IUP Hosting Planetarium Shows, Free and Open to the Community
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will open the 2023–24 academic year’s planetarium shows on September 25 with “Awaiting the Darkening.”
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will open the 2023–24 academic year’s planetarium shows on September 25 with “Awaiting the Darkening.”
Two Indiana University of Pennsylvania biology majors are just a little closer to their lifetime careers, thanks to Indiana Regional Medical Center’s Pre-Med Undergraduate Summer Internship.
The Holocaust Remembrance Committee at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host two Holocaust survivors for a special presentation on September 26 at 6:00 p.m. in the IUP Hadley Union Building’s Ohio Room. The presentation is free and open to the community.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $996,350 from the Department of Defense to establish a pilot summer immersion program for cybersecurity students to develop language foundations and proficiency in Chinese. IUP is the only school in the nation chosen to develop the program.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 18 with two events free and open to the community. Constitution Day commemorates the September 17, 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution, which is 234 years old this year.
Elizabeth Haffling, a senior hotel, restaurant, tourism, and event planning major from Martinsburg, has been awarded the prestigious Statler Foundation’s Scholarship of Excellence.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees approved four resolutions on September 7 in honor of members of the IUP community, including two retired faculty members and two retired administrators.
On September 7, 2023, President Michael Driscoll shared several "IUP Points of Pride" at the September Council of Trustees meeting.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is playing a part in spotlighting the nursing shortage in Pennsylvania and in the nation. IUP’s Department of Nursing and Allied Health is featured in “Navigating the Nursing Shortage,” a digital documentary produced by WQED Multimedia.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 starting at 11:10 a.m. in front of the 9/11 memorial in the IUP Oak Grove. The program is open to the community.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is addressing a need for trained professionals in the biosafety and biosecurity fields through its specialized Biosafety/Biorisk Management Certificate program.
The Office of the Provost has announced the promotion of several faculty members to full professor effect the fall 2023 semester.
The Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences offers free tutoring for its introductory courses.
On Tuesday, September 5, tune in to KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. for an interview about science at IUP with President Michael Driscoll and Steve Hovan, dean of the Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” concludes season one with Katie Donald, marketing and public relations specialist at Punxsutawney Area Hospital, discussing rural healthcare models and challenges.
Cory Shay, director of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Military and Veterans Resource Center, has been selected for the 2023 Veteran Champions of the Year in Higher Education list by Military Friendly.
IUP began providing an eight-week, virtual (online) intensive English program for graduate students from the University of Miyazaki this year. The instruction is provided by the IUP American Language Institute, IUP’s long-standing intensive English program.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is one of only two universities in the United States chosen to host students participating in the Secretariat of Research, Innovation, and Higher Education State of Yucatan scholarship, a short-term, intensive English language and American culture program.
The Center for Teaching Excellence announces that Janet Blood will be the new associate director of Reflective Practice.
The PASSHE 2023 DEI Summit is November 8–10. Proposals are being accepted until September 7.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $290,000 to continue to host the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers.
The list of Dean’s List recipients for the summer 2023 semester.
President Michael A. Driscoll invites you to the Opening of the Academic Year on Friday, August 25, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. in Fisher Auditorium.
Based on surveys by students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania—which recognized the university for “highly personalized attention and support”—IUP has been selected for the Princeton Review’s “2024 Best Colleges” guidebook.
A video produced by members of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Student Affairs has been nominated for a 2023 Mid-Atlantic Emmy award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Two students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Academy of Culinary Arts, Madison Macchia and Samantha Swidowski, have been selected as the 2023 recipients of the Tony and Emma Ricupero-Rustic Lodge Scholarship.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania begins the 2023–24 academic year with a new student success infrastructure.
The late Robert Flora, a 1978 graduate of IUP’s psychology clinical mental health counseling master’s program, left instructions revealed after his death to donate $200,000 from his estate to IUP for student scholarships.
Internationally known tubist Jim Self, a 1965 graduate and 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, and his wife, Jamie Self, have made a gift to establish the Jim and Jamie Self Brass Scholarship, which provides scholarship support to students enrolled at IUP who are pursuing a major or minor offered by the Department of Music with a concentration in brass.
