The Fisher Building, a downtown Muncie landmark and former world headquarters for Ball Corporation, has been donated to the Ivy Tech Foundation for use by Ivy Tech Community College. A gift from Janice B. Fisher, the late John W. Fisher and Fisher...
Education
Kids Say The Darndest Things
I have been having a blast student teaching. I am thouroughly exhausted every evening and usually will come home and try to sneak in a 2-3 hour nap before I wake up to try to do some homework and paperwork, but it has been non stop learning and fun...
Purdue North Central Welcomes New Faculty Members
Purdue University North Central welcomes new faculty members for the 2009 - 2010 academic year. They are: Michael R. Lynn - professor of History and chair of Department of Social Sciences. He has a Ph.D. and master's degree from the University of...
Preparing a Classroom
As the school year is poised to launch excitedly tommorow, I have spent the last two days helping my mentor teacher get the classroom ready. Arranging desks, putting up posters, stamping books, going through class rosters, preparing curriculum, staff...
Discoveries Unlimited: Dedicated to Guiding Girls Toward STEM Careers
Discoveries Unlimited is taking an innovative, individual approach to inspiring and supporting female youths' interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). By assessing the student’s interest in an area of STEM, they will...
Purdue Institute Awards Grants to Promote Academic Success Among Veterans
Twenty-one higher education institutions in Indiana will receive grants to develop support programs and services for student service members and veterans. The grants were awarded through Operation Diploma, an initiative of the Military Family...
American Planning Association Report Suggests New Vision for Gary’s Midtown district, Broadway
Technical assistance report from the Planning and the Black Community Division of the APA calls for equitable development in Gary. Two years after its membership held a biennial meeting in Gary and at Indiana University Northwest, the Planning and...
Ivy Tech, Purdue to Co-Enroll Students for Agriculture Degree
The Purdue University College of Agriculture and Ivy Tech Community College-Lafayette are partnering on a new program to help make higher education even more accessible to Indiana students. The Pathway Program, announced Thursday (Aug. 13) during the...
Opportunity Enterprises Honored Graduating Direct Support Professionals
Personal growth and continued education are not only important for clients at Opportunity Enterprises (OE), they are key components for staff as well. That is why nine of OE’s direct support professionals (DSPs) graduated last week from Ivy Tech...
PNC Faculty Member Presents Paper at International Conference
Purdue University North Central faculty member Dr. Li Tan, assistant professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology recently traveled to China to present a paper at a conference and to share his knowledge with mechanical engineering...