As part of the annual IU Day festivities on April 19, IU Southeast honored seven alumni with the Alumni Awards of Excellence and Distinguished Alumni Award. Distinguished Alumni Award The IU Southeast Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes outstanding IU Southeast alumni who have made significant contributions to their communities or professions. This is the highest award …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—“Wow!” That’s what Dr. Jean Abshire, associate professor of political science and international studies said, when she learned that her teaching practice had not been attempted before. Abshire wanted to transform a simulation designed for face-to-face classroom instruction into an asynchronous learning experience for her online Latin American Politics course, …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–The year was 1987. Iran and Iraq were at war, and had begun to target one another’s oil-production infrastructure, menacing tankers and giving the conflict a global dimension. Nestled between the warring parties was Kuwait, a tiny emirate shipping its oil to clients abroad. To protect these shipments, the U.S. launched …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Teagan Sage ’20 and Rebekah Smith were recognized as Fulbright semifinalists. Sage was shortlisted for a research grant in Austria. Smith is one step closer to a teaching assistantship in Bahrain. “A Fulbright fellowship is one of the highest academic honors a college graduate can receive,” said Dr. Lisa Hoffman, …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–IU Southeast has been accepted into Global Civic Literacy (GLC), a one-year initiative designed to help students increase their knowledge of global society and understand how global issues influence the lives of everyday citizens. GLC is a partnership involving the American Democracy Project of the American Association of State Colleges …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–There was a chance that the high school and collegiate Model United Nations, two mainstays of the IU Southeast academic year, would join the long list of events scratched in the wake of, well, 2020. Although deprived of its traditional in-person venue as well as long-serving leadership, with the retirement …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Will Spain pull apart? That question is the subject of the next Social Sciences On Tap, Thursday, March 12 at 6 p.m., at Our Lady of Perpetual Hops in New Albany. The talk, “The Fraying Ties That Bind,” is presented by Dr. Jean Abshire, associate professor of political science and …
FULL STORYQuinn Dauer Assistant Professor of History and International Studies School of Social Sciences By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Quinn Dauer’s path to becoming a Latin American historian was . . . unusual. He grew up in a small Minnesota farm town of about 500 souls, and attended a high school that maxed out at about …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Abdulhamit Bilici, a leading Turkish journalist now living in exile in the U.S., visited IU Southeast last week, giving students and the community a rare insight into events in his homeland, at a time of heightened relevance and interest for Americans. Bilici spoke to international studies students in an Introduction …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Last month, Roger Howard ’18 sat down to discuss international affairs with someone who knows a lot about the subject: Vice President Dr. Chen Chien-jen of Taiwan. Howard, who majored in political science and minored in international studies, was in Taiwan as a recipient of a Mosaic Taiwan Fellowship, part …
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