This past semester, Professor Monica Tetzlaff has guided her First Year Seminar students through a variety of community service projects in collaboration with local parks. Although this semester looked a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tetzlaff said “it was a lesson of needing to adjust.” To allow her students to apply their study… Read more »
Students in the Master of Liberal Studies Program put sustainability into action through SUST-S610, Measuring Sustainability, taught by Krista Bailey. The course is designed to give the students the skills to “track sustainability in whatever way, shape, or form that it is being implemented.” The course begins by looking at the different tools for measuring… Read more »
Dr. Larry Bennett, Professor in the School of Social Work has a challenge. Most Social Work students enter the field wanting to help people – either through direct service, programming, or advocacy. However, the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics requires that social workers evaluate their interventions to assess their effectiveness. This means… Read more »
On Friday March 6th, students from Riley High School attended IU South Bend’s first Communication Studies Day. Juniors and seniors who take part in Riley’s audio/video production class taught by Tim Richardson were invited for the day to learn about the program, meet current faculty, staff and Communication Studies students, and participate in workshops. The… Read more »
For the last twelve years, Dr. Marvin Curtis, Dean of the Ernestine Raclin School of the Arts, has been a leader in community engagement and outreach. Working in collaboration with the South Bend Symphony, the South Bend Museum of Art, the Center for the Homeless, and the South Bend Community School Corporation (to name just… Read more »
The Veterans Book Club has been providing a safe and welcoming place for veterans from campus and the community since 2015. Three or four times a year, Librarian Rhonda Culbertson and Dean of Library Services Vicki Bloom host the book club on campus. The initial focus of the book club was to provide a safe… Read more »
On December 9th, Maddie Chera’s Women in Developing Countries course (ANTH-E391/WGS-W302) hosted Party with a Purpose in conjunction with Malawi Matters and the Schurz Library. The event was co-sponsored by the Anthropology Club, Black Student Union, Feminist Student Union, International Student Organization, Student Government Association, and Sustainability Club. Malawi Matters is a local non-profit that focuses on education around… Read more »
Translate for Toddlers (T4t) is a series of programs that promote bilingual literacy in our community through book donations, bilingual readings, and translation workshops. Dr. Anne Magnan-Park, Associate Professor of English and French, initiated the program in 2016 by asking the community to donate books for IU South Bend students to translate. After the translations are complete, the… Read more »
Students in Dr. Terri Hebert’s Science in the Elementary School course are getting a hands-on, engaged approach to science. Over the years, Dr. Hebert has created connections with several local organizations to build a partnership that both fosters the learning of our future teachers, and fills the needs for our community organizations. It all started… Read more »
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 »