The Adopt a Game program has expanded beyond basketball and is now accepting sponsors for the Women’s Volleyball season. Students and staff groups, organizations, and departments from IUP are all welcome to participate in this free sponsorship opportunity.
Quest for the Best , a tax-exempt organization, has provided $66,700 for scholarships for students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Criminal Justice Training Academy who are studying to become municipal police officers.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with an episode with Erin Clark, director of IUP’s Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic and assistant professor in the IUP Department of Communication Disorders, Special Education, and Disability Services.
Join the SGSR and Office of Undergraduate Research in celebrating the culmination of a summer-long research project undertaken by students at this free event open to the public.
Two graduates of IUP, Nick Jacobs and Mary Ann Hoysan Jacobs, have donated more than $40,000 to support the accreditation application process for the school of osteopathic medicine.
Six alumni, all living in or around the Houston area and members of IUP’s Houston Advancement Council (a group of IUP alumni volunteers), have established the Texas Alumni Scholarship for undergraduate students at IUP.
Amanda Poole, a faculty member in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Anthropology, has been selected for the Fulbright Specialist Program and has been approved to work on a project in Madagascar.
Footlight Players, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance summer youth theater program, will present the musical Finding Nemo, Jr. and the play As You Wish It in a double bill on July 14 and 15 on the main stage at Theatre-by-the-Grove in IUP’s Performing Arts Center.
The Department of Anthropology has been selected by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc. through the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to continue its field study in Germany at the site of a crash of a World War II airplane. This is the third year that IUP has been involved in the DPAA mission.
A former Indiana University of Pennsylvania student trustee and Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient has made a $25,000 gift to IUP in honor of the late Gealy Wallwork, who served as a member of the IUP Council of Trustees from 1992 to 2018. The gift from Andrew Longacre, of Presto, will be used to establish the Gealy Wallwork Memorial Scholarship.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with an episode with Wendy Haislip, IRMC vice president and chief nursing officer, discussing Pennsylvania’s rural health model and workforce challenges.
The Indiana County Highway Safety Project, part of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety, is working with the Indiana County Commissioners, Pennsylvania State Police, Sheriff Bob Fyock, and Margy Gray State Farm Insurance for an awareness campaign for safe driving during the summer holiday season.
Retired Indiana University of Pennsylvania biology professor Frank Baker and his wife, the late Mary Baker, along with members of the Baker family, have made a $50,000 gift to benefit IUP’s John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Building Fund.
The Federal Aviation Administration has selected Indiana University of Pennsylvania as an FAA Collegiate Training Institution, which allows IUP’s program to be part of the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Collegiate Training Initiative program
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety has received $104,000 in federal funding through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the Indiana County Highway Safety Project, a program designed to promote safe driving, including seat belt use, in the region.
Undergraduate students receive recognition on the Dean’s List for each fall, spring, or summer term(s) in which they earn at least a 3.25 GPA based on at least 12 credits of graded (not P/F) undergraduate coursework, or a combination of graded graduate and undergraduate coursework.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with an episode with Steve Hovan, dean of IUP’s John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and IUP Distinguished University Professor, discussing IUP’s John J. and Char Kopchick Hall, future home to the Kopchick College.
A special session for members of the community to provide input on Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s long-range facilities master plan update is scheduled for June 13 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex PNC Room.
A look at four IUP alumni who are actively serving in the United States Army as current and future certified registered nurse anesthetists and commissioned officers.
The IUP Libraries Interlibrary Loan department joins the exclusive OCLC Express Digital Delivery Program.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Safety Sciences American Society of Safety Professionals student section has been named the Outstanding Student Section of the Year by the American Society of Safety Professionals. The honor comes with a $5,000 award from the ASSP to fund scholarships and research.
George “Butch” Aggen, a 1976 criminology bachelor’s degree graduate and 1978 Student Affairs in Higher Education master’s degree graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has made a planned gift of more than $130,000 to the Bill and Cass Neal Scholarship for Football at IUP.
Two children of a long-time Indiana University of Pennsylvania retired administrator and coach have established a scholarship in their father’s honor and recognition of his time as coach for the IUP Boardwalk Bowl game.
