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Alumni of the Future — Summer 2011
Indiana State University students spent the semester giving back and lending a helping hand to an Indiana school, a recycling center and Habitat for Humanity. One student will spend his summer in Washington, D.C., interning at the Wilson Center.
Campus Places and Terre Haute — Summer 2011
ISU dedicated the National Road Plaza, which portrays the history of the National Road. A sculpture by alumnus Jack Fox memorializes Stephen Kennedy, an athletic training student who died in 2000. Sycamore Business Advisors continue to help local businesses create plans to grow while the students gain real-world experience.
People — Summer 2011
Rosetta Haynes, associate professor of English, has written her first book, “Radical Spiritual Motherhood: Autobiography and Empowerment in Nineteenth-Century African American Women.” Susan Powers has been selected to serve as associate vice president for academic affairs at ISU.
Awards and Recognition — Summer 2011
Indiana State has been re-accredited for a full 10-year period by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Professors have received prestigious fellowships to conduct research overseas.
Research and Teaching — Summer 2011
A new MBA program in Plainfield, Ind., from Indiana State University will have its inaugural class start this fall. Professor Diana Hews received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to look into the evolution change in the lizards’ visual and chemical sensory systems over evolutionary time. Joyce Young, director of the motorsports studies program, and history professor Lisa Phillips teamed up to co-teach a course that combines the past 100 years of Motorsports history with U.S. history.
Open Doors
The Barnes & Noble/Indiana State University College Booksellers is the latest indication that the fortunes of Terre Haute’s central business district are changing.
Class Acts — Summer 2011
Find out which alumni are retiring, advancing in their positions or sending their children to continue the family tradition at ISU.
Examining Health Matters
The survey says nurses and doctors need to improve communication, while students studying for health-related fields learning about communicating with one another. A nursing professor receives an award education research. Undergrad students get in on researching heat stroke. An alumna is changing the world one patient at a time.
Alumni on ‘Quest’ to Make Theater Accessible
Andrew Park, Buck Blue, Jason Bowen and Nick Rupard ended up in Chicago looking for work after graduating from ISU in 1999 and 2000. In doing so, the four Indiana State University theater alumni found an unlikely home.




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