Stories from 2010

March 26, 2010 |

The public is invited to attend an evening of musical entertainment featuring the works of Hoagy Carmichael and Cole Porter at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 10, in the Lingle Auditorium at Reid Hospital & Health Care Services. “An Evening with Hoagy and Cole” features pianist Bob Williams with narration by his wife, Pat Williams. ...

March 25, 2010 |

Scott Russell Sanders will visit IU East on Thursday, April 8, for a reading from his most recent book, A Conservationist Manifesto. The reading starts at 6:30 p.m. in Vivian Auditorium. The reading is free and open to the public. A Distinguished Professor of English at Indiana University, Sanders has written 20 books including novels, ...

March 23, 2010 |

Joanne Passet, dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of history, will give an illustrated presentation and share stories about her experiences in Vietnam and her travels in Cambodia and China. The presentation will begin at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, in the Whitewater Hall Community Room. The presentation is ...

March 22, 2010 |

Indiana University East will host master pianist Tamara Karetkina Orlovsky at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 9, in Vivian Auditorium, located in Whitewater Hall. Orlovsky is a former professor of piano at the University of Indianapolis. The performance is free and open to the public. Since the age of 10, Orlovsky has played with a ...

March 19, 2010 |

Indiana University East will feature artist Sara Hanlon in the upcoming exhibit in The Gallery. “The Works of Sara Hanlon” will be on display March 29 through May 7. She is also scheduled for workshops with IU East art students in the studios. After retiring from an overseas teaching career (reading and ESL) in Iran, ...

March 17, 2010 |

This summer, Indiana University East will offer its first graduate degree program at its Ivy Tech Community College site in Lawrenceburg. On Friday, March 12, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education approved the Master of Science in Education degree program for the Lawrenceburg campus. Chancellor Nasser Paydar said the partnership between IU East and Ivy ...

March 17, 2010 |

IU East raised $674 for Howl for Haiti! Howl for Haiti was a fundraising drive held Feb. 1-5 to benefit victims of the recent earthquakes in Haiti. Donations were provided to the American Red Cross.  SGA president Andrew Britt and vice president Devon Niehoff presented a check to the American Red Cross. “This was the ...

March 10, 2010 |

Humanities and Social Sciences professors publish works Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, associate professor of English, will have an article published by the Children’s Literature Association Quarterly. The article, “Nineteenth-Century British Children’s Hymnody: Re-Tuning the History of Childhood with Chords and Verses,” focuses on her research of children’s hymnodies.  Clapp-Itnyre received a New Frontiers in the Arts and ...

March 9, 2010 |

David Frantz, dean of the IU East School of Business and Economics, represented IU East at the first meeting of the Council on Regional Engagement and Economic Development in Indianapolis, Friday, March 5.  The Council, headed by Bill Stephan, Indiana University’s vice president for engagement, was formed to address how IU can bring its resources ...

March 8, 2010 |

Indiana University East has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, its fourth straight year for the honor by The Corporation for National and Community Service for exemplary service efforts and service to communities. The distinction is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning ...