A 1983 graduate of the Purdue University College of Pharmacy has committed to giving $20 million to the school to establish a new leadership academy for pharmacy graduates, Purdue officials announced Wednesday. ... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana and the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. are partnering on a new program that allows high school students to take college level education courses before graduating high school.... Read More
Tanuja Singh will be the next leader of the University of Indianapolis, beginning July 1. Singh has served as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Loyola University New Orleans since July 2020.... Read More
The former owners of Troyer Food Group in Goshen, and alumni of Manchester University, have given the school a series of gifts, totaling $1.25 million, to support scholarships and endowment programs. Paris and Becky Ball-Miller, who are long-time donors to their alma mater, say they want the funds to help “better this world now and in the years to follow.”... Read More
Ascend Indiana, an initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, has recently forged three partnerships to help college students with career and internship searches. The agreements are with Butler University in Indianapolis, Hanover College in Hanover, and the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College is seeking more than $55 million for a building project on its Terre Haute campus. The college plans to replace the majority of its current structure with a new two-story building and renovate an existing building.... Read More
The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority has launched crowdfunding campaigns for quality of place projects in Madison and Porter counties. Developers are looking to raise money through the agency's CreatINg Places program.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received a nearly $230,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Education to help Indiana elementary and secondary school teachers implement computer science educational programs in the classroom. ... Read More
A product developed by researchers at Purdue University that was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's whitest paint has earned two major awards, including one at South by Southwest. The paint reflects 98.1% of solar heat away from its surface.... Read More
Goshen College has announced plans to expand its business program offerings, including one to help working adults who want to earn bachelor’s degree in business management, while juggling a career. The other program helps Goshen College students who want to get a head start on an MBA.... Read More
Indiana’s leading “school choice” advocates are mobilizing families at Hoosier private schools and ramping up lobbying efforts to expand the state’s voucher program. The latest push includes a statewide poll and events intended to sway state budget writers.... Read More
Grace College in Kosciusko County has developed a new, accelerated path to help people who already hold a bachelor’s degree to earn an elementary education teaching license. The school says its Transition to Teaching Elementary program is in response to a growing number of teaching vacancies across the U.S.... Read More
The IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame launched 28 startup companies last year. Additionally, the center said the university's active startups raised more than $86 million in investment funding, a nearly 60% increase over the previous year.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has announced a partnership with two other schools to support the country's growing semiconductor industry. Through the HIVE program, the partners aim to update semiconductor manufacturing and microelectronics curricula.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College Madison and Hanover College have announced a partnership that will allow students to simultaneously earn an associate degree in nursing at Ivy Tech, while also pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Hanover.... Read More
Conexus Indiana has launched a program designed to provide support for student-run businesses at more than a dozen Indiana high schools. Conexus Student Industries is a network of students, teachers and partners in the advanced manufacturing industry.... Read More
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. and Independent Colleges of Indiana are teaming up on an effort to increase the recruitment and retention of nursing and engineering graduates through $3 million in scholarships and grants.... Read More
A former Indiana University Bloomington professor is returning to the IU system after several years of holding leadership roles at several other institutions. Dennis Rome has been named chancellor of IU East in Richmond, pending approval from the IU Board of Trustees.... Read More
The district’s unique portfolio of charters and traditional public schools, created nearly a decade ago by IPS leaders and state lawmakers, has left both populations fighting for funding. And as state lawmakers push to expand school choice in Indiana, that competition might be for a shrinking financial pie. ... Read More
Ball State University has unveiled plans for a student-to-student engagement initiative designed to help all 92 Indiana counties with talent attraction. The County Ambassador Program is set to launch this fall.... Read More