Completion of the demolition phase of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Academy of Culinary Arts long-range building plan is targeted for August 2025, four months sooner than originally expected, according to a new timeline from the Department of General Services.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected for the 2023–24 “Best Graduate Programs” rankings by U.S. News & World Report.
Graduate Admissions Office Director Amber Dworek and Graduate Admissions Office Assistant Director Lucy Archer, working with Christina Koren, director of strategic partnerships in IUP’s Division of University Advancement, delivered snacks and gift items for members of the nursing staff at three regional medical facilities, including a voucher to waive the application fee for enrollment in any IUP graduate degree program.
A public meeting for IUP's speech-language pathology master's degree program will be held on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. in 255 Stouffer Hall.
Ben Ford, Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor of anthropology and chair IUP’s Department of Anthropology, has been selected as IUP’s 2023–24 Distinguished University Professor.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees approved three naming resolutions on Thursday, May 4, 2023.
On May 4, 2023, President Michael Driscoll shared several “IUP Points of Pride” at the May Council of Trustees meeting.
On May 4, 2023, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees approved naming of the James D. and Poom Sunhachawi-Tayor Tennis Court in honor of the couple’s long-time support of the IUP tennis program.
On May 4, 2023, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees approved the naming of a geoscience laboratory in IUP’s John J. and Char Kopchick Hall in honor and memory of one of the founding members of IUP’s Department of Geoscience.
Funding of $1.5 million through the Build Back Better Regional Challenge Grant has been allocated for an entrepreneurial makerspace ecosystem that will include Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana County), an IUP-led STEAMSHOP robotics and electronics satellite site in Armstrong County and Made in Johnstown in Cambria County.
On May 4, 2023, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees approved naming two rooms in IUP’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in honor of the contributions from IUP’s Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
On May 4, 2023, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees presented a resolution of appreciation to Maura King for her leadership, service, and commitment to IUP as the student member of the Council of Trustees.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania honored alumna Bonnie Harbison Anderson, a pioneer in the field of transformative and strategic global healthcare, with an honorary doctor of science degree during the university’s spring commencement ceremonies.
On May 4, 2022, IUP will recognize faculty members who had recent achievements in scholarship and University Senate Distinguished Faculty recipients.
Following a national search, an experienced academic leader has been selected to serve as the dean of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eberly College of Business. Stephen Ferris will begin his work at IUP on July 1.
Rich Caruso, a 1983 accounting graduate of IUP, is donating $1 million to IUP to advance IUP’s establishment of a school of osteopathic medicine.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has announced recipients of the University Senate Awards and the list of new faculty, dean, and associate dean emeriti.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with an episode with Dan Clark, director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery and director of IRMC’s Comprehensive Breast Center, presenting an overview of breast cancer medical education and care from IRMC.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold commencement ceremonies for 1,446 graduates on May 5 and 6 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. Students graduating in May and August are eligible to participate in the ceremonies.
IUP’s Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance will offer its summer youth theater program, Footlight Players, from June 19 to July 15 at IUP. The program explores creativity through workshops and creating plays and musicals, providing four weeks of day-long performing arts programming, primarily serving Indiana County.
The recipient of the 2022–23 Coppler Disability Awareness Award is Taylor Burkholder.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania students and faculty are working with Indiana Borough on a national pilot program to help create stronger and more informed community health, especially in rural areas.
An Indiana County student attending Indiana University of Pennsylvania received the 2023 Patricia Hilliard Robertson Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Female Science Student.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Celebration Weekend honored alumni and friends for philanthropic support, volunteerism, service, and professional excellence.
Shagufta Haque, an economics honors track and finance double major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has been approved to serve as a student trustee on the IUP Council of Trustees by the Pennsylvania State System Board of Governors.
Renallan Neckles, an environmental engineering major in the Cook Honors College at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has been selected for a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
The IUP Office of Alumni and Constituent Engagement and the IUP Alumni Association invite graduates, along with family and friends, to attend the Celebration Toast on IUP Commencement days. Both champagne and nonalcoholic sparkling cider will be available. IUP graduates will receive an IUP Alumni champagne flute, while supplies last.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s STEAMSHOP (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) will host a Future Makers Forum with Pittsburgh-based maker Nina Barbuto on April 25. The presentation will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Robertshaw STEAMSHOP, room 25. It is free and open to the community.
