By 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 “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 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 …
FULL STORYNEW ALBANY, Ind. — School of Education Dean Doyin Coker-Kolo shared insights on how to improve classrooms and administrators to the State Board of Education at Indiana University Southeast on Wednesday, June 1. Following a presentation on Promising Practices in Education by Coker-Kolo and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Uric Dufrene, board member Vince Bertram …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—When 14 IU Southeast students and faculty board an American Airlines flight to Quito for the annual Summer in Ecuador program this Saturday, their luggage will contain some unusual gifts: water purifiers and chlorine makers. The devices are destined for quake-stricken regions of the South American nation, where they will …
FULL STORYBy Rachel Terlep NEW ALBANY, Ind. – For the first time ever, the Indiana State Board of Education will hold a work session and a business meeting on the IU Southeast campus. The work session will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. May 31, 2016, in the Paul W. Ogle Center. It will be …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Jahana Hayes, 2016 National Teacher of the Year, will address the inaugural I Teach: Summer Institute for All Educators on the campus of IU Southeast. The event takes place on Sat., June 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Hoosier Room, University Center North. The Summer Institute offers …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Dr. James Hollenbeck, professor of science education at IU Southeast and Fulbright Research Chair to Canada this past fall, is on the road again, this time to China, where he will spend two weeks teaching Chinese students about American educational practices at the invitation of Chinese colleagues in the field. …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Jazmin Trejo Oliver, a graduating senior Honors Program student majoring in secondary education and Spanish, has been named a Fulbright Finalist by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Trejo Oliver is IU Southeast’s first Fulbright Finalist since 1999. A resident of New Albany, Ind., Trejo …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Last week Alan Zollman, IU Southeast associate professor of secondary education, delivered the Founders Lecture at the annual conference of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning in Orlando, Fla. Established in 1974, the RCML provides a professional growth and development forum for mathematics educators at all levels. “The Founders Lecture …
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