2023

Pa. spends $175M to preserve its rich history in 3 upgraded buildings

Kopchick Hall at Indiana University of Pennsylvania had its ribbon cutting in November. This $90 million building housing the science and mathematics departments will open for classes this spring. It is named in honor of longtime IUP supporters and alumni John and Char Labay Kopchick who made a $23 million donation to the school for science and mathematics initiatives.

Pa. spends $175M to preserve its rich history in 3 upgraded buildings

PennLive/Harrisburg Patriot News, Dec. 29, 2023

Who is Jamie Kouba and what role does she play in the series?

Jamie Kouba works full-time as a field archaeologist for Chronicle Heritage, an international cultural and heritage resource management consulting firm headquartered in Arizona that provides services ranging from conservation and tribal consulting to archeology and paleontology. Previously, she was an archaeologist at Quality Enterprises, a national infrastructure company headquartered in Florida.

Kouba holds a master’s degree in applied archeology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, which she attended with her daughter. Although she entered the industry later than most, her interest in archeology dates back to her childhood in the 1980s. “‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ came out the same year I was born,” she told CBS News Pittsburgh. “I can’t remember when I first saw it, I just know I was pretty addicted from the first time.”

Who is Jamie Kouba and what role does she play in the series?

USTimesPost, Dec. 28, 2023

How contractors using a fake Philly address endangered workers and dodged accountability

Construction is among the most dangerous industries in America, with more than 1,000 on-the-job fatalities last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Foreign-born Hispanic and Latino workers accounted for almost one-third of those deaths.

Those workers face elevated risks from the layers of subcontracting, an ever-shifting, temporary workforce, and some of the most dangerous job assignments, according to Luz S. Marin, an associate professor of safety sciences at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her research has included how to promote safety for Hispanic workers in the construction industry.

How contractors using a fake Philly address endangered workers and dodged accountability

Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 28, 2023

Year in Review: Business 2023 — IUP, IRMC, Platinum Visual Solutions, broadband

That’s amid some factors, such as the demographics going down at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, that figure into the county’s loss of population between 2010 and 2020 of approximately 5,000 residents. Still, Stauffer said, IUP has its plan for a College of Osteopathic Medicine. And more, said IUP Executive Director of Media Relations Michelle Fryling. She recalled the meetings in both the spring and fall semesters to move forward with the completion of an updated Long-Range Facilities Master Plan, a further revision of a plan first completed in 2011, then updated in 2014 and 2017. She said the university also has seen the fruit of its decision to cut tuition for in-state and out-of-state students living within the United States, and an increase in applications for the Academy of Culinary Arts, part of the university’s campus in Punxsutawney.

Year in Review: Business 2023 — IUP, IRMC, Platinum Visual Solutions, broadband

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 27, 2023

Year in Review: IUP sees a year of changes

In 2023, Indiana University of Pennsylvania named a dean to guide the institution into a new era of osteopathic medicine — and purged five administrators, one of whom is quietly being replaced.  On one hand, Dr. Miko Rose has started her role in IUP’s plan to develop what would be a sixth college. “I’m starting the charge to raise the funding required,” Rose said after being introduced to the Council of Trustees during a committee meeting in December. She also said she is starting to develop a curriculum, and recruit new faculty, “who can be key clinicians in the community.”

Year in Review: IUP sees a year of changes

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 27, 2023

IUP men's ice hockey club team makes donations to veteran's group, IRMC

During the fall semester, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Men’s Ice Hockey club team raised $2,350 for the Western Pennsylvania Veterans Relief Fund and collected more than 200 stuffed animals for pediatric patients at Indiana Regional Medical Center. Altogether, the team has raised $9,800 over the past five years for the Western Pennsylvania Veterans Relief Fund and is one of the organization’s “top 10” donors.

IUP men's ice hockey club team makes donations to veteran's group, IRMC

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 26, 2023

Another plea is made for Marc Fogel

Eighteen members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation, backed up by the president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, again are asking the United States Department of State to seek the release of an IUP alumnus along with two others reportedly being touted for a prisoner exchange.

Another plea is made for Marc Fogel

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 23, 2023

IUP BACKING LETTER FROM LEGISLATORS ASKING TO BRING MARC FOGEL HOME

IUP is putting its support behind a recent letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State from three of Pennsylvania’s federal legislators to get Marc Fogel, an IUP alumnus out of prison in Russia and get him home.

IUP BACKING LETTER FROM LEGISLATORS ASKING TO BRING MARC FOGEL HOME, Renda Broadcasting, Dec. 22, 2023

An IUP graduate is a lead archaeologist on the History Channel series "The Curse of Oak Island"

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Oak Island, Nova Scotia, is said to have a legendary treasure buried somewhere deep on the isle and for over 200 years, people have been searching for it. 

A few years ago, the History Channel started chronicling the ongoing search with their documentary series "The Curse of Oak Island." If you've been watching the show this season, you may have noticed one of the archaeologists is digging into the past while proudly sporting a sweatshirt from her alma mater, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Jamie Kouba got her master's degree in anthropology from IUP and is now a lead archaeologist on both the dig for this legendary treasure and the show chronicling the adventure.

An IUP graduate is a lead archaeologist on the History Channel series "The Curse of Oak Island"

CBS News/KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh), Dec. 19, 2023

After a year of growth, what will 2024 bring Pittsburgh’s Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute?
As part of managing the innovation accelerators, in May, the ARM institute was tasked with distributing $6 million to them as well. The four accelerators are Community College of Allegheny County’s Entrepreneurial Labs and Makerspace, Penn State New Kensington’s Digital Foundry at New Kensington, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s IUP STEAMSHOP and Westmoreland County Community College’s MAKERSPACE District. The goal is for the programs to build on their existing skills, as well as expand their services.

After a year of growth, what will 2024 bring Pittsburgh’s Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute?

Technical.ly, Dec. 17, 2023

Fulbright Educators Return Home After U.S. Semester

Fifty primary and secondary school educators from 16 countries and territories are returning to their home countries following a semester spent on U.S. campuses and in American school classrooms, with American teachers and students who benefit from the global knowledge and cultural exposure, through a U.S. Department of State Fulbright Teacher Exchange. In addition to time spent at the front of the classroom, the educators attended classes at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania; University of Rochester in Rochester, New York; and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennesse.

Fulbright Educators Return Home After U.S. Semester

Mirage, Dec. 16, 2023

Phillips expects record-breaking second quarter for KCAC

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Associate Vice President for University Operations and Administrative Services Samuel H. Phillips told the IUP Council of Trustees on Thursday that he expects to have a record-breaking second-quarter to report for the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex at the council’s March 7, 2024, meeting.

Phillips expects record-breaking second quarter for KCAC

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 16, 2023

Driscoll: IUP will move Cook College students out of Whitmyre Hall

Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll addressed the future of Whitmyre Hall, home to the Robert E. Cook Honors College, during his quarterly report given to the IUP Council of Trustees at its meeting Thursday evening.

Driscoll: IUP will move Cook College students out of Whitmyre Hall

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 15, 2023

IUP’s first dean of osteopathic medicine introduced to its trustees

Dr. Miko Rose has started her role in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s plan to develop a college of osteopathic medicine.

“I’m starting the charge to raise the funding required,” Rose said after being introduced to the Council of Trustees during a committee meeting Thursday afternoon.

She also said she is starting to develop a curriculum, and recruit new faculty, “who can be key clinicians in the community.”

IUP's first dean of osteopathic medicine introduced to its trustees

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 15, 2023

FUTURE OF WHITMYRE HALL DISCUSSED AT IUP COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES MEETING

In his comments, University President Michael Driscoll said that the plan is that while classes will continue to be held in Whitmyre hall, members of the Robert E. Cook Honors College will not live there starting next year and will live in a living-learning community in one of the suite-style residence halls.  While Whitmyre Hall has been listed in the long-range facilities master plan, that plan has not been approved yet and reports that Whitmyre is slated to be demolished are not true, but there are plans to retain the ideas of Cook Honors College’s living spaces.

FUTURE OF WHITMYRE HALL DISCUSSED AT IUP COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES MEETING, Renda Broadcasting, Dec. 14, 2023

IUP graduate from Big Run selected as student speaker for IUP commencement

INDIANA, Pa. – An Indiana University of Pennsylvania student from Big Run has been selected as the student speaker for IUP’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on Dec. 16.

Monique Mari Feliciano Labrador, a criminology graduate, was selected as the student speaker. Labrador is the daughter of Brenda Daugherty and Roy Daugherty and is a 2020 graduate of Punxsutawney Area High School. She was a dean’s list student, is a recipient of the Person of Purpose Award, and is a member of the Psychology Club.

IUP holds two ceremonies in December for its graduating students. The ceremony for students receiving graduate degrees is at 9:30 a.m. and the ceremony for students receiving bachelor’s and associate degrees is at 1 p.m. Both will be held at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. Students who have completed academic requirements for their degrees in December 2023 and January 2024 are eligible to participate in the ceremonies.

IUP graduate from Big Run selected as student speaker for IUP commencement

Dubois Courier Express, Dec. 14, 2023

10 BC3 Students Receive Department Of Defense-Funded Financial Awards

BC3 has applied $18,500 toward tuition and expenses for 19 students, $12,037 to fund software access codes for approximately 75 students and $1,750 to cover the cost of five professional certification examinations for four students. The college has been allocated approximately $400,000 over three years as a partner in a consortium led by Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The consortium is emphasizing cybersecurity education through a nearly $5 million National Defense Education Program grant announced in September 2022.

10 BC3 Students Receive Department Of Defense-Funded Financial Awards

Ellwood City.Org, Dec. 14, 2023

Winter 2023 Commencement: Dates and details at Pittsburgh-area colleges

Indiana University of Pennsylvania:  Graduating IUP students will celebrate winter commencement on Saturday, Dec. 16. A graduate ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m., while an undergraduate celebration is scheduled for 1 p.m. Both ceremonies will take place at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex’s Ed Fry Arena. Additionally, the state university is organizing a celebration toast from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Breezedale Alumni Center. Registration for the toast is required.

Winter 2023 Commencement: Dates and details at Pittsburgh-area colleges

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 14, 2023

South Schuylkill News College Notes, Dec. 14, 2023

Provost Scholar Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Amara Bender, Pine Grove, B.A. in English/Literature-Culture. Achieved when a student completes a minimum of 45 semester hours and has a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

South Schuylkill News College Notes, Dec. 14, 2023

Reading Eagle, Dec. 14, 2023

December 14: And To All, A Good Night

PA University Takes Big Step Toward Opening State-Owned System’s First Medical School. “Indiana University of Pennsylvania recently hired a dean for a proposed medical school that would be a first among Pennsylvania’s 10 state-owned universities.” (PennLive)

December 14: And To All, A Good Night

Politics PA, Dec. 14, 2023

Pa. university takes big step toward opening state-owned system’s first medical school

Indiana University of Pennsylvania recently hired a dean for a proposed medical school that would be a first among Pennsylvania’s 10 state-owned universities.

Dr. Miko Rose was hired after a national search and began work at IUP in November. She is a physician specializing in psychiatry and neurology and previously worked at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Yakima, Wash. IUP’s proposed medical school is aimed at drawing students from rural areas, who in turn are considered more likely to remain in rural areas, where there has long been a serious shortage of doctors. Rose has also stated a goal of making a medical degree affordable for rural students, with plans to use fundraising to offset tuition costs.

Pa. university takes big step toward opening state-owned system’s first medical school

Penn Live/Harrisburg Patriot-News, Dec. 13, 2023

Pa. university takes big step toward opening state-owned system’s first medical school

Indiana University of Pennsylvania recently hired a dean for a proposed medical school that would be a first among Pennsylvania’s 10 state-owned universities.

Dr. Miko Rose was hired after a national search and began work at IUP in November. She is a physician specializing in psychiatry and neurology and previously worked at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Yakima, Wash. IUP’s proposed medical school is aimed at drawing students from rural areas, who in turn are considered more likely to remain in rural areas, where there has long been a serious shortage of doctors. Rose has also stated a goal of making a medical degree affordable for rural students, with plans to use fundraising to offset tuition costs.

Pa. university takes big step toward opening state-owned system’s first medical school

Lehigh Valley Live, Dec. 13, 2023

IUP prepares degrees for 521 students

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s fall commencement ceremonies will be held Saturday for 521 graduates, including 13 who completed their undergraduate studies with perfect 4.0 grade point averages, at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

Graduate degrees will be handed out at 9:30 a.m. to 139 master’s degree students and 28 receiving doctoral degrees, while 349 bachelor’s and five associate degrees will be handed out at 1 p.m.

IUP prepares degrees for 521 students

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 13, 2023

Next Northrop Grumman spacecraft, resupply flight named for Homer-Center, IUP alum

INDIANA, Pa. – Technology and defense contractor Northrop Grumman has announced that the next Cygnus spacecraft mission will be named after Homer-Center School District and Indiana University of Pennsylvania alum Patricia Hilliard Robertson. “It’s our tradition to name each Cygnus spacecraft after a significant figure in human spaceflight,” Northrop Grumman said. “Dr. Robertson was selected in honor of her accomplishments as a space medicine fellow, flight instructor and pilot, and her service as a NASA astronaut.” Robertson is a 1980 graduate of Homer-Center and a 1985 graduate of IUP to whom the university provided the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2000.

She received a medical degree from IUP and was one of only two people selected for a two-year fellowship in space medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch and NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. Robertson then joined NASA’s flight medicine clinic at the Johnson Space Center in 1997 before being selected as a member of the 1998 astronaut class, as part of which she was assigned to crew support for the Expedition Two crew on board the International Space Station.

Next Northrop Grumman spacecraft, resupply flight named for Homer-Center, IUP alum

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Dec. 13, 2023

Homeless Heroes stocking project serves veterans for 7th year

INDIANA, Pa. – For the seventh year in a row, students in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Rho Tau Chi military service fraternity made a difference in the lives of homeless veterans in Indiana County and western Pennsylvania through the Homeless Heroes Holiday Stocking Project.

The project provides toiletries and other necessities to homeless veterans at the holidays; the toiletries are “packaged” in Christmas stockings. More than 1,300 holiday stockings were assembled at the Dec. 2 “stocking stuffing” party. Altogether, more than 16,300 stockings have been distributed to homeless veterans over the past seven years.

Homeless Heroes stocking project serves veterans for 7th year

Dubois Courier Express, Dec. 13, 2023

IUP online criminology program touted by Forbes

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s online master’s program in criminology has been ranked as one of the top six programs in the nation by Forbes Magazine.

IUP was ranked along with the University of California-at-Irvine, Texas A&M University-at-Commerce, West Liberty University in suburban Wheeling, W.Va., Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind., and Missouri State University-at-Springfield.

Forbes editors selected institutions based on student outcomes (overall graduation rate and median earnings 10 years after graduation); affordability; the student experience; accreditation status; and selectivity.

IUP online criminology program touted by Forbes

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 12, 2023

Three students named by IUP as research fellows

Indiana University of Pennsylvania said three junior dean’s list students have been selected as its second student cohort of Justice Research Fellows at the university’s Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center:

• Thomas Oraskovich, a sociology and political science major from Homer City, is a member of the IUP Cook Honors College. He is the son of Thomas Oraskovich and a 2021 graduate of Apollo-Ridge High School, a provost scholar, a participant in the Undergraduate Summer Opportunity for Applying Research program, and in the fall of 2023 vice president of the IUP Student Government Association and vice chairperson of the IUP University Senate. He also has been selected for early admission to IUP’s master’s program in public affairs.
• Emily Spezialetti, a sociology and English major from Pittsburgh, is the daughter of Amy and Jim Spezialetti and a 2020 graduate of Montour High School. She is a member of Phi Eta Sigma honor society, Alpha Kappa Delta, the Creative Writing Club, and the Sociology Club.
• Micaela Jebitsch, a mathematics-actuarial science and economics major from Hellertown, Northampton County, is the daughter of Hilary and Kurt Jebitsch and a 2022 graduate of Saucon Valley High School. She is a resident assistant, a member of the IUP Ambassadors student-alumni group and president of the IUP Resident Hall Association.

ALS-RTC Director Dr. Christian Vaccaro said Oraskovich, Spezialetti and Jebitsch were selected from a pool of exemplary candidates in the sociology and economics departments. They were nominated by department faculty in recognition of what Vaccaro termed the students’ “superlative academic talent.”

Three students named by IUP as research fellows

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 13, 2023

National Champions: IUP claims rugby title for first time in 15s

The IUP men’s rugby team returned from its Final Four trip to Houston, Texas, on Monday as national champions. IUP, a club team, defeated the University of Memphis, 27-19, in the College Rugby Association of America Division II 15s national championship at Saber Cat Stadium in Houston on Sunday. IUP trailed the Tigers 12-0 but fought back to win its first 15s championship in program history.

National Champions: IUP claims rugby title for first time in 15s

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 12, 2023

Two Pa. Towns Make Top 10 College Towns for Investors

Indiana, Pennsylvania, tops NAR’s list of Top 10 College Towns for Real Estate Investors, with Williamsport coming in at No. 6. With their steady stream of student renters, increased spending power and higher demand for housing and employment, college towns are often economic drivers for their surrounding cities. The study cited by NAR was conducted by HireAHelper, who ranked over 500 college towns based on median home price, price change in the last 12 months, projected growth in home prices over the next five years, favorable housing supply-to-demand ratio and potential rent income.

While seven of the top 10 best college towns for real estate investors were in Illinois and Indiana, Pennsylvania’s very own Indiana ranked No. 1, and Williamsport fell at No. 6.

Two Pa. Towns Make Top 10 College Towns for Investors

PARealtors, Dec. 12, 2023

IUP recognizes Provost Scholars from Clearfield County

INDIANA, Pa. – Students from the area have been recognized as Provost Scholars at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Provost Scholar status is achieved when students complete a minimum of 45 semester hours at IUP and have 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.

IUP recognizes Provost Scholars from Clearfield County

Dubois Courier Express, Dec. 12, 2023

Military service fraternity fills 1,300 stockings for county, regional veterans

For a seventh year in a row, students in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Rho Tau Chi military service fraternity made a difference in the lives of homeless veterans in Indiana County and western Pennsylvania through the Homeless Heroes Holiday Stocking Project.

The project provides toiletries and other necessities to homeless veterans at the holidays; the toiletries are “packaged” in Christmas stockings.

More than 1,300 holiday stockings were assembled at a Dec. 2 “stocking stuffing” party. Altogether, more than 16,300 stockings have been distributed to homeless veterans over the past seven years.

Military service fraternity fills 1,300 stockings for county, regional veterans

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 9, 2023

Seven with area ties named to PA Business Central 'Foremost Under 40'

Pennsylvania Business Central, a Sample News Group sibling of The Indiana Gazette, has named its annual list of the “Foremost Under 40,” including seven with ties to Indiana County and vicinity, county-based businesses, and/or Indiana University of Pennsylvania. • IUP’s Director of Strategic Partnerships Christina Koren has become, “with 16 years of dedicated service in higher education,” a seasoned professional committed to shaping the academic landscape. PA Business Central also observed that, “beyond academia, she thrives on community engagement, such as public speaking, leading service trips, and designing professional development for educators.”

Seven with area ties named to PA Business Central 'Foremost Under 40'

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 9, 2023

IUP faculty report on project taken to ARC symposium

A project focusing on rural health needs was Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s contribution to the the 23rd annual Appalachian Collegiate Research Institute Symposium conducted by the Appalachian Regional Commission last week in Washington, D.C.

A project named “The Indiana Health Barriers Project — Barriers to Recreational Park Access and Usage in Rural Western Pennsylvania” sought to identify community needs in relation to rural health, especially for disadvantaged groups.

It was presented by five IUP Health Economics students accompanied by Dr. Brandon Vick of IUP’s Department of Finance and Economics and Dr. Abigail Adams of IUP’s Department of Anthropology.

IUP faculty report on project taken to ARC symposium

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 8, 2023

Area students earn recognition from IUP

Students from the area have been recognized as Provost Scholars at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Provost Scholar status is achieved when students complete a minimum of 45 semester hours at IUP and have 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.

Area students earn recognition from IUP

The Daily News, Dec. 8, 2023

Spacecraft named for IUP alumnus and astronaut Robertson

Northrop Grumman, builder of the Cygnus spacecraft used to carry critical cargo to the International Space Station, is naming one of those spacecraft, the NG-20: the S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson, to honor the memory of a 1985 Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate.

