The University of Evansville has hired Dr. Kenneth “Ziggy” Siegfried as its new director of athletics. Siegfried joins UE from California State University Bakersfield where he served as director of athletics and associate vice president for student affairs since 2015.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Indiana Campus Compact has changed its name to Community-Engaged Alliance. The nonprofit says the rebrand allows it to continue supporting place-based community engagement and service-learning initiatives.... Read More
The Indiana Arts Commission is partnering with the Indiana Department of Education to offer two Arts Integration Learning Labs for K-12 educators and teaching artists. The IAC says the learning labs are designed to empower educator partnerships that will ultimately provide "meaningful arts integration experiences" for students.... Read More
The University of Evansville has formally launched a comprehensive fundraising campaign. "Forward>>" intends to generate $125 million in donations over the next several years. The school says it has also received $76 million in gifts towards the campaign.... Read More
Butler University has unveiled the permanent naming of its new 44,000-square-foot sciences building expansion as Levinson Family Hall. It is in honor of a $10 million commitment from Frank and Kristin Levinson.... Read More
The International School of Indiana will Saturday celebrate the completion of the $13.5 million Chen Family Lower School building in Indianapolis. The school is the result of capital campaign to create a unified campus on the city's northwest side.... Read More
The city of Kokomo is donating $700,000 for Ivy Tech Community College’s Industry 4.0 Lab. The city says Ivy Tech’s Industry 4.0 Initiative aims to train highly skilled employees needed for local manufacturing jobs.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College wants interest to grow in a health field not many may know about. ... Read More
Butler University has named Craig Caldwell dean of the Lacy School of Business. Caldwell has been serving as interim dean since July 2021.... Read More
Indiana State University has received a $250,000 gift from Dave Campbell, a former chair of ISU's Board of Trustees, and his wife Peggy. The gift will support the Fund for ISU, which serves the university's greatest needs, as well as two scholarships, the David C. and Margaret L. Campbell Scholarship for Liberal Arts and the Dwaine and Martha Woolsey/Charles and Phyllis Campbell Memorial Scholarship.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College is launching a Professional Leadership Institute initiative at its Fort Wayne and Warsaw campuses. The college says the institute is for businesses and individuals who want training in the skills needed to lead teams and advance organizational growth.... Read More
An education tech company in West Lafayette has received what it calls a significant growth investment led by the Purdue Startup Fund. While the specific amount was not immediately disclosed, Skyepack says it will use the funding to further product development.... Read More
Franklin College has received a $3.9 million estate commitment from 1971 alumna Eleanor Ackley. The college says the gift is the largest in its history.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology professor Dr. Julia Williams has received a $457,500 grant from The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foundation. Over the next three years, Rose-Hulman says Williams will work to build connections between engineering professional societies and the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network to create value for engineers in industry and in education.... Read More
Following a seven-month national search, Grace College & Theological Seminary has appointed Dr. Drew Flamm as its seventh president. Flamm, who currently serves as the college's executive vice president, will transition to his new role in July.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology will this weekend host 32 of Indiana's top high school and community robotics teams at the FIRST Indiana Robotics state championships. The competition, which are open to the public, will be held on a basketball court-sized field at Rose-Hulman's Sports and Recreation Center.... Read More
Warsaw-based Miller's Health System Inc. is partnering with Trine University to provide employees with professional development and educational opportunities. Miller's employees will have access to more than 45 courses from Trine.... Read More
The Indiana University Kelley School of Business has received a $1 million gift from alumnus Jeff Albers and his wife, Alison. The university says the gift will create an endowment to support programs at the Center for the Business of Life Sciences.... Read More
IUPUC is joining the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The NAIA's council of presidents has approved IUPUC's application, as well as applications from three other institutions, for membership beginning July 1.... Read More
Two Indiana teachers have been nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award by Maryland-based nonprofit National History Day. The nonprofit says each of its 58 affiliates can nominate one high school and one middle school teacher for the award.... Read More
