The Office of Community Engagement invites the public to join us in a casual evening of learning and fellowship as Photographer Susan Moore discusses her pictorial travel log: Disjointed Travel Log: Making Art & Memories in Vallauris, France, on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 7:00 PM in IU South Bends’ LangLab (1302 High Street.) Moore… Read more »
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ENGAGE IU South Bend Intern Discovers the Power of Active Listening
Lauro Zuniga, a graduate student in the Master of Social Work program at IU South Bend participated in the Office of Community Engagement’s ENGAGE IU South Bend internship program. The ENGAGE program supports students completing high-value, unpaid, off-campus internships that provide an important service to our community while developing students’ employment skills and ability to… Read more »
Dr. Carlos Lisoni at Pop-Up University
Nearly two dozen people joined us for the February 15, 2024, Pop-Up University public lecture at Langlab. Dr. Carlos Lisoni discussed the rise of elected autocrats and responded to audience questions and comments. Many attendees stayed long after the formal event to network and continue the conversation over cocktails and mocktails at Langlab. … Read more »
POP-UP UNIVERSITY PRESENTS “Indiana Transformation: Human Impacts on the Hoosier Landscape.”
Indiana University South Bend’s Office of Community Engagement and the South Bend Museum of Art will welcome Dr. Zachary Schrank to the Pop-Up University presenter’s stage on Thursday, April 18 at 5:00pm. This informal, free, public event will be held at The South Bend Museum of Art (120 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr. S.,… Read more »
POP-UP UNIVERSITY PRESENTS “Now You See Them: Women Screenwriters & Directors in Early Hollywood”
SOUTH BEND – Indiana University South Bend’s Office of Community Engagement and Langlab will welcome Dr. Elaine Roth to the Pop-Up University presenter’s stage on Thursday, March 21 at 6:00pm. This informal, free, public event will be held at Langlab (1302 High St. South Bend, Indiana). The public is invited to join us as Dr…. Read more »
POP- UP UNIVERSITY: “The Rise of Elected Autocrats and the Abdication of Responsible Politicians.”
The public is invited to join us as Dr. Lisoni presents: “The Rise of Elected Autocrats and the Abdication of Responsible Politicians.” Thursday, February 15th at 6:00 PM at Langlab (1302 High Street). After an impressive quarter century in which democracies multiplied around the world, the last 20 years have brought about a decline in… Read more »
Dean Phillips Knits a Pattern of Service
When she was 16 years old, Dr. Brenda Phillips, Dean of the IU South Bend College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was watching the resignation of President Richard Nixon on television when someone started pounding on her door. It was a 15-year-old neighbor who had run to her house to get help as her father… Read more »
Collaborating in the Time of COVID
A nettlesome problem mixed with a pandemic and a little serendipity led to a new collaboration between the IU South Bend Honors Program and the South Bend Career Academy this year. Michelle Kytta, an IU South Bend alumna and a teacher at the South Bend Career Academy had just agreed to take over the National… Read more »
Celebrating South Bend Blue Sox and Their Home Field—A Place to Learn, Live, and Play
75 years to the day that the South Bend Blue Sox played their first game at Playland Park, the University together with the South Bend History Museum installed a historical marker on campus to commemorate the team. Today, it is the site of IU South Bend’s residences, River Crossing. The Blue Sox were one of the first four… Read more »
Inspiring Indiana Kids to Soar in Education
IU South Bend’s Indiana University Student Success Corps (IUSSC) program (formerly known as the statewide program Indiana Kids) was recently selected to receive The Women of IU South Bend grant. For Dr. Virginia Heidemann, Director of the Academic Centers for Excellence (ACE) and IUSSC Coordinator, the grant was a lifeline after state funding cuts and… Read more »