From the Desk of Chancellor Charles R. Bantz

Colleagues:

With the passage of the continuing resolution by the IU Trustees, IUPUI will continue to operate as normal if a budget is not passed by the General Assembly by June 30, 2009. See news release.

When a budget is passed by the General Assembly, IU Administration will notify all IU campuses as to their budget guidelines for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Each campus will then make the determination as to how each Responsibility Center is impacted.

Internal communication vehicles, including JagNews, Inside IUPUI, and the IUPUI Web Home page, will provide details of further budget and/or tuition developments as they occur.

Charles R. Bantz
Chancellor - IUPUI
Executive Vice President, Indiana University

IU Campuses Will Remain Open Even Without a New State Budget

All Indiana University campuses will continue to operate under their existing budgets after Tuesday, June 30, if there is no state budget enacted for the new fiscal year. Summer classes will continue and employees will continue to be paid.

The authority to continue operations was approved today (June 26) in a special meeting of the IU Board of Trustees Finance and Audit Committee, chaired by Trustee Thomas E. Reilly Jr.

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IU Press Publishes First Book on IU-Kenya Partnership

Indiana University Press has just published the first book on the IU-Kenya Partnership, author Fran Quigley announced last week.

The Book, "Walking Together, Walking Far: How a U.S. and African Medical School Partnership is Winning the Fight Against HIV/AIDS," is the first-ever book chronicling the historic partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, says Quigley.

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University Library Receives Grant to Make More Hoosier History Accessible

IUPUI University Library, in collaboration with Conner Prairie, received a Library Service Technology Act (LSTA) digitization grant for over $11,000 to create the museum's newest online digital collection entitled: "Conner Prairie's Traditional Crafts: Preservation and Reproduction."

The digital collection will make more of the organization's resources accessible online to the public, especially Hoosier K-12 students.

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Pfeifer to Become Director of the Institute for American Thought

Philosophy Professor David Pfeifer will become director of the Institute for American Thought at IUPUI on July 1, 2009.

The IAT is a research facility within the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. The institute unites related academic programs with the faculty, editing specialists and research holdings of four centers: the Peirce Edition Project, the Santayana Edition, the Frederick Douglass Papers Project and the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies.

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Kelley Indianapolis Evening MBA Program Appoints New Leadership

An experienced finance professor at the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis has been named the new chair of the school's Evening MBA program.

Catherine Bonser-Neal, an associate professor of finance at Kelley Indianapolis with a specialization in international finance and economics, has taught in the Evening MBA program since she joined Kelley in 1996.

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IUPUI Food Service Announces Independence Day Hours

Join IUPUI Food Service for a Summer BBQ!

WFYI Seeks Photos of "Inspiring Places" for "Spirited Chase"

Irwin Award Call for Nominations

IUPUI Police Arrest Theft Suspect

While patrolling the Wilson St garage, 811 N. Wilson, police at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis arrested an Indianapolis man for allegedly breaking into a parked vehicle.

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Psychology Professor Wins National Award for Infusing Diversity Into Teaching

Leslie Ashburn-Nardo

Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, an assistant professor of Psychology at IUPUI, has received a national award for her efforts to infuse diversity issues into the classes she teaches.

"This is wonderful news, and we are very proud of her," said Kathy Johnson, chair of the Psychology department in the Purdue School of Science.

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Project-Based Learning Institute to Emphasize "Learning by Doing"

Educators from across Indiana will have a chance not only to learn more about project-based learning (PBL) but develop their own PBL plan during a 3-day workshop starting Monday, June 29, at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. "Learning by Doing: Project-based Learning Institute for Middle and High School Educators" is sponsored by IUPUI, the University of Indianapolis and its Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning, and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

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