MLS Graduate student Anna Ortega, who is pictured above, has been working on a community-based research project with Dr. Monica Tetzlaff and La Casa de Amistad. In honor of the celebration of the opening of the Dolores Huerta Pavilion within Pulaski Park in South Bend, Anna has been researching Dolores Huerta, a national Civil Rights activist who has… Read more »
Student Spotlight
Translate for Toddlers
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 »
‘Quality of Place in Elkhart County’ Presentation
On Thursday, December 12th students from the Departments of Sociology & Anthropology and Women & Gender Studies presented on the “Quality of Place in Elkhart County,” at the IUSB Elkhart Center. For a little over a year various faculty and students, mainly from the IUSB Sociology of Anthropology Department, have partnered with Vibrant Communities Elkhart,… Read more »
The Honors Program
At IU South Bend, the Honors Program is a community for high-achieving students. In addition to excelling in their courses, these students make an impact on campus and within the broader community. Among their core values is service, which the students demonstrate on more than one occasion throughout the year. Recently, the group volunteered at… Read more »
Rodger Pinto, SGA President
In the following interview, Rodger Pinto, President of the IU South Bend Student Government Association (SGA), explains why IU South Bend students should get involved in the community and how students can get involved. In addition to being President of the SGA, Pinto is the President of the Masters of Public Affairs Student Association, President of the Student Veterans of America at IU… 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 »