The Falls Church, Va.-based company said the late Dr. Patricia Hilliard Robertson, who also is a 2000 IUP Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, is being honored for her accomplishments as a space medicine fellow, flight instructor and pilot, as well as her service as an astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Spacecraft named for IUP alumnus and astronaut Robertson

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 7, 2023

Salvation Army seeking support at its Red Kettles

That total does not include contributions made by fraternities and sororities at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, or during the annual Kick-Off Breakfast held at the Kovachick Convention and Athletic Complex. Local center commander Capt. Erin Rischawy said the annual kickoff raised $41,660, while IUP students raised $4,145.

Salvation Army seeking support at its Red Kettles

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 7, 2023

IUP Jewish student group reorganizes, plans Chanukah celebration

Amid increasing anti-semitism experienced or witnessed on campuses by three-fourths of all college students, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania organization has made changes meant to help Jewish students feel safe and supported. The Jewish student union group at IUP, now known as Hillel IUP, and the IUP Holocaust Remembrance Committee will partner with Rabbi Shneur Horowitz from the Altoona Chabad for an outdoor public Chanukah menorah lighting Monday at 6 p.m. in IUP’s Pratt Circle outside of the main entrance to the Hadley Union Building.

IUP Jewish student group reorganizes, plans Chanukah celebration

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 6, 2023

Late Homer City astronaut and IUP graduate receives space mission name

Dr. Patricia Hilliard Robertson, a 1985 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, devoted her life not only to medicine but to the advancement of human spaceflight.

She never made it into space herself, dying months shy of a mission.

On Wednesday, the space industry became the latest to honor the memory of the 38-year-old NASA astronaut and Homer City native by naming an upcoming Cygnus spacecraft mission for her.

Northrop Grumman, the Falls Church, Va.-based company that built the spacecraft, made the announcement Wednesday afternoon.

Late Homer City astronaut and IUP graduate receives space mission name

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Dec. 6, 2023

Education news

Students from the area have been recognized as Provost Scholars at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Provost Scholar status is achieved when students complete a minimum of 45 semester hours at IUP and have 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.

Education news

The Daily Courier, Dec. 6, 2023

Pike County students named Provost Scholars at IUP

Pike County. These stellar students are sure to go far.

Students from the Pike County were recently recognized as Provost Scholars at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Provost Scholar status is achieved when students complete a minimum of 45 semester hours at IUP and have 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.

Pike County students named Provost Scholars at IUP, Pike County. These stellar students are sure to go far.

Pike County Courier, Dec. 6, 2023

OC President Warren Hilton on leadership: Be yourself, understand who you’re serving

Hilton, 50, grew up in Philadelphia in circumstances similar to many of his students: the first generation in his family to go to college, an underrepresented minority, a kid who felt he didn’t belong. His blue-collar parents pushed their two sons to earn a college degree that would lead to a good job. Both became computer programmers. But instead of pursuing an MBA, a mentor persuaded Hilton to switch to higher education — not the first time an outsider would see something in him that he did not see in himself. He had found his calling. I grew up in Philadelphia. My parents never went to college. When you grow up in an inner city context, you see a lot of poverty, violence, things of that nature. So my parents were acutely focused on my brother and I going to college — and majoring in something that would get you a job. I was very fortunate to have some mentors, supporters, and teachers who recognized things in me that maybe I didn’t recognize. [Because of them] I was identified as gifted and I got access to some computer coursework outside of the school. … And so I went to college [at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, for computer programming] and I thought I was just going to be a computer programmer for the rest of my life.

OCC President Warren Hilton on leadership: Be yourself, understand who you’re serving
NYUP.com, Dec. 6, 2023

IUP STUDENTS FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY NAMED PROVOST SCHOLARS AT IUP

Students from the area have been recognized as Provost Scholars at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Provost Scholar status is achieved when students complete a minimum of 45 semester hours at IUP and have 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.

IUP STUDENTS FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY NAMED PROVOST SCHOLARS AT IUP

Franklin County Free Press, Dec. 6, 2023

International college student enrollment rebounds after plummeting during the pandemic

After earning his bachelor’s degree at a university in India, Archit Shetty planned to attend graduate school in the United States. And then the pandemic hit. Mr. Shetty’s plans were pushed back a year. Instead, he began attending Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2022, studying supply chain management. Despite pandemic precautions dwindling at that point, Mr. Shetty said he still faced challenges with his student visa and travel. Now a year into his IUP education, Mr. Shetty described IUP as a “lovely” campus. “I consider IUP a good opportunity and hub for international students,” said Mr. Shetty, from Bangalore, India. 

International college student enrollment rebounds after plummeting during the pandemic

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 5, 2023

IUP English professor ranked in World's top 2 percent scientists list

INDIANA, Pa. – An Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor has been named as one of the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” for 2023 by an international academic independent research center.

Dr. David I. Hanauer, a faculty member in IUP’s Department of English, was named in the list of top-2%-cited scientists in the field of education and linguistics compiled by Stanford University using Scopus data provided by the Elsevier Data Repository.

This recognition means that of all the citations of scientific research during the 2021-2022 academic year, Dr. Hanauer was in the top two percent of most cited scientists who were included in research publications.

IUP English professor ranked in World's top 2 percent scientists list

Dubois Courier Express, Dec. 4, 2023

IUP involved in ARC research symposium

The Appalachian Regional Commission is hosting 130 students from 13 Appalachian colleges and universities — including Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Seton Hill University and the University of Pittsburgh — for its 23rd annual Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative symposium in Arlington, Va., which concludes today. Supported by ARC and organized by the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at East Tennessee State University, participating schools offer a for-credit seminar during the fall semester to help students develop and execute field-based research projects that address the unique economic development needs of their communities and align with ARC’s investment priorities.

IUP involved in ARC research symposium

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 2, 2023

IUP: Again listed as 'College of Distinction'

Indiana University of Pennsylvania announced Friday that is has been selected as a College of Distinction for the 2023-2024 academic year. The category of Colleges of Distinction was created in 2000 by an organization out of Austin, Texas, to help students and their parents navigate the overwhelming process of selecting the right school. Its staff and advisory group said they aim to help parents and students find not just the “best” college, but the right one.

IUP: Again listed as 'College of Distinction'

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 2, 2013

IUP PRESIDENT, ENGLISH PROFESSOR RECEIVE TOP HONORS

IUP’s president and a professor in the university’s English department have received some top honors.

The university announced that President Dr. Michael Driscoll was named one of the commonwealth’s top 50 leaders over the age of 50 by City and State Pennsylvania.  Driscoll is currently the longest-serving university president in the State System of Higher Education and has lead the university to an R2 designation as a high-research activity institution by the National Center for Postsecondary Research’s 2021 Carnegie Classification.  The website also cited Driscoll’s recent fundraising and capital projects, and the establishment of a National Achievement Scholarship office.

Meanwhile, English Professor Dr. David Hammer was ranked as one of the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” for 2023 by Stanford University.  This recognition means that during the 2021-22 academic year, Hammer’s work was in the top two percent of most cited scientists who were included in research publications. 

IUP PRESIDENT, ENGLISH PROFESSOR RECEIVE TOP HONORS

Renda Broadcasting, Dec. 1, 2023

IUP's president honored by City & State Pennsylvania

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Michael Driscoll is recognized as one of the commonwealth’s 50 top leaders in Pennsylvania by City & State Pennsylvania.

The recipients are 50 of Pennsylvania’s most prominent and accomplished leaders in government, business, and media over the age of 50 who continue to make a positive impact on Pennsylvania through their achievements, leadership abilities, philanthropic efforts, and dedicate to the betterment of Pennsylvania. The recipients are recognized in the Nov. 27 issue of the publication and were honored at an awards ceremony held Nov. 28 in Philadelphia.

IUP's president honored by City & State Pennsylvania

Dubois Courier Express, Dec. 1, 2023

Dr. Tracy Eisenhower selected for executive director of IUP Research Institute

INDIANA, Pa. – Following a national search, a higher education professional with two decades of experience in sponsored research, grants management, and administration has been selected as the executive director of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute by the IUP Research Institute Board of Directors. Dr. Tracy Eisenhower, of Indiana, begins her work in the position today.

“I thank search committee chairperson Robin Gorman and the search committee for their careful and dilligent work to identify the best candidate for the position,” IUP Research Institute Board President David Antolik said.

Dr. Tracy Eisenhower selected for executive director of IUP Research Institute

Dubois Courier Express, Dec. 1, 2023

Statewide publication honors Driscoll among '50 over 50'

An online publication has honored Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll as one of the commonwealth’s 50 top leaders over the age of 50. “Michael Driscoll is the longest-serving president in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education — and without a doubt among the commonwealth’s most accomplished academic leaders,” according to City & State Pennsylvania, which touts itself as “the premier multimedia news organization that dedicates its coverage to Pennsylvania’s state and local government, including all things politics and public policy.”

Statewide publication honors Driscoll among '50 over 50'

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 1, 2023

Friends of Russian prisoner Fogel urge sending him Christmas cards

“I continue to be deeply saddened that a salt-of-the-earth western Pennsylvanian and IUP alumnus who has spent so much of his life serving our country has apparently been abandoned by our government,” IUP President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll said Thursday. “Despite continued requests from citizens and members of Congress, there has been no action (by the U.S. State Department) on declaring Marc as unlawfully detained — a key step in bringing him home."

Friends of Russian prisoner Fogel urge sending him Christmas cards

Indiana Gazette, Dec. 1, 2023

IUP, WCCC, Penn Highlands sign pacts regarding business studies

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College and Westmoreland County Community College said Tuesday that they had finalized collaborative agreements designed to help students complete both associate degrees and bachelor’s degrees in business.

The agreements permit IUP to accept additional transfer credits from the community colleges, and are designed to provide an affordable, accessible, high-quality program of study that will prepare students for professional and managerial careers in business, including a seamless transfer of courses between the two community colleges and IUP.

IUP, WCCC, Penn Highlands sign pacts regarding business studies

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 30, 2023

Indiana ranks high in some categories of WalletHub survey -- but 298th overall

Locally, Indiana was tops for wallet friendliness at 66th place, while Morgantown was 85th, Columbus 114th, Erie 127th, State College 170th, and Pittsburgh 199th.

“IUP is very proud to call the Indiana community home and equally proud to contribute to the hundreds of community events offered here,” said Jennifer Dunsmore, interim vice president of university advancement, and IUP’s liaison with Indiana Borough Council. “Hundreds of students come here, graduate, and decide to stay in Indiana for their careers and to raise their families. That is certainly a testament to the outstanding quality of life that we enjoy here.”

Still, Dunsmore said, “our students and their families tell us that they love their ‘home away from home’ and our alumni feel the same — IUP homecoming, for our alumni, is about coming home to IUP and to Indiana.”

Indiana ranks high in some categories of WalletHub survey -- but 298th overall

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 29, 2023

Eisenhower retained as permanent IUP Research Institute director

After what it termed a national search for a new executive director for Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute, the institute’s board of directors chose instead to make the interim director, as IUP termed it a higher education professional with two decades of experience in sponsored research, grants management, and administration, as the institute’s permanent executive director.

Eisenhower retained as permanent IUP Research Institute director

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 28, 2023

IUP prepares for year-long demolition effort

Preparation is underway for demolition work on five buildings on the Indiana University of Pennsylvania main campus in Indiana and White Township. The demolition of those buildings is part of the IUP Long-Range Facilities Master Plan. They’re included in the original 2010 plan or added as part of the master plan updates in 2011, 2014, or 2017.

The demolitions are all Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) projects. Buildings to be razed are Reschini House, the R&P office building, University Towers, Eicher Hall, and Pratt Hall.

IUP prepares for year-long demolition effort

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 28, 2023

In effort to boost recruiting, Pa. lawmakers pass bill to lower police academy fitness requirement

Marcia Cole, director of the Criminal Justice Training Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, agreed that lowering fitness standards could result in wasted resources if recruits wash out because they’re not able to meet the fitness standards.

“If somebody comes into the academy in decent shape they have a better chance of graduating,” Cole said, adding that they would be less likely to be injured, too.

In effort to boost recruiting, Pa. lawmakers pass bill to lower police academy fitness requirement

Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Nov 20, 2023

2023’s Best Vacation Cities for Amazing Views-Ask the Experts

Where in the U.S. can you book a scenic urban getaway?

With the holiday travel season approaching, Window Gnome ranked 2023’s Best Vacation Cities for Amazing Views.

We compared over 450 of the biggest U.S. cities based on 3 categories. We looked at access to “hotels with views” from Expedia and accommodations tagged with “amazing views” on Airbnb. We also considered ratings and cost factors, among 9 total metrics.

From Yasong (Alex) Wang Ph.D. CHIA CAHTA, Professor

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Department of Management Eberly College of Business

How far in advance should guests book their trip if traveling during shoulder seasons (spring and fall)?

It’s hard to answer this question because of the fluctuating and volatile nature of the travel business these days. In particular, because of the unstable social and economic status, it turns out to be harder to estimate the time frame for trip reservations.

2023’s Best Vacation Cities for Amazing Views
Window Gnome, Nov. 28, 2023

IUP fraternities and sororities collect more than $4,100 for Red Kettle Campaign

For a 14th year, 200 members of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s 24 fraternities and sororities continued a holiday tradition, raising a total of $4,145.80 for the Salvation Army in Indiana County.

“We can’t thank the Greek community at IUP enough for time and effort to raise money for our Red Kettle campaign, said Salvation Army Captain Erin ischawy. Their dedication to the Indiana community is truly felt through this annual donation.”

IUP fraternities and sororities collect more than $4,100 for Red Kettle Campaign

Dubois Courier Express, Nov. 27, 2023

The 2023 Fifty Over 50

The names on this year's list all illustrate those qualities in spades. They are politicians and lobbyists, entrepreneurs and community organizers – many with remarkable longevity. Collectively, their accomplishments show the value and the impact of effort over decades – and the Keystone State is incalculably richer for their contributions.

Michael Driscoll is the longest-serving president in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education – and without a doubt among the commonwealth’s most accomplished academic leaders.

Since taking the helm of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2012, Driscoll has unveiled the school’s first new academic building in 20 years, developed two strategic plans and led the university to an R2 designation as a high research activity institution. That last was a particularly resonant milestone for Driscoll, who won his academic society’s highest honor in 2020 – the SIGMICRO Test of Time Award – recognizing the enduring influence of research that Driscoll, an electrical engineering Ph.D., published while on the faculty at Portland State University.

More recently, Driscoll made a long-term impact at IUP through a series of fundraising and capital projects. He oversaw a recent campaign that yielded $81 million, exceeding both the original goal and the target deadline, thanks to several record gifts. Driscoll’s tenure has seen the opening of a $90 million science building, a $30 million humanities center and a $37 million dining program.

Under Driscoll’s leadership, IUP has also prioritized diversity and outreach – establishing a National Achievement Scholarship Office in 2019 and cultivating an international student population that is now the largest within the state system.  

The 2023 Fifty Over 50

City & State Pennsylvania, Nov. 27, 2023

Incremental progress in Indiana County shooting investigation to be expected, experts say

Nov. 26—When a crime like the October shooting at a private party in Indiana County takes place, police have a mountain of work in front of them.

It’s not concerning that such an investigation takes time, said Daniel Lee, professor in the criminology and criminal justice department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.They're tracking down witnesses, some of whom might not want to talk, and sifting through their statements to determine what might be pertinent. They're meticulously gathering evidence from the scene and waiting on results from testing laboratories.

Incremental progress in Indiana County shooting investigation to be expected, experts say

Yahoo News, Nov. 26, 2023

Incremental progress in Indiana County shooting investigation to be expected, experts say
It’s not concerning that such an investigation takes time, said Daniel Lee, professor in the criminology and criminal justice department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Investigators tasked with handling such a crime likely are tracking down witnesses and collecting evidence, Lee said. They might be dealing with witnesses who don’t want to talk or not have enough evidence to arrest the person or people they believe to be responsible. “Police are in a challenging time period in our history where not everybody has a great appreciation for the police,” he said.

Incremental progress in Indiana County shooting investigation to be expected, experts say

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Nov. 26, 2023

Pa. bill to lower police academy fitness requirement passes. It seeks to boost recruitment

Marcia Cole, director of the Criminal Justice Training Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, agreed that lowering fitness standards could result in wasted resources if recruits wash out because they’re not able to meet the fitness standards.

“If somebody comes into the academy in decent shape they have a better chance of graduating,” Cole said, adding that they would be less likely to be injured, too.

Pa. bill to lower police academy fitness requirement passes. It seeks to boost recruitment

Penn Live/Harrisburg Patriot News, Nov. 25, 2023

Bloom reports progress for 'Iselin Strong LLC'

She also reported that WQED-13 executive David Solomon and his videographer Paul Ruggieri “have spent several days in Iselin to begin taping interviews and shooting footage for a documentary on Iselin that WQED is creating.”

She said Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor Dr. John Benhart Jr., a professor from IUP, joined them on Oct. 19 to take drone footage for use in their documentary.

Bloom reports progress for 'Iselin Strong LLC'

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 25, 2023

Salvation Army kicks off Red Kettle drive across the nation

Indiana’s Salvation Army corps started raising money long before the first kettles went out. For instance, for a 14th year, 200 members of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s 24 fraternities and sororities continued a holiday tradition, raising a total of $4,145.80. Students from the IUP Greek community has raised almost $58,000 over the last 14 years of the collection drive.

“It’s part of the strong commitment our 24 Greek chapters have in supporting local and national philanthropies,” said Betsy Sarneso, IUP’s assistant director of fraternity and sorority life, and, since she was sworn in last week by Mayor William B. Simmons, an interim member of Indiana Borough Council.

Salvation Army kicks off Red Kettle drive across the nation

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 24, 2023

IUP military fraternity continue services to homeless veterans

INDIANA, Pa. – Military service fraternity Rho Tau Chi is once again accepting donations for its annual Homeless Heroes Holiday Stocking Project.

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania group has provided this service to local homeless veterans for the past seven years and annually collects enough supplies for around 2,500 stockings.

Materials needed range from shampoo and deodorant, toothburshes, individually wrapped soap and washcloths to $10 gift cards to Giant Eagle or Walmart, razors and winter hats.

Donations can be dropped off at the IUP University Police office in the Robertshaw building, 650 South 13th St., at any time or day or at the Military Science Department in Pierce Hall, 1140 Maple St., from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Monetary contributions can also be made with checks made out to Rho Tau Chi or through electronic payment service Venmo at Anastashia-Radlinsky.

Community members can join students and others at 6 p.m. Dec. 2 in Pierce Hall for the stocking stuffing party.

IUP military fraternity continue services to homeless veterans

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Nov. 24, 2023

IUP begins program review, seeks to refocus resources

INDIANA — IUP has begun its own academic program review to “build upon” its NextGen work.

At a Nov. 7 Student Government Association meeting, IUP provost Dr. Lara Luetkehans presented four preliminary plans to student members of the official representative organization for the student body. Included in these plans, which are no longer available for viewing, were college restructuring and department consolidations.

According to Michelle Fryling, IUP’s media relations executive director, university President Michael Driscoll had given the order to the academic affairs division to begin this process, which is separate from PASSHE’s program review requirements.

IUP begins program review, seeks to refocus resources

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 22, 2023

Don’t discount soft skills, these Pittsburgh workforce development pros say. Here’s why

In addition to teamwork, Indiana University of Pennsylvania mathematics professor Rick Adkins said employers want employees who can not only play well with others, but lead when necessary. Plus, being a strong writer never hurts, since this skill helps candidates communicate what they need from their fellow team members.

“It’s hard to describe what leadership is, but just being able to interact with all levels of an organization in a positive way matters,” Adkins said. “And your writing has to be clear. Your ability to communicate within your team, a lot of that’s documented by writing. So those are important skills.”

Don’t discount soft skills, these Pittsburgh workforce development pros say. Here’s why

Technical.ly, Nov. 21, 2023

FBI True-Hunting Graysuit: America’s Deadly Traitor

IUP Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Debra Evans Smith is featured on an episode of FBI True, CBS-TV, Nov. 21, 2022

FBI True-Hunting Graysuit: America’s Deadly Traitor
CBS-TV, Nov. 21, 2023

Why cybersecurity could offer job security, too

When the economy is in turmoil it seems, not even tech workers are safe from feeling the impact of layoffs at companies that have been forced to downsize.

But are some tech workers safer than others when times are hard?

Technical.ly asked around at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center last week, where hundreds of Pittsburgh tech pros and enthusiasts flocked for Pittsburgh Robotics Network’s daylong Discovery Day robotics showcase. According to a handful of reps from local universities and workforce development programs, cybersecurity is an area most workplaces feel they can’t cut corners — so if you’re looking for added job security, becoming a person who keeps organizational secrets safe might be your best bet. As a result, Indiana University of Pennsylvania mathematics professor Rick Adkins said, the computer science students he knows going into cybersecurity are the ones most consistently employed — so much so that he called it one of the most stable job areas in the tech industry.

