Academics

April 28, 2011 |

Indiana University East celebrated the accomplishments of its students during the annual Honors Convocation held April 28. Chancellor Nasser Paydar presided over the convocation. “The Honors Convocation celebrates student excellence in academics. These students are outstanding individuals who have demonstrated their comittment to academics and hard work,” Paydar said. Chancellor’s Scholar Awards are campus-wide awards, ...

March 14, 2011 |

Indiana University East students will take part in a national effort to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire by hosting a poetry reading and PBS feature film. Both events are free and open to the public. The company, which produced women’s shirtwaist dress shirts, became infamous for the most deadly workplace ...

February 18, 2011 |

Indiana University East hosted its Annual High School Speech Tournament on February 12 in Whitewater Hall. Approximately 80 students from seven Indiana regional high schools competed in 14 events. High schools competing in the speech tournament included Burris High School, Centerville High School, Connersville High School, Covenant Christian High School, Lawrence Central High School, New ...

January 27, 2011 |

The Indiana University East Annual High School Speech Tournament will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 12, in Whitewater Hall. The tournament is free and open to the public. The tournament will include high school students from surrounding counties. Students will present various speeches in 14 different categories including broadcasting ...

October 11, 2010 |

The Indiana University East Annual High School Speech Tournament will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 30, in Whitewater Hall. The tournament is free and open to the public. The tournament will include high school students from surrounding counties. Students will present various speeches in 14 different categories including broadcasting ...

July 2, 2010 |

RICHMOND, Ind. – Seven Indiana University East students studied abroad throughout Europe as part of a broad-based culture and non-linear music history and composition courses. The students visited two main city epicenters of music – Venice and Vienna – while they traveled. Students left for Europe on May 24 and returned June 7. Students who traveled ...

April 30, 2010 |

Wazir Mohamed, assistant professor of sociology, did not plan for his life to lean toward academics and research.  Born and raised in a rural village with 12 families in Guyana in the 1950s, he was a rice farmer before he chose to pursue academics. He decided to go to college at the University of Guyana ...

March 2, 2010 |

Preliminary retention rates for Indiana University East show an increase in the number and percent of beginning students continuing their enrollment from the fall to the spring semester. IU East now has the highest retention rate for beginning students of all the Indiana University regional campuses. Retention at IU East is now at 85.5 percent ...

October 12, 2009 |

Indiana University East kicks off College Go! Week today. The weeklong event offers high school students, their parents and the community the opportunity to explore IU East and its academic programs. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has initiated College Go! Week to encourage high school students to pursue a college education.  “We are excited ...

September 3, 2009 |

The Indiana University East School of Education and the Student Education Association are sponsoring a Professional Clothing for Success Store (PCS) for all IU East students. Anyone who would like to share gently used professional clothing and accessories may drop the items off in the Springwood Hall Campus Life Conference Room, located in office suite ...