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96 Percent to Goal: Number of People Who Give to IUP Nears Record Number: IUP is working making a final push to garner more private support from alumni and friends. As of June 17, 2013, we are 96 percent to our goal.
Circling Back: Alumni Give and Get at Reunions: Each year, hundreds of IUP alumni gather each year to partake in the fun reunions usually symbolize, and those who attend often go the extra mile and choose to demonstrate their commitment by helping future alumni through scholarships.
IUP Music Department Hosts Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association Conference: Over 50 music teachers statewide attended the annual Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association conference June 7–9, 2013.
Lively Arts Announces Ovations! Season for 2013–2014: Twelve nationally touring acts are slated for the next season of Ovations!, including Broadway musicals, dance troupes, an improv group, the ZOFO piano duet and more musical groups, and a return visit by one of the most talked-about Lively Arts performance groups of all time.
Mendoza Named Assistant to the President for Social Equity: Providing the strategic vision and leadership for the design and implementation of plans, policies and services to enhance the campus climate for diversity, equity and inclusiveness is the new duty of Pablo Mendoza, assistant to the president for Social Equity.
Construction Update: Preparing Steam Lines for New Buildings: Though dodging the construction on campus may become a bit of a hassle at times, it is all in preparation for upcoming infrastructure changes like the new food court, The Crimson Commons.
Thirty Students Inducted into New IUP Chapter of National Biological Honor Society: This spring IUP welcomed Omega Theta, a new chapter of the Tri-Beta National Biological Honor Society, with officer and member induction ceremonies in April and May 2013. Thirty IUP students were inducted in recognition of their academic success in the biological sciences.
We Want Your Views on IUP, Say Students on Strategic Visioning Project Team: Eleven journalism interns are conducting interviews with campus and community stakeholders for the IUP Strategic Visioning project team this summer. They’d like your input: Look for them at Picnics in the Grove or sign up for a group interview session.
Academic Calendar Changes for 2013-14: The PASSHE Council of Presidents has voted to change the Common Academic Calendar for the state system. The Spring 2014 semester will now conclude with Commencement taking place Saturday, May 10, 2014. Other academic milestones have shifted as well.

Talwar Publishes on Vibrational Spectra of Gas-Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy Grown Dilute: Devki Talwar, Department of Physics, is the lead author of an article that appeared in the Semiconductors section of Volume 102, Issue 5, of the journal Applied Physics Letters.
Alumna Harvey Appointed Director of Youth and Family Services at Community Action Agency: The Department of Sociology congratulates Jean Harvey, alumna of the doctoral program in Administration and Leadership Studies, on her new appointment as director of youth and family services at the Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency in North Carolina.
Glisan Participates in Scholarly Debate in Modern Language Journal: Eileen Glisan published “On Keeping the Target Language in Language Teaching: A Bottom-up Effort to Protect the Public and Students” in the Perspectives section of the summer 2013 issue of Modern Language Journal.
Spring 2013 Civic Project Stories: The online newspaper the HawkEye has just published a fresh batch of stories in its long-running, award-winning Civic Project series of public-service enterprise reports by students in the Journalism Department’s News Reporting classes.
Teaching the Arts to Students with Autism Workshop: A Teaching the Arts to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder workshop for music, art, theatre, dance, media arts educators, classroom teachers, and teaching artists will be held on June 20, 2013.
Join Us for the 2013 Hawk Rock!: Are you ready to Rock? Join us this fall for the 2013 IUP Hawk Rock, a 24-hour dance-a-thon beginning at 10:00 a.m. on October 19 and continuing until 10:00 a.m. on October 20 at Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
Emeritus McPherson Elected Vice President of National Academy of Arbitrators: Donald McPherson, IUP Distinguished University Professor and professor of Employment and Labor Relations emeritus, was elected vice president of the NAA at its annual meeting in Vancouver, B.C., in June 2013.
Townsend Receives Grant from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Josiah Townsend, Department of Biology, in collaboration with PASO Pacifico, received a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the project “Amphibians in Decline.”