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February 8, 2002 |
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IUPUI senior Melissa Dilley IUPUI WOMAN TO REPRESENT CAMPUS AS 500 FESTIVAL PRINCESS Senior Melissa Dilley will don a tiara as one of this year's 500 Festival Princesses. Dilley, 22, is an elementary education major from Plainfield. The princesses act as ambassadors for Indiana by attending 500 Festival events including the annual parade. One woman will be selected as 500 Festival Queen during Indianapolis 500 Opening Day Ceremonies. IU, WISHARD USE TECHNOLOGY TO TOUCH LIVES OF LATINO DIABETIC PATIENTS Imagine being a stranger in a strange land. You are ill and go to a clinic where the health care professionals don't speak your language and you don't speak theirs. It happens every day here and in cities, large and small, across Indiana and the nation. [Complete details] SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK RECEIVES $60,000 GERIATRIC ENRICHMENT GRANT The IU School of Social Work at IUPUI is the recipient of a $60,000 grant to enrich the aging-related content of its undergraduate and graduate level curriculum. [Complete details] EFROYMSON DONATION SUSTAINS HERRON LECTURE SERIES Thanks to a generous donation, Herron School of Art at IUPUI will continue to bring top-notch artists to campus through its Visiting Artist Lecture Series. [Complete details] UNSAFE BED SHARING, SLEEPING PRACTICES LINKED TO INFANT DEATHS Unsafe bed sharing and sleeping practices are needlessly resulting in the deaths of infants in Marion County and the numbers for 2002 are alarmingly high, officials say. [Complete details] EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF AT IUPUI IUPUI staff can find out ways to continue their education on campus and take advantage of employee benefits for which they may qualify during two, hour-long sessions on Feb. 28. Short presentations on educational opportunities will be held at 3:30 p.m. and again at 4:30 p.m. in Room 115 of University College. There will be time in between to speak to individual representatives from: Career Center, Community Learning Network, Enrollment Center, Graduate Office/Graduate Non-Degree Program, Human Resources, Office of Student Financial Aid Services, Office of Student Scholarships, UITS, Undergraduate Admissions Office, and University College. |
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IUPUI ATHLETES EARN CONFERENCE ACADEMIC HONORS
The Mid-Continent Conference Office announced the Fall Academic All-Conference Team on Wednesday, January 23, including 21 athletes from IUPUI. The conference recognized a total of 195 student-athletes throughout the Mid-Con in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer and volleyball for their academic achievement during the fall semester. [Complete details] WAR CORRESPONDENT AS TEACHER On September 11, Americans turned to television to verify information on the street that a plane had crashed into a tower of New York City’s World Trade Center. And there, in one long, unfathomable moment, another plane approached and then crashed into the second tower. Sherry Ricchiardi, an associate professor of journalism at IUPUI, researches, teaches and writes about news writing and reporting, editing and international news-gathering systems. Also a senior writer for American Journalism Review (AJR), she was immediately on the phone with her editor exploring what angle of this attack she should cover for the magazine. [Complete details] IU SPRING SEMESTER ENROLLMENT AT RECORD LEVELS Enrollment at Indiana University is at record levels for a spring semester, both in numbers of students taking classes and in credit hours. [Complete details] IUPUI TO HOST 14TH ANNUAL SPRING CELEBRATION The 14th Annual IUPUI Spring Celebration dinner/dance will be held from 7:30 p.m. - midnight Friday, March 22 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom, 140 W. Washington St. The Flip Miller Band will provide entertainment for the event hosted by the IUPUI Student Activities Programming Board. Crystal Catering will provide the meal. [Complete details]  Announcements ... Autism Study [Details] University Library Hosts Black History Program and Reception [Details] Faculty Professional Writing Workshop Series [Details] Radiologic Sciences Career Booth [Details] Schizophrenia/Schizophreniform Disorder Study [Details] Building Campus Partnerships Through Service Learning [Details] |
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