Saturday, April 22, in Indiana will bring Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the Indiana community together for a day of service, a celebration of the arts, live music (including by several local musicians), and downtown shopping by IUP students.
The annual Indiana University of Pennsylvania Sidewalk Commentary Contest, also known as “Chalk the Walk,” will be held Wednesday, April 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the IUP Oak Grove. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held Friday, April 28.
All members of the IUP community—faculty, staff, and students—are invited to participate in the development of IUP’s Long-Range Facilities Master Plan Update.
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania Food and Nutrition professor is providing innovative training to the inaugural cohort of medical residents at Indiana Regional Medical Center.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will be celebrating special members of the IUP community as part of 2023 Celebration Weekend planned for April 21 and 22.
The Student Success Infrastructure, a new organizational model that will drive IUP closer to our goal of student centeredness, was announced by President Driscoll. The mission of the Student Success Infrastructure is to help each and every student at IUP persist while providing the highest quality academic and personal experience possible, from pre-enrollment through program completion.
IUP hosted personnel from DoD NAVSUP Business Systems Center on April 11, 2023.
Steven Jackson, professor of political science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has been selected for a nine-month residential fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, DC.
On Tuesday, April 18, IUP will celebrate Day of Giving, a 24-hour day of giving bringing together alumni, parents, friends, and the IUP family to support students and celebrate philanthropy.
The Haven Project at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host the annual Take Back the Night event on April 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the IUP main campus. Take Back the Night is designed to raise awareness and support survivors of sexual violence, domestic and dating violence, and stalking.
In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), the Holocaust Remembrance Committee at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host Holocaust Survivor Solange Lebovitz at 5:00 p.m. on April 18 at IUP’s Eberly Auditorium.
IUP celebrated employees who completed 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35, years of service to the university during the Employee Service Awards luncheon in the Blue Room on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Elizabeth Kinney, a senior at Cambria Heights Senior High School and daughter of Mike Kinney and Pauline Kinney, of Dysart, is a 2023 recipient of an IUP Dean’s Merit Scholarship to study safety sciences at IUP based on her research project, “Slip Resistance,” sponsored by New Pig, of Tipton.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cybersecurity will host three senior personnel—including one IUP graduate, an Indiana native, and a central Pennsylvania native—from the Department of Defense’s Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center on April 11.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s podcast, Rural Health Pulse, continues with an episode introducing IRMC’s medical residents and featuring interviews with them about their experience as a medical resident.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate innovative student and faculty research and creative work and welcome Dean Emerita Deanne Snavely as the Women in STEM Summit speaker during IUP’s 2023 Research Appreciation Week, planned for April 3 to 6 at the KCAC.
The Black Experience Alumni Committee is hosting the inaugural BEAC Weekend for both alumni and students. Events are designed to provide opportunities to bridge the gap between students and alumni, build lasting relationships, prepare for the future by supporting and uplifting Black students at IUP, and maintain the culture as alumni are reconnected to their alma mater.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the IUP Research Institute were chosen by the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) to host two international visitors as part of the University Administration Support Program Fellowships in Research Management.
“Points of Pride” highlights achievements in academics, athletics, scholarships and grant awards, community services, and other areas.
In its continued focus to prioritize meeting the needs of students, Indiana University of Pennsylvania will reduce the cost of tuition for international undergraduates taking between 12 to 18 credits a semester, effective for the fall 2023 semester.
At its meeting on March 23, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees honored retired Music Department faculty member Kevin Eisensmith by naming a space in IUP’s Cogswell Hall, home to the department, in his honor.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cybersecurity will host three senior personnel—including one IUP graduate, an Indiana native, and a central Pennsylvania native—from the Department of Defense’s Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center on April 11.
Following a national search, Timothy Stringer, a police and public safety professional with 27 years of experience, has been selected to serve as Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s director of public safety and university police.
IUP’s program was just named to the Princeton Review's 2023 “Top Online Nursing Programs”; this recognition follows the program’s recognition by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022 “Best Online Program.”
