From the Desk of the Chancellor

What's going on in front of Coleman Hall?

We're building the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute at the corner of Michigan and West Drive. For more than a quarter of a century, Marilyn Glick has volunteered for Prevent Blindness Indiana. In addition to Mrs. Glick's volunteer work, the couple has donated $20 million to support the new facility and $10 million to create an endowment that will advance research in eye diseases.

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Finding Lincoln

The nation is currently celebrating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Feb. 12, 1809.

As part of their required class work, IUPUI students in the Lincoln at 200 (History A421), taught by Professor Anita J. Morgan, visited Lincoln monuments around Indianapolis. Morgan's students are reading both scholarly and popular works about Lincoln's life, viewing films about Lincoln, and studying how museums, historic sites, and art interpret his life.

Following their visits to local monuments, the students wrote papers detailing how the statues were funded, when, and why they are placed at their locations; and how the local statues fit into the context of other Lincoln statues, memorials and monuments around the country.

Morgan also required her students to submit photos of themselves with the Lincoln sculptures as proof of the visits.

IUPUI students Debby Bartley, Tyne Swedish, Rich Usdowski and Amanda Preston are shown as they study Henry Hering's "Abraham Lincoln" statute at University Park in Indianapolis.

The students also studied David K. Rubins' the "Young Abe Lincoln" at the Indiana Government Center. David Rubins was the director of the sculpture program at Herron School of Art and Design at IUPUI for several years.

Ron Hunter on Hometown Sports

The first of 10 Ron Hunter Shows made its 2009 debut on Hometown Sports on Oct. 28 and was scheduled to run five more times. The first episode was filmed in the IUPUI Athletics offices while the final nine episodes will be taped inside the new Campus Center, located on the southwest corner of Michigan Street and University Blvd.

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Department of Mathematical Science at IUPUI Will Host Sixth Annual Statistics Career Day

The Department of Mathematical Science at the School of Science at IUPUI will team up with the Indiana Chapter of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the IU Division of Biostatistics for the sixth annual Statistics Career Day. Statistics Career Day provides an opportunity for teachers and students to meet statisticians from a variety of fields to discover career opportunities in statistics and to learn how statistical careers developed over time.

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Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program Inspires PhD Student

When others were thinking of beach getaways in June, Hannah Cowles was preparing for a trip, too. Except Cowles didn't need beach towels or sunscreen where she was headed – a maximum security prison near Philadelphia, Pa.

Cowles, a PhD student in the Indiana University School of Social Work, was so taken with a course on an initiative called The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, she decided to become a certified teacher of the program by attending the program's National Instructor Training Institute at Temple University and Graterford Prison.

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State of the Campus Address

CHAIRish the Children

Common Theme Author Bill McKibben Coming to Campus

Fresh off the International Day of Climate Action he helped to organize in October, best-selling author Bill McKibben will be in Indianapolis for two free, public events on November 9 and 10, 2009.

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IU School of Nursing Has Been Re-designated a National League for Nursing (NLN) Center of Excellence in Nursing Education

Congratulations to the IU School of Nursing (IUSON). The school (campuses at Indianapolis, Bloomington and Columbus) has been re-designated a National League for Nursing (NLN) Center of Excellence (COE) effective September, 2009. IUSON was one of five schools of nursing to be so honored at the annual NLN annual education summit in Philadelphia, PA.

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Agents and Architects of Democracy: The Struggle for the Future of Higher Education

A webinar, sponsored locally by the Center for Service and Learning and IUPUI’s American Democracy Project, concerning the future of higher education will be held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 3, in UL1125M.

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Baumer Appointed New Executive Associate Dean for SPEA at IUPUI

Terry Baumer has been appointed the new Executive Associate Dean for SPEA on the IUPUI campus, effective November 1.

"I congratulate Terry on assuming this new role," said IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz. "Terry has been the director of Criminal Justice and Public Safety Programs, which were recently ranked 3rd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. He joined the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI in 1984. His academic background is in sociology, including a Ph.D. from Loyola University of Chicago. His appointment will enable us to keep our nationally distinctive SPEA program in the top tier both in attractiveness to talented students and in responsiveness to the community’s need for first-rate public policy analysis."

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