Senior Academic Advisor and O’Neill Transfer Coordinator Brett Reardon and his advising colleagues in O’Neill’s Undergraduate Programs Office have spent the past several years creating policies and educational opportunities to help transfer students make a seamless transition into the O’Neill community. For their efforts, they were recently honored with an Outstanding Advising Program Certificate of… Read more »
Undergraduate Education
What’s it like to transfer to O’Neill?
“It all happened really fast,” said Rachel Moneta, BSHMP’22. After a year of taking classes at a commuter campus close to home in northwest Indiana, Moneta woke up one morning and decided to transfer to IU Bloomington. “Watching all of my friends branch out on different campuses, I realized I was missing key parts of… Read more »
New era begins for Washington Leadership Program as McLean retires, Volsky steps in
Since 2004, professor Donna McLean has been introducing undergraduate students to the inner workings of the D.C. policy scene through the Washington Leadership Program (WLP). This May, after 18 years leading the program, McLean will retire from Indiana University. Since WLP’s inception, more than 700 students from IU Bloomington and IUPUI have spent a semester… Read more »
Five O’Neill students honored with Mueller Outstanding Senior Awards for leadership, service
Five O’Neill undergraduate students have been recognized by the university with the Kate Hevner Mueller Outstanding Senior Award. The award honors students who have offered leadership on campus both inside and outside of the classroom and who have improved the IU community by their presence. O’Neill’s 2022 Mueller Award honorees Policy analysis major Madeline Dederichs… Read more »
HR major Olivia Portolese on finding her path
When South Bend native Olivia Portolese was just a kid at summer camp, she dreamed of one day becoming a doctor. Like all good campers, she knew what she’d have to do first: be prepared. Before arriving on IU’s campus as a pre-med student, Portolese carefully mapped out her college plan. “I already had my… Read more »
Indiana Leadership Program offers O’Neill student Anna Dubois lessons on leadership through listening
Stories are important to O’Neill student Anna Dubois. First, there are the stories she tells others – Childhood stories about backpacking with her family through the Hoosier National Forest and how her love of nature drew her to study environmental management. Stories about learning to garden and spin alpaca wool while interning on a sustainable… Read more »
Washington Leadership Program made public policy personal for O’Neill student Evan Carnes
“I care about law and public policy. I care about representative government and about how governments allocate funds to meet the needs of their constituents. But the thing I care about most? Helping people figure out what they like to do and how they should go about achieving it.” For Evan Carnes, BSPA’21, the path… Read more »
Finding my way: reflections on transferring to O’Neill
In Honor of National Transfer Week, Public Management and Leadership major Cassie Allen shared some reflections on transferring to the O’Neill School from Ivy Tech. On the transfer process – O’Neill made the transfer process pain free! My advisor made it pretty simple, explained my transfer credits, and even helped me pick up an extra… Read more »
Our Top 5 Transfer Tips
It’s National Transfer Week! To help new transfer students get the most out of their time at O’Neill, senior Healthcare Management and Policy major Rachel Moneta shared a few tips from her own transfer experience. 1. Join a student organization at O’Neill By joining a student organization, you can get more involved in your field… Read more »
Why add a minor from O’Neill?
Customize your degree and boost your skillset with a minor or certificate from O’Neill. Check out the O’Neill Minors Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 11am-2pm in the SPEA Atrium to connect with Lead Academic Advisor Brett Reardon and explore ways you can focus on the environment, health, policy, management, or the arts. Why add… Read more »