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Delaney Hayes, a criminal justice major, prepares before class with Assistant Professor of English Kelly Blewett. She and her classmates are in the last week of classes and final exams at IU East.

December 8, 2021 |

We all write more than we think we do. That’s a mantra for Kelly Blewett with her students at Indiana University East. Blewett is an assistant professor of English in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Emails and essays. Instant messages and resumes. Scholarship and financial-aid applications. Tweets, blog posts and personal journals. They ...

Portrait of Mackenzie Cook, Richmond, Indiana

December 8, 2021 |

Four Indiana University East School of Nursing and Health Sciences students with an interest in rural health care have been selected for the Class of 2023 Indiana Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Scholars program. The scholars are Mackenzie Cook of Richmond; Candace Cox of Brookville, Indiana; Kayla May of Falmouth, Indiana; and Madison Miller of ...

Compiled photo of IU East's five Herbert Scholars including Ariana Hernandez, Kimbriana Settles, Lillian Smith, Jonathan Hardwick and Kasey Johnson.

November 30, 2021 |

The similarities are striking in the touching stories of five freshmen who stand tall as this year’s Herbert Presidential Scholars at Indiana University East. They all covet the small class sizes and the close interaction with instructors and fellow students. They all cherish staying closer to home and helping family – and avoiding debt, too. ...

Emma Frye received a Distinguished Alumni Service Award. She is an education major at IU East.

November 22, 2021 |

When Emma Frye first began college, she anticipated a career as an occupational therapist, though she had also always liked working with children. A job shadowing experience in her second year at an Indianapolis college helped steer her back to her first love of education when she realized occupational therapy just wasn’t for her. “As ...

Photo of Cole Fosbrink with Gov Holcomb on the state symbol

November 10, 2021 |

Cole Fosbrink likes to think big, like a CEO. In fact, he is a co-leader of Indiana University East’s award-winning program called Cash Equals Opportunities that shares the same acronym. Fosbrink’s biggest entrepreneurial dreams, though, couldn’t have foreshadowed the experience he recently received with the television program My Life Indiana: Super Achievers. The senior from ...

Jamie Andrews on the left and Alison Juday on the right

November 2, 2021 |

Jamie Andrews of Fountain City, Indiana, and Alison Juday of Richmond, Indiana, are the 2021 recipients of the Paul and Pat Lingle Scholars Program. The scholarship award will continue throughout their pursuit of a four-year degree at Indiana University East. Both are members of IU East’s incoming freshmen Class of 2025. Andrews is an exploratory ...

Portrait of Jane Vincent

November 2, 2021 |

Professor Emerita of Nursing Jane Vincent, Ed.D., R.N., passed away on Tuesday, October 26, at Reid Health. Vincent was the example of servant leadership, earning local and state recognition for her leadership in nursing education. She was passionate about being a nurse and that passion carried through to serving others through teaching, mentorship, and philanthropy. ...