The Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Indiana Inc. has donated more than $700,000 to the Ivy Tech Foundation. The Indianapolis-based nonprofit says the gift will fund a $520,000 Endowed Scholarship to support students who have experienced the death of one or both parents before the age of 18 or who have experienced the death of a spouse.... Read More
Indiana State University has received a $200,000 gift that will establish the Tim and Bobbie O’Neill Online MBA Scholarship. The university says there will be 25 O’Neill Scholars each year, each of whom will receive $1,000 scholarships.... Read More
Indianapolis Public Schools has named two Teacher of the Year winners for 2022. The district says it is the first time there have been two winners representing the elementary school and secondary school categories.... Read More
Taylor University has received an anonymous $3 million gift for the university's new academic building, which will house its film & media and entrepreneurship programs. The university says cumulative fundraising already exceeds $26 million for the fiscal year, the highest in the school’s history.... Read More
The Indiana University School of Nursing is expanding enrollment across the school's three main campuses. IU says the expansion, which now includes its Bloomington campus, is an effort to offset the state's nursing shortage.... Read More
Valparaiso University has named Charles Small as its next director of athletics.... Read More
Purdue University Global is expanding its professional flight program by partnering with regional flight schools. The university says the joint venture with AeroGuard Flight Training Center, which has locations in Arizona, Texas and Florida, will help students earn certificates and ratings in instrument, commercial, multi-engine and certified flight instructor.... Read More
Ball State University and Ivy Tech Community College are launching a dual enrollment program that will provide an avenue to earning a bachelor’s degree. The Navigating the Enrolled Student Transition program, or NEST, allows select high school students who have applied to Ball State, but are not yet accepted, to enroll at Ivy Tech in Muncie and live in BSU residence halls.... Read More
An education technology company headquartered in Putnam County is under new ownership. Standard for Success, which has developed a software platform for teacher evaluation, program assessment and graduation pathways tracking, has been acquired by Texas-based Education Advanced Inc.... Read More
The Governor’s Workforce Cabinet has awarded a total of nearly $500,000 to six high schools and career centers through its Education Readiness Grant program. The GWC says recipients will use the funding to purchase smart manufacturing technologies and equipment for the 2022-2023 school year.... Read More
Indianapolis-based nonprofit The Mind Trust has announced the five recipients of its 2022-2023 Talent Innovation Fund awards. The nonprofit says it is investing $115,000 into projects that will implement "locally-driven, creative approaches" to overcome the education talent challenge in Indianapolis.... Read More
Earlham College has broken ground on a new retail center that will feature dining and shopping options close to campus. President Anne Houtman says the school is utilizing an unused area of campus for the new student destination.... Read More
A 16-year-old student in Greencastle is looking to fill the financial literacy gap among students in his community. Isaac Hertenstein founded the nonprofit Students Teaching Finance, a program that was inspired by the lack of financial education in his school and throughout Indiana, which is not one of 13 states in the U.S. that requires a personal finance class.... Read More
The co-founder and CEO of Fishers-based AfterSchool HQ says the startup's recently-announced partnership with Indianapolis Public Schools is a chance to help students find their passion the same way he did. Through the partnership, parents of IPS students will be able to use the startup's online platform to find and register their kids for extracurricular activities. ... Read More
La Porte Community School Corp. is installing a high tech air filtration system on the buses.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College's Warsaw campus is partnering with Whitko Community Schools to launch Ivy Tech Academy. Ivy Tech says the academy will offer high school students a dedicated space to attend virtual college classes during the school day.... Read More
The federal Economic Development Administration is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne to support workforce training efforts. The funding, which comes from the American Rescue Plan Act, will allow the school to purchase technical equipment that will support 11 engineering- and manufacturing-related certification programs.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Education has announced a partnership with 69 schools throughout the state to launch programs that will provide coaching to teachers in reading or STEM subjects. The IDOE is deploying $20 million from the second round of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund to cover the full cost of programming for the 2022-2023 school year.... Read More
University of Indianapolis President Robert Manuel will soon be leaving Indy to become the next president of DePaul University in Chicago. Manuel has served as UIndy's president since 2012 and will begin his new role on August 1.... Read More
Purdue University and Wabash, formerly Wabash National, have formed an educational partnership that will train employees to implement and lead digital efforts to match pace with the changing industry.... Read More
