Rock the Vote

IUPUI Student Government Association and Campus & Community Life co-hosted MTV’s Rock the Vote National Bus Tour stop at IUPUI Sept 14. The event was sponsored as part of the campuswide effort to promote democracy, voter registration and participation in the upcoming election, said Vice Chancellor Karen Whitney. Gubernatorial candidates Democrat Gov. Joe Kernan, Republican Mitch Daniels and Libertarian Kenn Gividen attended the event, as did representatives of the next generation of voters.

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Vacation with a Cause.

IU School of Law-Indianapolis graduate Jeff Papa (Class of 1999) spent about 10 days this summer in Baldan Baraivan, Mongolia, as a volunteer helping to restore an 18th century monastery.

The restoration project is sponsored by Cultural Restoration Tourism Project CRTP), a San Francisco-based organization. Donations from volunteers fund restoration costs, including pay for local workers.

Papa learned of the restoration project while researching information for Youth Enhancement and Training Initiative (YETI), an Indiana organization founded by Papa and others to help orphans in Nepal and underprivileged Hoosier children. YETI plans to break ground this November for an orphanage in Nepal . Five of nine YETI board members are IU School of Law-Indianapolis graduates.

For additional information about YETI, visit http://www.ibccn.org/yeti

Jeff Papa, (above) a law school student on the IUPUI campus, is shown after scaling a small mountain that overlooks a camp in Mongolia where he stayed as a volunteer working to restore an 18th century monastery (left).

Grant to Help Life Science Workers Pursue IUPUI, Ivy Tech Degrees

Photos by Steve Hodges

ABOVE: Chancellor Bantz addresses press conference announcing grant monies for current life science workers to pursue biotech degrees at either IUPUI or Ivy Tech.

Gov. Kernan (left) presents facsimile check to Indiana Health Industry Forum president Wade Lange. Funds will help life science workers pursue biotech degrees at IUPUI and Ivy Tech..

Gov. Joseph Kernan on Wednesday (Sept. 15) presented a $500,000 Advance Indiana grant to help employees of 11 life sciences companies pursue associate degrees in biotechnology at IUPUI or Ivy Tech State College.

The grant, which covers costs for tuition, books and fees, will make it possible for about 134 current employees of 11 life sciences companies to pursue the degrees which are beginning offered for the first time this fall.

IUPUI's biotechnology degree program was developed in cooperation with industry partners Eli Lilly and Company, Roche Diagnostics Corp., Dow AgroSciences and Baxter Pharmaceutical.

“This new degree demonstrates IUPUI's commitment to support the growth of the life sciences in Indiana and our desire to meet the needs of the industry,” IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz said during the press conference.

Five Indiana University School of Library and Information Science faculty have had research accepted for presentation at the third annual Library Research Seminar, to be held in Kansas City , Missouri , October 14-16, 2004 .

Photo by John Gentry

Three faculty members from SLIS at Indianapolis who will present at the Third National Library Research Seminar are (from left to right) Jennifer Burek Pierce, assistant professor, Daniel Callison, professor and Jean Preer, associate professor.

IUPUI Lecture to Examine Political Participation as Next Step in Civic Engagement Movement
De Anza Community College President Brian Murphy will discuss how the large national movement for civic engagement in American higher education can encourage political empowerment and participation as a next step in the civic engagement movement.
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Spend a Buck, Dunk a Dean
Some of the top leadership at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis are on tap for a solid soaking later this month.
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Dick Crum Back at IUPUI
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Jagtag Perks at White River Park Museums
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Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
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Brush Up On Computer Skills with STEPS Workshops
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The Women’s Civic Resource Fair
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