By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Chancellor Dr. Ray Wallace led an energetic contingent of IU Southeast faculty, staff and friends at the inaugural Jeffersonville Pride Festival on June 25. The festival kicked off with a march through historic downtown Jeffersonville, past the original home of what has since become IU Southeast. The first-ever parade included …
FULL STORYBy Rachel Terlep NEW ALBANY, Ind. – IU Southeast is proudly participating in the inaugural Jeffersonville Pride Festival on Saturday, June 25, as a Major Sponsor. Chancellor Ray Wallace will walk in the parade alongside other participants from the campus community. “It is important for IU Southeast to celebrate diversity and equity, which are core principles …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—For a refugee, learning the language of the host community is essential to becoming integrated and leading a full and productive life. If the refugee is coming to the United States, and is already educated in her own tongue, she still needs to learn to speak and read English. It …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Are black dogs unadoptable? That’s the question addressed by Lucinda Woodward, professor of psychology and co-director of the international studies program at IU Southeast in an essay published on Zocalo Public Square, a web forum based at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. Woodward was invited to contribute the essay …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—A girl fashions a waste stream sorter from paper towel tubes. A boy makes a car from plastic bottles and yogurt containers. In another room, two middle-schoolers devise a board game that tests the player’s knowledge of World War Two. In yet another group effort, a roller coaster design emerges, …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Michael Jackman, senior lecturer in writing and academic affairs diversity coordinator at IU Southeast, will read poems and prose as part of the Spalding at 21c: Voice and Vision literary series. The event takes place on Thurs., June 16 at 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Ky. Jackman will share the …
FULL STORYNEW ALBANY, Ind. — Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Jason L. Meriwether was named to Southern Indiana Business Source‘s “Twenty under 40” list this spring. The annual list highlights talented young professionals in Clark and Floyd counties. Meriwether, who came to IU Southeast in 2013, speaks on his volunteer work, what he loves …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak “When they shook hands, the Lewis and Clark expedition began.” These words, by historian Stephen Ambrose, are inscribed on a bronze statue of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark near the spot where the two men met in the fall of 1803. The statue is not in St. Louis, Mo., long celebrated …
FULL STORYNEW ALBANY, Ind. – Indiana University Southeast is proud to announce members of the spring 2016 Dean’s List and Chancellor’s List. The Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists both recognize students who have achieved outstanding semester honors in academics. Those named to the Chancellor’s List received highest academic honors in the spring semester. For spring 2016, 324 students …
FULL STORYBy Kristin Kennedy Charlestown High School was turned into a cultural hub earlier this spring. Kimonos, sombreros and artifacts were displayed in the library, prompting several students to ask, “What do they use this for?” Parents and students listened to and read stories in Spanish, ate food from cultures around the world and participated in …
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