Transitions in the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties

Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Dean of the Faculties Nancy Chism will, beginning August 1, devote herself full time to the role of Professor of Education. She will work in the area of international educational development and the professional preparation of educational developers.

Chism has directed the Office for Professional Development (OPD) since 1999, seeing it through its growth into a unit composed of nine offices, including the Centers for...
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Backpack Attack Drive Begins to Collect School Supplies for Kids

The drive by 250 organizations to put basic school supplies in the hands of more than 25,000 children in Indianapolis is underway.

Started eight years ago, Backpack Attack helps kids whose families struggle to meet basic needs. According to the United Way, up to 78% of Indianapolis Public School students start the school year with no or few school supplies...
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Health and Philanthropy to be Topic of Center on Philanthropy’s 19th Annual Symposium

“Health and Philanthropy: Leveraging Change” will be the theme of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University’s 19th annual symposium to be held August 24-25 in Indianapolis. The event will bring together top nonprofit and for-profit practitioners, scholars and leaders from throughout the health and philanthropic sectors to reflect on the role of philanthropy in health, both in the United States and globally...
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Three IUPUI Departments Awarded Integrative Grants

Biology, Visual Communication, and the IUPUC Division of Education have been awarded Integrative Department Grants of $10,000 over a two-year period.

These grants, established by the Center on Integrating Learning (COIL) in the Office for Professional Development (OPD), provide funding and other resources to support departments wanting to integrate their discipline-specific learning outcomes...
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IU School of Nursing Professor Honored for Her Unparalleled Community Activism

The IU School of Nursing (IUSON) announced that Rose M. Mays, PhD, RN, FAAN received a 2006 Hoosier Heritage Lifetime Achievement Award from the Heritage Place of Indianapolis, Inc. for her longtime community activism. Gerald Bepko, IUPUI chancellor emeritus, former winner and honorary chair of this year’s Hoosier Heritage Night presented Mays with this award on June 22, 2006 during a dinner and awards presentation...
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IUPUI Faculty Member Named French Teacher of the Year

To paraphrase a Jerry Lee Lewis song, there is a whole lot of learning going on in the French classes taught by Ellen Sexauer at IUPUI.

Described as a bright and perceptive instructor with an inspiring rapport with students, Sexauer was selected as the 2006 Indiana French Teacher of the Year at the collegiate level...
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Alumnus Renames Professorship to Honor Former Law School Dean

An Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis alumnus and donor has chosen to commemorate the service of a former law school dean by re-naming an endowed professorship in the dean’s honor. In 2001, Michael D. McCormick, class of ’80, made a substantial gift to the IU School of Law-Indianapolis. The gift created two endowed professorships which were named the Michael D. McCormick I Professorship and the Michael D. McCormick II Professorship.

This month, McCormick, the former executive vice president and general counsel of Bindley Western Industries and a long-time supporter of the law school, chose to recognize Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus William F. Harvey by re-naming the McCormick I professorship in Harvey’s honor...
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