Ivy Tech Looking for More Surgical Technologist Students
Ivy Tech Community College wants interest to grow in a health field not many may know about. ... Read More
Education
Butler Names Dean of Lacy School of Business
Butler University has named Craig Caldwell dean of the Lacy School of Business. Caldwell has been serving as interim dean since July 2021.... Read More
ISU Receives $250K Gift
Indiana State University has received a $250,000 gift from Dave Campbell, a former chair of ISU's Board of Trustees, and his wife Peggy. The gift will support the Fund for ISU, which serves the university's greatest needs, as well as two scholarships, the David C. and Margaret L. Campbell Scholarship for Liberal Arts and the Dwaine and Martha Woolsey/Charles and Phyllis Campbell Memorial Scholarship.... Read More
Ivy Tech Launches Professional Leadership Program
Ivy Tech Community College is launching a Professional Leadership Institute initiative at its Fort Wayne and Warsaw campuses. The college says the institute is for businesses and individuals who want training in the skills needed to lead teams and advance organizational growth.... Read More
Skyepack Lands Growth Investment
An education tech company in West Lafayette has received what it calls a significant growth investment led by the Purdue Startup Fund. While the specific amount was not immediately disclosed, Skyepack says it will use the funding to further product development.... Read More
Franklin College Receives Record Donation
Franklin College has received a $3.9 million estate commitment from 1971 alumna Eleanor Ackley. The college says the gift is the largest in its history.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Professor Receives KEEN Grant
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology professor Dr. Julia Williams has received a $457,500 grant from The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foundation. Over the next three years, Rose-Hulman says Williams will work to build connections between engineering professional societies and the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network to create value for engineers in industry and in education.... Read More
Grace College Names New President
Following a seven-month national search, Grace College & Theological Seminary has appointed Dr. Drew Flamm as its seventh president. Flamm, who currently serves as the college's executive vice president, will transition to his new role in July.... Read More
Rose-Hulman to Host Robotics State Finals
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology will this weekend host 32 of Indiana's top high school and community robotics teams at the FIRST Indiana Robotics state championships. The competition, which are open to the public, will be held on a basketball court-sized field at Rose-Hulman's Sports and Recreation Center.... Read More
Miller’s Health System Partners with Trine
Warsaw-based Miller's Health System Inc. is partnering with Trine University to provide employees with professional development and educational opportunities. Miller's employees will have access to more than 45 courses from Trine.... Read More
$1M Gift to Support Business of Life Sciences Center
The Indiana University Kelley School of Business has received a $1 million gift from alumnus Jeff Albers and his wife, Alison. The university says the gift will create an endowment to support programs at the Center for the Business of Life Sciences.... Read More
IUPUC Joins Intercollegiate Athletics Association
IUPUC is joining the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The NAIA's council of presidents has approved IUPUC's application, as well as applications from three other institutions, for membership beginning July 1.... Read More
Hoosier Educators Nominated for Teacher of the Year Award
Two Indiana teachers have been nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award by Maryland-based nonprofit National History Day. The nonprofit says each of its 58 affiliates can nominate one high school and one middle school teacher for the award.... Read More
State Approves Special Education License, Programs
The Indiana State Board of Education has given final approval for an alternative route license intended to grow Indiana's pipeline of special education teachers. The SBOE also approved two special education programs that will provide transition to teaching programs to individuals with a bachelor’s degree that want to become special education teachers.... Read More
Bridge Builder Award Winner Unveiled
The Indianapolis-based TechPoint Foundation for Youth has named the Informatics Diversity-Enhanced Workforce program the recipient of this year's Bridge Builder Award. The program, housed at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI, will receive the award next week during the TechPoint Mira Awards.... Read More
USI Establishes Pharmacy Degree Pathway with Sullivan
The University of Southern Indiana and the Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Services in Louisville have approved a Doctor of Pharmacy pathway agreement. USI says the agreement allows undergraduate students at USI who have completed three years of all prerequisite courses into the Sullivan's PharmD program.... Read More
Purdue Touts Affordability, Announces Raises
Purdue University Mitch Daniels updated the board of trustees Friday on what the institution calls a “decade of affordability,” while also announcing salary increases for faculty and staff... Read More
Kesner to Step Down as Kelley School Dean
After a decade of service as dean of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Idie Kesner has announced she will step down in July ... Read More
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