Spring means romance is in the air. IUP’s Theater-by-the-Grove in co-production with Music Theater will present a new musical written by IUP alumnus Joe York (2012) and his writing partner Hali Alspach opening March 29 at 7:30 in Waller Hall’s main theater.
Sheetz, Inc. President/CEO Travis Sheetz and Executive Vice President of People and Culture Stephanie Doliveira will present “People and Culture: A Panel Discussion” at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on March 22. The presentation, free and open to the community, will be held in the Eberly Auditorium in the Eberly College of Business.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Pan-African Studies program is sponsoring a free public presentation by the Ambassador of Mali to the United States, Sekou Berthé, on March 21 at 7:00 p.m. in Jane Leonard Hall B-11. The presentation, “West and Central Africa at the Crossroads of Global Security Challenges,” is free and open to the community.
The Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania has organized several events to celebrate National Nutrition Month in March, including a smoothie sale, a crockpot cook-off competition, and a program with a nationally known speaker. This year’s theme for National Nutrition Month is “Fuel up for the Future.”
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s podcast, Rural Health Pulse, continues with an episode featuring IRMC’s Dan Clark discussing robotics in surgery.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney campus will launch a Healthcare Pathways dual enrollment pilot program starting in fall 2023, designed to provide affordable opportunities in the healthcare field, while helping to address the need for more healthcare workers.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Theater-by-the-Grove’s association with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company (PPTCO) begins with the March 2, 3, 4, and 5 presentations of Mark Clayton Southers’ Nine Days in the Sun at IUP.
The IUP community is invited to celebrate donor generosity during Thank a Donor Week, February 27–March 3. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to celebrate their generosity. You will have the opportunity to write a thank-you note to an IUP donor to tell them what their generosity means to you and to our students.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eberly College of Business Master of Business Administration on-campus program has been selected as one of the top programs in the nation by the Princeton Review.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is in the process of implementing a common Student Information System across the State System schools. IUP is scheduled to begin implementing OneSIS in January 2024.
Author and academic Roosevelt Montás will present “Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation” at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Sutton Hall’s Gorell Auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the community.
Roosevelt Montás recounts his story of growing up in the Dominican Republic and then in Queens, New York. He explains how reading the classics of Western thought and literature changed his life and why those books still matter today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Theater-By-The-Grove will present Mark Clayton Southers’ “Nine Days in the Sun” at IUP. This initiative begins Theater-By-The-Grove’s association with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, where Southers is the founding artistic director. The play explores a world where dark skin is the desired tone, so the racial balance is shifted and the social order in America is turned upside down.
Alexis Simmons, an IUP at Northpointe freshman student majoring in human development and family science, is the recipient of the 2022–23 IUP Northpointe Essay Scholarship for her essay on “The Influence Around Us.”
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has earned accounting accreditation for its Department of Accounting and Information Systems in the Eberly College of Business. IUP is the only public university in Pennsylvania and one of only five colleges and universities in Pennsylvania to achieve this recognition.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Chemistry undergraduate programs in the IUP Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, and Engineering have received American Chemical Society continued approval for its undergraduate chemistry program.
Moses Phillips, who teaches ethnomusicology, music theory, and cultural studies in the Mass Communications Department at CUNY, will present “The Brothers Johnson: ‘Lift Every Voice’ Social Justice Through Song" on February 8 at 3:30 p.m. in room 225 of Jane Leonard Hall.
For the second year in a row, two online graduate programs at Indiana University of Pennsylvania have been selected for excellence by U.S. News & World Report. IUP’s master’s in criminology and master’s in mathematics education were selected for the magazine’s “2023 Best Online Program” rankings.
The Math Club will meet every two weeks during the spring semester.
The Office of Graduate Admissions at IUP will host its Spring Virtual Open House on Thursday, March 23, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement (MSCLE) will celebrate Black History Month in February with a number of events. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the community.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will be an active part of helping visitors cheer on Punxsutawney Phil as he makes his 2023 weather prediction during this year’s Groundhog Day celebration on February 2. Thanks to IUP’s long-standing relationship with Nemacolin, IUP is the official sponsor for the Hogspitality Village at the Gobbler’s Knob Visitors Center Pavilion.
