By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Each year, the First Year Seminar (FYS) introduces freshmen Grenadiers to the building blocks of academic research. Information literacy is among the required General Education learning outcomes, embedded in courses COAS-S104 FYS and COAS-S154 Pathways. At IU Southeast, the information literacy component is taught by faculty librarians, led by Maria …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–The IU Southeast Library touches every aspect of academic life on campus, and many off campus as well. So it’s only natural that the Library should kick off a new series of monthly events called the Student Success Spotlight. “The series intends to shine a light on the excellent work …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–A virtual concert of works by women composers will shine a light on their creative prowess while unveiling a new feature of the IU Southeast Library. The virtual concert is scheduled for Wednesday, August 26, to coincide with the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—You knew IU Southeast faculty and students were good, but did you know they were this good? Well now you do, courtesy of the annual Authors and Artists exhibit, which kicks off today in the art gallery of the IU Southeast Library and will be on view through Jan. 3, …
FULL STORYHave you ever felt an eerie chill in Hillside Hall? Or catch a glimpse of the ghostly woman in Orchard Lodge? Hear bone-chilling tales from the spookier side of campus at the Haunted IU Southeast Walking Tours, hosted by the IU Southeast Library and the Institute for the Study of Religious & Anomalous Experience. The tour includes …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—A surveyor’s chain that was used to plot out the township of New Albany in 1813 belongs to the most significant holdings of the Padgett Museum, where it is on display. Professional historians may handle it on a limited basis but it is off-limits to history buffs and other visitors. …
FULL STORYAs July temperatures swelter into the 90s, beat the heat by grabbing an ice tea, a patch of shade and a good book. Need some recommendations? Here’s what IU Southeast faculty and staff are reading this summer: Looking for… …award-winning historical fiction? The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The 2017 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Meriwether Lewis and William Clark shook hands on Sunday, Oct. 2 at IU Southeast. Or rather, re-enactors Jan Donaldson and Peyton “Bud” Clark (great-great-great grandson of the explorer), playing the roles of Lewis and Clark, performed the handshake. With that symbolic act, the two men honored the donation to IU …
FULL STORYNEW ALBANY, Ind. — One of the most significant moments in U.S. history was marked by a handshake. It happened when Meriwether Lewis met with William Clark in Louisville in 1803. When they shook hands at the Falls of the Ohio, the Lewis and Clark Expedition began. In commemoration of that moment, the Indiana University Southeast Center for Cultural Resources …
FULL STORYBy Rachel Terlep NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Reliving the most significant moments in IU Southeast history will soon be a click away. The Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County recently awarded IU Southeast an $8,000 grant to create the Indiana University Southeast Student Newspaper Digital Archive. The archive will provide public access to student-created newspapers from 1947 to …
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