By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—“High school journalists are real journalists,” said Adam Maksl, assistant professor of journalism at IU Southeast. “They just happen to be students.” This truth was vividly on display on Oct. 28 at the annual IU Southeast High School Press Day. The event brought more than 400 high school students from …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Three interrelated events spanning academic disciplines will explore issues of body experience, body images and body shaming as part of the Mental Health and Wellness Seminar series produced by Personal Counseling Services with the support of The Common Experience and the participation of the fine arts department. “Embedded and Embodied: …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Sherlock meets Fringe meets Penny Dreadful in P477, a short-term study abroad program in history and research in paranormal psychology taking place during the upcoming winter term. The 14 students bold and curious enough to have embarked on this journey will spend two weeks visiting purportedly “haunted” destinations in England …
FULL STORYBernadette Jessie Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice School of Social Sciences By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—A birthday cake from Kroger sits on the high kitchen table in an apartment in Orchard Lodge, with “Happy 21st Hannah” written in pink frosting. Around the table, two of …
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 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.)–The city of Kostanay, in the Central Asian republic of Kazhakstan, is a long way from New Albany—5,882 miles as the jet flies. But Morgan Szabo ’14 can trace a line from her first international studies class at IU Southeast to the first day she spent in Kostanay, teaching young …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Five new deans have begun their three-year terms at IU Southeast. The new deans have deep roots in the curriculum, culture and community of IU Southeast. Respected scholars in their own right, they share a passion for teaching and learning, and bring fresh perspectives to the role of academic leadership. …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Leah Holsclaw, a junior majoring in criminal justice, has interned as a forensic autopsy technician’s assistant in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in Louisville, Ky. The internship provided Holsclaw with a sometimes jolting yet always fascinating introduction to the real world of forensic …
FULL STORYRhonda Wrzenski Associate Professor of Political Science School of Social Sciences Biography Dr. Rhonda Wrzenski is an associate professor of political science at IU Southeast, and has been a member of the faculty since 2010. Before coming to IU Southeast, she earned her B.A. at Hastings College and her M.A. and Ph.D. at Louisiana …
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