Three candidates for the position of Director of Public Safety/University Police Chief will be on campus Monday, January 30; Monday, February 6; and Wednesday, February 8, with one candidate visiting each day. Director of Public Safety/University Police Chief Candidates to Visit Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 8
The Spring 2023 Preview includes an assortment of some of the events in the upcoming semester. It's not a complete list.
Thanks to an eighth year of funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency, Indiana University of Pennsylvania will offer a free, one-week GenCyber cybersecurity camp for middle and high school students.
Thanks to an eighth year of funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency, Indiana University of Pennsylvania will offer a free, one-week GenCyber cybersecurity camp for middle and high school students.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $40,000 through Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s It’s On Us PA initiative to combat campus sexual assault.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s podcast, Rural Health Pulse, continues with an episode on the community wastewater surveillance system.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, have signed a dual admissions program agreement designed to streamline the process for students who earn an associate degree at HACC to complete a bachelor’s degree program at IUP.
Steven Hovan has been selected to serve as the dean of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Research has shown that group counseling is as effective as individual counseling. Talking with other students who have similar experiences provides support and perspective.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected to receive $72,049 from the Pennsylvania Department of Education through its Teacher Prep 2 Practice grant program. IUP’s funding will be used to design a culturally relevant teaching academy to diversify the teacher workforce and address the national teacher shortage. This work will take place in partnership with the Gateway School District in Monroeville, Allegheny County.
Undergraduate students receive recognition on the Dean’s List for each fall, spring, or summer term(s) in which they earn at least a 3.25 GPA based on at least 12 credits of graded (not P/F) undergraduate coursework, or a combination of graded graduate and undergraduate coursework.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Office of International Education has been successful in helping a ninth international student secure an Emergency Student Fund Award from the Institute of International Education Emergency Fund.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with an episode on the IUP-IRMC COVID-19 testing collaborative and partnership on December 15, featuring Narayanaswamy Bharathan, chair, Department of Biology, and Jackie Sansig, IRMC director of Laboratory and Respiratory Services. The episode explores the evolution of the same-day COVID-19 testing process at IRMC by Bharathan.
In keeping with its ongoing commitment to meeting the needs of students, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees today approved reducing annual tuition by $2,690, or almost 20 percent, for out-of-state, undergraduate, domestic students who take 15 credits per semester.
To be named a Provost Scholar, students must have earned a minimum of 45 semester hours at IUP with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Provost Scholar recognition is given only once during a student's time of study at IUP.
Two students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania—Angelique Alcantara and Owen Zablocki—have been selected from a pool of exemplary nominees to be the inaugural Justice Research Fellows at the IUP Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center.
Students in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Rho Tau Chi military service fraternity collected enough toiletries and supplies to create 3,000 holiday stockings for homeless veterans in Indiana County and western Pennsylvania.
The School of Graduate Studies and Research announces the winners of the Julius P. Filcik Doctoral Fellowship: Ragia Hassan, Curriculum and Instruction, DEd; and Justin McDonald, Counseling Education and Supervision, PhD.
Jordan Brown left IUP in December after earning her bachelor’s degree in fashion studies, but her commitment and initiative will impact students for many years to come. She organized taking 22 IUP fashion studies majors to work as volunteers for the fall 2022 Pittsburgh Fashion Week event.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold commencement ceremonies on December 10 for 551 graduates, including honoring students who have completed their bachelor’s degrees and who are graduating with perfect 4.0 grade point averages.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania employees, alumni, students, and friends continued the tradition of shattering the annual Giving Tuesday goal again this year. IUP raised $41,337, more than doubling the goal during the 24-hour effort, with 204 gifts from 175 donors.
President Driscoll invites the IUP community to attend the public meeting of the IUP Council of Trustees on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room 6/7 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
Five graduates of Indiana University of Pennsylvania have been selected for the 2022 IUP Young Alumni Award. This award was created to recognize recent IUP graduates identified as being outstanding in their professions.
