|
IU Southeast in the News
Aug. 22 – Sept. 18, 2009
IUS hits record enrollment for fall semester
Indiana University Southeast set a record for fall enrollment with 6,840 students enrolled for classes at the New Albany school. IUS’s previous fall enrollment record was 6,716, set in 2002. Enrollment increased 5.5 percent from fall 2008, when 6,482 students were enrolled. IUS’s freshman class is the largest in the school’s history. A total of 1,094 freshmen are enrolled at the school, up from 1,070 a year ago.
Read more at louisville.bizjournals.com.
Read more at newsandtribune.com.
Water main break closes IUS; classes resume Tuesday
Indiana University Southeast was scheduled to reopen Tuesday morning after the New Albany campus was closed all of Monday because of a midnight water main break that interrupted water service to the entire school off Grant Line Road.
Read more at courier-journal.com.
Read more at whas11.com.
Read more at louisville.bizjournals.com.
Read more at newsandtribune.com.
Local Universities Prepare For H1N1
While college students are getting ready to head back to class next week administrators are taking precautions to fight the H1N1 virus. The Centers for Disease Control is advising colleges to keep students with H1N1 out of the classroom, a safety measure to protect the others on campus. At Indiana University Southeast, there have been no confirmed cases of H1N1. Since the spring, the campus has been educating its students about H1N1 through poster campaigns and handouts.
Read more at wlky.com.
New grant could mean $200 tuition cut for IUS students
Indiana resident students at Indiana University – including at IU’s Southeast campus in New Albany – can earn $200 or $300 toward next year’s tuition under a one-year incentive grant program that IU President Michael McRobbie announced Tuesday.
Read more at courier-journal.com.
Read more at newsandtribune.com.
Cooking up improvements: IUS hires chef to upgrade food quality
School food has earned a certain reputation over the years — one that has even been sung about by Adam Sandler in the song, “Lunch Lady Land.” A survey sent out to students at Indiana University Southeast last spring revealed that even though they are a college campus, they weren’t immune. Students said long lines, as well as the food quality, needed improvements. So, Dana Wavle, vice chancellor for administration and finance, decided to take action, hiring a chef to come in and get the recipes up to par for the Commons Food Court. There is also an additional register set up, giving students three areas to check out.
Read more at newsandtribune.com.
Grenadier sister show
When Lesley Drury-Prather was hired as the Indiana University Southeast head volleyball coach earlier this year, she did not have to look far for a qualified assistant coach. Drury-Prather called her younger sister and best friend, Sarah Drury-Petkovic, to see if she wanted to be a member of the Grenadier coaching staff. Without hesitation, Drury-Petkovic said yes.
Read more at newsandtribune.com.
IUS VOLLEYBALL: IU Southeast comes back to defeat Lindsey Wilson in four
After dropping the first set Tuesday night at the Southeast Activities Building, the Indiana University Southeast volleyball team won the next three sets to defeat Lindsey Wilson, 23-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-17.
Read more at newsandtribune.com.
Scholarships honor memory of slain Floyd County deputy
When her police officer husband was killed in the line of duty, Tara Denzinger dreamed of finding a way to honor his memory. On Aug. 19 she saw that dream come true as two law enforcement officers became the first recipients of The Frank C. Denzinger Memorial Law Enforcement Scholarship at Indiana University Southeast.
Read more at courier-journal.com.
IU Southeast Voices in the News
Aug. 22 – Sept. 18, 2009
Don't be shy about tackling your shyness
Academic success came more naturally to me in college than making friends did. It seems foolish now, but I expected to suddenly blossom from shy, studious loner into social butterfly and to immediately find a clique that I clicked with. Instead, I found myself often wondering why other people were relating to each other so easily and longing to be able to do the same. Dr. Bernardo Carducci, director of the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University Southeast, said being socially connected increases the likelihood of a student performing well and graduating. “People don't drop out of school because they're stupid,” he said. “They drop out more often than not because they feel disconnected from the university.”
Read more at courier-journal.com.
Library to host job skills workshop
The Jeffersonville Township Public Library will offer a free job skills workshop with three segments, beginning at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the library, 211 E. Court Ave., Jeffersonville. The first segment will be called Marketing the Job Fair, with Lynn Prinz, assistant director of Career Services at Indiana University Southeast, who will discuss preparation for a job fair. IU Southeast will be holding its last job fair of 2009 on Oct. 8, and Prinz’s presentation will assist those who are planning on attending that particular job fair or others like it in the future.
Read more at newsandtribune.com.
Unemployment rate drops in metro area
Another encouraging sign that unemployment may have bottomed in the region came in the form of a metro jobless report released Wednesday. Louisville metro — which includes the Southern Indiana counties of Clark, Floyd, Harrison and Washington — saw its unemployment rate fall from 10.6 percent in June to 10.2 percent in July according to a U.S. Labor Department survey. That means about 3,000 fewer people were jobless in July, though the labor force shrank by about 8,000 spots. Year over year employment losses have declined for two consecutive months after peaking in May. Uric Dufrene, Sanders chair of the Indiana University Southeast business department, predicted earlier this year the jobless plunge would bottom out in the third quarter.
Read more at newsandtribune.com.
Pedersens on the move
It has been a summer of travel and transition for the Pedersen siblings, Scott and Amber. Older sister Amber, a softball and volleyball star at Edgewood from 2004-06, toured Australia with a group of college softball players and emerged as the group’s leader. Amber, a junior at Indiana University Southeast, was one of three players from that program to make the trip to Australia. IU Southeast coach Todd Buckingham assembled the group. The team played a series of exhibition games, including one against the Chinese Olympic team. Pedersen, a shortstop and outfielder, had a triple in that game.
Read more at heraldtimesonline.com.
|
