Stories from 2016

July 19, 2016 |

A majority of surveyed Indiana University East alumni feel that their undergraduate college experience was worth the cost, helping alumni to lead a fulfilling work life and to their overall well-being, according to a recent survey. IU East was one of 13 colleges and universities to participate in the first Gallup-Indiana Graduate Satisfaction Survey. The ...

July 8, 2016 |

Rob Tolley can look up with satisfaction from his home on historic land in Wyoming toward a mountain range where he once did his archaeological field training. The retired Indiana University East instructor knows the critical importance to budding anthropologists – and college students in many other fields – of hands-on experiences, of multidimensional training. ...

July 1, 2016 |

Indiana University East’s Run with the Wolves 5K Run/Walk is Saturday, July 16. Registration is open. Runners and walkers will join more than 400 other participants for this year’s event on the IU East campus and run the Red Wolves’ cross country course, located behind Hayes Hall. The event includes a free “Run with Rufus” ...

June 29, 2016 |

Olivia Robinson, an elementary education major with a minor in mathematics, is learning by doing. As part of her Honors Senior Thesis, she single-handedly designed, coordinated, and conducted a mathematics tutoring program at Northeastern Elementary School in Fountain City, Ind. Unlike many school programs, where students work with faculty advisors, and much of the coordinating ...

June 27, 2016 |

Indiana University East is proud to kick off an exhibit, “Paintings by Charlie Adams,” with a reception for the local artist and art teacher, from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 7, at the Room 912 Gallery, located at 912 E. Main Street, Richmond, Ind. Adams believes that his art is an expression of the heart, ...

June 9, 2016 |

Kim Poinsett is the recipient of the 2016 ATHENA Leadership Award® for Wayne County. Poinsett, of Richmond, Ind., was presented the award during the ATHENA celebration dinner held June 9 at Forest Hills Country Club in Richmond. The event recognizes women leaders who motivate, inspire and create positive change in the community. Wayne Bank and ...

June 9, 2016 |

At Indiana University East, full-time students with outstanding academic achievement are recognized by being named to the Chancellor’s List, the highest semester-based academic achievement that students can attain. The list is sorted by the student’s listed hometown. SOUTH KOREA KYONDO Hwaseong Gun Hur UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA Canyon Country Andrea Mills ILLINOIS Oak Lawn Kimberly Nies ...

June 9, 2016 |

Indiana University East students who take 12 or more credit hours and complete the semester with a grade point average of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale are named to the Indiana University East Dean’s List. The following is the spring 2016 Dean’s List. The list is sorted by the student’s listed hometown. SOUTH ...

June 7, 2016 |

Sydney Schumacher and Jordan Pugh, juniors at Indiana University East and friends since high school, took the trip of a lifetime over the 2015-2016 winter break. The two accompanied Egyptologist and IU East Professor of History Eugene Cruz-Uribe to Egypt to study ancient Egyptian burial practices first-hand. The trip was a requirement for their Undergraduate ...