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Campus Community recognizes recipients of 2022 distinguished teaching, research, and service awards
As part of the 2022 State of the Campus ceremony, IU Southeast leaders presented the 2022 Distinguished Teaching, Research and Service Awards.
Recipients were introduced by Interim Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr. Uric Dufrene, Director of Staff Equity and Diversity and Title IX Deputy, James Wilkerson, Director of Conference and Dining Services, Julie Ingram and Executive Director of Facilities Operations, Rob Poff.
The full list of awardees is as follows:
Faculty Innovator of the Year
Dr. Robert Rennie
School of Social Sciences
Distinguished Research & Creativity Award (Junior)
Dr. Saeed Tajdini
School of Business
Distinguished Teaching Award (Full-Time Faculty)
Tammy Owens Voigt
School of Arts & Letters
Distinguished Teaching Award (Part-Time Faculty)
Linda Branham Greenwell
School of Social Sciences
Distinguished Service/Maintenance Award
Joe Lampkin
Facility Operations
Distinguished Service/Clerical Award
Tammy Glover
Conference & Dining Services
Distinguished Service/Professional-Technical Award
Dana Gohmann
School of Social Sciences
Diversity Award
Greg Roberts
School of Arts & Letters
Staff Council President, Brittany Schmidt, from the School of Business, recognized five Legacy Award winners on behalf of Staff Council. Recipients of the Legacy Award included Dana Gohmann, School of Social Sciences; Karen Richie, Counseling and Psychological Services; Greg Roberts, School of Arts & Letters; and Tracy Stracener, School of Education.
The ceremony also recognized new faculty and staff, as well as those members of the campus community who have retired within the last calendar year. They were introduced by Interim Chancellor, Dr. Kelly Ryan.
IU Southeast Faculty Dominate 2021 FACET Awards
IU Southeast faculty seemingly swept the 2021 Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) awards.
The awards recognize faculty throughout Indiana University who bring passion, innovation, and creativity to the classroom to promote student success. It also helps FACET share and disseminate best practices in teaching for the benefit of the entire IU community.
The categories included:
- Collaborative activities
- Community engagement
- Creative uses of online tools
- Skills across the curriculum
- DEIJ-informed pedagogy
Winning three of five categories, IU Southeast faculty led in the categories of Creative Uses on Online Tools, Skills Across the Curriculum and DEIJ-Informed Pedagogy.
Creative Uses of Online Tools: Dr. Sumreen Asim
Skills Across the Curriculum: Dr. Rebekah Dement and Dr. Steffany Maher
DEIJ-Informed Pedagogy: Dr. Donna Albrecht
“I am so proud of our talented faculty and our outstanding showing at the 2021 FACET Awards,” said Dr. Kelly Ryan, Interim Chancellor of IU Southeast. “More importantly, these practices demonstrate our commitment to excellence in teaching and learning while providing our students the best education possible. Congratulations to our four winners.”
The 2021 winners were announced at the Innovate Award Ceremony during the annual retreat on June 8, 2022.
IU Southeast, Ivy Tech expand Green-Crimson Dual Admission Program
Indiana University Southeast and Ivy Tech Community College (ITCC) have expanded their guaranteed admissions program to further cement a seamless transfer between ITCC and IU Southeast. This agreement will enhance intercampus student, faculty, and advisor interaction between IU Southeast and ITCC. Furthermore, it will enhance the degree attainment possibilities for students in southern Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky region.
Starting in the fall of 2022, students enrolled at Ivy Tech in an associate degree program that can progress directly into a bachelor’s degree will automatically be admitted to IU Southeast. The students will not be enrolled until they’ve completed their associate degree.
Services the students will receive include academic advising, financial aid counseling, access to the IU Southeast Library, bookstore, athletic events and events at the Ogle Center that do not have fees for admissions, ability to participate in the IU Southeast Research and Creativity Conference and events relevant to their degree or interest area. Additionally, there are transfer scholarships available to help lower the cost of attendance.
“We’re excited about our enhanced partnership with Ivy Tech,” said IU Southeast Interim Chancellor, Dr. Kelly Ryan. “This agreement allows us to tackle together the need for Kentuckiana residents, on both sides of the river, to have an affordable and high-quality education close to home. By combining an associate degree, or its equivalent, from Ivy Tech with undergraduate work at IU Southeast, students will be increasing their potential for career success, higher wages, and better health outcomes for them and their families.”
