IU East Master of Science in Nursing now accepting applications for May

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April 22nd, 2013

Indiana University East’s Master of Science in Nursing program welcomes applications for its third cohort to begin May 2013. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis with priority given to applications received prior to May 1.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a special report in 2010 regarding the future of nursing. Several recommendations were made for registered nurses to engage in lifelong learning and advance their education. This includes preparing and enabling nurses to initiate and lead effective change in today’s health care arena to advance health.

“With tracks in nursing administration and nursing education, the IU East master’s in nursing enables nurses to effectively lead and advance health within their communities. We are excited to be able to offer our service area advanced education opportunities, close to home,” said Associate Dean for Nursing Graduate Programs Tonya Breymier.

The IU East Master of Science in Nursing is a six-semester program designed for nurses seeking a graduate-level nursing degree. The program offers an Indiana University degree and provides two different tracks to choose from: nursing administration or nursing education.

For more information and admission criteria, visit iue.edu/nursing or contact Tonya Breymier, associate dean for Nursing Graduate Programs, at (765) 973-8520 or tbreymie@iue.edu.

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IU East tickets for overflow seating available for Jonathan Kozol lecture April 3

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Tickets for the lecture by education reformist and award-winning author Jonathan Kozol are still available at Indiana University East. Kozol is visiting the campus April 3 to present a lecture titled “Children and Teachers Under Siege: Race, Poverty, and the Public Schools.” The tickets available are for overflow seating in Whitewater Hall room 132 and the Whitewater Hall Community Room. The presentation will be steamed live to these locations.

The lecture is free and open to the public but a ticket is required. Tickets are available at the Office of the Bursar, located in Whitewater Hall. Kozol’s presentation will be in Vivian Auditorium.

Immediately following the lecture, Kozol will be available to sign recent copies of his newest book: Fire in the Ashes. The book is available for purchase in the IU East Bookstore.

The event is sponsored by IU East and the Diversity Commission.

Kozol is the National Book Award–winning author of Savage Inequalities, Death at an Early Age, The Shame of the Nation, Amazing Grace, and Fire in the Ashes among others. In the passion of the civil rights campaigns of 1964 and 1965, Kozol gave up the prospect of a promising and secure career within the academic world, moved from Harvard Square into a poor black neighborhood of Boston, and became a fourth grade teacher.

He has since devoted his life to the challenge of providing equal opportunity within public schools to every child, of whatever racial origin or economic level. He is, at the present time, the most widely read and highly honored education writer in America.

In fall 2012, Kozol published Fire in the Ashes, a powerful and stirring culmination of the stories he has told over a quarter-century about the children of the poorest urban neighborhood in the United States. Fire in the Ashes follows these children out of their infancy, through the struggles of their adolescence, and into their young adulthood. Some of their stories are painful and heart-breaking, but others are thrilling and dramatic tributes to the courage and audacity of fascinating children who refuse to be defeated by the gross inequalities of U.S. education and arrive at last at gloriously unpredictable and triumphal victories.

When he is not in classrooms, or at universities speaking to future teachers, Kozol spends time in Washington advocating against the No Child Left Behind Act and to convince members of the Senate that an emphasis on “teaching-to-the-test” is unhealthy for children and degrading to teachers. Video interviews of Kozol are available online, including this 2011 “Save our schools” rally video.

Kozol received a summa cum laude degree in English literature from Harvard, after which he was awarded a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University.

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Law School Adds 3 to Faculty

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December 11, 2012

Fort Wayne, Ind. — Indiana Tech Law School Dean Peter C. Alexander announced the addition of three more faculty members for the school set to open in 2013. All three will teach primarily in the legal research and writing curriculum, but they also will teach other courses.

The newest hires are James Berles, Adam Lamparello, and Charles MacLean.

James Berles earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University-Bloomington and his law degree from South Texas College of Law. He currently serves as a law clerk to senior U.S. District Judge William Lee in Fort Wayne, Ind., and he was formerly a magazine editor for the oil and gas industry. Adam Lamparello earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California, his law degree from The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, and a Master of Laws degree from New York University. He currently teaches criminal law at Morris County College in Randolph, N.J., and has taught legal research and writing at the Loyola University, New Orleans College of Law, and Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Ga. Charles MacLean is a former county attorney in Minnesota who currently teaches legal research and writing at the Duncan School of Law at Lincoln Memorial University in Knoxville, Tenn. MacLean earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and his law degree from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul.

“Each of our new colleagues brings a wealth of lawyering skills experience with them, and our students will benefit from their knowledge and insights,” Alexander said.

The faculty members will begin their official duties in July 2013. The law school opens its doors to its first student class in August of 2013.