Why cybersecurity could offer job security, too

Technical.ly, Nov. 20, 2023

IUP Institute for Rural Health and Safety partners with community agencies for 'Operation Safe Holiday' driving campaign

INDIANA, Pa. – The Indiana County Highway Safety Project, part of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety, is working with Armstrong County Commissioner Pat Fabian, District Attorney Katie M. Charlton, Armstrong County Sheriff Frank Pitzer, the Pennsylvania State Police and Margy Gray from State Farm Insurance for an awareness campaign about safe driving during the Thanksgiving Day holiday, according to a press release issued Thursday.

IUP Institute for Rural Health and Safety partners with community agencies for 'Operation Safe Holiday' driving campaign

Kittanning Leader Times, Nov. 17, 2023

IUP fraternity again reaching out to homeless veterans

For a seventh year in a row, students in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Rho Tau Chi military service fraternity are reaching out to help homeless veterans in western Pennsylvania through the Homeless Heroes Holiday Stocking Project.

Twenty-five members of Rho Tau Chi are collecting toiletries and other necessities to distribute to homeless veterans at the holidays; the toiletries are “packaged” in Christmas stockings.

IUP fraternity again reaching out to homeless veterans

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 16, 2023

Laurels and Barbs

Laurel: Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center will host the second Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on Thursday. “Following the first IUP-IRMC Day in 2022, we are proud to continue the tradition on an even larger scale this year,” IRMC President and CEO Steve Wolfe said. Jim Kinneer, IRMC chief human resources officer, and Christina Koren, IUP director of strategic partnerships, have coordinated the conference. “This is an especially valuable opportunity for students to network with professionals and plan the next steps in their careers,” Koren said.

Laurels and barbs
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Nov. 11, 2023

Laurels and Barbs

Laurel: Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Nov. 2 marked the completion of John J. and Char Kopchick Hall, its long-awaited $90 million science and mathematics facility. “This new building is an exciting new symbol for IUP, but as well for the State System of Higher Education and indeed for all of Pennsylvania,” said Cynthia Shapira, chair of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors. The building offers 142,536 square feet of laboratories, collaborative space, formal teaching areas and flexible classrooms. It houses the Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

Laurels and barbs
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Nov. 11, 2023

IUP's medical school plans highlighted, founding dean named 
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Nov. 17, 2023

Naming of osteopathic school dean highlights conference

A highlight for Thursday’s National Rural Health Day and the second annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania was IUP’s announcement of Dr. Miko Rose to spearhead what may be a five-year effort to create a college of osteopathic medicine.“ Following an extensive and rigorous national search, we have identified an outstanding individual to lead the proposed IUP College of Osteopathic Medicine,” university Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Lara Luetkehans told those gathered in Toretti Auditorium late Thursday morning.

Naming of osteopathic school dean highlights conference
Indiana Gazette, Nov. 17, 2023

Rural Health Conference deals with crisis in rural health care

There is a crisis in health care in rural communities. Referring to the situation for many in the field in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, “many in rural health find themselves at the breaking point,” Indiana Regional Medical Center President and CEO Steve Wolfe told those gathered in the KCAC’s Toretti Auditorium to open the event marking National Rural Health Day. That was among the points made at Thursday’s second-annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, a gathering of national leaders in rural health care that covered topics from “preparing for the next generation of physicians” to “rural residency program development.”

Rural Health Conference deals with crisis in rural health care
Indiana Gazette, Nov. 17, 2023

Rural health the mission of new IUP med school

INDIANA, Pa. – A rural health symposium on Thursday at Indiana University of Pennsylvania spotlighted the primary mission of the medical school being developed in partnership with Indiana Regional Medical Center.

The event included an announcement introducing the founding dean of the proposed school of osteopathic medicine.

Dr. Miko Rose, a board-certified physician in psychiatry and neurology, said the opportunity to help launch a new school was a “dream come true.”

Rural health the mission of new IUP med school
New Castle News, Nov. 16, 2023

IUP names dean for proposed college of osteopathic medicine

Indiana University of Pennsylvania leaders have hired a dean for their proposed college of osteopathic medicine and say the move is an important step toward establishing the state’s first such school on a public campus.

IUP names dean for proposed college of osteopathic medicine
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Nov. 16, 2023

IUP hires founding dean for proposed college of osteopathic medicine

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has appointed Miko Rose as founding dean of its proposed college of osteopathic medicine, following a national search.

Rose will begin her work with IUP on Nov. 20. She and her family will be relocating to the Indiana area in early 2024. A board-certified physician in psychiatry and neurology, Rose joins IUP from Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she is associate professor and chief of the Division of Psychiatry in the Department of Clinical Medicine and assistant dean for clinical education.

IUP hires founding dean for proposed college of osteopathic medicine
Pittsburgh Business Times, Nov. 16, 2023

IUP names founding dean of proposed medical school

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has named physician Miko Rose as the founding dean of the university’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine. Dr. Rose, who comes to IUP from Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, will start Nov. 20 at IUP. Her appointment was announced Thursday at the Second Annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference in Indiana. IUP and Indiana Regional Medical Center sponsored the event. “This is a critical step in securing accreditation and developing the foundation for the school of medicine as we seek to create a path, not only for IUP students, but for all students of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities,” IUP Council of Trustees Chairman Sam Smith said in a prepared statement.

IUP names founding dean of proposed medical school
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 16, 2023

IUP NAMES FOUNDING DEAN FOR PROPOSED OSTEOPATHIC COLLEGE

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania has named the founding dean to their proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine. After a national search, IUP has selected Dr. Miko Rose as the dean for the proposed college.  The announcement came during the Second Annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference earlier today at the KCAC. 

IUP NAMES FOUNDING DEAN FOR PROPOSED OSTEOPATHIC COLLEGE
Renda Broadcasting, Nov. 16, 2023

IUP names first dean for College of Osteopathic Medicine

While a college of osteopathic medicine still may be three to five years from becoming a reality at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a physician who is nationally known for wellness programming has been named to guide the process of creating that college. "I entered medicine with a mission of serving underserved communities as a primary care physician," said Dr. Miko Rose, a board-certified physician in psychiatry and neurology, who was named by IUP on Thursday as founding dean for that college.

Dr. Rose comes to IUP from Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she is associate professor and chief of the Division of Psychiatry in the Department of Clinical Medicine and Assistant Dean for Clinical Education.

IUP names first dean for College of Osteopathic Medicine
Indiana Gazette, Nov. 16, 2023

IUP plans last planetarium shows at Weyandt Hall

After 56 years of being a window to the stars for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania community, IUP will say goodbye to its Weyandt Hall planetarium and Spitz A3P projector with a final show Saturday at 10 a.m. and Monday at 7 p.m.

The program, “What This Planetarium Can Do,” is free and open to the community on the first floor of Weyandt Hall, but seating is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Dr. Ken Coles, planetarium director and professor of geography, geology, environment and planning, will present the program, which will focus on the features of the projector and planetarium and bid it a fond farewell.

IUP plans last planetarium shows at Weyandt Hall
Indiana Gazette, Nov. 16, 202

IUP fraternity again reaching out to homeless veterans

For a seventh year in a row, students in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Rho Tau Chi military service fraternity are reaching out to help homeless veterans in western Pennsylvania through the Homeless Heroes Holiday Stocking Project.

Twenty-five members of Rho Tau Chi are collecting toiletries and other necessities to distribute to homeless veterans at the holidays; the toiletries are “packaged” in Christmas stockings.

IUP fraternity again reaching out to homeless veterans
Indiana Gazette, Nov. 16, 2023

Collaborative focuses on 'myth, imagination and literature'

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Dessy-Roffman Myth Collaborative will continue its lecture series with “Intersections Between Myth, Imagination and Literature” Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. in IUP’s Jane Leonard Hall room 305. IUP dedicated the Dessy-Roffman Myth Collaborative space, located in Jane Leonard Hall outside the Department of English, in April 2021.

“The Dessy-Roffman Myth Collaborative has helped support a diverse range of student research projects and presentations including internships, coursework on myth and fairy tales, and a number of scholarly articles,” said Department of English Chairman and Distinguished University Professor Dr. Gian Pagnucci. “The English Department’s 2024 New Growth Arts Review student literary magazine will have a myth theme and the department’s 2024 English Graduate Organization Annual Conference will also feature a number of myth-focused panels.”

Collaborative focuses on 'myth, imagination and literature'
Indiana Gazette, Nov. 15, 2023

IUP once again named as a 'Best for Vets' institution

Indiana University of Pennsylvania again has been selected as one of the top public universities in Pennsylvania by the Military Times for its 2023 Best for Vets: Colleges list.

IUP is ranked highest on the listing of the state and region’s public universities selected for the honor. More than 1,000 schools were considered for the listing.

IUP has chosen regularly for the past several years by Military Times magazine as one of the nation’s “Best for Vets” institutions. In 2019 IUP was among 30 schools selected for the inaugural Pennsylvania National Guard Association’s Guard Friendly School designation.

IUP once again named as a 'Best for Vets' institution

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 11, 2023

IUP NAMED BEST FOR VETS BY MILITARY TIMES

IUP has once again been named one of the best schools for Veterans in Pennsylvania by Military Times.

The independent military newspaper ranked the Indiana University of Pennsylvania the highest on the listing on the state and regional list of public universities selected for the honor.  Over 1000 schools were considered for the listing.   This continues a string of listings on the Best for Vets Colleges List for IUP.  In 2022, IUP was one of only four public universities in Pennsylvania selected for the listing.

IUP NAMED BEST FOR VETS BY MILITARY TIMES

Renda Broadcasting, Nov. 11, 2023

IUP Performing Arts groups to present 'Pirates of Penzance'

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Music Theater, Theatre-by-the-Grove, Symphony Orchestra and Chorale will present a production of the popular classic comic operetta, “The Pirates of Penzance,” with libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan. This production is directed by Oliver Lo. Concerning the decision to produce this operetta, Lo said, “Many non-opera students told me that they were surprised when they watched ‘The Pirates of Penzance.’ They didn’t expect opera could be so fun!” As a result, “Pirates” was selected as the 2023 co-production of the Department of Music and Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance.

IUP Performing Arts groups to present 'Pirates of Penzance'

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 10, 2023

IUP's Balint honored by national high tech online newsletter

Bill Balint, chief information officer at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has been selected as University Technology Leader of the Year by EdScoop, an online newsletter for leaders in technology and digital learning published by Scoop News Group.

The awards, now in their second year, honor the most influential people and projects in the higher education technology community. Members of that community nominated more than 250 leaders and projects for the awards, from which the EdScoop team narrowed the list to 85, and readers cast more than 240,000 votes.

IUP's Balint honored by national high tech online newsletter

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 10, 2023

IUP honors five young alumni

Five graduates of Indiana University of Pennsylvania have been selected for the 2023 IUP Young Alumni Achievement Award, an honor created to recognize recent graduates who have been outstanding in their professions, from among the university’s more than 150,000 alumni:

IUP honors five young alumni
Indiana Gazette, Nov. 9, 2023

IUP, Indiana Regional Medical Center hosting conference on rural health

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center will host the second Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on Nov. 16. This event will be held in conjunction with National Rural Health Day and will take place at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, 711 Pratt Drive, Indiana. “Following the first IUP-IRMC Day in 2022, we are proud to continue the tradition on an even larger scale this year,” IRMC President and CEO Steve Wolfe said in a release. “IRMC and IUP continue to foster relationships to make new pathways that create opportunities for both the medical center and the university. It is exciting to see where the partnership may lead.”

IUP, Indiana Regional Medical Center hosting conference on rural health
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Nov. 7, 2023

IUP, Indiana Regional Medical Center hosting conference on rural health

Nov. 7—INDIANA, Pa. — Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center are hosting the second Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on Nov. 16.

This event will be held in conjunction with National Rural Health Day and take place at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, 711 Pratt Drive, Indiana.

"Following the first IUP-IRMC Day in 2022, we are proud to continue the tradition on an even larger scale this year," IRMC President and CEO Steve Wolfe said in a release.

"IRMC and IUP continue to foster relationships to make new pathways that create opportunities for both the medical center and the university. It is exciting to see where the partnership may lead."

IUP, Indiana Regional Medical Center hosting conference on rural health

Yahoo News, Nov. 7, 2023

Alumni notes: Dukes to be honored at PASSHE summit

An Indiana University of Pennsylvania Distinguished Alumni Award recipient will be honored by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education for her longstanding contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusions efforts during the 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit.

Dr. Charlene Mickens Dukes, a 1980 graduate of IUP and a 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, will be honored with the PASSHE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Keepers of the Flame Award on Nov. 9.

IUP also announced Monday that six of its graduates have been elected to serve on the IUP Alumni Association Board of Directors:

Alumni notes: Dukes to be honored at PASSHE summit

Indiana Gazette, Nov. 7, 2023

IUP celebrates opening of new $90M facility

Last week, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania held a ribbon-cutting event for its newest facility, the John J. and Char Kopchick Hall. The new $90-million facility will house the John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The building totals 142,536 square feet and includes 51,600 square feet of laboratory space.

IUP celebrates opening of new $90M facility
Pittsburgh Business Times, Nov. 6, 2023

IUP opens $90 million science building

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania has finished construction on a $90 million science and mathematics building that school officials hope will create new possibilities for the university in those study areas.

John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will open for classes in the spring semester. More than a third of the 142,536-square-foot building will feature laboratory space. Other amenities include a planetarium, a roof terrace, a partial green roof and collaborative spaces and classrooms.

On Thursday, about 400 people attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Kopchick Hall, named after IUP graduates and benefactors. The Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics also bears the couple’s name.

IUP opens $90 million science building
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 6, 2023

Leaders push to expand local drone aviation opportunities

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Unmanned aircraft industry leaders say they are ready to set up a network of sensors that would enable drones to deliver emergency medical supplies, create detailed maps and assist emergency planning across Cambria County. Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been operating the only unmanned aircraft training center in the state for several years, Benhart said. Developing a test site will not only help those students, but also enhance medical care in rural areas and help to fulfill the goals of the university’s plan to develop an osteopathic medical school on the campus.

Leaders push to expand local drone aviation opportunities
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Nov. 4, 2023

Ribbon cutting held for new $90M science, math building at Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana University of Pennsylvania held a ribbon cutting for a new $90 million math and science building. More than 400 people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremonies on Thursday for John J. and Char Kopchick Hall. The building is named after two IUP alumni who fell in love on campus. Dr. John Kopchick is a professor and a co-inventor of the drug Somavert and Char Kopchick is an executive director. The couple now works at Ohio University. Nov. 2 was also named John and Char Kopchick Day in Indiana.

Ribbon cutting held for new $90M science, math building at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Yahoo News/WPXI-TV (Pittsburgh), Nov. 3, 2023

Grand Opening At IUP Kopchik Hall

Over 400 people showed up to celebrate the grand opening of the John J. and Char Kopchik Hall at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday.

The building has been in construction since 2020 and cost $90 million. It has over 140 thousand square feet and will serve as the university’s science and mathematics hub. The building is named in honor of IUP graduates Dr. John and Char Kopchik who made a $23 million dollar donation to IUP in April of 2018.

“Now it’s time for the new generations of students to get their education here and hopefully be stimulated by some professors and to go out and do things that change the world, That’s what we’re all about We’re proud of the students that are here now and will be here to see their future accomplishments.” We spoke with a student about her thoughts on the new building and what it means for the future of the university. “What it means to us is the opportunities that come with it, The change from sort of closed off environments to an open collaborative workspace. It’s going to be incredible for the students. It’s going to be a whole new environment for us and I see our research departments really expanding.”

The building will be open for classes this upcoming Spring semester.

Grand Opening At IUP Kopchik Hall
Fox8 News/ABC23 (Johnstown), Nov. 3, 2023

Ribbon cutting held for new $90M science, math building at Indiana University of Pennsylvania

INDIANA, Pa. — Indiana University of Pennsylvania held a ribbon cutting for a new $90 million math and science building. More than 400 people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremonies on Thursday for John J. and Char Kopchick Hall. The building is named after two IUP alumni who fell in love on campus.

Ribbon cutting held for new $90M science, math building at Indiana University of Pennsylvania WPXI-TV (Pittsburgh), Nov. 3, 2023

IUP celebrates completion of $90M science, math building

Nov. 3—INDIANA, Pa. — Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Thursday marked the completion of its long-awaited $90 million science and mathematics facility. A couple hundred students, alumni, trustees and others filled IUP's new John J. and Char Kopchick Hall for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Calling the building a "remarkable research facility," Cynthia Shapira, chair of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors, extended a congratulatory message to IUP on behalf of the board of governors and the system of state universities.

IUP celebrates completion of $90M science, math building
Yahoo News, Nov. 3, 2023

The ribbon cutting ceremony in Kopchick Hall paves the way for a bright future of science and innovation at IUP

What was once just a dream finally became a reality Thursday when Kopchick Hall opened its doors for the first time ever for the official ribbon cutting ceremony. Prior to the dedication ceremony, several faculty and students led tours of the building’s interior for students, alumni and donors, leading to a building open house. Kopchick Hall is named after the couple Dr. John Kopchick and Char Kopchick, both of whom are IUP alumni. The Kopchicks donated $23 million to IUP in 2018 for the building’s construction. The difference was made up by donors to finance the $90 million, 12,000-square-foot science building. “This building is really about the students,” Ms. Kopchick said. “We are so happy to be here today and it is a great day for IUP.”

Innovation: The ribbon cutting ceremony in Kopchick Hall paves the way for a bright future of science and innovation at IUP
LatestFinance.News, Nov. 3, 2023

Indiana University of Pennsylvania opens brand new, $90 million science building

INDIANA, Pa. (KDKA) - A brand new science and mathematics building is open on IUP's campus. 

On Thursday, more than 400 people were on hand to celebrate the opening of the John J. and Char Kopchick Hall, the new $90 million, 142,536 square-foot science and mathematics building. 

While it's not yet home for classes, which will happen in the coming spring semester, it will be the home of 51,600 square feet of laboratory space that will face IUP's beautiful walking space The Oak Grove. 

"The purpose of a ribbon-cutting ceremony is to mark a new beginning," Dr. John J. Kopchick said. "It's a symbolic way to announce to the world that we here at IUP have something special. We want to celebrate this milestone, the new building is and will be a tangible reminder of our goal: to inspire a lifelong passion for learning, and help our students become the best version of themselves, with integrity and responsibility."

The building will house the colleges of natural science and mathematics, anthropology, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physics, engineering, geography, geology, environment, and many more. 

Indiana University of Pennsylvania opens brand new, $90 million science building
KDKA-TV (CBS, Pittsburgh), Nov. 3, 2023

Indiana University of Pennsylvania unveils $90 million John J. and Char Kopchik Hall

Over 400 people showed up to celebrate the grand opening of the John J. and Char Kopchik Hall at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday.

The building has been in construction since 2020 and cost $90 million. It has over 140 thousand square feet and will serve as the university’s science and mathematics hub. The building is named in honor of IUP graduates Dr. John and Char Kopchik who made a $23 million dollar donation to IUP in April of 2018.

“Now it’s time for the new generations of students to get their education here and hopefully be stimulated by some professors and to go out and do things that change the world," said Dr. John Kopchik. " That’s what we’re all about We’re proud of the students that are here now and will be here to see their future accomplishments.”

Indiana University of Pennsylvania unveils $90 million John J. and Char Kopchik Hall
WJAC-TV (NBC, Johnstown, State College), Nov. 3,2023

Ribbon-cutting marks opening of IUP's new Kopchick Hall

After a ceremony Thursday afternoon, the $90 million, 142,536-square-foot hall housing the John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, is now open, next to the Oak Grove at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

“What an exciting day, and what an amazing building,” said Char Labay Kopchick during Thursday’s event. Mrs. Kopchick and her husband made a $23 million commitment during the Imagine Unlimited fundraising campaign, the largest philanthropic gift in IUP history.

“It’s a symbolic way to announce to the world that we here at IUP have something special,” John Kopchick said. “We want to celebrate this milestone. This new building is and will be a tangible reminder of our goal … to inspire a lifelong passion for learning, and help our students become the best version of themselves, with integrity and responsibility.”

