Stories tagged with: community

August 27, 2009 |

Indiana University East Chancellor Nasser Paydar announced today (Aug. 27) the naming of IU East’s Middlefork Hall in honor of former Richmond businessman Tom Raper.  The building will be renamed Tom Raper Hall in recognition of Raper’s commitment of $2.17 million to support the campus.  The gift is the largest in IU East’s history. “This ...

June 15, 2009 |

Indiana University East would like to invite the public to the Celebration of Campus and Community planned for Tuesday, June 16 on the Springwood Hall lawn. The celebration is being held on the IU East campus and is replacing a traditional installation ceremony for Chancellor Nasser Paydar. The reception will begin at 2:30 p.m. with ...

May 19, 2009 |

During a time when the resources of both the state and east central Indiana are constrained, Indiana University East Chancellor Nasser H. Paydar has decided to forgo a traditional chancellor installation ceremony. An installation, with its pomp and circumstance, marks the beginning of a new chapter for a campus and can be a long, lavish ...

May 13, 2009 |

Indiana University East is initiating a five-year plan to establish greater opportunities for collaboration with area businesses and organizations through the Business Development Opportunities Program. The initiative has been made possible by a $140,000 grant from Lilly Endowment , Inc., which is being matched by IU East. The program will provide valuable opportunities for students ...

April 30, 2009 |

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its Pandemic Alert Level to 5 due to the swine/bird/human flu virus. Today, Chancellor Nasser Paydar reassured the faculty, staff and students that the university is working closely with officials in the city of Richmond, Wayne County, Ivy Tech Community College and Reid Hospital & Health Care Services. ...

April 28, 2009 |

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today directed that all IU campuses begin taking precautions to prevent or limit the outbreak of swine flu among students, faculty or staff. The preparations include heightened monitoring of the situation by medical personnel and the issuance of guidance on how people can prevent the spread ...

April 16, 2009 |

Indiana University East will host a book signing for former Richmond resident Peg Goldberg Longstreth from 4-5 p.m. on Monday, April 20 in The Gallery, located in Whitewater Hall. Chancellor Emeritus David Fulton said, “I was very pleased when Peg told me that she was planning a visit to Indiana and that IU East would ...

April 13, 2009 |

IU East will sponsor two musical events this weekend on campus and in the Richmond community. IU East guitar instructor, David Taulbee, will have a faculty recital at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17. This event is free and open to the public. Taulbee will perform works by both Spanish guitarists such as Francisco Tarrega ...

February 25, 2009 |

The IU East Center for Service-Learning is continuing to grow and establish new relationships with the campus and community. In the past year, the service-learning program has initiated an on-campus office to engage faculty and students in a higher level of service learning. Ange Cooksey, senior lecturer in English, works with students involved in the ...

November 18, 2008 |

Reid Orthopedics Sports Medicine Center has made a major investment in Indiana University East Athletics with the donation of new basketball goals for the 2008-09 season to IU East and Richmond High School.  The new basketball goals will allow the university to meet National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) requirements for intercollegiate games. The goals ...