Hilliary Creely, dean of the IUP School of Graduate Studies and Research, has been named interim dean of the College of Health Sciences, and Lisa Newell, chair of the IUP Department of Psychology, has been named interim associate dean of the College of Health Sciences.
Associate Professor Diane Shinberg presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in Columbus, OH, on April 18, 2024.
Shanya Coshey, an Asian studies and anthropology double major from Manor, has been selected for a Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship, and Dilan Dybus, an Asian studies major from Cresson, has been selected for a Freeman Asia Award. The scholarships will fund the students’ year-long study at Kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata, Japan.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education and UAspire have partnered to provide students with assistance in completing or correcting their FAFSA application.
The University of Miyazaki, an IUP partner, has received $1 million from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology for a five-year collaboration that extends the current eight-week virtual English language instruction and an in-person experience at IUP for its students.
The National Weather Service In Pittsburgh has issued a Heat Advisory from 11:00 a.m. June 17 through 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 21, with extremely high temperatures over 90 degrees forecasted for much of Pennsylvania.
Senator John Fetterman has included Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine project on his Congressionally Directed Spending priorities list for the FY25 Community Project Funding process.
The Foundation for Indiana University of Pennsylvania has committed $20 million to support IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Following a national search, Jennifer DeAngelo, who has more than 15 years of fundraising and advancement experience, has been selected to serve as the vice president for university advancement at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. DeAngelo will begin work at IUP on July 8.
The 2024 Ricupero scholarship recipients are Baking and Pastry Arts students Myia Page from Emlenton, PA, and Kelsey Young from Tionesta, PA.
The Pennsylvania Cable News Network will air IUP’s May 11 2:00 p.m. undergraduate ceremony on PCN at 1:10 p.m. on June 6.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with “Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases” with IUP biology professor Thomas Simmons.
President Driscoll offers condolences on the death of Ellen Yarnell, a second-year student in the Speech-Language Pathology program and a member of the Cook Honors College.
Congressman Guy Reschenthaler has included Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine project among his FY25 requested community projects.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Miko Rose, the founding dean of IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine, has been elected as a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists by the Fellows of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists/American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists.
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.
John Benhart, professor of regional planning in IUP’s Department of Geography, Geology, Environment, and Planning and director of IUP’s Geospatial Intelligence Certificate programs and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certificate programs, is an invited panelist for the second annual Aerium Summit and will be a panelist for a program at the thirty-third annual Showcase for Commerce.
Christian Vaccaro, professor in the Department of Sociology, co-authored "Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework: Laugh to Get Through It or Cry Forever" with Lisa Landram, alumna of the Administration and Leadership Studies in Nonprofit and Public Sectors program (PhD ’20). Landram is an incoming assistant professor of social work at Mary Baldwin University.
Important dates and information for the coming year at IUP
Mimi Benjamin was a guest on this week’s episode of the "Student Affairs NOW" podcast. She and her co-authors discussed their new book, "Living-Learning Communities in Practice."
On Tuesday, April 16, Jeffrey Santicola accompanied 50 students on a full-day field trip to Christian Klay Winery in Chaulk Hill, Pennsylvania. This was the fourth year that IUP students attended the excursion. The trip is a culminating experience for students enrolled in Santicola's Wine and Wine Service course.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Office of International Education and two members of the office have been recognized by the Institute of International Education with certificates of appreciation from the IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund Alliance.
This summer, there will be changes to the workflow and publishing schedule for the CMS website to accommodate the Academic Restructuring website work to be done.
The Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education is pleased to announce Amy L. Cotner as the 2024 recipient of the Ronald Lunardini Distinguished Alumni Award. A 1997 graduate of the SAHE Program, Amy is Associate Vice President for Student Life/Dean of Students/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Student Life at Keuka College in Keuka Park, New York, where she has worked since 2021.
IUP aims not just to survive enrollment drop but to grow stronger.
An artist for more than 40 years, Pat McBride ’81 found that her most meaningful depiction was not made to be hung and admired, but to protect human lives.
Michael Lambert ’68, M’69 shares his memories of the sights, sounds, and smells of IUP and Indiana in the 1960s.
Matthew Vetter (Department of English) has been awarded a research grant from the Wikimedia Foundation (the nonprofit behind Wikipedia) as part of an international team that includes Brett Buttliere (University of Warsaw) and Sage Ross (Wiki Education Foundation).
IUP’s long-awaited science building, Kopchick Hall, opened for classes at the start of the spring semester in January.
Donta Green won’t rest. How could he when there is so much to do?
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has announced recipients of the University Senate Awards and the list of new faculty emeriti.
At the May 9 University Faculty Achievement Awards Dinner, Mimi Benjamin received the University Senate’s Distinguished Faculty Service Award, which recognizes significant contributions to the university community or to the recipient’s professional community at large. Benjamin joined the faculty in 2013.
More than 1,500 new graduates were honored at spring commencement ceremonies last Friday and Saturday, and IUP photographer Brian Henry was there. Find his gallery of photos.
John “Jack” Frank, a 1958 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has received the 2024 IUP President’s Medal of Distinction. President Michael Driscoll presented Frank with the award on May 9 “with pride and gratitude in recognition of outstanding professional achievement.”
The Department of Foreign Languages congratulates our students who are graduating with a certificate, minor, or major in one of the languages we are offering.
After participating in this year's Vinylthon, WIUP, IUP's Comm Media-run radio station, won the Golden Slipmat Award for a second time, plus the Distinguished Production Award.
Comm Media faculty member Rachel Fox won a spot at Delectable, a juried national exhibition of food-themed artworks held at the d'Art Center in Norfolk, VA.
Comm Media PhD candidate Lori Smith Roles recently published a book review in "Popular Culture Studies Journal."
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees honored the late Sam and Elaine Light and the Light family with the naming of the Sam and Elaine Light Library and Learning Center in the new Academy of Culinary Arts building planned for downtown Punxsutawney.
The Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education honored graduating students and recognized two graduates for exceptional accomplishments and contributions as part of the department's annual banquet on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
Logistics Management Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Defense, is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to support outreach and awareness of the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship-for-Service Program (referred to as the SMART Program) to rural populations to increase the diversity of the program.
A full-time post-doctoral fellow position is now open at the US Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, PA.
In mid-April, a group of comm media students accompanied faculty member Stephanie Keppich to the 2024 Broadcast Education Association Annual Convention in Las Vegas.
Bradley Wiggins, an alumnus of IUP Comm Media's PhD program, was recently added to the editorial board at New Media & Society.
Lacey Fulton, a comm media alumna who graduated from the PhD program in Communications Media and Instructional Technology in 2014, has been awarded the 2024 Alumni Impact Award.
Comm Media faculty member Zack Stiegler has been awarded the 2024 Faculty Scholar Award.
Comm Media faculty member Mark Piwinsky has been working with different student teams on various projects in the Indiana community.
For the second year in a row, Comm Media's doctoral student Nafisah Sulaiman has won the Dean's Award for Excellence for a paper presented at this year's IUP Scholars Forum.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $149,998 from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to continue its work to support undergraduate parenting students.
As Indiana University of Pennsylvania honors its 1,100 students receiving bachelor’s degrees during commencement ceremonies on May 11, it will celebrate a total of 48 students who completed those degrees with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.