Education

Shakamak High School Installs Solar Farm

Shakamak High School in Jasonville is installing a solar farm that is expected to save the Wabash Valley school more than $1 million over the next 12 years. Our partners at WTHI-TV report the solar farm will be connected to Duke Energy's power grid this weekend.... Read More

Ball State Marks Record-Breaking Fundraising Event

Ball State University is celebrating the best single day of fundraising in the school's history, following the results of its fourth annual One Ball State Day. The university says it received more than 7,000 gifts totaling more than $1 million during its 24-hour online fundraising event.... Read More

Governor’s STEM Team Adds Members

The Indiana Department of Education and Governor Eric Holcomb have announced four new members of the 2022 Governor's STEM Team, which honors outstanding high school student accomplishments in science, technology, engineering or math. ... Read More

Rose-Hulman Receives First Cryptocurrency Gift

The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received its first cryptocurrency gift. Koushik Subramanian, who graduated from Rose-Hulman in 2006 and currently serves on its board of trustees, has gifted the school $50,000 in cryptocurrency that will be used to establish the Subramanian Fund for Advancing Technologies in Digital Assets.... Read More

Purdue Receives $2.8M for AgrAbility Projects

Purdue University's Agricultural and Biological Engineering AgrAbility Program has received $2.1 million in funding for the National AgrAbility Project. In addition, the university has received $720,000 for the Indiana AgrAbility Project from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Institute of Food and Agriculture.... Read More

Notre Dame Partners with UK College

The University of Notre Dame has signed a memorandum of understanding with St. Edmund’s College of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The agreement aims to encourage and support collaboration between faculty, students and administrators, as well as research and outreach.... Read More

Gary Schools Hits Budget Surplus

The Gary Community School Corporation is reporting a $2 million surplus for 2021 after having a deficit of more than $21 million just four years prior. The district calls the surplus a "watershed moment" that was achieved through multiple strategies.... Read More

Purdue Joins Educational Alliance

Purdue University has joined a program that provides online educational programs to federal government employees and their families. Purdue says the Federal Academic Alliance, which is overseen by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, will offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees, as well as professional certifications and continuing education courses.... Read More

Ball State Moving Forward with Village Revitalization

The Ball State University Board of Trustees is advancing a comprehensive revitalization plan for The Village, located just off the Muncie campus. The plan includes a multi-million-dollar performing arts center for university events, as well as as a $100 million mixed-use development that will include a hotel and retail, restaurant, innovation and residential space. ... Read More

IPS Launches SEAL Carpentry Partnership

Indianapolis Public Schools is launching a State Earn and Learn partnership it says will allow students to get a head start on a career in carpentry. IPS is partnering with Indianapolis-based Pepper Construction and Indiana Kentucky Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters. The district says the partnership will allow students to easily transition to IKORCC’s US DOL Registered Apprenticeship program directly after graduating from high school.... Read More

Three Indiana Universities Among Top 100

Three Indiana universities are ranked among the 100 best higher education institutions in the country by College Consensus. The portal combines schools’ average rating scores from notable publications, including Forbes, Money, and U.S. News & World Report, among others.... Read More

Children’s Museum Opens Revamped Dinosphere

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has reopened its popular Dinosphere exhibit with new and enhanced attractions. The exhibit features some of the fossils found on "The Jurassic Mile," a paleontological excavation in Wyoming that began five years ago and was the subject of a $27 million project known as Mission Jurassic announced in 2019.... Read More

White: New Business School Shines Light on DePauw’s History

The president of DePauw University says the new School of Business and Leadership on the Greencastle campus formalizes what the university has done for years. Dr. Lori White cites DePauw graduates who have gone on to become major leaders, including General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) Chief Executive Officer Jeff Harmening, New York Giants General Manager Joe Schoen, and Teach for America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard. The university announced the new school last week as part of its five-year strategic plan.... Read More