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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
This Thursday, April 15, from 7 to 8 p.m. Jenny Deranek, Program Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, will describe the silent epidemic of concussions and their impact on health and learning via Zoom. Her one-minute video will describe the talk! Register for this virtual event here: https://forms.gle/KD2Lrdg7S2veY39D8.
When Kevin Schultz changed jobs from working primarily with homeless kids to IU South Bend Career Services not long before the pandemic, he didn’t know just how closely those two paths would align. “A lot of my previous work was to find young folks who are struggling and assess what their struggle is, what they need, and then try… Read more »
Dr. Gail McGuire will deliver her Lundquist lecture “High Impact Teaching: How Students Learn, Grow, and Serve their Communities through Undergraduate Research,” on Thursday, April 1, 7:00-8:00 pm. Dr. McGuire will discuss how undergraduate research enhances student learning, provides students with life-long skills, and connects students to the community. She will also reflect on how… Read more »
Covid has changed school life, but not always for the worst. Jeff Luppes, Professor of German, has found that visiting high-school language classes is a bit easier via Zoom and Google Classroom. “I’ve been able to eliminate travel time and simply “pop in” for quick visits allowing me to visit more classes and speak to… Read more »
Rebecca Brittenham, Professor of English, will walk listeners through the strolling life in the second Pop-Up University Lecture of Spring 2021 on March 18th at 7 p.m. All are welcome to join the discussion, titled “Saunter, Meander, Stalk, March, Roll: The Poetics and Politics of Walking,” via Zoom. The talk is developed from two courses… Read more »
I grew up in a family committed to public service and social justice. My father occupied many elected and appointed positions in our town. It was my mother, however, who openly challenged authority figures. From her I learned how to speak truth to power. My first solo community service took place as a third grader,… Read more »
