service-learningIndiana University East was named to the 2015 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. The Honor Roll list is available online. The Center for Service-Learning provides assistance for connecting community organizations with interested ...
The community is invited to Empty Bowls from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, in the Whitewater Hall Lobby. This year, the Empty Bowls luncheon is being held in coordination with Indiana University East’s “One Book, Many Voices” project. Guests are invited to select a bowl, made by IU East ceramics students ...
How does a child who seems to have no future find a way to succeed? Author Steve Pemberton describes how he did it in A Chance in the World, this year’s selection for Indiana University East’s “One Book, Many Voices” project. Pemberton will visit IU East on Tuesday, October 25, to discuss his book. The ...
Great bowls, great soups and a great cause. That is the recipe for another great Empty Bowls event that will take place from 5-7 p.m. March 31 in Whitewater Hall. It’s a special time to “dine together and raise awareness for hunger relief in the area,” said coordinator Carrie Longley, assistant professor and chair of ...
Opening Minds through Art (OMA) connects students with elders with dementia and fosters communication, self-worth and social interaction through art projects. Beginning this fall semester, the Indiana University East Center for Service-Learning will partner with Friends Fellowship Community (FFC) to present this innovative service engagement program for the first time. “This is an excellent opportunity ...
Farm Art exhibit to open at Room 912 Richmond, Ind. – The next upcoming art exhibit at Indiana University East’s Room 912 will feature the work of Andrew Reichter. The Farm Art exhibit will be on display June 1 to July 17. Reichter is a “found artist,” one who discovered a true passion for art ...
What do wind farms have to do with criminal justice? Students from IU East and Hibberd Middle School in Richmond discovered some answers to that question in personal ways this spring. They visited the new farm that has seen 100 of the new and massive turbines spread across the flatlands west and north of Lynn, ...
Indiana University East has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. This designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. The Honor Roll list is available online. IU East has ...
Indiana University East School of Humanities and Social Sciences Lecturer of Psychology Eevett Loshek and Assistant Professor of Anthropology Katherine Miller worked with a group at Girls Inc. of Wayne County through teaching a class on cross-cultural, historical, and psychological concepts of beauty and female development. The course, “Perspectives of Beauty: What is normal is ...
Indiana University East Director of the Campus Library Frances Yates was one of 10 librarians to receive the prestigious Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award. The award was presented December 2 in New York City. Yates was selected from a pool of 1,000 nominees. Each year, 10 individuals are ...