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Jacobs SpringFest celebration features guest conductor Donald Hunsberger

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WHAT: "SpringFest -- A Celebration of Winds, Brass and Percussion"
WHEN: 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18
WHERE: IU Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan Ave., Bloomington
TICKETS: Free -- no tickets required.

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April 15, 2013

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The annual "SpringFest," a free concert celebration of winds, brass and percussion takes place at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in Bloomington's Musical Arts Center.

With performances by the Jacobs School of Music Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble, the concert will feature guest conductor Donald Hunsberger, conductor emeritus of the Eastman Wind Ensemble.

"SpringFest is a wonderful opportunity for the Band Department to present the three ensembles in their prime," said Stephen W. Pratt, chair of the department. "This year, we have the pleasure of hearing them perform Donald Hunsberger's spectacular arrangements of works by Shostakovich, Khachaturian, Rachmaninoff and John Williams. This will be a must-see event!"

A variety of other selections designed to celebrate the spring season will also be performed.

Conductors from the Jacobs School also taking the podium include Pratt and Band Department faculty colleagues Eric M. Smedley, David C. Woodley and Jeffrey D. Gershman.

Arrangements by guest conductor Donald Hunsberger include Shostakovich's "Folk Festival," "Polka from 'The Bolt'" and "Galop"; Khatchaturian's "Scenes from 'Spartacus'"; Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise"; and Williams' "Star Wars Trilogy."

In addition, there will be music by Howard Hanson, Camille Saint-Saens, Timothy Mahr, Bedrich Smetana and Karl King.

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Donald Hunsberger is conductor emeritus of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, having served as its music director from 1965 to 2002.

He also holds the title of professor emeritus of conducting and ensembles at the Eastman School of Music, where he served for many years as chair of the conducting and ensembles department.

Under his leadership, the Eastman Wind Ensemble continued its development as an international performance model in the creation of numerous new works for wind band, providing a prime example of contemporary performance techniques as demonstrated on numerous recordings on Sony Classics, CBS Masterworks, Mercury Records, DGG Records, Philips and Decca, among other labels.

He has been recognized in publications for his innovative scoring techniques for varying instrumentations of the contemporary wind band.

His research into the history and development of scoring for wind bands in America has led to numerous articles in WindWorks, a journal for wind conductors, performers and composers.

He has been the recipient of a number of awards for research (Homespun America: The National Association for State and Local Historians), pedagogy (the Eastman Alumni Teaching Award and Herbert Eisenhart Award; Wiley Housewright Fellow, Florida State University) and performance (Crystal Award from the Asahi Broadcasting Company, Osaka, Japan; the Ehud Eziel Award, Jerusalem, Israel).

He is a past president and board member of the College Band Directors National Association and has also served on the boards of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and the Conductor's Guild.

In the orchestral world, Hunsberger has created and conducted performances of orchestral accompaniments to over 18 silent films with 50 orchestras, including the National, San Francisco, Houston, Vancouver, Utah, Virginia, San Diego, Syracuse and North Carolina Symphony Orchestras, and the Rochester, Buffalo, and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestras, among others.

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IU East invites alumni to attend ReConnect 2013 on April 27

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April 19th, 2013

The Indiana University East Alumni Association invites alumni to attend ReConnect 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in Springwood Hall.

Alumni will learn about the IU East campus today, meet students, and catch up with professors and classmates.

The program includes “IU East 2013 – Our Campus Today”and a tour of the campus led by Student Ambassadors. Alumni will learn about new academic programs, including graduate programs. Participates will hear about Alumni Legacy Scholarship programs and meet with some long-time faculty members.

Participants can also talk with Campus Life and Athletics to get a view of what students do outside the classroom on campus and hear from student-athletes about the rapidly growing sports programs. Alumni can also connect IU East students with their workplace through internships and other creative experiential learning opportunities.

The program concludes with lunch and a student panel for alumni and students to have further interaction and discussion.

Attendees will also receive an IU East t-shirt and other IU East items, as well as door prizes.

The IU East Alumni Association’s ReConnect program was awarded the “2012 Best New Alumni Program” by Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District Five.

To register for ReConnect 2013 or for more information, contact Terry Wiesehan, director of Alumni Relations and Campus Events, at twiesaha@iue.edu or call (765) 973-8221.

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'If You See Something, Say Something'

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April 19, 2013

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Three Indiana University campuses will host or are involved with large annual events Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20, and university officials are taking the opportunity to remind people to be watchful and aware of their surroundings.

Indiana University Bloomington's Little 500 men's and women's bicycle races are expected to draw their usual 20,000 or so people over Friday and Saturday. At IUPUI, about 20,000 people will take part in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday. That evening, IU Southeast will have in its riverfront backyard Thunder Over Louisville, with an anticipated 625,000 spectators.