Ribbon-cutting marks opening of IUP's new Kopchick Hall
Indiana Gazette, Nov. 3, 2023

IUP celebrates completion of $90M science, math building

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Thursday marked the completion of its long-awaited $90 million science and mathematics facility. A couple hundred students, alumni, trustees and others filled IUP’s new John J. and Char Kopchick Hall for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Calling the building a “remarkable research facility,” Cynthia Shapira, chair of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors, extended a congratulatory message to IUP on behalf of the board of governors and the system of state universities.

IUP celebrates completion of $90M science, math building
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Nov. 3, 2023

IUP students, marketing and communications team win awards

Indiana University of Pennsylvania can add a third Crystal Pillar Award and its first Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to its list of accolades.

The two awards were presented Saturday during a presentation by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).

Industry professionals in radio and television who win the NATAS competitions in various categories receive Emmy awards; student productions are honored with the Crystal Pillar Award.

“COMM 360 Live Sports Football – Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship – Fall 2022,” live-streamed on Nov. 12, 2022, won the award in the category Live Sporting Event for College/University Student Productions.

A video, “A Life-Changing Experience-Connections,” produced by members of the Office of Marketing and Communications in the Division of Student Affairs, won an Emmy award in the Education/Schools – Short Form Content (Single Report) category.

IUP students, marketing and communications team win awards
Dubois Courier Express, Nov. 3, 2023

IUP to celebrate opening of $90 million John J. Char Kopchick Hall

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate the opening of John J. and Char Kopchick Hall, the university’s new $90 million, 142,536 square foot science and mathematics building, with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the community; guided tours of the building will be offered from 2 to 3:30 p.m. prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Kopchick Hall will be open for classes for the spring semester.

IUP to celebrate opening of $90 million John J. Char Kopchick Hall
Dubois Courier-Express, Nov. 2, 2023

Revolutionizing Education: The Inauguration of Kopchick Hall at IUP

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) celebrated a significant milestone in its history with the grand inauguration of Kopchick Hall – a state-of-the-art facility that is set to revolutionize the education landscape. Named after IUP alumni John and Char Kopchick, the hall aims to empower the next generation of scholars, researchers, and innovators.

Kopchick Hall, a testament to IUP’s commitment to excellence, features cutting-edge technology and innovative learning spaces that foster collaboration and creativity. Equipped with advanced laboratories, interactive classrooms, and dedicated research centers, the facility provides students and faculty with limitless opportunities for exploration and discovery.

Revolutionizing Education: The Inauguration of Kopchick Hall at IUP
EnergyPortal.eu, Nov. 2, 2023

RIBBON CUT ON KOPCHICK HALL AT IUP

The Dr. John J. and Char Kopchick Hall was officially opened three years after ground was broken on the project on the North Walk of IUP’s Oak Grove.  The 142,536 square foot facility will house the Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics along with over 50,000 square feet of lab space.  It will have 65 faculty working inside it and house most of the Kopchick College programs.  The facility also includes the Cejka Planetarium.

RIBBON CUT ON KOPCHICK HALL AT IUP
Renda Broadcasting, Nov. 2, 2023

Second Rural Health Conference set by IUP and IRMC

Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center will present their second annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on Nov. 16 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. The day-long event is in celebration of National Rural Health Day and is open to the community, but registration is required and can be made at www.alumni.iup.edu/rural through Nov. 10. A reduced registration fee is available through Friday.

The event is free to all IRMC and IUP employees and to IUP students.

“IUP is committed to making a difference in rural health in our commonwealth and beyond, and we are proud to partner with IRMC to bring nationally known experts to our community to address this critically important topic,” IUP President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll said. “IUP — and the entire region — is incredibly fortunate to have the resources of outstanding medical centers and health providers who are dedicated to rural health and wellness right in our own backyard.”

Second Rural Health Conference set by IUP and IRMC
Indiana Gazette, Nov. 2, 202

IUP holding ribbon cutting event for new Kopchick Hall

Oct. 31—INDIANA, Pa. — Community members are invited to Indiana University of Pennsylvania to celebrate the new John J. and Char Kopchick Hall at 4 p.m. Thursday.

The event that is free and open to the public will feature guided tours from 2 to 3:30 p.m. of the $90 million, 142,536-square-foot facility that will now house the sciences and mathematics departments.

There is also more than 51,600 square feet of laboratory space facing the Oak Grove, 43 research lab modules, nearly 10,000 square feet of collaboration space and 8,000 feet of formal teaching space, including three flexible classrooms.

"We are deeply and profoundly proud to have our name 'etched' in the history of science at IUP," the Kopchicks said in a release.

IUP holding ribbon cutting event for new Kopchick Hall
Yahoo News, Oct. 31, 2023

IUP holding ribbon cutting event for new Kopchick Hall

INDIANA, Pa. – Community members are invited to Indiana University of Pennsylvania to celebrate the new John J. and Char Kopchick Hall at 4 p.m. Thursday.

The event that is free and open to the public will feature guided tours from 2 to 3:30 p.m. of the $90 million, 142,536-square-foot facility that will now house the sciences and mathematics departments.

There is also more than 51,600 square feet of laboratory space facing the Oak Grove, 43 research lab modules, nearly 10,000 square feet of collaboration space and 8,000 feet of formal teaching space, including three flexible classrooms.

“We are deeply and profoundly proud to have our name ‘etched’ in the history of science at IUP,” the Kopchicks said in a release.

IUP holding ribbon cutting event for new Kopchick Hall
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Oct. 31, 2023

IUP set to open $90 million classroom hall

Oct. 30—Hannah Borys and her classmates may feel like time travelers once their Indiana University of Pennsylvania science classes move from a dated 1960s hall into a gleaming venue designed to promote collaboration across disciplines.

The $90 million John J. and Char Kopchick Hall at IUP is set to open in January, officials said.

The project, dating to 2018, has weathered construction delays from the covid pandemic and is part of a major push by the State System of Higher Education to update venues for science instruction at its 10 member universities.

Nearly every IUP student is expected to use the hall, either for classes in their major or for general studies. The four-story L-shaped brick building with 143,536 square feet fronts the leafy Oak Grove on IUP's 9,300 student-campus, a little over an hour north and east of Pittsburgh.

"It's probably going to be a big shock," Borys, 21, a senior biology major with medical school aspirations, said Friday.

IUP set to open $90 million classroom hall
The Daily Item, Oct. 31, 2023

IUP receives $2 million grant for Student Success Infrastructure

INDIANA — Indiana University of Pennsylvania received $2,097,074 from the federal Department of Education for the Hawks SOAR Program at IUP –Student Opportunity for Achievement and Readiness. This funding will come to IUP in this academic year and continue for four additional years.

IUP receives $2 million grant for Student Success Infrastructure
Dubois Courier-Express, Oct. 30, 2023

'Common Goods' returns, this time to the Indiana Theater box office

Students in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s 3D Design and Digital Fabrication classes, taught by art faculty Sharon Massey and Sean Derry, are continuing a tradition of the “Common Goods” pop-up store, featuring laser-cut paper packages of items, “things we need but cannot buy, like empathy, rest and rainbows.” This year, Common Goods will be located in the ticket booth of the Indiana Theater, 637 Philadelphia St., downtown Indiana. The store’s grand opening celebration is Nov. 8 from 6 to 9 p.m.

'Common Goods' returns, this time to the Indiana Theater box office
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 30, 2023

Negrin Resigns As DEP Secretary; Shirley Assumes Interim Role

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Rich Negrin submitted his resignation on Thursday, taking a medical leave until it takes effect on December 9. Jessica Shirley will step in as interim acting secretary effective immediately.

Shirley previously served as the Department’s Policy Director from May 2016 to April 2022 helping develop executive orders related to PFAs, climate change, energy conservation, sustainability in Commonwealth operations, and environmental justice. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Penn State and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Political Science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Negrin Resigns As DEP Secretary; Shirley Assumes Interim Role
Politics PA, Oct. 26, 2023

ACMH Hospital seeks affiliation with IRMC, Punxsy hospitals

The board of directors of Armstrong County Memorial Hospital said it had signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to explore affiliation opportunities with the hospital network that now includes Indiana Regional Medical Center and Punxsutawney Area Hospital. And there is the ongoing relationship between IRMC and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Ties between those institutions date decades and have been a boost to health care in rural areas between Pittsburgh and Johnstown.

“IUP and IRMC have been great partners,” IUP President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll said at a first “IRMC Day at IUP” last year at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

“IUP is the most important asset in our community,” Wolfe said as he followed Driscoll in what officially was a gathering of the Western Pennsylvania Rural Health and Wellness Collaborative, an association that has distant roots but was forged through early and proactive laboratory-based testing conducted over the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ACMH Hospital seeks affiliation with IRMC, Punxsy hospitals
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 26, 2023

IUP Museum plans show of Depression-era artwork

Pieces from the Collection, an exhibit by the University Museum at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, features artists that shared an important background of working and creating art for the Federal Arts Project, a division of the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, often referred to as the WPA.

On display will be works of art by Manuel Bromberg and Vincent D’Agostino, among others.

The exhibit will be available for viewing from Nov. 4 to Dec. 9, with a free, public reception Saturday, Nov. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m.

IUP Museum plans show of Depression-era artwork
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 25, 2023

IUP to host International Unity Day on Friday

The Office of International Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will present International Unity Day on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. in the upper level of the Hadley Union Building on the IUP campus.

The event is free and open to the community. This year’s Unity Day celebration includes 30 country booths and nine different entertainment acts.

IUP to host International Unity Day on Friday
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 24, 2023

IUP slates Archaeology Open House

In celebration of International Archaeology Day, the Anthropology Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold its annual Archaeology Open House on Oct. 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. on the ground floor of McElhaney Hall, which faces the Oak Grove on the IUP campus.

This year’s theme is “Archaeology: Preserving the Past for the Future.”

The open house and all Archaeology Day events in McElhaney Hall and on the east lawn adjacent to the building are free and open to the community.

IUP slates Archaeology Open House
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 23, 2023

IUP plans annual Cybersecurity Day

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cybersecurity, in collaboration with the PC4A (Pennsylvania Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement) Project and Information Technology Support Center, will host the 16th annual Cybersecurity Day on Oct. 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Ohio Room of the Hadley Union Building on the IUP campus.

This annual event features nationally recognized security experts as well as speakers from government, the security industry, and academia. It is free and open to the community.

IUP plans annual Cybersecurity Day
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 23, 2023

IUP welcoming 35 new citizens from 28 nations

A total of 35 new American citizens will be welcomed during a naturalization ceremony this morning at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The naturalization ceremony is part of the IUP Office of International Education’s celebration of International Education Week.

The ceremony, open to the community, is at 11 a.m. at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex Toretti Auditorium and will be conducted by the United States Customs and Immigration Service

IUP welcoming 35 new citizens from 28 nations
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 20, 2023

Indiana: Fulbright teachers return to classrooms

Fulbright teachers are back at Indiana High School for the annual Fulbright Program. The program has been partnering with Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the exchange since 2016, with cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teachers worldwide have the opportunity to explore school districts throughout the United States for better understanding of cultural and academic differences.

Indiana: Fulbright teachers return to classrooms
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 20, 2023

IUP gets $2M+ for student support program

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been awarded more than $2 million from the U.S. Department of Education for the Hawks SOAR Program.

This funding, $2.1 million, will support two goals that focus on student success for specific populations.

Those are improving retention and persistence rates for the university’s Pell Grant-eligible, first-generation and underrepresented minority students and improving institutional structures and school culture to be more proactive and responsive to the varied needs of students.

IUP gets $2M+ for student support program

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Oct. 20, 2023

IUP weighs in on local healthcare issues

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney campus recently hosted a roundtable discussion regarding healthcare.

Richard Muth, director of IUP regional campuses, said they formed a small group of people in Punxsutawney with a goal to look at long-term care, home health, clinical, hospital and all of the employers that are in the local area. 

IUP weighs in on local healthcare issues
Punxsutawney Spirit, Oct. 19, 2023

Osteopathic medicine advocates gather in D.C.

A spokeswoman for AACOM said 11 advocates from Pennsylvania were in attendance, including three from west-central Pennsylvania where Indiana University of Pennsylvania is researching whether to open its own college of osteopathic medicine.

Osteopathic medicine advocates gather in D.C.
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 19, 2023

Dr. John Balmer earns Osteopathic 2023 Physician of the Year honors

A Crawford County physician has been named the American Osteopathic Foundation’s 2023 Physician of the Year.

Dr. John E. Balmer of Spartansburg received the award this month at the American Osteopathic Foundation’s annual honors gala in Orlando, Florida, as part of the group’s annual conference. The foundation has a membership of more than 186,000 doctors.

Balmer, a native of Lancaster, established his medical practice in 1993 as the Spartansburg Regional Health Center. He is a 1990 graduate of theUniversity of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Prior to going to medical school, Balmer had worked as a registered nurse for three years after earning a nursing degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. John Balmer earns Osteopathic 2023 Physician of the Year honors
Meadville Tribune, Oct. 17, 2023

IUP students land Mid-Atlantic Emmy, Crystal Pillar award

Indiana University of Pennsylvania can add a third Crystal Pillar Award and its first Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to its list of accolades.

The two awards were presented Saturday during a presentation by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).

Industry professionals in radio and television who win the NATAS competitions in various categories receive Emmy awards; student productions are honored with the Crystal Pillar Award.

“COMM 360 Live Sports Football – Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship – Fall 2022,” live-streamed on Nov. 12, 2022, won the award in the category Live Sporting Event for College/University Student Productions.

A video, “A Life-Changing Experience-Connections,” produced by members of the Office of Marketing and Communications in the Division of Student Affairs, won an Emmy award in the Education/Schools – Short Form Content (Single Report) category.

IUP students land Mid-Atlantic Emmy, Crystal Pillar award
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 17, 2023

IUP marks International Education Week

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Office of International Education will host a variety of events from Monday through Oct. 20 in celebration of International Education Week.

Included is a naturalization ceremony on Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. in Toretti Auditorium of the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, where the United States Customs and Immigration Service will swear in a new class of U.S. citizens.

All events are free and open to the community.

IUP marks International Education Week
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 14, 2023

'Spooktacular' set tonight as IUP fund-raiser

Students working with Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Office of Annual Giving have organized “Indiana Scares & Cares: A Spooktacular IUP Student Aid Screening,” tonight at 7 p.m. at the Indiana Theater, 637 Philadelphia St., to raise funds to support IUP students and collect donations for the IUP Food Pantry and Help Center and the IUP Crimson Closet.

University officials stressed that this is a family friendly event, open to all ages, that will feature the film “Halloweentown,”

There is no fixed admission charge, but monetary donations or donations for the Food Pantry and Help Center or Crimson Closet are requested. Donations to support IUP students can be made in advance online at www.alumni.iup.edu/halloweentown.

'Spooktacular' set tonight as IUP fund-raiser,
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 14, 2023

Weekend weather could make partial eclipse tough to watch in Western Pa.

Oct. 13—Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor Kenneth Coles had only one word to sum up the forecast for Saturday's partial eclipse: dismal.

"Clouds and rain is what they're calling for right now," said Coles. "But if we get a hole in the clouds — and we're always hopeless optimists about that — we'll get out on campus with special solar telescopes to view it."

Weekend weather could make partial eclipse tough to watch in Western Pa.
Yahoo News, Oct. 13, 2023

Weekend weather could make partial eclipse tough to watch in Western Pa.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor Kenneth Coles had only one word to sum up the forecast for Saturday’s partial eclipse: dismal.

“Clouds and rain is what they’re calling for right now,” Coles said. “But if we get a hole in the clouds — and we’re always hopeless optimists about that — we’ll get out on campus with special solar telescopes to view it.”

Weekend weather could make partial eclipse tough to watch in Western Pa.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Oct. 13, 2023

IUP celebrating International Education Week

INDIANA, Pa. — Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Office of International Education will host a variety of events in celebration of International Education Week from October 16 through October 20, including a naturalization ceremony on Oct. 20.

All events are free and open to the community.

IUP celebrating International Education Week
Dubois Courier Express, Oct. 13, 2023

New director named for IUP center

Indiana University of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that Dr. Robert Orth, a consultant to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency who has worked on past projects with IUP, will serve as new managing director for IUP’s Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center.

ALS-RTC is an applied, interdisciplinary center at IUP that supports sponsored research, program evaluation, policy analysis, technology transfer and training for nonprofits and state agencies that serve the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

New director named for IUP center
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 13, 2023

Woodwind trio to perform for Johnstown Concert Series

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A trio of woodwinds players will entertain with classical and contemporary pieces at this upcoming performance.

The Johnstown Concert Series will present the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Woodwind Forum at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, 309 Lincoln St., downtown Johnstown.

The trio is composed of faculty members of the IUP music department.

They have performed at multiple meetings of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and most recently did a tour of Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, playing at the Moscow Conservatory and the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.

Woodwind trio to perform for Johnstown Concert Series
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Oct. 12, 2023

IUP celebrating National Day of Writing with lunch and learn event

INDIANA, Pa. – The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries will host local writer Jolene McIlwain, an English Department graduate of IUP, for a lunch and learn event on Oct. 20, in celebration of the National Day of Writing.

McIlwain, the author of Sidle Creek, will share her journey from IUP student to published author during the program, which will be held at the Allenwood, located on the lower level of Ackerman Hall.

IUP celebrating National Day of Writing with lunch and learn event
Dubois Courier Express, Oct. 12, 2023

'Sidle Creek' author speaking at IUP

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries will host Kittanning native Jolene McIlwain, an English Department graduate of IUP, for a lunch and learn event on Oct. 20, in celebration of the National Day of Writing.

McIlwain, author of Sidle Creek, will share her journey from IUP student to published author during the program, which will be held at the Allenwood, located on the lower level of Ackerman Hall.

'Sidle Creek' author speaking at IUP
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 11, 2023

Nashef featured in Future Makers Forum at IUP

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s STEAMSHOP, an innovation accelerator featuring digital fabrication tools and entrepreneurship resources, will host a “Future Makers Forum” with Kalamazoo, Mich.-based product designer and entrepreneur Michael Nashef on Oct. 18, as well as a hands-on 3D printing and mold making workshop on Oct. 19.

Nashef’s Future Makers Forum talk will take place on Oct. 18 at 4 p.m. in Jane Leonard Hall, room B10. This event is free and open to the public.

Nashef featured in Future Makers Forum at IUP
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 11, 2023

PennWest enrollment sees decline while Slippery Rock, IUP grow, PASSHE reports

Meanwhile, in terms of total enrollment, the other two local PASSHE schools — Indiana University and Slippery Rock University — saw gains year-over-year. IUP grew enrollment by 4.8%, from 8,832 in 2022 to 9,254 in 2023. Slippery Rock grew by 1.4%, from 8,243 in 2022 to 8,362 in 2023.

PennWest enrollment sees decline while Slippery Rock, IUP grow, PASSHE reports
WPXI-TV (Pittsburgh, NBC), Oct. 11, 2023

PennWest enrollment sees decline while Slippery Rock, IUP grow, PASSHE reports

According to new data released from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, fall 2023 enrollment at PennWest — the local PASSHE institution made up of the combined campuses of the former California University, Clarion University and Edinboro University — has slipped. Meanwhile, in terms of total enrollment, the other two local PASSHE schools — Indiana University and Slippery Rock University — saw gains year-over-year. IUP grew enrollment by 4.8%, from 8,832 in 2022 to 9,254 in 2023. Slippery Rock grew by 1.4%, from 8,243 in 2022 to 8,362 in 2023.

PennWest enrollment sees decline while Slippery Rock, IUP grow, PASSHE reports
Pittsburgh Business Times, Oct. 10, 2023

Indiana Theater announces October event lineup

The Indiana Theater is set to present a variety of festive and seasonal events and performances this October.

“This year, we’ve curated a series of events that truly embrace the Halloween spirit,” said Indiana Theater Executive Director Veldorah Rice in a news release. “Whether you’re looking for classic scares, glamorous performances, or family friendly films, The Indiana Theater is the place to be.”
Family Day & IUP Scares and Cares Collaboration

The theater will present a special day designed for all members of the community Saturday. Two of the most requested films of the holiday season will be shown: “Hocus Pocus” at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. and “Halloweentown” at 7 p.m.

In the afternoon, the theater lobby will be opening for the community at 1 p.m. Community members are welcome to come and enjoy free games and activities, including LEGO, coloring sheets and board games. Families are invited to a special screening of “Hocus Pocus,” the tale of the Sanderson sisters’ misadventures.

Tickets for “Hocus Pocus” are $5 and can be purchased at the door or online at www.theindianatheater.com. Children age 3 and under are free.

At 7 p.m., in collaboration with IUP Student Philanthropy, the theater will offer a free screening of “Halloweentown” for their “Indiana Scares & Cares” night.

