Commencement 2006 - Sunday, May 14

IUPUI commencement ceremonies for December 2005, and May, June and August 2006 graduates of both Indiana University and Purdue University will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 14, 2006, at the Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome in Indianapolis.

Check out some outstanding IUPUI graduates at www.iupui.edu/commencement06/.

Questions should be directed to the Commencement Hot Line: (317) 278-1700 or 1-866-267-3104; or e-mail commence@iupui.edu.

Additional details can be found at http://alumni.iupui.edu/commencement/2006/.

IU School of Nursing Receives Gift in Excess of $2 Million

The IU School of Nursing has received an estate gift in excess of $2 million from a 1950 graduate of the School, who led a simple, frugal life.

Marion E. Broome, university dean of the IU School of Nursing, announced the gift...
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$200,000 Gift Launches Program that Uses Environment to Engage Young People in Science

Veolia Water Indianapolis, operator of Indianapolis' drinking water system, today announced it has contributed the lead gift of $200,000 that will enable an Indiana University visualization lab and an environmental center at IUPUI to engage young people in science for the future benefit of the environment and economic development.

The program, Discovering the Science of the Environment (DSE), will help address the educational and economic development needs in Indiana to develop scientifically and technologically skilled students....
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IUPUI New Media Grads Crowned ‘People’s Voice’ Winners in Web Contest

Water and fire. A devastating excess of those two elements is what fueled Chris Podell and Zachary Shields to combine their creativity and technology education to reach out to a forgotten people whose lives had been set adrift in the wake of a killer tsunami and two young burn victims.

But the two young men’s efforts have not gone unnoticed by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, which today crowned them as the “People’s Voice Award” winners of the 10th Annual Webby Awards (Student Category), for their Web site, www.notseennotheard.com. Their top placement was determined by on-line voters from around the globe, who were invited to choose their favorite sites.

The Webby Awards, which have been dubbed “the Oscars of the Internet” by the New York Times, is an international contest honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and functionality...
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Stemle Chosen Mid-Con Player of the Year

The Mid-Continent Conference has announced IUPUI women’s tennis player Mallory Stemle (Jasper, Ind./Jasper) has been picked conference Player of the Year in a vote of the league coaches.

Stemle is the first IUPUI women’s tennis player in school history to win...
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IUPUI Head Coach Shann Hart Chosen National Female Coach of the Year

IUPUI Head Women’s Basketball Coach Shann Hart has been selected National Female Coach of the Year by the Black Coaches Association the organization announced today.

Hart earned the distinction for guiding...
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IU School of Nursing Distinguished Professor Appointed to the Sally Reahard Chair

The IU School of Nursing (IUSON) is pleased to announce that Joan K. Austin, DNS, RN, FAAN has been appointed to the Sally Reahard Chair, named after a local philanthropist. The official announcement will be made at a reception on Wednesday, May 17...
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Three IUPUI Women Attending 2006 Bryn Mawr Summer Institute

This June IUPUI will be represented again by three women at the 31st Annual Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration held at Bryn Mawr College. Professor Lisa Riolo, Associate Professor Rachel Nardo and Beth Barnette have been accepted as participants...
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Lincoln Institute Awards Fellowship to SPEA Staffer

Seth Payton, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment on the IUPUI campus, has been awarded a dissertation fellowship from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Payton is a doctoral student at IU Bloomington.

Lincoln fellowships are awarded to doctoral students completing their dissertations whose research focuses on some aspects of land and tax policy.

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