Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduates David and Becky Walzak’s appreciation of IUP “as the place it all started” has led them to a gift that will make an impact for the future of IUP and for rural Pennsylvania.
Nominations are now being accepted for the second annual Rural Health Impact Awards, which will be presented at the 2025 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Indiana Regional Medical Center’s fourth annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on Nov. 20.
At its meeting on September 4, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees accepted the mission statement of IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
On August 25, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Conemaugh Miners Medical Center formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for future students at IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine has earned “Candidate Status” from the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation.
John (Jack) and Linda Brose, of Athens, Ohio, gifted $25,000 to Indiana University of Pennsylvania for its proposed college of osteopathic medicine. With this gift, IUP has secured more than $34.3 million in private and government funding for the initiative.
John Ninosky, a 1993 criminology graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania from Harrisburg, has gifted $50,000 to IUP for its proposed college of osteopathic medicine in honor of his late wife, Tammy Beale Ninosky, a 1993 IUP child development and family relations graduate.
On July 8, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers, and Wayne Memorial Hospital formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for future students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate is continuing his decades of support to the university and a lifetime of service to others with a gift to IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine. Lt. Col. Barry Gasdek, US Army (retired), a 1964 education and distinguished military graduate of IUP, has donated $50,000 to the project.
During the Western Pennsylvania Regional Rural Health Summit on April 16, hosted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania, IUP President Michael Driscoll announced that an anonymous donor who is a first-generation college graduate of IUP from Indiana County has gifted $1 million to IUP for its proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
