By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–It’s 8 a.m. It’s ENG 131. Reading, Writing and Inquiry I. It’s hard enough to be human at this hour, to say nothing of trying to focus on the subjunctive mood. Susan Popham understands this. As associate professor of English (composition) and writing concentration coordinator teaching this foundational course, she …
FULL STORYIndiana University Southeast is toasting the region’s signature industry with a new adult learning program as part of their new Lifelong Learning Program. Bourbon: An Introduction for the Inquisitive Drinker, will introduce participants to bourbon’s history, what makes it a special whiskey style, how it is made and its continuing place in American culture. Each …
FULL STORYBy Rebecca Carlton and Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Jessi Kramer, a freshman pre-nursing major from Corydon, Indiana, has won the 2022 Voices of Change Speech Contest, earning a scholarship valued at $250. She urged listeners to select healthier beverage choices in her speech titled “Stop the Consumption: Eliminate Soft Drinks from Your Daily Routine.” Kramer …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–IU Southeast upper-level drawing and painting students helped kick off the October “Logan Under Lights” art walk in Louisville, Kentucky. The students are exhibiting their work at the Logan Street Market Gallery, and the reception was the spotlight event for the walk. Logan Under Lights is a monthly celebration of …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–“Surface and Illusion” is the title of a solo exhibition by Debra Clem, head of painting in the School of Arts and Letters at IU Southeast. The show opens on Thursday, October 28, with a reception from 6-8 p.m. at the historic Carnegie Center for Art and History in New …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–The Ronald Barr Gallery reopens next week with an exhibition over two years in the making, give or take. Aptly titled “Emergence,” the show presents selected works by fifteen 2020 and 2021 Studio Arts BFA alumni who were prevented from exhibiting their thesis art due to pandemic-related health and safety …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Necessity is the mother of invention. And there’s no bigger necessity than social distancing during a pandemic. Hence the “I Care!” mask design contest, a collaboration involving the graphic design program, Campus Life and student support offices that awarded scholarships to winning student creations. Contestants were able to enter up …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Phil Thomas, longtime director of the IU Southeast concert band and adjunct instructor in the music education program, has been named Middle School Educator of the Year by the Indiana Music Educator’s Association (IMEA). Aside from his duties at IU Southeast, Thomas teaches band at Highland Hills Middle School, and …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–The show must go on. Those words cannot be attributed to Shakespeare. But they encompass the persistence and passion that have combined to bring his tragedy of Romeo and Juliet to the stage at IU Southeast, in this most star-crossed of years. In this production, Daniel Hill has re-crafted Shakespeare’s …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—The Cumberland dragon has been spotted in the Eastern Kentucky town of Whitesburg! Over fifty feet long, with purple scales and syrupy yellow eyes, it has been seen moving among the wild mushrooms and mountain laurel, while in the woods beyond, a flying saucer has been seen abducting a pickup …
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