The screening is designed to raise money for the IUP Student Aid fund, which provides food, clothing and funding for students in need.

Indiana Theater announces October event lineup
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 10, 2023

As PennWest struggles, 1st-year enrollment up again at other Pa. state-owned universities

In revealing fall 2023 enrollment data Monday, leaders of Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities asserted that they potentially had turned a corner in reversing 13 years of student declines. Systemwide, headcount continued to slide - down by 2.2%, to 82,688 students. But seven of the 10 universities including Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Slippery Rock University saw gains.

Across the 10 universities, new enrollment grew on average by 3.4% compared with 2022 and is now 10% higher than two years ago. Of the seven universities with freshman and certificate-seeking student gains this fall, four registered double-digit increases: IUP, 15%; East Stroudsburg University, 21.3%; Cheyney University, 15.2% and Commonwealth University, 11.8%.

As PennWest struggles, 1st-year enrollment up again at other Pa. state-owned universities
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Oct. 9, 2023

Celebrating National Fossil Day at IUP

Keeping the STEAMfest theme going, PTL's Daisy Jade visits Indiana University of Pennsylvania where they have a fascinating program about the world of dinosaurs. We're talking about it just in time for National Fossil Day.

Celebrating National Fossil Day at IUP
KDKA-TV, Oct. 10, 2023

IUP sees increase in overall enrollment

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania has increased its overall enrollment by nearly 5 percent for fall 2023 and its enrollment of new, first-time students by 16 percent.

This is the first time in 11 years that overall enrollment has increased at the university.

Total student enrollment across all programs and at all levels is 9,254 students, an increase of nearly 4.8 percent from fall 2022.

IUP sees increase in overall enrollment
Dubois Courier-Express, Oct. 9, 2023

IUP professor contributes to book on landmark asteroid mission

INDIANA, Pa. – Samples from the asteroid Bennu landed safely on Sept. 24 in Utah, completing a historic mission that Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor Kenneth Coles helped catalogue in the book “Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid.”

“Anyone working on or with a mission like this is very happy when it is successful,” Coles said, adding that the mission was “even more special by successfully returning a sample, which is a rare accomplishment. And it came from a challenging target – a small asteroid requiring a long trip, covered with boulders that were potentially hazardous to the mission – an accomplishment that should be credited to a large group of people.”

IUP professor contributes to book on landmark asteroid mission
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Oct. 8, 2023

IUP professor part of team dealing with Bennu asteroid research

INDIANA — Following his 2019 book, “The Atlas of Mars: Mapping its Geography and Geology,” Indiana University of Pennsylvania geoscience professor Dr. Kenneth Coles has moved on to writing about something significantly smaller in size, but a project that could help scientists make big new discoveries about the origin of the Earth and the Solar System.

Dr. Coles is part of the writing team of “Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid,” published jointly by the London Stereoscopic Company and the University of Arizona press and launched in London in July 2023.

IUP professor part of team dealing with Bennu asteroid research
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 4, 2023

IUP fall enrollment: Up nearly 5 percent

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has increased its overall enrollment by nearly 5 percent for fall 2023 and its enrollment of new, first-time students by 16 percent, the university has announced.

This is the first time in 11 years that overall enrollment has increased at IUP. Total student enrollment across all programs and at all levels is 9,254 students, an increase of nearly 4.8 percent from fall 2022.

It is a brighter message than that IUP President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll gave the university's Council of Trustees a year ago, when he said “the fact our incoming class of students this year is larger than last year’s gives me hope,” but while “that needle is moving in the right direction,” the university “must address our retention rate, currently around 70 percent, to make sure our students know they are supported,” and do not leave IUP before they graduate.

IUP fall enrollment: Up nearly 5 percent
Indiana Gazette, Oct. 3, 2023

IUP reports first year-to-year enrollment increase in over a decade

After years of plummeting student population numbers, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania has seen its first year-to-year enrollment increase in over a decade.

More than 9,250 students are enrolled at IUP in fall 2023, a 4.8% boost compared to the 8,832 students enrolled last fall.

IUP reports first year-to-year enrollment increase in over a decade
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 29, 2023

IUP reports increase in overall enrollment

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has increased its overall enrollment by nearly 5 percent for fall 2023 and its enrollment of new, first-time students by 16 percent, the university has announced.

This is the first time in 11 years that overall enrollment has increased at IUP. Total student enrollment across all programs and at all levels is 9,254 students, an increase of nearly 4.8 percent from fall 2022.

IUP reports increase in overall enrollment
Punxsutawney Spirit, Sept. 29, 2023

Indiana University of Pennsylvania celebrates enrollment growth

INDIANA, Pa. – Enrollment is up at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, not just for new first-time students but also for those studying at the graduate level, in career preparation, international, veteran- and military-affiliate students and dual-enrollment students.

“Our fall enrollment is good news, and it reflects the hard work of our IUP community and the university wide commitment to changing the culture to more fully focus on the needs of our students and families, including prospective students,” President Michael Driscoll said in a release.

According to university data, total student enrollment across all programs and levels is 9,254 students, which is an increase of about 4.8% from fall 2022.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania celebrates enrollment growth
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Sept. 28, 2023

IUP increases overall enrollment, sees rise in new, graduate, international, career preparation, military, dual enrollment student numbers

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has increased its overall enrollment by nearly 5% for fall 2023 and its enrollment of new, first-time students by 16%, the university announced Thursday.

This is the first time in 11 years that overall enrollment has increased at IUP. Total student enrollment across all programs and at all levels is 9,254 students, an increase of nearly 4.8% from fall 2022.

It is a brighter message than that IUP President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll gave the university’s Council of Trustees a year ago, when he said “the fact our incoming class of students this year is larger than last year’s gives me hope,” but while “that needle is moving in the right direction,” the university “must address our retention rate, currently around 70%, to make sure our students know they are supported,” and do not leave IUP before they graduate.

IUP increases overall enrollment, sees rise in new, graduate, international, career preparation, military, dual enrollment student numbers
Kittanning Leader-Times, Sept. 30, 2023

Third IUP student selected for full-tuition scholarship by Statler Foundation

NDIANA, Pa. — Elizabeth Haffling, a senior Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism and Event Planning Major from Martinsburg at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), has been awarded the prestigious Statler Foundation’s Scholarship of Excellence. She is the third IUP student chosen for this competitive scholarship.

The scholarship is awarded based on academic excellence, character, and commitment to the industry. Each scholarship is worth up to $25,000 for the academic year to be used for tuition, fees and books. The Statler Foundation was created from the estate of hotelier Ellsworth M. Statler following his death in 1928. Its purpose is to support research work and train employees for the benefit of the hotel industry.

Third IUP student selected for full-tuition scholarship by Statler Foundation
Kittanning Leader Times, Oct. 2, 2023

Central Grad Selected for Full-Tuition Scholarship by Statler Foundation at IUP

Elizabeth Haffling, a senior hotel, restaurant, tourism, and event planning major from Martinsburg, has been awarded the prestigious Statler Foundation's Scholarship of Excellence.

She is the third IUP student chosen for this competitive scholarship.

Central Grad Selected for Full-Tuition Scholarship by Statler Foundation at IUP
Morrisons Cove Herald, Sept. 28, 2023

IUP ANNOUNCES FIRST INCREASE IN OVERALL ENROLLMENT IN 11 YEARS

IUP enrollment numbers for the 2023-24 school year have been finalized and for the first time in 11 years overall enrollment has increased.

In a statement from the University, total student enrollment across all programs and levels is 9.254 students, which represents an increase of nearly 4.8%.  Enrollment for new first-time students increased 16% to 2,002, which is the highest number of new first-time students since 2018.  Almost 74 percent of those first-year students have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

IUP’s Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Tom Segar said that he felt that the recent initiatives to make IUP a student-centered facility is what is attracting students to the school.

IUP ANNOUNCES FIRST INCREASE IN OVERALL ENROLLMENT IN 11 YEARS
Renda Broadcasting, Oct. 28, 2023

Parade to feature "Circus" theme

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s annual Homecoming celebration will be held from Oct. 6 to Oct. 8 and is expected to draw thousands to Indiana for alumni reunions and events for the entire community, including the annual parade and football game. The Homecoming parade, with a theme of “Circus,” will start at 10 a.m. on Oct. 7. It will feature more than 70 campus and community units, including more than 20 floats by IUP groups and community organizations.

Parade to feature "Circus" theme
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 28, 2023

IUP Ambassadors group celebrates 30 years

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s student-alumni group, the IUP Ambassadors, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023, with a special reunion event planned for homecoming weekend.

This group, founded by the IUP Alumni Association Board of Directors, is a link between prospective students, current students, administrators, faculty members, alumni and friends of IUP. It works to engage alumni and current students with campus life and makes students more aware of their potential roles as alumni and focuses on the importance of “giving back” to IUP.

The group provides service to the university throughout the year at a number of events, including organizing a program for children attending the IUP Crimson Huddle Pregame Party held each homecoming.

IUP Ambassadors group celebrates 30 years
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 28, 2023

Annual IUP homecoming celebration set

I am truly looking forward to the annual IUP Homecoming celebration and all of the events that are part of this annual celebration, including the parade, Crimson Huddle and football game.

On behalf of IUP’s alumni, employees, students and friends, I invite all members of the Indiana community to join us at the many events planned for this very special weekend.

Annual IUP homecoming celebration set
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 28, 2023

IUP Homecoming Crimson Court selected by students

Now in its 13th year at IUP, the Crimson Court will take part in all university Homecoming activities, including the parade. The Crimson Court consists of students chosen by a university-wide vote to represent each of the colleges at IUP. To qualify for the court, students must have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average and be in good judicial standing.

IUP Homecoming Crimson Court selected by students
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 28, 2023

IUP Ambassadors student-alumni group offering 'Class Cab'

The IUP Ambassadors student-alumni group is offering “Class Cab” on campus from Oct. 1 to Oct. 6 in celebration of IUP Homecoming weekend on Oct. 6 to 8.

This is the second year for the project, which is designed to build excitement about Homecoming and school spirit.

The Class Cab is a golf cart owned by the university and decorated by the ambassadors with IUP colors and items. Ambassadors will be driving the Class Cab around campus during the day and offering rides to students to their campus destination. As long as students answer the IUP trivia questions that the interviewer gives them, they continue to ride; if they answer a question wrong, they must leave the cart.

IUP Ambassadors student-alumni group offering 'Class Cab'

Indiana Gazette, Sept. 28, 2023

IUP participates in state Hunger-Free Campus program

Indiana University of Pennsylvania once again is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s annual PA Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program.

IUP will get a share of $1 million in funding available to help institutions of higher education better serve their school communities.

“IUP is very grateful for the opportunity offered by the Shapiro administration to secure additional funding for the IUP Food Pantry and Help Center, and we will be applying for these funds,” said university Executive Director for Media Relations Michelle Fryling. “We remain proud to hold the Pennsylvania Hunger-Free Campus designation, and are committed to addressing the issue of food insecurity faced by students.”

IUP participates in state Hunger-Free Campus program
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 27, 2023

IUP facilities master plan process continues with three forums

Some three dozen members of the Indiana community gathered Tuesday evening for a portion of the latest round of discussions about an updated long-range facilities master plan for Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

In a community open forum at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, representatives of the consulting firm SmithGroup said they had developed two “campus of the future” scenarios.

One centers around an expansion of the Oak Grove, the forested area in the heart of the campus.

The other emphasizes a “Western Gateway” into the campus, with Wilson Hall acting as a welcome center.

IUP facilities master plan process continues with three forums
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 27, 2023

Active assault training is slated for Wednesday at IUP's Pratt Hall

Cadets in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Criminal Justice Training Center will be in Pratt Hall, 201 Pratt Drive, during the day Wednesday for active assault training.

The university said cadets will use simunition or blue guns during the training.

IUP officials said increased activity and noise is expected during the event, as well as additional vehicular and foot traffic.

Pratt Hall is unoccupied and is scheduled to be razed.

Instructors from the center will be in attendance to monitor the training.

Active assault training is slated for Wednesday at IUP's Pratt Hall
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 26, 2023

Long-range plan update scheduled at IUP

Indiana University of Pennsylvania again is inviting members of the community to take part in a special session this evening, meant to provide an update regarding IUP’s long-range facilities master plan.

The session is scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. in the PNC Room of the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex along Pratt Drive and Wayne Avenue in White Township.

University officials said the session will include the presentation of two “campus of the future” scenarios, built from open forums, meetings and discussions held in June.

Long-range plan update scheduled at IUP
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 26, 2023

IUP receives funding to help nursing students

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received a more than $170,000 grant from the federal Department of Health and Human Services for a nursing loan forgiveness program.

The new offering could cover 85% of existing loans for students in the master’s and doctoral nursing programs who commit to serving for four years as a nursing educator at an accredited school or nursing or as a clinical educator at an accredited health facility.

This is the school’s first year receiving the funding, and a total of four IUP students have committed to the program, which provides up to $40,000 for an academic year.

IUP receives funding to help nursing students
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Sept. 22, 2023

IUP's Punxsutawney culinary academy gets 'exemplary' accreditation

All four programs at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Academy of Culinary Arts have received “exemplary standing” status by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission. This is the highest accreditation standard offered by the Commission.

IUP's Punxsutawney culinary academy gets 'exemplary' accreditation
Indiana Gazette, Sept. 22, 2023

IUP Academy of Culinary Arts Programs receive exemplary status

NDIANA, Pa. — All four programs at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Academy of Culinary Arts have received “exemplary standing” status by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission (ACFEFAC). This is the highest accreditation standard offered by the Commission.

IUP Academy of Culinary Arts Programs receive exemplary status
Dubois Courier-Express, Sept. 22, 2023

IUP gets boost from federal funding for nurse educators

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received a $171,961 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help address the local university address the nation’s nursing shortage. As administered by the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration, the Nursing Loan Forgiveness Program provides forgiveness of up to 85 percent of existing loans for students in the master’s and doctoral nursing program who commit to serving for four years as a nursing educator at any accredited school of nursing or as a clinical educator at an accredited health facility. “This is a wonderful opportunity for our talented students to truly make a difference as nurse educators, and to fill the gaps in the workforce,” said Dr. Kristy Chunta, a professor and doctoral program coordinator in IUP’s Department of Nursing and Allied Health, who secured the funding.

IUP gets boost from federal funding for nurse educators

Indiana Gazette, September 21, 2023

IUP professor collaborates with Queen guitarist on book about Bennu asteroid

An Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor is part of a group of authors whose recent book explores the Bennu asteroid, which scientists believe is a sort of “time capsule” from the dawn of the solar system. IUP geoscience professor Kenneth Coles and May collaborated online over the course of a year before meeting at the book launch earlier this summer.

IUP professor collaborates with Queen guitarist on book about Bennu asteroid

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 15, 2023

IUP accepting students, professionals for Biosafety/Biorisk Management Certificate program

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. These professionals play a key role in protecting against the transmission or mishandling of infectious agents in laboratories and other settings where biological materials are handled. For those students and professionals interested in pursuing a career in the sciences, this profession may be unknown. However, many countries face a shortage of these professionals and efforts are being taken through the development of educational programs such as this, to ensuring a sustainable workforce.

IUP accepting students, professionals for Biosafety/Biorisk Management Certificate program

Indiana Gazette, September 7, 2023

Squonk Opera uses New Kensington digs to prepare a 'Brouhaha'

Rick Kemp is the staging director for Squonk Opera. Originally from London, he lives outside Butler and is a theater professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Kemp said in many ways the set itself is the show, animated by the music Dempsey composes, which she described as progressive rock.

While the roughly 30-minute show has no words or plot, the stage is kinetic, changing and growing as it progresses. Parts that are hidden at first come out later.

Squonk Opera uses New Kensington digs to prepare a 'Brouhaha'

Pittsburgh Tribune Review, August 31, 2023

Armoni Foster: From shy kid to professional basketball player

Meadville has seen plenty of stars on the hardwood over the past 80 years, but Armoni Foster might shine the brightest.

Foster, a 2017 Meadville Area Senior High School graduate, recently signed a contract to play professional basketball with BC Cherkaski Mavpy in the Ukrainian SuperLeague for the 2023-24 season.

Before Foster accumulated accolades at Meadville, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the University of Buffalo or boarded a plane bound for Poland, he was learning to love the game with his childhood friends.

Armoni Foster: From shy kid to professional basketball player

Meadville Tribune, August 31, 2023

Google Offers Tech Certificates at Pennsylvania Universities

(TNS) — Google's online learning program is now accessible to students at universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
The state system and Google announced a public-private partnership on Tuesday that will allow state system students to earn a Google Career Certificate as they pursue their undergraduate degrees.

IUP President Michael Driscoll said he believes this partnership will support IUP's commitment to "strengthening the economic health and vitality of our community."

"On behalf of the university, and especially on behalf of our students, I thank Gov. Shapiro and Chancellor [Daniel] Greenstein for developing this unique opportunity for our universities," Mr. Driscoll said in a news release.

Google Offers Tech Certificates at Pennsylvania Universities

Government Technology, August 30, 2023

Pa. state system universities partner with Google for student certificate program

IUP President Michael Driscoll said he believes this partnership will support IUP’s commitment to “strengthening the economic health and vitality of our community.”

“On behalf of the university, and especially on behalf of our students, I thank Gov. Shapiro and Chancellor [Daniel] Greenstein for developing this unique opportunity for our universities,” Mr. Driscoll said in a news release.

Pa. state system universities partner with Google for student certificate program

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 30, 2023

Pa.’s state-owned universities now offering Google Career Certificates

One participating school, IUP, said it will use the certificates initially in three ways: as educational support for workers at a local power plant looking to re-skill as the facility closes; as student government-supported educational initiates; and, generally, for student use alongside credit courses.

Pa.'s state-owned universities now offering Google Career Certificates

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 29, 2023

PASSHE, GOOGLE TO TEAM UP TO OFFER GOOGLE CAREER CERTIFICATES AT STATE SYSTEM SCHOOLS

In a statement, IUP announced that they initially plan to use the Grow with Google Licenses in three ways:

They will be used as part of an educational support initiative to employees at a local power plant looking to gain new skills in the wake of the plant’s closure.

In collaboration with IUP’s Student Government Association, the certificates will be offered and promoted to students as part of the SGA academic initiatives.

The university will also run a pilot program of having the certificates as value added alongside a credit-bearing courses.

IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll said that the Grow with Google program is written for everyone involved, saying that it “offers that extra edge for our students as they begin their careers, and will also add to their academic success as they complete their studies.”

PASSHE, GOOGLE TO TEAM UP TO OFFER GOOGLE CAREER CERTIFICATES AT STATE SYSTEM SCHOOLS

Renda Broadcasting, August 30, 2023

IUP gets a role in state partnership with Google

“On behalf of the university, and especially on behalf of our students, I thank Gov. Shapiro and Chancellor (Dr. Daniel) Greenstein for developing this unique opportunity for our universities,” IUP President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll said. “The ‘Grow with Google’ program offers that extra edge for our students as they begin their careers, and will also add to their academic success as they complete their studies, including in the accounting course that will include the career certificate curriculum.”

IUP gets a role in state partnership with Google

Indiana Gazette, August 30, 2023

Students in the News

The following area students have been named to the summer 2023 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Students in the News

Indiana Gazette, August 30, 2023

Clearfield, Jefferson Co. students named to Dean's List at IUP

The following students from Clearfield and Jefferson counties have been named to the summer 2023 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher.

Clearfield, Jefferson Co. students named to Dean's List at IUP

Dubois Courier Express, August 29, 2023

IUP receives funding to host international Fulbright recipients for 8th year

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $290,000 to continue to host the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers.

This is the eighth year that IUP has been funded for the program; in all, IUP has received nearly $1.8 million for the initiative.

For fall 2023, IUP is one of only three universities in the nation chosen as a host institution for the program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX).

IUP receives funding to host international Fulbright recipients for 8th year

Dubois Courier Express, August 29, 2023

Proposed Lake Erie National Marine Sanctuary would be an underwater shipwreck museum, advocates say

“On the bottom of Lake Erie in general and within this proposed Quadrangle Sanctuary in particular, there's kind of a museum of these vessels,” said Ben Ford, a professor of anthropology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania who also works with the Pennsylvania Archeology Shipwreck Survey Team.

Lake Erie’s location and relatively shallow waters mean ships here can be subject to sudden and severe storms.

Proposed Lake Erie National Marine Sanctuary would be an underwater shipwreck museum, advocates say

WESA public radio, August 28, 2023

IASD to again host Fulbright teachers involved in IUP program

Indiana Area School District once again will host guest teachers from overseas who are involved in the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania announced it has received $290,000 to continue to host the program. Over the past eight years IUP has received nearly $1.8 million for the initiative.

