In the spring of 2020, voters in South Bend passed a $220 million property tax referendum to fund a series of facilities upgrades and teacher raises for the South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC). The construction of a career center was included ...... Read More
Greg Deason, a longtime executive at Purdue Research Foundation, was named the nonprofit group's next COO. He will join CEO Chad Pittman as new leadership for the PRF.... Read More
The Indiana State Teachers Association, which represents roughly 40,000 Hoosier educators, released a priority agenda on Tuesday—just weeks before state lawmakers are set to return to the Statehouse.... Read More
Valparaiso hired longtime Marietta coach Andy Waddle as its new football coach, athletic director Laurel Hosmer announced Monday. Waddle is scheduled to be formally introduced on campus Wednesday.... Read More
The Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame is among a group of 10 organizations to receive a $75 million federal grant to help determine the most economical ways to fight poverty.... Read More
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. on Friday announced the allocation of $950,000 in READI 2.0 funding to support the development of a new Goodwill Excel Center in Terre Haute.... Read More
The Vincennes University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to extend the contract of President Chuck Johnson for an additional year. The board also approved the purchase of a new airplane fleet for its Aviation Flight program in Indianapolis.... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana has announced the selection of Shelly Blunt as the university's new provost. Blunt, who previously served as dean of the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education, had served as interim provost since July 2023.... Read More
In an effort to grow the number of professionals working in early childhood education, Lilly Endowment Inc. is giving the Ivy Tech Foundation a $21.9 million grant to expand its offerings, including new micro-credentials and an apprenticeship program. ... Read More
An Indiana University fellowship program that has helped 69 Ukrainian scholars continue their research and teaching since Russia’s invasion of the eastern European country will now expand to eight additional Big Ten universities.... Read More
David Adams, a former state workforce development commissioner, will be Indiana’s next secretary of commerce in Gov.-elect Mike Braun’s administration, Braun’s transition team announced Thursday morning. He will lead the state’s economic direction with new expanded authority. Also joining Braun’s cabinet is current Secretary of Education Katie Jenner, who will continue to lead the state’s […]... Read More
Ball State University’s 2024 Hoosier Survey revealed Indiana residents’ top three policy priorities headed into the new year: school safety, public safety and health care.... Read More
Indiana Charter Innovation Center President and CEO Scott Bess said his group’s ask starts with the core principle underlying Indiana’s approach to funding education: money follows the student.... Read More
Suresh Immanuel will assume the role of Schroeder Family Dean of the College of Business and Engineering on June 1, the university said. ... Read More
USI's Engineers in Action chapter is planning for two pedestrian bridge builds next year after leading a similar project in southern Africa this past summer. In June, four USI students traveled to Eswatini to build a footbridge in the Lubombo region.... Read More
A collaborative effort among Eli Lilly and Co., Indiana Sports Corp, USA Swimming and other organizations has reached its goal of training 50,000 Hoosiers to be water safe.... Read More
Purdue hired Ryan Walters to keep a promising program near the top of the Big Ten Conference. Two years later, the Boilermakers have sunk to unprecedented depths—and Walters is out of a job.... Read More
Luna Lu, current civil engineering professor at Purdue, has been named as the university's next vice president of the Office of Industry Partnerships. Lu has founded the company Wavelogix.... Read More
Perry Central Community Schools Corp. is one of nine Indiana school districts receiving $11 million in rebates from the EPA's Clean School Bus Program, an initiative that aims to accelerate the replacement of existing school buses with zero emission vehicles. ... Read More
Purdue’s winter graduating class will include 2,345 undergraduates, 1,241 graduate students, 15 students from professional programs and 50 students from Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s statewide programs.... Read More
