The South Bend Museum of Art is featuring The Light Bringer interactive exhibit until October 13th. The Light Bringer is a 6 foot tall sculpture that was created by Umcebo Design in South Africa and commissioned by IU South Bend’s Social Action Project. The goal of this life-size piece of art is to allow the… Read more »
Month: September 2019
Pop-Up University: How to Think and Live Like an Essayist – Write Now!
Over 50 people attended the first Pop-Up University public lecture by Dr. April Lidinsky on September 26. Campus and community members learned the history of the personal essay and brainstormed ideas for their own essays. According to Dr. Lidinsky, the personal essay shows the mind at work, forges connections between the particular and the universal, and adds personal voices to cultural conversations. Dr. Lidinsky shared tips for writing personal… Read more »
Field and Laboratory Ecology (BIOL-L474)
On September 6th, Dr. Deb Marr and her BIOL-L474 class took part in a Fish Diversity Lab. For this project, Dr. Marr partners with Daragh Deegan, a Fisheries Biologist with the Elkhart Public Works Office. This particular lab takes place in the St. Joseph River between the IU South Bend Pedestrian Bridge and the Twyckenham… Read more »
A Message from our Director:
Welcome to IU South Bend’s blog on community engagement! Our goal is to increase awareness of IU South Bend’s community-engaged work and to support the learning community developing around this work. Posts by faculty, staff, students, and community partners will explore different aspects of community-engaged teaching and research, and offer advice on how to maximize… Read more »
2019 Celebration of Community Engagement
IU South Bend held its inaugural Celebration of Community Engagement on September 12. Nearly 100 campus and community members learned about the impact of campus-community partnerships from student and community partner speakers, and through posters from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In a letter to the audience, Halle McGuire Hobbins, Director of Development Programs… Read more »