IUP will host 17 educators from 10 countries, who will complete professional development coursework at IUP and be guest teachers in the Indiana Area as well as the Pittsburgh Public Schools system.

IASD to again host Fulbright teachers involved in IUP program

Indiana Gazette, August 26, 2023

Health Matters Advocates: Compassion crucial in safe, effective drug abuse treatment

Meanwhile, the Cambria County Drug and Alcohol Program has expanded its Rise Project to place counselors with at least a master's degree in all 14 school districts in the county.

The Rise Project is meant to address unmet mental health needs that are often at the root of substance abuse in children, Drug and Alcohol Program Administrator Fred Oliveros said during the county Health Summit earlier this month.

"I've worked in Cambria County for 33 years," Oliveros said. "This is one of the most rewarding and important projects I've been involved with."

The counselors will be supplemented by interns from Indiana University of Pennsylvania's master's degree program in clinical mental health counseling.

Health Matters Advocates: Compassion crucial in safe, effective drug abuse treatment

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat/Yahoo News, August 26, 2023

IUP joins Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative

The Appalachian Regional Commission said Indiana University of Pennsylvania, as well as Seton Hill University in Greensburg and the University of Pittsburgh, are among 13 institutions participating in this year’s Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative.

Since 2001, more than 22 colleges and universities — and over 2,800 students — from across the region have participated in ACRI.

ARC said this applied research training program helps area students conduct research and develop projects supporting economic development in their communities.

IUP joins Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative

Indiana Gazette, August 26, 2023

IUP RECEIVES FUNDING FOR FULBRIGHT PROGRAM

IUP has received $290,000 to host the Fulbright Distinguished Awards In Teaching Program for International Teachers for the eighth year.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania is only one of three universities in the United States chosen as a host institution.  The program selects primary and secondary teachers from various countries to come to the United States to take courses in professional development, observe and share their expertise with their U.S. colleagues with the hope that they will pass on their knowledge to their colleagues back home.

IUP RECEIVES FUNDING FOR FULBRIGHT PROGRAM

Renda Broadcasting, August 26, 2023

Driscoll: IUP faces most challenging time in the past century

Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll was pleased to see the packed house at Fisher Auditorium in IUP’s Performing Arts center adjacent to the Oak Grove.

His appearance at Friday’s Opening of the Academic Year number 149 for the state-owned institution came with two eye surgeries behind him and a third yet to come.

It also came, Driscoll said, as “higher education is facing its most challenging times in at least 50 years (and) IUP is facing its most challenging times in over a century.”

Driscoll: IUP faces most challenging time in the past century

Indiana Gazette, August 26, 2023

IUP official memorializing traffic deaths in Butler County

A sign and 49 American flags have been placed on the lawn of the Butler County Courthouse as a symbol of the 49 people who died in vehicle crashes in 2022 in a five-county region that includes Butler County.

Amy Shellhammer, community traffic safety project coordinator for Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety, said she hopes people recognize the significance of 49 deaths and turn to making safer driving choices as a result.

IUP official memorializing traffic deaths in Butler County

Butler Eagle, August 26, 2025

IUP team investigates WWII bomber crash site in Germany

With ground-penetratingradar, metal detectors, mesh and a host of other tools, a team of undergraduate students and teaching assistants, led by faculty from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, were hard at work investigating a World War II bomber crash site.

The group, directed by IUP Department of Anthropology faculty members Andrea Palmiotto and William Chadwick, worked in conjunction with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc. through the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. The agency works to find "the fullest possible accounting for missing personnel from past conflicts of the United States."

IUP team investigates WWII bomber crash site in Germany

The Daily Item, August 20, 2023

IUP professor praises new take on the Viking Age at Carnegie Science Center

Last year, Dr. Scott Moore, chair of the Department of History at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, praised traveling exhibits as a different venue for experiencing history, one that many people find more engaging and lifelike.

As a result, he added, they then explore the subject on their own.

IUP professor praises new take on the Viking Age at Carnegie Science Center

Indiana Gazette, August 19, 2023

The Top 25 Healthcare Technology Leaders of Jacksonville for 2023

John Perrotto is the Vice President of Health Systems at BD, one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. With roots that go back to the late 19th century, BD is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics, and the delivery of care. Furthermore, the company supports the heroes on the frontlines of health care by developing innovative technology, services, and solutions that help advance both clinical therapy for patients and clinical processes for health care providers.

Perrotto has been with BD since he joined in 1999 as a sales consultant. Previously, he was a registered nurse at The Washington Hospital. Perrotto earned an undergraduate degree in nursing from Waynesburg University and an undergraduate degree in biology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The Top 25 Healthcare Technology Leaders of Jacksonville for 2023

The Healthcare Technology Report, August 18, 2023

IUP team investigates WWII bomber crash site in Germany

Among the trees of a national forest park near Frankfurt, Germany, survey lines, pin flags and neatly aligned squares of excavation dotted the ground in precise rows.

With ground-penetrating radar, metal detectors, mesh and a host of other tools, a team of undergraduate students and teaching assistants, led by faculty from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, were hard at work investigating a World War II bomber crash site.

IUP team leads students through WWII archaeology project in Germany

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 19, 2023

Renowned tubist, area native Self sets up IUP gift

Jim Self, an internationally-known tuba player whose roots are in Venango County, and his wife are continuing their longtime support for students studying brass at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Renowned tubist, area native Self sets up IUP gift

The Derrick/The News Herald, August 17, 2023

Two students receive Ricupero scholarships

Two students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Academy of Culinary Arts — Madison Macchia, from Cresson, and Samantha Swidowski, from Weirton, W.Va., have been selected as the 2023 recipients of the Tony and Emma Ricupero-Rustic Lodge Scholarship.

The scholarship was established in 2001 by members of the Ricupero and Lubold families to honor Tony and Emma Ricupero’s reputation in the food service industry for hard work, quality service, customer satisfaction and service to the community.

Tony and Emma Ricupero dedicated their lives to their family and their business and created the memorial-Rustic Lodge Scholarship that is given to an IUP culinary student every year.

Two students receive Ricupero scholarships

Indiana Gazette, August 16, 2023

Video about student success could bring IUP a second Emmy

A video produced by members of IUP’s Division of Student Affairs, “A Life-Changing Experience,” was nominated in the category of “Education/Schools — Short Form Content (Single Report),” along with two entries from WVIA Public Media in Pittston, and single entries from WPSU-3 at Penn State, WHYY-12 in Philadelphia and The Production Pocketknife LLC in Bethlehem. The latest video from university studios, released during the spring 2022 semester, was created by Bill Hamilton, Brian Henry and Emily Smith from the Office of Marketing and Communications.

Video about student success could bring IUP a second Emmy

Indiana Gazette, August 16, 2023

IUP MARKS SECOND YEAR OF IMPRISONMENT FOR ALUMNUS MARC FOGEL

Yesterday marked the second year of the incarceration of IUP Alumnus Marc Fogel in a Russian State Prison.

In a statement, IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll called Fogel a valued alumnus and member of the university family.  He added that he was grateful for recently introduced legislation sponsored by Congressman Guy Reschenthaler and resolutions introduced by Senator Bob Casey and Representative Chris Deluzio calling for Fogel’s immediate release.

Fogel, a native of Butler, graduated from IUP in 1984 with a degree in Social Studies Education, and taught history courses at schools attended by the children of U.S. diplomats in several countries.

IUP MARKS SECOND YEAR OF IMPRISONMENT FOR ALUMNUS MARC FOGEL

Renda Broadcasting, August 15, 2023

Officials mark second anniversary of IUP alumnus' detainment in Russia

On the second anniversary of his detention in Russia, Marc Fogel was remembered in Pennsylvania by those seeking to bring the Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumnus home.

“Mr. Fogel is a valued IUP alumnus, a member of the IUP family, and we share the pain, sadness, and worry of his family and friends over Marc’s unjust, inequitable, and cruel detainment,” IUP President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll said in a statement issued Monday afternoon. “IUP’s commitment to justice and equal treatment is not just about our campus or our home community, it is about supporting justice for all -– in this case, justice for Marc Fogel.”

Fogel was arrested as he was returning to Moscow with his wife, Jane, for what would have been his 10th year as a teacher there, and his last before retirement to his hometown in Oakmont, Allegheny County.

“An international teacher for much of his life, and someone driven by service, Marc Fogel was detained in Moscow for possession of a small amount of medical marijuana, for which he had a medical prescription for chronic pain,” said U.S. Rep. Chris DeLuzio, D-Aspinwall. “It is long past time to bring Marc home.”

Officials mark second anniversary of IUP alumnus' detainment in Russia

Indiana Gazette, August 15, 2023

IUP Distinguished Alumni Award winner makes gift to support brass music students

A graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and his wife are continuing their long-time support for students studying brass at IUP.

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 IUP who are pursuing a major or minor offered by the Department of Music with a concentration in brass.

Previously, Jim Self and his wife, Jamie, made gifts to establish the Legacy Brass Quintet, the honors student brass quintet, and the Jim and Jamie Self Tuba Scholarship. The Legacy Brass Quintet performs advanced quintet repertoire and receives specialized coaching from the IUP brass faculty. The Selfs also have funded the Jim Self Chamber Brass collection housed in the Orendorff Music Library.

IUP Distinguished Alumni Award winner makes gift to support brass music students

 Dubois Courier Express, August 15, 2023

Internationally-known IUP alumnus provides another gift to alma mater

A graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and his wife are continuing their long-time support for students studying brass at IUP.

Internationally known tubist Dr. 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 IUP who are pursuing a major or minor offered by the Department of Music with a concentration in brass.

“Jim Self is a prime example of someone who has built an extraordinary career and continues to give back, inspiring and guiding ongoing generations of music students at IUP,” said Dr. Curt Scheib, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. “We are very grateful for the generosity of Jim and Jamie Self and their continued commitment to IUP and to our students.”

Internationally-known IUP alumnus provides another gift to alma mater

 Indiana Gazette, August 15, 2023

IUP CAMPUS GEARS UP THIS WEEK

Activity will pick up on the IUP campus this week, with the first group of students arriving for the fall semester this coming weekend.

New first-year students move in next Saturday and Sunday so they can participate in Welcome Week. Continuing students arrive August 26th and 27th and classes begin August 28th.

University President Dr. Michael Driscoll will kick off the academic year on Friday, August 25th at 9 AM at Fisher Auditorium.

IUP CAMPUS GEARS UP THIS WEEK 

Renda Broadcasting, August 13, 2023

IUP to begin new academic year with student success infrastructure

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will start the 2023-24 academic year with a new student success infrastructure.

“Being an exceptionally student-centered university is IUP’s number one priority, and this new organizational model will drive us closer to our goal of student centeredness,” IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll said.

“This initiative has been built following extensive discussion and planning across the entire university, with our strategic plan at the center of our thinking and efforts,” Driscoll said. “It has also included comprehensive research about best practices from universities across the country.

IUP to begin new academic year with student success infrastructure

Indiana Gazette, August 14, 2023

NAVSUP Business Systems Center Cyber Scholars Bolster Navy Readiness

The summer session offered students a chance to engage in projects that enable Navy supply-chain readiness. It was the second part of a two-phase program designed to enable a smooth transition to federal civilian service at NAVSUP BSC. “My main tasks were building a contractor separation notification automation, and a set of charts for metrics about civilian separations, using Power BI and Power Automate,” said Benjamin Reno, a cybersecurity/computer science major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania assigned to with NAVSUP BSC’s Business Management department. “While working at NAVSUP BSC this summer, I not only improved my technical skills and learned what it is like to work directly for a customer, but realized I am part of a team I can truly rely upon. No matter what question I had, someone on my team was able to help me figure it out. I’m very excited for my future career at NAVSUP BSC.” The students who completed the summer session came from regional colleges and universities, including Carnegie Mellon University, East Stroudsburg University, George Mason University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, James Madison University, Liberty University, and Pennsylvania State University. After completion of the two-part orientation, graduating students are hired as full-time employees. Senior-year and advanced degree students return to college to finish academic requirements.

NAVSUP Business Systems Center Cyber Scholars Bolster Navy Readiness

National Security Agency News Today, August 11, 2023

Pennsylvania’s portion of Lake Erie on track to become a national marine sanctuary

“There are quite a few shipwrecks in the Erie waters,” said Ben Ford, an underwater archaeologist and professor of anthropology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania who has been diving the waters of Lake Erie for years. “There were probably somewhere on the order of between 150 and 200 losses in this area, of which about 30 or so are known.” 

The proposal being considered by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has support from experts and amateur enthusiasts. If successful, Lake Erie would be the fourth sanctuary on the Great Lakes and join a group of 15 marine national sanctuaries. 

Ford said the designation, which would encompass approximately 740 square miles, would help preserve the historical heritage of Lake Erie’s shipwrecks, offering a glimpse into the past and fostering responsible exploration through diving.

Pennsylvania’s portion of Lake Erie on track to become a national marine sanctuary

The Allegheny Front, August 11, 2023

Area colleges highlight new programs, facilities as semester’s start nears

A new change coming to Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a student success infrastructure.

Area colleges highlight new programs, facilities as semester's start nears

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, August 11, 2023

6 Surprising Benefits of Pets for Kids

That's no surprise, says Mary Renck Jalongo, Ph.D., an education professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and author of The World of Children and Their Companion Animals. Educators have long known that bringing therapy animals (mostly dogs) into schools helps many disabled kids learn. Now they're finding that all children can benefit from the presence of a nonjudgmental pal with paws. Dr. Jalongo adds, "If you're struggling to read and someone says, 'Time to pick up your book and work,' that's not a very attractive offer. Curling up with a dog or cat, on the other hand, is a lot more appealing."

6 Surprising Benefits of Pets for Kids

Parents Magazine/Yahoo News, August 10, 2023

Johnstown IUP grad wills $200,000 to university

A long-time psychologist and crisis prevention instructor from Johnstown who passed away in March created a special legacy at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in his will.

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.

Johnstown IUP grad wills $200,000 to university

Indiana Gazette, August 9, 2023

Joey Porter Jr. and his past life as a Steelers ball boy

With a sack of footballs, a brush and a bucket of cleaning chemicals, Porter and the rest of the ball boys -- a group of 10 to 12 every summer -- ended each night sitting behind the weight room, tediously dislodging grass and dirt from every pebbled crevice.

"It could take you up to four or five hours if you're just procrastinating, that was Joey's problem," said Sean McCaskill Jr., who became friends with Porter during their ball boy stints. "At that age he was a great starter, but a terrible finisher."

"It was always in the back of our minds," said McCaskill, now playing college football at Division II Indiana University of Pennsylvania [IUP]. "We could make something out of it, just got to keep putting in work."

Joey Porter Jr. and his past life as a Steelers ball boy

ESPN, August 9, 2023

Late Johnstown native gifts IUP support through his estate

A long-time psychologist and crisis prevention instructor from Johnstown who passed away in March created a special legacy at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in his will.

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.

Late Johnstown native gifts IUP support through his estate

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, August 7, 2023

CIOs and their CHRO: A Relationship for Organizational Success

A Crucial Ally in the War for IT Talent

IT organizations might have unique issues that HR can help resolve, says Bill Balint, CIO at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. “For example, the ability to recruit, retain, manage and develop IT employees could be more important than in some other jobs that do not have to change so quickly and need employees to upgrade skills and knowledge almost continuously,” Balint says.

CIOs and their CHRO: A Relationship for Organizational Success

The National CIO Review, August 7, 2023

IUP Criminal Justice Training Center receives scholarship fund for future police officers

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 Center who are studying to become municipal police officers.

Since its opening in 1975, IUP’s Criminal Justice Training Center has graduated more than 5,000 cadets. The center is certified by the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission to provide Act 120 training. Currently more than 98 percent of graduates from the Center are hired as officers in cities, boroughs, townships, and municipalities across Pennsylvania.

IUP Criminal Justice Training Center receives scholarship fund for future police officers

Dubois Courier Express, August 7, 2023

IUP dean’s List

The following students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania achieved dean’s list.

IUP dean’s List

Altoona Mirror, August 5, 2023

Birds Are My Eyesight

In May, Ms. Courchesne hosted a big sit alongside Jerry Berrier, a blind birder, on an All Person’s Trail near Ipswich, Mass. Mr. Berrier, who lives in Malden, Mass., said he wanted his event to be less competitive and more meditative than a traditional bird sit. Jerry Berrier often goes into his backyard in Malden, Mass., with his parabolic microphone to listen to birds.

A microphone is situated underneath a bush outside of Mr. Berrier’s home.

Mr. Berrier has been birding since the 1970s, when he was in college at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. There, a professor gave him a special assignment to replace the dissection-based portion of his biology course.

“He ended up giving me probably one of the greatest gifts that’s ever been given to me by recommending that I listen to his record albums from Cornell University that had bird sounds on them,” Mr. Berrier said. “He said, ‘I want you to listen to these during the semester, and at the end, your lab portion of the grade is going to be based on a walk in the woods with me, and I will ask you to identify some of the sounds you hear.’”

‘Birds Are My Eyesight’

NewsPub, August 3, 2023

The campaign to free Western Pa. teacher Marc Fogel from Russia is gaining steam in Congress

Mr. Fogel, a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, turned 62 last week, and university president Mike Driscoll marked the day by joining the chorus of support for his release.

“We share the pain, sadness, and worry of his family and friends,” Mr. Driscoll said. “IUP’s commitment to justice and equal treatment is not just about our campus or our home community — it is about supporting justice for all — in this case, justice for Marc Fogel,” he said.

Anti-Trump Republicans are hitting the airwaves in Pa. after the latest indictment

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 3, 2023

Speech and hearing clinic outreach this month's 'Pulse' topic

Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center are nearing the end of the first round of a series of monthly "Rural Health Pulse" podcasts, with the next-to-last episode being available this week, an interview with Erin Clark, director of IUP’s Speech and Hearing Clinic and assistant professor in the IUP Department of Communication Disorders, Special Education, and Disability Services.

The podcasts are part of a continued collaboration between IUP and IRMC on the topic of rural health care, focusing on issues and stories impacting the health of the region and programs and initiatives designed to improve healthcare and wellness.

Speech and hearing clinic outreach this month's 'Pulse' topic

Indiana Gazette, August 2, 2023

Area residents make IUP dean’s list

The following students from Lackawanna County have been named to the spring 2023 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher. The full list of dean’s list students is available at www.iup.edu.

Area residents make IUP dean’s list

The Abington Journal, August 1, 2023

IUP, PASSHE schools hope to benefit from Shapiro initiative

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, including Indiana University of Pennsylvania, hopes to take advantage of this effort.

“The State System universities are an engine of workforce development by providing a high-quality education at the lowest cost so our state has a pipeline of talent from the classroom to the workforce,” PASSHE spokesman Kevin Hensil said Monday. “PASSHE universities excel at preparing people for in-demand jobs in their communities, and we are reviewing the opportunities with this new initiative. We look forward to supporting workers of all ages to get the knowledge and skills for the critical jobs building Pennsylvania’s infrastructure.”

IUP, PASSHE schools hope to benefit from Shapiro initiative

Indiana Gazette, August 1, 2023

IUP police academy gets Quest for the Best funding

A tax-exempt organization in suburban Philadelphia is providing $66,700 in scholarships for Indiana University of Pennsylvania students studying to become municipal police officers.

It is the first time IUP and its Criminal Justice Training Center has been recognized by Quest for the Best, a Delaware County-based tax exempt organization providing financial & legal service grants to nonprofits.

IUP police academy gets Quest for the Best funding

Indiana Gazette, August 1, 2023

Govt teacher from Telangana wins FDAI honor

The Fulbright Distinguished Award for international Teachers Programme (FDAI) has been selected for Dr. Ravi Kumar Kola, an English school assistant at ZPHS, Panthini, Inavole Mandal. Only a select few individuals receive this coveted award, and Dr. Ravi Kumar is one of the six Indian instructors chosen for this year's event.
Dr. Ravi Kumar will spend August 15 through December 14 studying at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the United States as part of the FDAI scholarship.

Govt teacher from Telangana wins FDAI honor

India Herald.com, July 31, 2023

IUP dean’s list

The following students made the dean’s list for the spring semester at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

IUP dean’s list

Times Online, July 29, 2023

Frog Week created to bring attention to often overlooked species

Frogs are finally getting their due — and their own week of celebration — thanks to the efforts of an Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate student.

“Most tend to fear frogs and other creatures around them; frog week helps break this and bring attention to what is in our backyard,” said herpetologist AAron Capouellez, who also serves as a PA Woods and Forests board member.

