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Wong Doe Presents at 2025 Music Teachers National Association Conference

Wong Doe Presents at 2025 Music Teachers National Association Conference

IUP piano professor Henry Wong Doe presented a session during the Pedagogy Saturdays portion of the Music Teachers National Association annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 15, 2025.

Professor Emeritus Taylor Publishes New Insights Into Fossil Record from Northern Laurentia

Professor Emeritus Taylor Publishes New Insights Into Fossil Record from Northern Laurentia

Professor Emeritus John Taylor published a new study on the taxonomy and stratigraphic distribution of Lotagnostus (Agnostida: Agnostidae) and associated trilobites and conodonts with IUP alumni James D. Loch ’83 and John E. Repetski ’69.

IUP Highway Safety Project Sponsoring Car Seat Collection With IUP Public Health Interns

IUP Highway Safety Project Sponsoring Car Seat Collection With IUP Public Health Interns

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Indiana County Highway Safety Project and the IUP Public Health Program in the Department of Allied and Public Health are sponsoring a car seat “take back” on April 3 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at IUP’s Zink Hall parking lot. The event is designed to collect unsafe car seats.

Building IUP’s Future: Update

Building IUP’s Future: Update

We encourage you to continue sharing your thoughts and contributing to the conversation about IUP’s future. If you have an idea for a pilot program that could enhance our university’s growth, improve the student experience, or strengthen our community, we want to hear from you.

Sharing Interim Chancellor Fiorentino’s Message about President Trump’s Executive Order About the U.S. Department of Education

Sharing Interim Chancellor Fiorentino’s Message about President Trump’s Executive Order About the U.S. Department of Education

The following information was shared with students on March 20, 2025:

In anticipation of this weekend, a message from IUP SGA and GSA

In anticipation of this weekend, a message from IUP SGA and GSA

The following information was shared with students on March 30, 2025:

IUP, IRMC Continue Season Three of “Rural Health Pulse” Podcast With Chair of Department of Nursing and Allied Health

IUP, IRMC Continue Season Three of “Rural Health Pulse” Podcast With Chair of Department of Nursing and Allied Health

Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues its third season with an episode featuring Theresa Gropelli, professor and chair of the IUP Department of Nursing and Allied Health.

Flores Honored as National Hispanic Institute’s College Student of the Year

Flores Honored as National Hispanic Institute’s College Student of the Year

The National Hispanic Institute has recognized IUP student Marisol Gonzalez Flores as one of its College Students of the Year 2024.

IUP Selects Wakefield as Interim Vice President for Administration and Finance

IUP Selects Wakefield as Interim Vice President for Administration and Finance

Larry Wakefield has been selected to serve as the interim vice president for Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Administration and Finance.

Working Together to Maintain a Safe Community

Working Together to Maintain a Safe Community

As we look forward to increased numbers of people visiting our community and community members outdoors enjoying milder weather and celebratory events, the Indiana Area Collaborative Team, on behalf of the agencies and organizations that we represent, want to remind you of proactive safety measures that can help to keep you, and our community, as safe and secure as possible.

IUP President, Founding Dean of Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine, Appear on “Our Region’s Business”

IUP President, Founding Dean of Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine, Appear on “Our Region’s Business”

Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Michael Driscoll and IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine Founding Dean Miko Rose are featured on “Our Region’s Business,” a news show jointly produced by the Allegheny Conference and Pittsburgh’s WPXI-TV.

March 25, 11:00 a.m.— Informal Meeting at Fairman Centre, Punxsutawney

March 25, 11:00 a.m.— Informal Meeting at Fairman Centre, Punxsutawney

The following information was shared with students on March 18, 2025:

Art and Design Professor Derry Exhibits “From Always Until Now”

Art and Design Professor Derry Exhibits “From Always Until Now”

For the past two summers, artist Sean Derry has lived on the south side of Kachemak Bay while carefully deconstructing a homesteading cabin dating from Alaska’s statehood. Sean’s exhibition “From Always Until Now” opened at Bunnell Street Arts Center on March 7 and will remain on display until April 2.

IUP Planning Sesquicentennial Celebration; IUP 150 Website Launched

IUP Planning Sesquicentennial Celebration; IUP 150 Website Launched

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate 150 years of excellence and impact during the 2025–26 academic year as it marks its sesquicentennial.

Sean Derry on Problem-Solving through Art—Meet Our Faculty

Sean Derry on Problem-Solving through Art—Meet Our Faculty

For IUP faculty member Sean Derry, finding innovative ways of making things is part of the challenge and the appeal of art. Learn more about him in this week’s Meet Our Faculty feature.

IUP Graduate Student Organization Offering “Landscapes of Literature and Language” Conference March 21, 22

IUP Graduate Student Organization Offering “Landscapes of Literature and Language” Conference March 21, 22

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s English Graduate Organization will offer its 2025 Conference, “Landscapes of Language and Literature,” on March 21 and 22. The conference will be offered both in person in IUP’s Sprowls Hall and via Zoom. It is free and open to the community.