Elizabeth Acevedo was born and raised in New York City, N.Y. She holds a B.A. in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. With over twelve years of performance experience, Acevedo has been featured on BET and Mun2, and has delivered several TED Talks. …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–The Social Sciences Forum will hold a panel entitled, “Taking a Knee and Taking a Stand: A Discussion of the Black Lives Matter Movement,” on Wed., Oct. 26 from 6–7:30 p.m. in the Third Floor Reading Room of the IU Southeast Library. The panel is free and open to the …
FULL STORY—By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—IU Southeast is proud to host the eighth annual Diversity Research Symposium on Fri., Oct. 21 and Sat., Oct. 22. Founded in 2009, the Diversity Research Symposium is a collaboration between diversity offices and staff at Ball State University, Indiana State University and Indiana University Southeast, with the institutions taking turns …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak The Mid-America Print Council conference delivered a blast of creativity on campus last week, filling studios, theaters and meeting rooms to capacity with demonstrations, panels, exhibitions and spontaneous gatherings of impassioned artists from around the nation and abroad. Impressions of the conference: a celebration of ideas, inspiration and fellowship. (Please click on …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—IU Southeast students will have a chance to meet with more than 40 area employers at the Fall Job Fair, to be held on Thurs., Oct. 13, from 12-2 p.m. in the Hoosier Room. UPS, Kroger, Norton Healthcare and Unique Management Services are among the companies with recruiters or representatives …
FULL STORYZak Ebrahim Biography Zak Ebrahim was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. in 1983, the son of an Egyptian industrial engineer and an American school teacher. When Ebrahim was seven, his father shot and killed the founder of the Jewish Defense League, Rabbi Meir Kahane. From behind bars his father, El-Sayyid Nosair, co-masterminded the 1993 bombing of …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—On Oct. 5, 1922, six nurses from the Indiana University Training School for Nurses in Indianapolis, Ind. founded an academic honor society. They named it Sigma Theta Tau, from the Greek words for “love, courage and honor.” Its mission was to advance world health and celebrate nursing excellence in scholarship, leadership and …
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 STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–“Print Matters, Printing Matters,” the 2016 conference of the Mid-America Print Council, will be hosted by IU Southeast and the University of Louisville from Wednesday, Oct. 5, to Saturday, Oct. 8, on the two campuses, with IU Southeast serving as the event’s home base. The conference, supported by Indiana University’s …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–For the second straight year, Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) brought high school, middle school and even some adult students from refugee backgrounds to the IU Southeast campus last Saturday, Sept. 24 for a special college preparatory event. The Super Saturday College and Career Readiness Program introduces future collegians to academic …
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