Frog Week, which begins Monday, includes a project of videos created by Capouellez for PA Woods and Forests. The outreach and citizen science nonprofit organization focuses on the conservation of plants and animals including frogs, toads, carnivorous plants, invertebrates, lizards and snakes.

Frog Week created to bring attention to often overlooked species

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 28, 2023

Chadron State professor Covolo published in book about drug recovery for families

Chadron State College Justice Studies Instructor Danielle Covolo is one of several authors published in a newly released book titled Transcending Crisis by Attending to Care, Emotion, and Flourishing. Along with six colleagues, she contributed to the chapter titled From Discovery to Recovery: Parents’ Temporal Emotion Practice in Relation to a Child’s Opioid Use Disorder.

The other chapter authors, Dr. Melissa Swauger, Dr. Dana Hysock Witham, Dr. Alex Heckert, Dr. Christian Vaccaro, Dr. Victor Garcia, and Dr. Erick Lauber, either teach or taught at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where Covolo is a doctoral candidate in the Administration and Leadership Studies program.

Chadron State professor Covolo published in book about drug recovery for families

News Channel Nebraska, July 28, 2023

'It's just heart wrenching': Mother of Oakmont man detained in Russia refuses to give up hope

But she says her son is aware of all of the support he's been receiving. It was just a few weeks ago that a rally was held outside of the White House. The Fogel family and friends, like Indiana University of Pennsylvania president Michael Driscoll, taking part, calling on lawmakers to do more. Marc Fogel is a graduate of IUP.

"We really want to know why Mark has not been declared wrongfully detained, which is, again, a key step in getting him back home,” said Driscoll.

The bipartisan Marc Fogel Act would amend the current rules regarding American detained overseas. Malphine, too, believes that will help.

'It's just heart wrenching': Mother of Oakmont man detained in Russia refuses to give up hope

WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh, ABC), July 28, 2023

Push to free Marc Fogel from Russian prison gains support in Congress

WEB EXTRA: Marc Fogel is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. IUP's president spoke with Pittsburgh's Action News 4 with a message to the federal government: 'Bring Marc home'

Push to free Marc Fogel from Russian prison gains support in Congress

WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh, ABC), July 28, 2023

IUP President Michael Driscoll marks Fogel's birthday with plea

On Marc Fogel’s 62nd birthday, Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll issued a statement reiterating calls for the United States to continue pressuring Russia for the IUP alumnus’ release from a Russian jail.

“IUP fully supports the work of our legislators — especially Representatives (Guy) Reschenthaler and (Chris) Deluzio, and Senators (Bob) Casey and (John) Fetterman — in keeping the spotlight on the wrongful detainment of Marc Fogel,” Driscoll said.

IUP President Michael Driscoll marks Fogel's birthday with plea

Indiana Gazette, July 28, 2023

IUP archeology students search for missing remains of World War II soldiers in German forest

Carrying a full load of bombs and several Americans, a B-17 bomber zipped over a rural, wooded part of Nazi Germany.

The men inside, members of the U.S. Army Air Corps, were on a World War II bombing run. But before the plane could drop any explosives, it crashed into another B-17 and plummeted into the forest below, leaving a trail of damaged trees until it cratered the ground in a fiery explosion and killed the men onboard. 

But the woodland restoration hid the bodies of three Americans who weren’t recovered after the crash. Eighty years later, students and faculty members at 11 universities, including the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, seek to find and identify these lost soldiers. 

IUP archeology students search for missing remains of World War II soldiers in German forest

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 24, 2023     

IUP archeology students search for missing remains of World War II soldiers in German forest

Carrying a full load of bombs and several Americans, a B-17 bomber zipped over a rural, wooded part of Nazi Germany.

The men inside, members of the U.S. Army Air Corps, were on a World War II bombing run. But before the plane could drop any explosives, it crashed into another B-17 and plummeted into the forest below, leaving a trail of damaged trees until it cratered the ground in a fiery explosion and killed the men onboard. 

Locals who witnessed the crash buried some of the soldiers’ bodies in a nearby cemetery. Then they made haste to fill the crater and plant new trees, restoring the south central German forest to its pre-crash conditions.

But the woodland restoration hid the bodies of three Americans who weren’t recovered after the crash. Eighty years later, students and faculty members at 11 universities, including the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, seek to find and identify these lost soldiers. 

IUP archeology students search for missing remains of World War II soldiers in German forest

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 24, 2023

Rotary International’s incoming president shares thoughts on creating a ‘simply irresistible’ future for the service organization

Selected to lead Rotary for 2024-25, (Stephanie) Urchick will be just the second woman to hold the position. She has a doctorate in leadership studies from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has served Rotary in roles as a director, foundation trustee, and chair of the Rotary International Strategic Planning Committee and Centennial Celebration Committee.

Rotary International’s incoming president shares thoughts on creating a ‘simply irresistible’ future for the service organization

Islander News, July 20, 2023

Plum Borough School District names new superintendent

The Plum Borough School District this week approved a five-year contract with a veteran educator to serve as the district’s next superintendent.

Rick Walsh on Tuesday was appointed to the position after serving as interim superintendent for about a month. Mr. Walsh is a 1987 Plum High School graduate and has spent several years in different leadership roles within the district. Mr. Walsh holds his doctorate degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Plum Borough School District names new superintendent

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 20, 2023

Windber couple donates to IUP osteopathic medicine school project

INDIANA, Pa. – Nick Jacobs and his wife Mary Ann Hoysan Jacobs, of Windber, have donated more than $40,000 to their alma mater Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s school of osteopathic medicine project.

IUP’s Council of Trustees in 2022 endorsed exploration of the creation of a school of osteopathic medicine, citing demand and a lack of trained physicians to provide care for Pennsylvania citizens.

The Jacobs’ gift will go toward the accreditation application process for the school.

Nick Jacobs said that he’s passionate about rural health and that he and his wife hope their donation will encourage others to do the same.

He has been a co-founder and president of Windber Research Institute – now Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Molecular Medicine in Windber – and is the founder of the Clinical and Translational Genome Research Institute, part of Southern California University of Health Sciences. He’s also the founding executive director of the Conemaugh Heath Foundation, the Laurel Highlands Educational Foundation and the Mercy Healthcare Foundation.

IUP is working toward hiring a founding dean for the school of osteopathic medicine and will seek applicant status from the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, which is a three- to five-year process.

Windber couple donates to IUP osteopathic medicine school project

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, July 19, 2023

Indiana Borough officials tour Wastewater Treatment Plant

CENTER TOWNSHIP — Some Indiana Borough officials took advantage of an opportunity Tuesday to tour the borough’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, located just south of the White-Center township line, and just beyond areas it serves in the borough and White Township.

Beginning in March 2020, the borough was one of approximately 360 entities involved in a partnership with BioBot Analytics, a company formed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that specializes in wastewater epidemiology. The borough later began developing a relationship with IUP, with a goal of eventually having the university do the testing.

Indiana Borough officials tour Wastewater Treatment Plant

Indiana Gazette, July 19, 2023

IUP alumni join effort to support school of osteopathic medicine

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s bid to develop a school of osteopathic medicine has received a gift of more than $40,000 from two Windber-area IUP graduates.

The university said it received the gift from Nick Jacobs, a 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient honored for his leadership in the healthcare and business communities, and his wife Mary Ann Hoysan Jacobs, who is remembered by many for her work from 1993 to 2003 at WJAC-6 in Johnstown.

IUP alumni join effort to support school of osteopathic medicine

Indiana Gazette, July 18, 2023 

Fundraiser supports Connor Hessler, lifeguard hurt during competition

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - Connor Hessler, a North Shores Beach lifeguard, experienced a significant injury that was caused by diving into the ocean during a competition on Monday. He was brought from the water by fellow North Shore lifeguards, given first aid, and transported to an ambulance before being airlifted to Christiana Hospital. He is currently receiving treatment there. Hessler is in his third summer as a lifeguard. In 2021 he was the patrol's rookie of the year and in 2022 earned lifeguard of the year. This summer he has been acting as the junior lifeguard instructor. During the rest of the year, Hessler is a student at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he studies supply chain distribution management and logistics.

Fundraiser supports Connor Hessler, lifeguard hurt during competition

WRDE-TV (Delaware), July 18, 2023

Pennsylvania colleges are building makerspaces for tech innovation

(TNS) – The next big startup thing could emerge from an unexpected source: one of four new entrepreneurial makerspaces at colleges in western Pennsylvania.

The Community College of Allegheny County, Westmoreland County Community College, Penn State New Kensington’s Digital Foundry, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania have created makerspaces to attract entrepreneurs and small manufacturers in the early stages of bringing their technology-based products to market.

Pennsylvania colleges are building makerspaces for tech innovation

Latest Finance News, July 18, 2023

Higher Education: Pennsylvania Colleges Build Makerspaces for Tech Innovation

Makerspaces at the Community College of Allegheny County, Westmoreland County Community College, Penn State New Kensington and Indiana University of Pennsylvania help businesses get tech-based products off the ground.

Higher Education: Pennsylvania Colleges Build Makerspaces for Tech Innovation

Government Technology, July 18, 2023

Lori Paul Selected as Top Life and Recovery Coach of the Year by IAOTP

Lori Paul,  Speaker, Life and Recovery Coach, was recently selected as Top Life and Recovery Coach of the Year for 2023 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for her outstanding leadership, dedication, and commitment to the industry. Before embarking on her career path, Lori attended the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she now holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Sociology.

Lori Paul Selected as Top Life and Recovery Coach of the Year by IAOTP

IAOTP, July 17, 2023

Franklin Regional graduate's 'non-objective' art on exhibit in Greensburg

Jul. 16—Most of the time, Darryl Audia of Greensburg is encouraging his art students at Greensburg Salem High School to follow their creativity and see where it takes them.

This month, Audia's own creativity will be on display at an exhibit of his artwork, "Pieces of a Whole," at DV8 Espresso Bar & Gallery in downtown Greensburg. Audia, a Franklin Regional graduate who has earned both bachelor's and master's degrees in art education spoke with the Tribune-Review about his work.

Franklin Regional graduate's 'non-objective' art on exhibit in Greensburg

Yahoo Entertainment/Greensburg Tribune-Review, July 16, 2023

From garage to workplace: Local college makerspaces to support manufacturing

The next big thing in startups could sprout from an unexpected source: one of four new entrepreneurial makerspaces located at Western Pennsylvania colleges. The Community College of Allegheny County, Westmoreland County Community College, Penn State New Kensington's Digital Foundry and Indiana University of Pennsylvania each received $1.5 million from Build Back Better grants.

From garage to workplace: Local college makerspaces to support manufacturing

Knowledia, July 16, 2023

Marc Fogel supporters plan rally outside White House  

Friends of an Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumnus being held prisoner in Russia are planning a rally this afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House in Washington, D.C.

Marc Fogel supporters plan rally outside White House    

Indiana Gazette, July 15, 2023

IUP anthropology faculty member chosen for Fulbright Specialist Program

Dr. 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.

The Fulbright Specialist Program was established in 2001 by The Fulbright Program to provide opportunities for academics and other professionals in the United States to engage in two- to six-week, project-based exchanges at host institutions in 150 countries and areas around the world.

Poole is IUP’s sixth faculty Fulbright Specialist and will hold this distinction for three years.

IUP anthropology faculty member chosen for Fulbright Specialist Program

Indiana Gazette, July 17, 2023

IUP Faculty Member Selected for Fulbright Specialist Program

IUP announced that one of its faculty members was recently selected for a teaching scholarship opportunity overseas.

Officials with the university announced that anthropology professor Dr. Amanda Poole was selected for the Fulbright Specialist Program, which provides opportunities for academics and other professionals in the U.S. to engage in project-based exchanges at institutions in 150 countries around the world. With her selection, Poole will collaborate with people at the Institute of Anthropology and Ecology at the Catholic University of Madagascar to develop a course on anthropology of Indianoceania.

IUP Faculty Member Selected for Fulbright Specialist Program

Renda Broadcasting, July 15, 2023

From garage to workplace: Local college makerspaces to support manufacturing

The Community College of Allegheny County, Westmoreland County Community College, Penn State New Kensington’s Digital Foundry and Indiana University of Pennsylvania have created makerspaces to attract entrepreneurs and small-business manufacturers in the early stages of getting their tech-based products off the ground.

From garage to workplace: Local college makerspaces to support manufacturing

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 15, 2023

IUP graduate, Young Alumni Award winner, makes gift to honor late trustee

A former Indiana University of Pennsylvania student trustee and Young Alumni 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. The Gealy Wallwork Memorial Scholarship for Student Leadership provides scholarship support to students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania who are enrolled full time, in good academic standing, and involved in leadership activities or hold a leadership position on campus.

IUP graduate, Young Alumni Award winner, makes gift to honor late trustee

 Indiana Gazette, July 14, 2023

Area students named to IUP spring dean's list

The following students from Indiana County have been named to the spring 2023 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full time (12 or more credits) with a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher. The full list of dean’s list students is available at www.iup.edu.

Area students named to IUP spring dean's list

Indiana Gazette, July 12, 2023

IUP anthropology staff, students selected to continue study of a WWII plane crash site

INDIANA – The anthropology department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been chosen by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc. through the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to continue a field study in Germany.

This is the third year the group is studying the crash sites of World War II airplanes in Germany.

“We are honored to be invited to lead this third field school in support of the DPAA mission,” anthropology faculty member Andrea Palmiotto said in a release. “We are very happy to offer students this international applied archaeology experience while contributing to the recovery of U.S. service members.”

IUP anthropology staff, students selected to continue study of a WWII plane crash site

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, July 12, 2023

IUP Footlight Players to stage productions July 14-15

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.

Performances are open to the public at a low cost.

IUP Footlight Players to stage productions July 14-15

Indiana Gazette, July 12, 2023

Made in Johnstown opening, seen as a catalyst for creative economy downtown

In May, Made in Johnstown received a portion of a $1.5 million grant from federal Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant awarded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

Made in Johnstown opening, seen as a catalyst for creative economy downtown

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat/Yahoo News, July 12, 2023

Dean's lists from July 12, 2023

Indiana University of Pa.

INDIANA, Pa. – These undergraduate students from Mercer County have been named to the spring 2023 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for achieving a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher.

Dean's lists from July 12, 2023

Allied News, July 11, 2023

IUP dean's list released

The following students from Fayette County have been named to the spring 2023 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher. The full list of dean’s list students is available at www.iup.edu.

IUP dean's list released

The Daily Courier, July 11, 2023

Search is on to authenticate possible native relic on IUP campus

Indiana University of Pennsylvania officials say they are waiting for additional authentication regarding a mill stone in the Oak Grove on the IUP campus — that could date back to the days of the Iroquois.

Search is on to authenticate possible native relic on IUP campus

Indiana Gazette, July 8, 2023

Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted, could explain why modern birds survived while other dinosaurs died

The amber-preserved feathers in this study are the first definitive fossil evidence of juvenile molting, and they reveal a baby bird whose life history doesn’t match any birds alive today.

“This specimen shows a totally bizarre combination of precocial and altricial characteristics,” says O’Connor, who was the first author of the paper alongside senior author Shundong Bi of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. “All the body feathers are basically at the exact same stage in development, so this means that all the feathers started growing simultaneously, or near simultaneously.”

However, this bird was almost certainly part of a now-extinct group called the Enantiornithines, which O’Connor’s previous work has shown were highly precocial.

Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted, could explain why modern birds survived while other dinosaurs died

Prime News Print, July 6, 2023

Former IUP faculty member makes sizeable donation to school

INDIANA, Pa. – Frank Baker was a biology professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for 30 years, and even though he hasn’t taught there in sometime, the school remains a special place for him, which is why he and his family have donated $50,000 to the institution.

The gift will benefit the John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics building that’s under construction.

IUP broke ground on the $90 million facility in September 2020, with faculty and staff moving in this summer and students beginning classes there in the fall.

The Baker family also donated $25,000 to the school in honor of former music professor Carl Adams, which will be used to create the Carl Adams Scholarship for Flute Performance.

Former IUP faculty member makes sizeable donation to school

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, July 6, 2023

College Notes, July 6, 2023

Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Morgan Wright, Muir; Amara Bender, Pine Grove;  Amanda Kehler, Pitman; Olivia Lorady, Schuylkill Haven; Aimee Celine Hull, Tamaqua; Jacqueline Chamberlain, Jacob Herman and Jackson Yoder, Tower City.

College Notes, July 6, 2023

Reading Eagle, July 6, 2023

Retired biology faculty member, spouse family make donation to Kopchick Hall

INDIANA, Pa. – Retired Indiana University of Pennsylvania biology professor Dr. 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.

In addition, the family has donated $25,000 to IUP in honor of Dr. Carl Adams, professor and mentor to the Rev. Kathleen Baker, a 1994 IUP music performance graduate. The gift will establish the Carl Adams Scholarship for Flute Performance, which will support students enrolled full-time pursuing a degree in music with a concentration in flute.

Retired biology faculty member, spouse family make donation to Kopchick Hall

Dubois Courier Express, July 5, 2023

All Aboard STEMSEAS for Career Exploration

The result was STEMSEAS, a collaboration with Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University and the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) that’s been running since 2016, giving over 200 students confidence in their career choices and hopefully the experience of a lifetime. Cooper serves as the program organizer and is the educational outreach officer at Columbia Climate School Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

All Aboard STEMSEAS for Career Exploration

Inside Higher Ed, July 5, 2023

Diocese of Greensburg hires director of security

Bishop Larry J. Kulick, JCL, Friday announced that Ryan L. Maher has been hired as director of security for the Diocese of Greensburg.

Maher is retiring from the Pennsylvania State Police in Greensburg, where he is currently Patrol Section commander, and will begin his new position in the diocese on July 24.

Maher, who holds a degree in criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, began his career with the Pennsylvania State Police in 1998.

Diocese of Greensburg hires director of security

Latrobe Bulletin, July 3, 2023

IRMC chief nursing officer featured on monthly IUP-produced podcast

The latest edition of a monthly “Rural Health Pulse” podcast featuring Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center focuses on Wendy Haislip, IRMC vice president and chief nursing officer, who discusses Pennsylvania’s rural health model and workforce challenges.

IRMC chief nursing officer featured on monthly IUP-produced podcast

Indiana Gazette, July 3, 2023

Sunhachawi-Taylor to direct Kittanning Public Library

Effective today, Suphavadi “Poom” Sunhachawi-Taylor will assume the role of director of Kittanning Public Library. Sunhachawi-Taylor is a 1987 political science graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania who currently serves in an elected position as one of 12 members of Indiana Borough Council and on the Planning Commission.

Sunhachawi-Taylor to direct Kittanning Public Library

Kittanning Leader Times/Indiana Gazette, July 3, 2023

Affirmative action ruling could have little impact on area's colleges, universities

Jul. 1—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Deacon Jeffrey Wilson is unsure what the future holds for area students, colleges and universities after the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that race cannot be used as a factor in college admissions. Indiana University of Pennsylvania also should not be impacted by the decision, according to officials at the university, which has an admission rate of 94.2%, according to U.S. News and World Report.

When contacted, the school's public relations department pointed to a statement issued in response to the ruling by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, of which IUP is a part.

"We are reviewing the Supreme Court's ruling, which we expect will have minimal impact on PASSHE universities," the statement said. "The decision mostly affects universities with very limited admissions, whereas PASSHE universities — serving nearly 85,000 students — are state-owned, public institutions with a mission to make higher education accessible to Pennsylvanians at the lowest possible cost."

Affirmative action ruling could have little impact on area's colleges, universities

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat/Yahoo News, July 1, 2023

Chamber talks Leader's Circle, state budget, more

Dr. Michael Driscoll, president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania announced that the search for a dean of the new School of Osteopathic Medicine is proceeding at a good pace and that they hope to begin interviewing finalists soon.

Driscoll concluded the university’s report by discussing the recent reorganization that saw the elimination of five management positions in an attempt to streamline the process.

“Our goal is to help make the process simpler for our students to the provide the necessary support for each of them,” Driscoll announced. “We are really focusing on student-centeredness and financial stability.”

Chamber talks Leader's Circle, state budget, more

Indiana Gazette, July 1, 2023

Retired professor, family members, make $75,000 in gifts to IUP

Retired Indiana University of Pennsylvania biology professor Dr. Frank Baker and members of his family, along with the estate of his late wife Mary Baker, have made a $50,000 gift to benefit IUP’s John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Building Fund.