Members of the community gathered Monday, Nov. 28 to honor Jane Elizabeth Leonard’s legacy and to offer appreciation for Dr. Charles Cashdollar and Donna Cashdollar’s contributions during a formal dedication of Jane E. Leonard Hall
The 2023 Annual Scholars Forum will take place on Wednesday, April 5, in the KCAC. We look forward to showcasing undergraduate and graduate research and creative scholarship and celebrating your hard work!
While three of her namesake buildings have come and gone, Jane Elizabeth Leonard’s legacy – and Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s respect for her and appreciation for Dr. Charles Cashdollar and Donna Cashdollar – continues to stand tall.
As part of ongoing work to create efficiencies and reduce costs, a Winter Utilities Savings Program will be implemented for the 2022–23 winter break. The program builds on the success of the Summer 2022 Utilities Savings Pilot Program, which saved the university approximately $300,000.
On Tuesday, November 29, IUP will join the global fundraising campaign, Giving Tuesday. This is your chance to make an impact on IUP students now and in the future.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center will celebrate National Rural Health Day on November 17 with the launch of a podcast, “Rural Health Pulse.”
A redesigned iup.edu website launched Monday, November 14.
IUP 3D design students will hold a pop-up store from November 17 to 19 in the Indiana Mall. Sales will benefit the Future Maker Forum, which brings visiting scholars from multicultural backgrounds to IUP for workshops and public talks.
The Social Equity and Title IX Office is pleased to share the latest issue of their newsletter, published on November 1, 2022. The newsletter highlights the great diversity, equity, and inclusion work being done on campus.
Three organizations at Indiana University of Pennsylvania—UBORA Men of IUP, the Haven Project, and the University College—will present “Redefining Masculinity” on November 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room. The event, free and open to the community, is designed to offer male-identifying and masculine-presenting individuals at IUP an opportunity to examine the role masculinity plays in society, both negatively and positively.
The collaboration between IUP and the Arab American University in the West Bank reached a new milestone as 30 students in the seventh cohort of the Executive MBA program participated in the graduation ceremony in Ramallah on October 22.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Dance Theater, along with devised theatre students from the Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance; guest artists; community members; and the Mahoning Valley Ballet, will premiere Ordnung, An Amish Ballet, on November 10, 11, and 12.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Holocaust Remembrance Committee will welcome Holocaust survivor Oscar Singer of Pittsburgh for a presentation on November 10 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.
US Senator Bob Casey Jr. recently convened a roundtable discussion at Indiana University of Pennsylvania to address rural healthcare workforce and economic needs—and opportunities—in western Pennsylvania, specifically connected to IUP and to Indiana Regional Medical Center.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will receive $2.9 million for the IUP Academy of Culinary Arts long-range building plan as part of the 2022–23 State System of Higher Education capital allocations budget for the university.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected, once again, for the Pennsylvania National Guard Association’s Guard-Friendly School designation. IUP was selected for the designation in 2019, the inaugural year of the award, and has continued to be recognized with the honor since that time.
Debra Evans Smith, a 1981 IUP criminology graduate who received the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2022, will be honored on November 4 during the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit for her longstanding contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at IUP.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas Segar has been selected for a volunteer leadership role in a national organization working to make leadership training for youth more accessible.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $203,130 from the National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) Program that is managed by the National Security Agency to support a qualified student seeking a doctoral degree (PhD) in cybersecurity.
The IUP Emergency Management Office provides some tips for Halloween Safety.
INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Office of International Education will present several events celebrating International Education Week at IUP Oct. 17 through Oct. 21, including a naturalization ceremony on Oct. 21 hosted by IUP.
During the next two years, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Special Collections and University Archives will partner with faculty from the IUP Department of English and the IUP Department of History on a project to document the impact of COVID-19 on the campus and in the community.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cybersecurity, in collaboration with the Information Technology Support Center, will host the fifteenth annual Cybersecurity Day on October 18. This annual event features nationally recognized security experts as well as speakers from regional law enforcement, government, the security industry, and academia. It is free and open to the community.
The Anthropology Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold its annual Archaeology Open House on October 15 from noon to 3:00 p.m.
Award winning voice actress and television writer Jorjeana Marie will offer an interactive presentation, “Writing as Play: Have Fun and Boost Your Productivity with Playful Approaches to Writing,” on October 20 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Stabley Library, room 201. The event is free and open to the community.
