Barbara Maxwell helps fund service learning trip for IU Southeast students
Former IU Southeast student, Barbara Maxwell recently committed a gift to support IU Southeast nursing students and the IU Southeast Music Education Fund.
Maxwell was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1936, and passed away in April of 2019.
Maxwell honorably served her country for 30 years in the U.S. Public Health Service branch of the military and retired in 1994 as a captain. After retirement, Maxwell settled in Clark County, Indiana, where she joined First Christian Church of Jeffersonville and set out to make a difference in our community. During her 25 years in the community,
Maxwell dedicated thousands of hours to volunteer work and was honored by receiving the Golden Hoosier Award in 2017. She was active in many organizations that provided multiple services for the citizens in the southern Indiana community.
Maxwell had a passion for education. She was a lifelong learner, having taken classes at IU Southeast, IU East, IUPUI, IU Bloomington and at any other place she found interesting.
Part of her gift will support IU Southeast service learning trips to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, one of the most underserved populations in the
U.S. These trips enable nursing students to build crucial health promotion and health education skills and provide community health and education to the Lakota Sioux tribe.
“I had the distinct opportunity to be a counselor and friend to Barbara for 25 years. She never ceased to amaze me with her generosity,” said Pam Thompson, Maxwell’s attorney. “During her life, she made a profound impact on our community through countless hours of volunteer work, and in death, her legacy will continue through her estate. Dedicated and a faithful servant is the only way to describe Barbara. She will truly be missed by all that knew her.”