Warner Named Interim Vice Chancellor for External Affairs at IUPUI

IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz has appointed Amy Conrad Warner as interim vice chancellor for external affairs at IUPUI.

Warner returns to the post she filled on an interim basis in 2004 when then-Vice Chancellor for External Affairs Cheryl Sullivan was away from campus on a leave of absence. Sullivan returned to IUPUI in December 2004, but left the university last week to become policy director for U.S. Senator Evan Bayh.
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IUPUI to host Economics Competition for High School Students

First the NCAA men's opening rounds. Then the women's Final Four. And now the 2005 Indiana Economics Challenge.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will host the 2005 Economics Challenge featuring Indiana high school students going head to head in a demonstration of their knowledge of a broad array of economic topics. The event will be held on Tuesday, April 12, at International Medical Group, 2960 N. Meridian Street.

Indianapolis is one of three sites for the Economics Challenge. Sections of the statewide competition will also be held April 12, in ...
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IU Trustees to Conduct Statewide Forum on Tuition

The Indiana University Board of Trustees will conduct a statewide forum on April 13 to hear public comment on tuition and mandatory fee proposals for the 2005-06 academic year.

The nine-member board will convene in Bloomington and use interactive video links to communicate with forum attendees at sites in Indianapolis and six regional campuses across the state. Students, parents and others interested in this topic are welcome to attend at any location.

The forum will enable trustees to receive preliminary information about tuition and fee recommendations ...
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March on Statehouse to “Save Our Schools”: Members of the School of Education on April 6 marched from IUPUI to the Indiana Statehouse as part of a rally protesting proposed funding cutbacks to Indiana public schools. School of Education Dean Khaula Murtadha and Rob Helfenbein were speakers at a campus Save Our Schools Rally held prior to the march to the Statehouse.

New Certificate Program Focuses on Health Tourism

IUPUI is offering a new certificate program to meet the needs of a growing economic sector: health tourism.

The interdisciplinary, 22-credit health tourism certificate will help bridge the interest in tourism and health professions, said Sotiris Avgoustis, Chair and Associate Professor of the Tourism, Conventions and Event Management Department.

In recent years, an increasing number of people have been employed in the ...
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Survey: Local Elected Officials Say Healthcare, Substance Abuse, and the Economy Are Top Concerns

An overwhelming number of local elected officials say that the most pressing problems in Indiana communities are the cost of healthcare, substance abuse, and the economy, according to an annual survey by the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

The IACIR surveyed 1,219 officeholders in the fall of 2004, including all members of the ...
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IUPUI to Develop Online Course for Museum/Library Professionals

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has signed a cooperative agreement with the museum studies and library science programs at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis for an $883,171 online course development project.

The IUPUI units will create an online instructor-mediated course in outcomes-based evaluation for library and museum professionals and students in library ...
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