Eberly Business Honors Program and MBA Cohort #17 PES students visited IUP alumni and several educational sites in Washington, DC.
Students continue to show strong academic credentials, diversity; international student numbers show increase.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected as one of the top four public universities in Pennsylvania by Military Times magazine for its 2022 Best for Vets: Colleges list.
Two internationally known civil rights and diversity advocates will present programs at IUP in October 2022. Anouar Rahmani, a journalist, author, and law expert from Algeria, will be at IUP on October 12; and professor, author, and comedian Javier Ávila will present his one-man show on October 18. Both programs are free and open to the community.
Applications are being accepted for the student seat on the IUP Council of Trustees until February 20, 2023.
The 2023–24 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) to apply for financial aid for fall 2023 is available as of October 1.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $4.98 million from the Department of Defense for the first three years of a novel project to enhance Cybersecurity and STEM education in Pennsylvania (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s annual Homecoming celebration, September 30 through October 2, is expected to draw thousands to Indiana for alumni reunions and events for the entire community, including the annual parade and football game.
The most current COVID-19 bivalent Omicron BA.4 and BA.5-specific booster has been received at IUP Health Service and is available for free to students and employees. IUP Health Service is located in the Center for Health and Well-Being in the Suites on Maple East.
IUP’s Institute for Cyber Security hosted cybersecurity experts from 17 countries on September 23. The experts were invited to the US under the auspices of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.
IUP’s Department of Counseling has been invited to join the Cambria County Drug and Alcohol Program and REACH (Reaching Educational Achievements with Clinical Mental Health), a school-based mental health agency, to provide interns for supervised counseling and support for students in Cambria County schools.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the Indiana community will welcome hundreds of families for the 2022 Family Weekend celebration on September 23 and 24. The weekend’s programming is designed to appeal to all ages.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host two internationally known music artists for a four-day residency September 26–29. Composer Cindy McTee and conductor Leonard Slatkin will offer lectures, masterclasses, and leading rehearsals during the residency as Edward R. Sims Distinguished Artists.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Michael Driscoll and Pennsylvania Highlands Community College President Steve Nunez signed a dual admissions program agreement on September 16, 2022, designed to streamline the process for students who earn an associate degree at Penn Highlands to complete a bachelor’s degree program at IUP.
We highly recommend that you follow CDC guidelines and wear a mask when you’re indoors at any of our buildings at the Indiana or Northpointe campuses, since Armstrong and Indiana counties have been elevated from a medium to a high COVID-19 community level. Free masks are available at all buildings and facilities.
Anouar Rahmani, writer and human rights activist from Algeria, will visit campus on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. He will hold an informal meet and greet during the Common Hour in the Folger Student Center and will present to the greater IUP community at 4:00 p.m. in Leonard Hall, room 225.
Academic success for students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania who are parents of young children may become a little easier, thanks to additional funding for IUP’s Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is ranked, for the twenty-ninth consecutive year, as one of the “Best National Universities” in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Feel like you’re struggling to connect with people? Looking to improve your relationship with yourself and others? Check out the new group therapy options available at the IUP Counseling Center. Groups will be held in person at the Center for Health and Well-Being, Counseling Center G-31.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Sept. 12 starting at 11:40 a.m. in front of the 9/11 memorial in the IUP Oak Grove.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been approved for a $1-million project as part of the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative $62.7-million federal Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant awarded by the US Economic Development Administration.
Praised for “delivering on its promises” of affordability and quality programs, Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected for the Princeton Review’s Best Colleges guidebook for the twenty-second consecutive year.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate Constitution Day on September 12, with two events free and open to the community: the traditional public reading of the Constitution by members of the IUP community, and the Six O’Clock Series event, “What Would Our Founding Fathers Say?” with Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Charles Pinckney, and James Madison.
The Office of the Provost has announced the promotion of several faculty members to full professor effect the fall 2022 semester.
Students and employees can pick up, at no cost, COVID-19 home testing kits at the IUP Health Service, located in the Center for Heath and Well-Being in the Suites on Maple East, during regular business hours. Free testing is available to all IUP students, regardless of whether you feel sick.