Students in this program will have to complete a special dual admissions application through Ivy Tech Community College. For more information about the Green-Crimson Dual Admissions program visit the website at www.ius.edu/green-crimson.
IU Southeast Offers $500 Scholarship to every LSI NEXGEN graduate
Indiana University Southeast has agreed to offer a $500 Scholarship to every graduate of Leadership Southern Indiana’s NEXGEN Program. The Scholarship will begin with the LSI NEXGEN class of 2023 and is renewable for up to 4 years.
“I am very excited to announce this new partnership between Leadership Southern Indiana and IU Southeast. This not only encourages our students to stay local, but it also shows IU Southeast is engaged in our community by providing this opportunity to our NEXGEN students,” says Mark Eddy, President/CEO of Leadership SI.
NEXGEN is Southern Indiana’s award-winning youth leadership program that was added to Leadership SI’s list of programs in 2014. Open to any high school junior in the Southern Indiana region, the program’s objectives will provide experiences for young leaders of our community to encourage their future success.
“IU Southeast is proud to support the future education of these youth leaders though this partnership with Leadership Southern Indiana,” said Dr. Kelly Ryan, Interim Chancellor at IU Southeast. “Our graduates stay in our local area to live, work, and raise families. They contribute to the Southern Indiana community and become our next leaders. What better way to help them on their pathway to their dreams than through NEXGEN.”
Students will have seven in-person/virtual days, as well as Orientation and Graduation events. For more information about the Leadership Southern Indiana NEXGEN Program, please visit https://leadershipsi.org/program/nexgen.
IU Southeast ranked in top 20% for economic mobility outcomes
A new college ranking system has ranked Indiana University Southeast in the top 20 percent of colleges and universities nationwide, for assisting students from low- and moderate-income households attain a college degree and provide a strong return on their educational investment. The designation as a tier 1 university for economic mobility was awarded by Third Way, a Washington, D.C. based public policy think tank founded in 2005.
IU Southeast is the only Tier 1 institution serving the Louisville metropolitan area according to the rankings data, coming in at 143 among 1,350 colleges and universities.
“As a public university serving our local, Kentuckiana area, it is our mission to provide a cost-effective education and uplift our students to a better life for themselves and their families,” said Dr. Kelly Ryan, interim chancellor at IU Southeast. “We are dedicated to providing a world-class education to all students from our region, no matter their family’s financial circumstances, so when they graduate from IU Southeast, they have more opportunities than before they started.”
“We continue to offer new financial aid packages to students, resulting in a decrease of 10 percent of students who leave college with debt.” said Ryan. “Our students who have loans also graduate with $10,000 less debt than the average student in Kentucky and Indiana because we have made it part of our mission to make college more affordable,”
Graduates of IU Southeast earn nearly $10,000 more per year than high school graduates and pay off their education swiftly. Approximately 8 out of 10 IU Southeast graduates remain in the region to live, work, and raise their families resulting in $219.5 million in income to the region’s economy.
Partnership between IU Southeast and Floyd County Library increases services for campus and community
Residents of Floyd County and the employees and students of IU Southeast can now take advantage of a new Floyd County Library branch location and collection, thanks to a grant from the Caesars Foundation of Floyd County. The new location will be called “Floyd County Library @ IU Southeast."
“This partnership benefits our students, staff, and the community, and we look forward to increasing access to Floyd County Library resources on our campus and in the surrounding area,” said Katie Moore, director of library services at IU Southeast.”
A seed collection of fiction, non-fiction, young adult fiction and non-fiction, and children’s picture books have been purchased using the grant from the Caesars Foundation of Floyd County. Additionally, the IU Southeast Library will serve as a pickup and drop off point for Floyd County Library materials from other locations.
“This partnership and satellite branch increases accessibility, providing an expanded collection of library books and digital resources for IU Southeast students and staff, Floyd County Library patrons, and community members,” said Melissa Merida, director at the Floyd County Library.
A Floyd County Library card will be necessary to check out books from the collection or to check out eBook and audio-book collections. Residents of Floyd County as well as students and employees of IU Southeast can apply for or renew a Floyd County Library card at the IU Southeast Library or visit the Floyd County Library website for more information on how to apply.