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IUP Vice President for Student Affairs Selected for Panel on Shaping Future of Education

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas Segar was an invited panelist for a state-wide Higher Education Summit, held August 12 in Harrisburg.

Lowery Guest on “More Likely Than Not” Podcast

John Wesley Lowery, professor and SASSDA assistant chair, was a guest on ATIXA’s “More Likely Than Not” podcast.

Dean’s List for Summer 2025

Dean’s List recipients for the summer 2025 semester at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Nocco Receives ASSP IH Practice Specialty SPY Award

Congratulations to Robert Nocco for his award recognition from the American Society of Safety Professionals.

Sexton Receives Emerging Professional Leadership Award

Congratulations to IUP Safety Sciences PhD candidate Nicholas Sexton for being recognized by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals with the Kyle B. Dotson Emerging Professional Leadership Award.

Safety Sciences MS Program Receives Graduate Safety Excellence Award

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals recognized the MS in Safety Sciences program at IUP with the Graduate Safety Excellence Award.

IUP Names Sugg as Interim Director of IUP Marching Band and Associate Director of Bands

William Sugg, who has more than 15 years of experience in music education at the secondary and university levels with competitive and high-profile marching programs, has been named interim director of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Marching Band and associate director of Bands.

IUP Inspires Students with GEAR UP Summer Program

In July, IUP hosted students from the Pottstown and Norristown school districts for a summer camp through the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program.

IUP Forensic Science Major to Begin Accepting Students for Fall 2025

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will launch a new forensic sciences major for fall 2025.

Wong Doe and Jones Duo Release New Album

IUP piano professor Henry Wong Doe and British cellist Michael Kevin Jones have released their third duo album on HR Recordings, featuring the cello sonatas of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev.

Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Credits IUP Team with Assisting in World War II Pilot Identification

On July 11, the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency distributed a news release about the identification of a World War II soldier who died in December 1944, crediting the work of an Indiana University of Pennsylvania field school in assisting in identifying the late soldier’s remains.

IUP Hosts Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Workshop for High School Teachers

For the second year, Indiana University of Pennsylvania is helping area high school teachers learn new ways to help their students fly—both literally and figuratively. From June 23 to 25, IUP hosted a workshop on uncrewed aircraft (drones) for 18 teachers in 16 Pennsylvania school districts and educational organizations

Lowery Presents at ASCA Florida Summer Virtual Conference

John Wesley Lowery presented a keynote address at ASCA’s Florida Summer Virtual Conference on legislative and public policy updates.

IUP Vice President for Student Affairs Is Invited Presenter for HBCU Criminal Justice Collective Chairs’ Workshop

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.

IUP Anthropologists Conducting Field School in Germany at Site of WWII Plane Crash

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.

Benjamin and Segar Present at NASPA Region II Conference in Pittsburgh

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.