A group of IUPUI students helped local families prepare for college. On October 28, students and families across Indiana received free FAFSA filing help from financial aid experts during the 30th annual College Goal SundaySM presented by Indiana Student Financial Aid Association (ISFAA). George Washington Community High School (GWCHS) served as one of eight Indianapolis… Read more »
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IUPUI students joined get out the vote efforts
In 2018, IUPUI was ranked among the best colleges in the nation for student voting. In the same year, IUPUI received a Bronze rating from the All IN Campus Democracy Challenge. For a group of IUPUI students, civic engagement goes beyond Election Day. Twenty IUPUI Latino Student Association (LSA) members joined local community members to take… Read more »
IU Southeast reached 200+ middle and high school students through free workshops and discussions
IU Indiana Kids program Teachers, principals and parents know the looks they get when they talk to their teens about college or other serious topics. But when IU Southeast has tried those same discussions with college students, they have found the teens are suddenly listening, program coordinator Emily Seay said. The information is no different… Read more »
IU Northwest builds relationships with schools in the Gary area
IU Indiana Kids program Over the last year, mentors and staff at IU Northwest have grown a relationship with a student transitioning from high school to college. And that is exactly what the IU Indiana Kids program seeks to recreate. Program coordinator James Wallace first met the student as a high school senior last year…. Read more »
IU South Bend had success in summer ’18 and is partnering with South Bend Cubs Foundation
IU Indiana Kids program A connection through baseball is helping grow a program meant for teens at IU South Bend. The IU Indiana Kids program is starting a new partnership with the South Bend Cubs Foundation and is recruiting the help of the IU South Bend baseball team to start an after-school program for students,… Read more »
IUPUI Community Engagement staff recognized for adult continuing education programs
By Inside IUPUI, Sept. 27, 2018 Three IUPUI Office of Community Engagement staff members received awards for their involvement in the area of adult and continuing education at the 2018 Indiana Council for Continuing Education (ICCE) annual conference on September 20, 2018. Khaula Murtadha received the Leadership Award Khaula Murtadha, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for the… Read more »
INHP Education Courses at IUPUI
Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP) offers free classes open to IUPUI employees and the community who are interested in homeownership to financially prepare, improve credit and navigate the home-buying process. These classes held at IUPUI University Library are offered as part of INHP’s Anchor Housing partnership with IUPUI. If you can’t attend in-person, you… Read more »
Collaborations key to smart, resilient cities
By Amy Conrad Warner IUPUI Vice Chancellor Office of Community Engagement Urban communities across the nation are shocked and challenged when confronted with horrific violence like that which occurred on the Las Vegas strip, during a Texas church service, at a San Bernardino office party, in a Florida nightclub, at a school in Florida, and… Read more »