Stories from 2018

August 30, 2018 |

The Class of 2022 is Indiana University East’s largest and most diverse incoming class. Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Michelle Malott said this year’s freshman class is following the upward trend of IU East’s overall enrollment. “Students are choosing IU East as a destination campus because they can have everything they want in their ...

August 22, 2018 |

Cherie Dolehanty is the new director of University College at Indiana University East. She will begin her role August 27. University College is a department that provides support to first-year students and new online students through success coaching, advising, career planning, the First-Year Seminar, workshops, and other events. As director of University College, Dolehanty will ...

August 21, 2018 |

Indiana University Police Department-East welcomed its two newly sworn officers to campus after graduating from the 45th class of the IU Police Academy on August 11. Cadet Officers Mitch Burelison, Centerville, Indiana, and Rikki Foust, Eldorado, Ohio, graduated from the IU Police Academy at the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington. Burelison and Foust joined the ...

July 20, 2018 |

IU East’s Run with the Wolves 5K race scheduled for tomorrow, July 21, has been cancelled. The cancellation comes as a result of the continued law enforcement search for two dangerous fugitives who are thought to be near the IU East campus. The cancellation is to help ensure the safety of our 5K participants, sponsors, ...

July 3, 2018 |

Indiana University East will host three training sessions on Human Sex Trafficking July 23-24, 2018. Each training session will pertain to a specific audience: members of the community, service providers, and law enforcement. The training sessions are free and organized in partnership with the IU Police Department-East, Wayne County Probation Office, Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, ...

June 21, 2018 |

Janis Buhl-Macy is the recipient of the 2018 ATHENA Leadership Award® for Wayne County and the ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award winner is Jessie Pilewski. Buhl-Macy and Pilewski were presented with the awards during the ATHENA celebration dinner held June 21 at Forest Hills Country Club in Richmond. The event recognizes women leaders who motivate, ...

June 21, 2018 |

Indiana University East awarded nine scholarships for the 2018 Summer Research Scholars Program. Graduate and undergraduate students receive $2,000 to conduct a research project under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Funding for the competitive program is provided by the Indiana University Office of the Vice Provost for Research and is matched by funds from ...

June 15, 2018 |

This summer two students are learning more about diversity, social activism and how they could enhance opportunities at Indiana University East for students. IU East students Taylor Webster and Mary Webster, sisters from Richmond, Indiana, attended the 31st Annual National Conference for Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE®) held in New Orleans, May ...

June 7, 2018 |

This year’s speaker for the ATHENA Leadership Award® Dinner will be Blair Milo, first secretary for Career Connections and Talent for the State of Indiana. Wayne Bank and Indiana University East will host the dinner at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, at Forest Hills Country Club, located at 2169 South 23rd St. in Richmond, ...