The change is the first step in expanding our strategic direction related to ...

December 10, 2015 |

Indiana University East received a $100,000 gift from the estate of Donald C. “Danny” and Patty Danielson on December 8 to the Danielson Learning Center in New Castle, Ind. The gift was presented by the Danielson’s daughter, Susie Danielson Anderson, on behalf of her sisters, Mary Johnson and Amy Thompson. Anderson was accompanied by her ...

December 8, 2015 |

Indiana University East mourns the loss of former Chancellor Glenn Goerke. He passed away November 13, 2015, at the age of 84. Goerke was IU East’s second chancellor and led the campus from 1981-1986. He is survived by his wife, Joyce, three children and seven grandchildren. Goerke was a resident of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and ...

December 2, 2015 |

Indiana University East encourages its undergraduate students to finish in four years. In coordination with Indiana University and the Indiana Commission for Higher Education’s initiative to help undergraduate students to stay on track to graduate on time, IU East is offering a banded tuition rate beginning the 2016-2017 academic year. Banded tuition, sometimes known as ...

December 1, 2015 |

It’s hard to miss seeing Kyle Hall around campus. He’s a high-achieving student. He’s a record-setting athlete. And the double-major senior also rides high as a bicycle-riding cadet on the IU East police force. The bike program that started this summer allows Hall and full-time officer Brad Smoker to quickly reach places on campus that ...

November 30, 2015 |

Indiana University East has had a memorable 2015. The campus experienced another record-breaking year in enrollment and the number of graduates who joined the alumni family, celebrated the graduation of an international tennis star and businesswoman, started construction on its fifth building and remembered the legacy of three campus leaders who passed away. For IU ...

November 24, 2015 |

Tony Foster II is the new executive director of the Area 9 In-Home & Community Services Agency. As executive director, Foster will oversee about 40 employees. His new role will begin on January 4, 2016. Foster said he is excited and honored to be selected as the new executive director and to be part of ...

November 20, 2015 |

Indiana University East distributed scholarships to area high school guidance counselors from Indiana and Ohio during its annual Counselors’ Breakfast held November 20 in Whitewater Hall. This is the ninth consecutive year that IU East has hosted the Counselors’ Breakfast. Over 60 guidance counselors attended. This year’s theme centered on Disney and was titled “Where ...

November 20, 2015 |

The anthropology program at Indiana University East is providing students with new hands-on opportunities to enhance their educational experience. This semester, students have traveled to West Virginia and Pennsylvania to visit historic sites including Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Park and Meadowcroft Rockshelter. In the classroom, students now have access to bone casts of human and ...