Appropriate security is in place, as always, and includes increased patrols and other safety measures. There is no reason to expect anything unusual, but in light of the events at the Boston Marathon this week, it's just smart to remind spectators and participants that they too play a role in recognizing and reporting suspicious activity.

"Our university communities host numerous events that draw thousands of people to our campuses throughout the year," said Jerry Minger, university director of public safety. "It always is our goal to create safe environments where faculty, staff, students and visitors can enjoy those events.

"With several particularly large events coming up, we are reminding participants and spectators to be alert to activity that may seem suspicious or out of place and report it to appropriate officials. Community members are the best source of information for law enforcement. They know their environment. They know what belongs, and they know what is out of place. A person, a package, a behavior that is odd or suspicious ... 'say something' ... say something and call the police."

Minger's "Say Something" comment is in reference to the Department of Homeland Security's nationwide campaign -- a simple, effective campaign to raise awareness of public safety.

At Secretary Janet Napolitano's direction, DHS launched its nationwide "If You See Something, Say Something™" effort on July 1, 2010, with the permission of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which licensed use of the initiative to DHS.

It's a simple and effective program to raise public awareness of indicators of terrorism and terrorism-related crime. It also emphasizes the importance of reporting suspicious activity to the proper state and local law enforcement authorities.

The "If You See Something, Say Something™" campaign underscores the concept that homeland security begins with hometown security, where an alert public plays a critical role in keeping our nation safe. The campaign requests that people remain aware of what's going on in their surroundings, and that they do not hesitate in reporting any suspicious activity to appropriate authorities. In Indiana, if someone needs to report suspicious activity, they should call 877-226-1026, and in Kentucky, call 866-EYE-ON-KY; in case of emergency, call 911. If outside those states, please report suspicious activity to local law enforcement.

The DHS "If You See Something, Say Something™" campaign is launched in conjunction with the rollout of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative. The initiative is an administration-wide effort to develop, evaluate and implement common processes and policies for gathering, documenting, processing, analyzing and sharing information about terrorism-related suspicious activities. Led by the Department of Justice, the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative is implemented in partnership with state and local officials across the nation.

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Law School Adds Federal Judge to Faculty

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January 16, 2013

Fort Wayne, Ind. — Indiana Tech Law School Dean Peter C. Alexander announced today that United States Bankruptcy Judge Judith Klaswick Fitzgerald, who will be retiring from the federal bench this summer, will join the full-time Indiana Tech Law School faculty. Fitzgerald, a native of Elmora, Penn., currently sits as a bankruptcy judge in Pittsburgh, Penn., and she also holds court in the District of Delaware and in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

“Indiana Tech is very excited to have Judge Fitzgerald become a part of our community,” Alexander said. “She is an excellent jurist whom I’ve known, worked with, and respected for many years.”

Fitzgerald was named to the bankruptcy court in 1987, following an impressive term as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western Pennsylvania. She earned her bachelor’s degree and her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

The judge is no stranger to the classroom. She has served as a lecturer on the national, state and local levels for the National Conferences of Bankruptcy Judges, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and many other organizations. She also has taught bankruptcy and commercial law courses as an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and conducted classes at the Duquesne University School of Law, both in Pittsburgh, and at the University of Miami. Alexander notes that “the judge is very comfortable in the classroom, and our students will benefit from her years of experience training lawyers and law students.”

Fitzgerald is an accomplished scholar as well. She and Alexander co-edited a monograph for the American Bankruptcy Institute on bankruptcy for family law attorneys and she co-wrote a reference book with Ramona Arena Baker entitled “Bankruptcy and Divorce.” She co-edits a national bankruptcy publication, Rutter Group Practice Guide in Bankruptcy, and has just completed a term as an associate editor of The American Bankruptcy Law Journal, a publication of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, an organization for which she served as president. Her accomplishments have been recognized in her election to the American Law Institute and to the American College of Bankruptcy.

Fitzgerald sees becoming a full-time academic as “the next exciting chapter” in her distinguished career. She added, “I have always appreciated how difficult it is for students to learn to think and act like lawyers and for professionals to stay current in their practice areas. I am devoted to finding ways to bridge the gap between the theory of the law and how it plays out in the real world. A primary mission of Indiana Tech Law School is to teach students to comprehend legal theory through clinics, practicums, and in-class assignments—something right in line with what I believe is fundamental to legal education. I’m thrilled to have this opportunity and look forward to meeting the inaugural class.”

Indiana Tech President Arthur Snyder shares Alexander’s enthusiasm regarding Fitzgerald’s addition to the law faculty.

 “Judge Fitzgerald has the ideal experience set for our law school,” Snyder said. “As a federal jurist, she brings an important understanding vital to educating the next generation of lawyers.”

Law school faculty members will begin their official duties in July of 2013. The law school opens its doors to its first student class in August of 2013.

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