Find a great career doing something you love
Whether you’re interested in art, communication, English, history, criminal justice, political science, psychology, or sociology, you can prepare for a successful career at IU East. In the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, you will explore human experiences and behavior and learn to express those experiences through writing, speaking, and participating in the arts. You’ll study with caring faculty members who are experts in the field. When you graduate, you’ll have an IU degree, a broad liberal arts education, and the skills for a rewarding career. Education for a career; arts for a lifetime.
Upcoming Events
February 18th (5-7 pm Community Room): Mindful Explorations--Black History Month Feature Lecture
"Haiti in the Crosshairs of History"
Dr. Wazir Mohamed Assistant Professor of Sociology at IUE will discuss the impact of the recent earthquake on the poor in Haiti from the background of that country’s two hundred years struggle in pursuit of a better life. Before the quake Haiti was known as the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. This discussion will examine how Haiti, a country nicknamed in the 18th century world as “the Jewel of the Caribbean” because of the richness of its soil and its capacity to produce sugar was reduced to poverty in the 200 years since its independence in 1804.
March 8th (4-5:15pm Springwood Hall Room 217): Marc Jensen - Lecture, "Deep Listening: An Introduction"
March 10th (2-3:15pm Springwood Hall Room 215/217): Zachary Crockett, Lecture "Music and Ritual"
March 10th (6-7:15pm Springwood Hall Room 217): James Holdman, Lecture "Arabic Improvisation"
March 11th (5-6:15pm Community Room): Marc Jensen, Guest Artist Talk & Official Art Opening
March 11th (7:30-10pm Vivian Auditorium): Marc Jensen Concert with Special Guest earWorm.
April 8th (6:30pm Vivian
Auditorium): Award Winning Author Scott Sanders public reading. Scott Sanders spent his career at Indiana University, becoming a Distinguished Professor of English and earning the university’s highest teaching award. Among his twenty books are novels, collections of stories, and works of personal nonfiction, including Staying Put (1993), Writing from the Center (1995), and Hunting 
for Hope (1998). His memoir, A Private History of Awe (2006), was nominated by the publisher for a Pulitzer Prize. His latest book is A Conservationist Manifesto (2009), which envisions a shift from a culture based on consumption to one based on caretaking. Sanders has won the AWP Creative Nonfiction Award, the John Burroughs Essay Award, the Lannan Literary Award, the Indiana Humanities Award, and the Mark Twain Award. In his writing he is concerned with our place in nature, the practice of community, the relationship between culture and geography, and the search for a spiritual path. He and his wife, Ruth, a biochemist, have reared two children in their hometown of Bloomington in the hardwood hill country of Indiana’s White River Valley. He will be on campus April 8th to conduct a writing workshop and give a reading. Contact TJ Rivard for more details at trivard@iue.edu.
