http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations Press Releases from IU East Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:45:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rob Zinkan, executive director for External Affairs, has been promoted to vice chancellor for External Affairs. Zinkan will continue to oversee all aspects of IU East’s external affairs, including the offices of communications and marketing, gift development, alumni relations and campus events, and campus life. “IU East is a wonderful place,” said ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1195 Indiana University East School of Nursing will be participating with other IU campuses to provide an online option for registered nurses who are interested in earning a bachelor’s degree.  This online RN to BSN degree completion program will allow registered nurses to complete a bachelor's degree. IU East joined the Digital ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1187 Richmond and Wayne County, Indiana, is an area rich in history. Now through a partnership to receive a United States Department of Education grant, Richmond history teachers will be able to research the county’s roots in industrialization, entrepreneurship, social justice and transportation. The Indiana University East School of Humanities and Social Sciences ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1180 Students interested in criminal justice can take the fast track to graduation. Indiana University East is offering a three-year degree program in criminal justice. The Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice degree is offered through the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Students majoring in criminal justice can opt to accelerate ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1166 Works from the Whitewater Artists Guild is on display now through September 17 in The Gallery at Indiana University East. The Gallery, located in Whitewater Hall, is free and open to the public. A reception will be held for the artists at 7 p.m. on September 8. Visitors are welcome to ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1159 NSM faculty collaborate to publish findings for use of phylogenic species identification School of Natural Science and Mathematics faculty members Markus Pomper, Dale Beach and Mike Foos (emeritus); IU East B.S. in Biology graduate and former laboratory coordinator, Nickie May; and co-authors Don Ruch, from Ball State University, and Kathy Sheehan, ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1131 Indiana University East received eduStyle's People's Choice Award for Best Integration of Social/Networking. eduStyle awards the best in higher education website design and development. IU East updated its homepage in fall 2009 to prominently feature social networking sites including YouTube videos, campus photos through Flickr, Twitter updates and student blogs. IU ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1123 Indiana University East students will perform Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream August 12-14. The outdoor performance will be staged by the bridge, accessible from the Tom Raper Hall parking lot. The performance is free and open to the public. The students are a part of Theater 390, a course being taught this ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1112 Indiana University East experienced a continued double-digit percentage increase in enrollment this summer. The increase in summer enrollment follows record enrollment figures at IU East for the fall and spring semesters during the past two years. The second summer session saw an increase of 19.8 percent in students enrolled, compared to figures ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1105 Gregory Weber, associate professor of informatics, has developed an open source software program to help informatics students to effectively learn recursion by drawing diagrams. Sifflet is a visual, functional programming language for users to make programs by drawing diagrams to connect functions and other units. Use of Sifflet provides a graphical ... http://www.iue.edu/mediarelations/?p=1101