IUP Alumna Selected for Fulbright Award
Kayla Anthony, a recent graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, originally from Johnstown, has been selected for a Fulbright post-graduate study award.
Kayla Anthony, a recent graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, originally from Johnstown, has been selected for a Fulbright post-graduate study award.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues its third season with an episode featuring IRMC Trauma Program Manager Emilea Rippin for “Lifelines in the Region: Inside the IRMC Trauma Program.”
The following message was shared with students on June 30, 2025:
On Wednesday, June 25, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Council of Trustees approved recommendations from the Academic Affairs Committee, including a new Career and Technical Teacher Education post-baccalaureate certification.
The following was shared with students on June 25, 2025:
John Wesley Lowery presented a keynote address at ASCA’s Florida Summer Virtual Conference on legislative and public policy updates.
Thomas R. Smith, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate who had an almost 40-year career in education and supporting high school students, has gifted $50,000 to IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
The following information was shared with students on June 23, 2025:
President Driscoll invites the IUP community to attend a special public meeting of the IUP Council of Trustees on Wednesday, June 25, at 1:45 p.m. via Zoom to approve curriculum items for the fall semester. The public may participate by registering in advance.
IUP Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas C. Segar was an invited presenter for a national conference sponsored by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Criminal Justice Collective Chairs’ Workshop.
Montgomery County Community College is offering two summer events for students interested in computer science and cybersecurity. These events are sponsored by the PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A) and are provided free of charge for anyone interested in attending.
PC4A Partner Westmoreland County Community College is offering two summer camps for middle and high school students through the PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A). These events are available for free, and students are encouraged to register today!
The first major heat wave of the season is expected to begin this Sunday, June 22, and persist until early next week, peaking on Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures are forecast to climb well into the 90s, with real feel temperatures over 100 degrees, offering minimal relief.
On June 16, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for future students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
The following was shared with students on June 12, 2025:
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected by the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency through the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc. to continue its field study in Germany at the site of a December 1944 crash of a World War II B-17 airplane.
Mimi Benjamin, professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education program, and Tom Segar presented “IUP's Crimson Scholars Circle: A Student Affairs/Faculty Partnership for Continued Improvement” at the NASPA Region II conference.
Every year, the National Safety Council designates June as National Safety Month, an annual initiative to raise awareness about safety and promote safer behaviors and practices in the workplace, on the road, and in your homes and communities. This year, the NSC is dedicating June to increasing awareness of the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths.
Larry and Barb Kubala, of Indiana, graduates of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, are continuing their support of IUP with a gift of $25,000 to establish the Kubala Athletic Fund.
The following was shared with students on June 6, 2025:
Mimi Benjamin co-authored the recently published “Sport Management Themed Living Learning Communities: Enhancing the Academic and Social Development of College Students.”
Indiana University of Pennsylvania hosted 22 area high school students and 14 of their teachers for the collaborative Healthcare Education and Learning Pathways (HELP) Summer Experience on June 2 and 3.
The following was shared with students on June 4, 2025:
Employer registration is now open for our career fair.
The Office of International Education is excited to create an international cookbook to celebrate IUP’s 150th anniversary, and we need your help! The OIE wants recipe submissions from IUP students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
In recognition of National CPR and AED Awareness Week, observed annually June 1–7, the American Red Cross urges individuals across the country to learn critical lifesaving skills that can help save lives during cardiac emergencies.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s (IRMC) joint podcast, Rural Health Pulse, continues its third season with an episode featuring Nicole Stallings, President and CEO of The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), “Inside Pennsylvania’s Healthcare Pulse: A Conversation with HAP President Nicole Stallings.”
IUP students and faculty participated in the thirty-ninth annual Pennsylvania Economic Association Conference held May 29-31, 2025 at the Pennsylvania State University Berks Campus in Reading, PA.
IUP Safety Sciences will be at the ASSP Professional Development Conference in Orlando, July 22–24. We will host an alumni event for all IUP Safety Sciences alumni at the Pub, and we will hold an alumni photo opportunity.
The IUP Safety Sciences and Environmental Engineering Department is seeking candidates for a full-time tenure-track position. We are looking for someone with experience in construction safety and statistical methods.
The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department congratulates our students for being named to the Dean’s List for spring 2025. Students receive this recognition for each semester in which they earn a GPA of 3.25 or higher while taking a minimum of 12 credits.
The following was shared with students on May 30, 2025:
Miko Rose, the founding dean of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine, will be a panelist during the Rural Economic Development Summit on June 3, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Dean’s List recipients for the spring 2025 semester at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Effective June 5, 2025, Paul Miller’s Law, also known as the Hands-free Law, will officially take effect across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This essential new legislation aims to protect all road users by significantly reducing distracted driving, which is a leading cause of traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities.
Dennis Popovec, a 1977 business and accounting graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, originally from Westmoreland County, has continued his support to IUP through the Popovec Outstanding Student Athlete Scholarship.
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Organization for Student Success awarded Marquice Jones, an IUP psychology major from Harrisburg, a $500 scholarship for academic achievements.
On May 21, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Indiana State Normal School opened on May 17, 1875, beginning the journey IUP continues today, 150 years later. Watch the video IUP 150: A Legacy of Learning—a warm-up for our sesquicentennial celebration and full year of events.
The Student Finance Association appreciates all the guest speakers who gave their time to speak to the SFA in spring 2025. Whether meeting on campus or engaging via Zoom, each speaker offered students helpful information on career trajectories, academic achievement, and networking practices.
The winners of the 2025 Howard Z. Fitzgerald Philosophy Essay Contest
The following was shared with students on May 5, 2025:
The following was shared with students on May 15, 2025:
If they are valued so much as keepsakes and historical records, why did IUP yearbooks go away?
Find out why Roger Haney left hospital administration to get into the chocolate business.
A collaboration between IUP and the Center for Rural Pennsylvania on a study, “Understanding Physician Retention in Rural Pennsylvania,” will survey more than 6,500 physicians in rural practices and, to help with data analysis, 2,000 additional physicians, all in Pennsylvania.
After more than three years in Russian confinement, Marc Fogel is back in the US.
As the first Crimson Scholar to graduate, Victoria Alao leads the way for others who have benefited from the program’s support.