First, let’s make a plan to vote. In Indiana, you have a couple options. If you are registered to vote out of state, visit vote.org for information about voting in your state. In Indiana you must: Be registered to vote by October 7, 2024 Vote in the county in which you are registered. Present a… Read more »
Political and Civic Engagement
Are you ready for election season?
In preparation for the upcoming election season, several resources are available for faculty, staff and students to promote voter registration and voting across the campus. First, let’s look at some data about student voting at IU Indianapolis (IUI). IUI participates in the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE), which matches our student information… Read more »
Celebrating Juneteenth On Campus and Beyond
This Sunday marks a historic holiday. On top of the many reasons to come together and celebrate thanks to Father’s Day, June 19th also observes Juneteenth which commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. While only recognized officially as a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth is considered the oldest national celebration of African… Read more »
Voter Engagement Resources Available
IUPUI was recently recognized by Washington Monthly as a Best College for Student Voting 2020. In preparation for the upcoming election season, several resources are available for faculty, staff and students to promote voter registration and voting across the campus. For some context, IUPUI participates in the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE)… Read more »
Anti-racism focus of multiple initiatives this academic year
As the nation reeled from news of shootings—Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Dreasjon Reed and George Floyd—Chancellor Nasser Paydar issued a statement confirming his support of the Black Lives Matter movement and commissioned an IUPUI Action Committee. Charged with developing additional initiatives to enhance its anti-racism programs, the Action Committee includes students, staff, faculty and administrators…. Read more »
What has COVID taught you today?
Community-engaged learning in a time of social distancing By Mary F. Price, Director of Faculty Development, Center for Service and Learning A friend of mine, who also happens to be an adjunct faculty member in English took up a daily practice in response to COVID-19. She has begun posing a daily Facebook query across her… Read more »
Study shows IUPUI student voter turnout increased significantly in 2018
IUPUI joined campuses across the nation with a surge in voting in the 2018 elections, compared to the previous mid-term elections in 2014. In 2018, 38.3 percent of IUPUI students voted, which is a 25-percentage-point increase from the mid-term elections in 2014, when 13 percent of students voted. The percentage of students registered to vote… Read more »
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 »