Dr. Baker, who lives in Elderton, was a faculty member at IUP from 1966 to 1996. He is the former owner of EcoTech Laboratory and is a trustee emeritus of the Thiel College Board of Trustees, where he served from 1985 to 1998.

The Baker family also donated $25,000 to IUP in honor of Dr. Carl Adams, a member of the IUP music faculty from 1980 to 1999 who was a mentor to Dr. Baker’s daughter, the Rev. Kathleen Baker, a 1994 IUP music performance graduate.

Retired professor, family members, make $75,000 in gifts to IUP

Indiana Gazette, July 1, 2023

High court: Race cannot be a factor in college admissions; IUP says it isn't one there

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.

Locally, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, operator of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and other state-owned institutions, stated that “We are reviewing the Supreme Court’s ruling, which we expect will have minimal impact on PASSHE universities. The decision mostly affects universities with very limited admissions, whereas PASSHE universities — serving nearly 85,000 students — are state-owned, public institutions with a mission to make higher education accessible to Pennsylvanians at the lowest possible cost.”

Furthermore, IUP Executive Director of Media Relations Michelle Fryling stated, “race is not a factor in admissions decisions at IUP.”

High court: Race cannot be a factor in college admissions; IUP says it isn't one there

Indiana Gazette, June 30, 2023

IUP teams up with public officials to raise awareness about safe driving

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania has teamed up with the Pennsylvania State Police, the Indiana County commissioners, Sheriff Bob Fyock and Margy Gray State Farm Insurance to raise awareness about safe driving for the Fourth of July holiday.

The Indiana County Highway Safety Project is offered through the school’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety.

IUP teams up with public officials to raise awareness about safe driving

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, June 30, 2023

County accepts $104,000 grant for three-year traffic safety effort

In the heart of what is called “the 100 deadliest days” for motorists, the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, authorities are seeking to raise awareness about safe driving.

At their meeting this week, the Indiana County commissioners accepted a $104,000, three-year federal grant for a Community Highway Safety Project designed to promote safe driving, including seat-belt use, in the five counties covered by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s District 10.

The IUP institute will work with the county board of commissioners, State Police, Indiana County Sheriff Robert E. Fyock, and Margy Gray of State Farm Insurance on the awareness campaign.

County accepts $104,000 grant for three-year traffic safety effort

Indiana Gazette, June 30, 2023

SCA renews OSHA partnership for shipyard workers

(WASHINGTON) – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Philadelphia Regional Office and the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national association representing the U.S. shipbuilding, maintenance and repair industry, have renewed a partnership to continue protecting the nation’s shipyard workers from workplace safety and health hazards. The partnership will continue its mission to:

• Advocate for the use of OSHA’s On-site Consultation Program, including the Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

SCA renews OSHA partnership for shipyard workers

Professional Mariner, June 29, 2023

Bill pressed to seek more details on Marc Fogel's Russian detention

An Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumnus with ties to Butler and Allegheny counties is the focus of legislation introduced this week by four United States congressmen.

U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Aspinwall, joined with fellow U.S. Reps. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Peters Township; Mike Kelly, R-Butler; and Brendan Boyle, D-Philadelphia, to introduce the Marc Fogel Act.

In May, Reschenthaler met in Washington with members of Fogel’s family, as well as Dr. Michael A. Driscoll, president of IUP, who called “Fogel “a valued IUP alumnus, a member of the IUP family” and said “we share the pain, sadness and concern of his family and friends.”

After the Marc Fogel bill was announced, Driscoll said, “I’m pleased that Congressmen Deluzio, Reschenthaler, Kelly, and Boyle are taking up Marc Fogel’s case with such force. It’s time to bring Marc home.”

Bill pressed to seek more details on Marc Fogel's Russian detention

Indiana Gazette, June 29, 2023

Western Pa. campuses say diversity will remain priority following high court ruling

Indiana University of Pennsylvania previously has said that it does not use race in its decision-making.

“We’ve not received any calls or emails or any other type of inquiry from parents, students or others,” spokeswoman Michelle Fryling said.

IUP is part of the State System of Higher Education, whose 10 state-owned universities also include the Western Pennsylvania campuses of Penn West University (California, Clarion and Edinboro) and Slippery Rock University.

Western Pa. campuses say diversity will remain priority following high court ruling
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 29, 2023

Area students make honors lists at colleges, universities

The following students from our coverage area have been named to the spring 2023 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher. The full list of dean’s list students is available at www.iup.edu.

Dean’s list students, their hometowns, majors, and degrees they are seeking are: Blairs Mills: Channing Coons, B.A. in Criminology; Huntingdon: Kayla Christine Cianci, B.S. in Interior Design; Darin Jackson Harman, B.S. in Finance; Rebekah Simmet, B.S. in Marketing; James Creek, Amanda N. Gwinn, B.A. in Criminology, Rachael Elizabeth Gwinn, B.A. in Psychology; Mount Union: Gyasi Lear, B.A. in Sociology/Human Services; Neelyton, Saige McClure, B.S.Ed. in Early Childhood Education; Burnt Cabins: Shelby Harnish, B.A. in Criminology; Waterfall: Hailey I. Dodson, B.S.Ed. in Social Studies/History

Area students make honors lists at colleges, universities

The Daily News (Huntingdon County), June 29, 2023

Salary board tackles long list of changes

The board also created one full-time associate director in the Office of Planning and Development, effective June 27 at $51,958. OPD Executive Director Byron G. Stauffer Jr. said his department has been short a staffer since a retirement.“We just need some extra hands,” Stauffer said.

The board also approved Kegan Stiles as a full-time senior land use planner, replacing Molly Sarver who was promoted, at $20.26 per hour effect June 28.

Stauffer said Stiles had been an intern. She is the latest hire to come out of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, which has produced three interns in recent years.

Salary board tackles long list of changes

Indiana Gazette, June 29, 2023

Editorial | Stopping drug, alcohol addictions before they start

The cause-and-effect connection between a shortage of counselors for young people and the nation’s drug-use epidemic might not seem obvious at first glance.

Fred Oliveros, Cambria County Drug and Alcohol Program administrator, explained it to our David Hurst this way – many recovering substance users say they began abusing drugs or alcohol to escape personal issues for which they didn’t receive the right help when they were young.

To help fix that problem, organizers of the Cambria County Rise Project, rolled out during the school year that just finished, assigned master’s degree-level mental health counselors to Cambria County’s public and private schools, where they and teams of interns from Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s clinical counseling programs support students.

Editorial | Stopping drug, alcohol addictions before they start

New Castle News, June 29, 2023

Edinburg native serving at West Point promoted to colonel

On May 1, the Mohawk Area High School graduate, Beth Frazee Smith, was promoted to colonel with the Army. Her two-decade career, rooted in an Army ROTC class taken while an undergraduate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has led her across the U.S. and from Afghanistan, Iraq and Japan to the Department of Defense at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Smith serves as director of public affairs at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, leading a 50-member staff in all forms of communications from media relations to photography to social media.

Edinburg native serving at West Point promoted to colonel

New Castle News, June 24, 2023

Education News

Twenty local residents have been named to the spring semester dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for completing the semester with at least 3.25 grade-point averages.

Education News

Bedford Gazette, June 27, 2023

Incoming North Allegheny superintendent devoted to education from a young age

From the time he was in eighth grade, Dr. Brendan Hyland knew he wanted to be a social studies teacher.

Fast-forward to today, Hyland is set to take over as superintendent at North Allegheny starting July 1.

He was hired as principal at NAI in 2007. During his tenure there, he earned his doctorate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2014.

Incoming North Allegheny superintendent devoted to education from a young age

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 22, 2023

Editorial: Stopping drug, alcohol addictions before they start

The cause-and-effect connection between a shortage of counselors for young people and the nation’s drug-use epidemic might not seem obvious at first glance.

Fred Oliveros, Cambria County Drug and Alcohol Program administrator, explained it to our David Hurst this way – many recovering substance users say they began abusing drugs or alcohol to escape personal issues for which they didn’t receive the right help when they were young.

To help fix that problem, organizers of the Cambria County Rise Project, rolled out during the school year that just finished, assigned master’s degree-level mental health counselors to Cambria County’s public and private schools, where they and teams of interns from Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s clinical counseling programs support students.

Editorial | Stopping drug, alcohol addictions before they start
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, June 24, 2023

Laurels and barbs

Laurel: Indiana University of Pennsylvania was chosen as a Federal Aviation Administration Collegiate Training Institution for drones, which means the school can be a part of the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft System-Collegiate Training Initiative Program. It was the only university in the state chosen for the recognition. John Benhart Jr., geography professor, is a FAA-certified remote sUAS pilot who leads IUP’s unmanned aircraft systems programs and will direct the collegiate training offering.

Laurels and barbs

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, June 24, 2023

Cambria County: Use opioid settlement funds to connect counselors, at-risk kids

The Cambria County Drug and Alcohol Program rolled out the Cambria County Rise Project during the just-completed school year, assigning master's degree-level mental health counselors to the county's public and private schools.

With its latest hire this month, the program now is set to reach its initial seven-clinician goal — one clinician for every two school districts, (Fred) Oliveros said.

As designed, each clinician serves as a site supervisor for paid interns from Indiana University of Pennsylvania's master's- and doctoral-level clinical mental health counseling programs, giving them a team of support staff.

Cambria County: Use opioid settlement funds to connect counselors, at-risk kids

Yahoo News, June 19, 2023

IUP gets unique status in Pa. for its drone training

The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen Indiana University of Pennsylvania as a Collegiate Training Institution, as part of its Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Collegiate Training Initiative program.

IUP, which has offered an Unmanned Aerial Systems Science and Applications Certificate since 2018, is the only university in Pennsylvania chosen for such recognition by the FAA.

“IUP was really ahead of the curve in terms of using drones to do mapping in our Geographic Information Science program,” said Dr. John Benhart Jr., professor of regional planning in IUP’s Department of Geography, Geology, Environment and Planning and director of IUP’s Geospatial Intelligence and Unmanned Aircraft Systems certificate programs, who will direct the UAS-CTI program. “Offering the training for students to prepare to become FAA-certified remote pilots and to carry our drone flight missions was a natural outgrowth of our programs in the department.”

IUP gets unique status in Pa. for its drone training

Indiana Gazette, June 16, 2023

Senate confirms IUP alumnus as U.S. marshal

An Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumnus and former commander of state police in Troop A, including the White Township barracks, has been confirmed by the United States Senate as U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Retired state police Maj. Stephen Eberle, a regional director for Secure Community Network since 2021, hails from Allegheny Township in northern Westmoreland County and lives with his family in Buffalo Township, Butler County.

“From protecting Pennsylvanians out in our communities to leading efforts to ensure the safety and security of the Jewish community, he is well-prepared and highly qualified to serve the Western District of Pennsylvania as U.S. Marshal,” said U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Scranton.

Senate confirms IUP alumnus as U.S. marshal

Indiana Gazette, June 16, 2023

Casey, Fetterman applaud confirmation of Eberle as U.S. Marshal

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., are announcing the confirmation of Stephen Eberle to serve as United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

“As a longtime Pennsylvania State Police officer, Stephen Eberle has dedicated his career to making the Commonwealth safer,” Casey said. “From protecting Pennsylvanians out in our communities to leading efforts to ensure the safety and security of the Jewish community, he is well-prepared and highly qualified to serve the Western District of Pennsylvania as U.S. Marshal.” Eberle received his B.S. from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Casey, Fetterman applaud confirmation of Eberle as U.S. Marshal

Bradford Era, June 16, 2023

IUP Certified by FAA for Drone Collegiate Training Program

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has certified the school as a collegiate training institution.

The designation allows IUP to be a part of the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Collegiate Training Initiative program, which recognizes institutions that prepare students for careers related to flying drone aircraft.  IUP has offered a drone systems science and applications certification program since 2018, which is designed to prepare students to be FAA-certified to pilot drone aircraft.  John Benhart, Jr., a professor at IUP and the director of IUP’s Geospatial Intelligence certificate programs and unmanned aircraft systems certificate programs will direct the UAS-CTI at IUP.

IUP CERTIFIED BY FAA FOR DRONE COLLEGIATE TRAINING PROGRAM

Renda Broadcasting, June 15, 2023

TV Talk: ‘Walking Dead’ takes Manhattan; W. Pa. native offers psychic reading on ‘Big Freedia’

Erica Altmiller, a 2001 South Allegheny High School grad who works as a psychic medium, appears on reality show “Big Freedia Means Business” (9 p.m. June 28, Fuse, Fuse+, WOW Presents Plus streaming service) and brings the show’s star to tears. Altmiller never pursued what she describes as her “gift” until 2015, when she started traveling to body-mind-spirit expos. A 2006 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she studied hospitality management, Altmiller moved in 2019 to Los Angeles, where she’s a server at The Abbey in West Hollywood — she was leaving the night some of the key events in the “Scandoval” of “Vanderpump Rules” ocurred.

TV Talk: ‘Walking Dead’ takes Manhattan; W. Pa. native offers psychic reading on ‘Big Freedia’

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 15, 2023

IUP moves ahead with update of its Long-Range Facilities Master Plan

Indiana University of Pennsylvania took another step Tuesday toward completion of an updated Long-Range Facilities Master Plan, with a public meeting in the PNC Room of the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex on campus. “We don’t want to end with a vision and no way to get there,” said John Perry, a leader of the SmithGroup team working with IUP officials.The consulting firm SmithGroup, a 170-year-old institution with offices in Pittsburgh and 19 other cities, has worked with the university on a plan it first composed in 2011, with revisions in 2014 and 2017.

IUP moves ahead with update of its Long-Range Facilities Master Plan

Indiana Gazette, June 14, 2023

Why pools are experiencing lifeguard shortages and how you can stay safe in the water

Adam Katchmarchi, executive director of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and an assistant professor in sport management at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania, agreed that avoiding blue swimsuits is one way to prevent water dangers like drowning.

"After someone does experience a drowning incident, they can submerge below the water and whether that's in a pool or in a natural body of water, that can really distort what we're able to see surface level, to even see that there may be a situation we need to respond to," Katchmarchi told "GMA." "So wearing bright colors, no matter what the age, is really a good safety recommendation."

Why pools are experiencing lifeguard shortages and how you can stay safe in the water

Good Morning America (ABC News),  June 12, 2023

Laurel Hill history on display for Juneteenth

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Laurel Hill was once a thriving settlement with several families living on the mountain, and now, although the region is a state park, the history and ancestry of those individuals have received renewed interest by local and state officials. A group of Indiana University of Pennsylvania professors — Erin Conlin, Benjamin Ford and Jeanine Mazak-Kahne — are working with the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources through funding from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy to collect information, oral histories and more to tell the stories.

Laurel Hill history on display for Juneteenth

Yahoo News, June 12, 2023

'AI Robotics Makerspace' coming to RIDC Armstrong Innovation Park

SOUTH BUFFALO TWP. – Armstrong County Commissioners recently announced that an AI Robotics Makerspace will be coming to the RIDC Armstrong Innovation Park in South Buffalo Township.
The makerspace, which will be run by Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), is being funded through the Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant awarded to the Pittsburgh region.

'AI Robotics Makerspace' coming to RIDC Armstrong Innovation Park 

Kittanning Leader Vindicator, June 8, 2023

IUP: Demolition to happen sooner than expected for Punxsy academy

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Officials at Indiana University of Pennsylvania said Monday that a key demolition project tied in to the Academy of Culinary Arts long-range building plan is going to happen sooner than expected.

Citing a new timeline from the Pennsylvania Department of General Services, university officials said completion of the demolition phase for the complex in downtown Punxsutawney is targeted for August 2025.

That’s four months sooner than originally expected, DGS officials told IUP leadership.

IUP: Demolition to happen sooner than expected for Punxsy academy 

Indiana Gazette, May 23, 2023

Sue Rieg: Western Pa. is running out of teachers

Pennsylvania's children — many of whom face academic and social-emotional challenges — deserve high-quality, well-prepared teachers, but due to teacher shortages many school districts are struggling to hire and retain well-qualified candidates. The teacher shortage is real and alarming, but there is hope. 

Pennsylvania has a shortage of teachers, but not a shortage of great people who would make outstanding teachers. Addressing the shortage requires our state to ensure more students from low- and middle- income families can afford college teacher preparation programs. The state system's plan strategically targets financial aid that opens the door of opportunity to more people to become the high-quality teachers that children need and deserve. 

The plan is good for our students, our schools, and our communities in every corner of the state. It's the hope and solution that Pennsylvania needs, but it requires state investment to achieve. 

Sue Rieg, EdD, is the interim dean of the College of Education and Communications at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 

Sue Rieg: Western Pa. is running out of teachers 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 20, 2023

United teacher moves on to safety role with IUP

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.

It is a three-year grant for a project focused on the PennDOT District 10 counties of Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson.

Through a cooperative agreement with the boards of commissioners of those counties and IUP Institute of Rural Health and Safety, the program is designed to offer information and education to serve the statistically identified traffic safety needs in those counties.

The project was reinstated at IUP after a five-year absence under the coordination of Amy Shellhammer, an IUP alumnus who joined the institute in March after a long tenure as a teacher in the United School District.

United teacher moves on to safety role with IUP

Indiana Gazette, June 13, 2023

Protect Your Family at the Pool with These Drowning Safety Tips

“The reason why we say there’s no one single means of preventing drowning entirely is because all of these layers can break down and the supervision layer can break down quite easily,” Adam Katchmarchis, an assistant professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and executive director of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, told USA TODAY. “With just a 20 to 30 second lapse in supervision, a drowning can take place.”

Protect Your Family at the Pool with These Drowning Safety Tips

Safewise, June 13, 2023

Best College Towns In Pennsylvania

Once known primarily as the self-styled "Christmas Tree Capital of the World," the town of Indiana (population 14,000), located about 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, is now closely associated with the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Founded as a teachers' college in 1875, IUP currently hosts about 9,300 students on a downtown campus with a mix of historic and modern buildings. IUP … boasts strong academic and sports programs, as well as deep ties to the town. Students and campus visitors who are movie buffs can visit the Jimmy Stewart Museum in town, while those seeking a quiet retreat can explore the surrounding Amish countryside.

Best College Towns In Pennsylvania

WorldAtlas, June 12, 2023

Offering hope for teacher shortage

The State System’s plan strategically targets financial aid that opens the door of opportunity to more people to become the high-quality teachers that children need and deserve. The plan is good for our students, our schools and our communities in every corner of the state. It’s the hope and solution that Pennsylvania needs, but it requires state investment to achieve. Rieg is interim dean of the College of Education and Communications at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Offering hope for teacher shortage

Altoona Mirror, June 12, 2023

High school, college students take part in IUP forum

A number of students from Indiana High School and Indiana County students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania presented original research during a Scholars Forum held as part of IUP’s Research Appreciation Week.

High school, college students take part in IUP forum

Indiana Gazette, June 9, 2023

Indiana veteran, others to be honored at Washington, D.C., ceremony

Albert J. Baraniak, a veteran of the Vietnam War and recipient of the Silver Star Medal, will be inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s (VVMF) “In Memory” program on June 17 on the East Knoll of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington. Baraniak was born Sept. 10, 1943, in Jenners, and graduated from Conemaugh Township High School in 1961. He pursued biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and received his bachelor’s degree in 1965. After his service in Vietnam, Baraniak became a biology teacher for the Armstrong School District. He taught for 31 years at Shannock Valley and West Shamokin High School, where he ended his tenure in 2001.

Indiana veteran, others to be honored at Washington, D.C., ceremony

Indiana Gazette, June 9, 2023

Sharpsville native returns to local veterinary hospital

When clients stop by Happy Tales Veterinary Hospital later this summer, they might see the new veterinarian Dr. Taylor O'Malley — a local resident whose journey has brought her from Sharpsville, to Clark, to Colorado, and back again. That experience at the kennel helped O'Malley discover a passion for animals, and although she worked a few different jobs over the years, she graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in biology and a minor in chemistry.

Sharpsville native returns to local veterinary hospital

Yahoo News, June 8, 2023

Local student part of IUP Research Appreciation Week

A Huntingdon County student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania presented original research during IUP’s Scholars Forum, held as part of IUP’s Research Appreciation Week.

Sierra Leonard, a chemistry major from Huntingdon, received the IUP Jones White Writing Center Award for her research poster, “The Chemical Formulation of Hair dye and its risk of Bladder Cancer.” Dr. Justin Fair, Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics and Engineering, is the research project faculty mentor.

Local student part of IUP Research Appreciation Week

The Daily News, June 8, 2023

Dr. Sue Rieg: Investing in financial aid for PASSHE students can help teacher shortage

There are real consequences for students when their schools cannot fill vacant teacher positions or hire quality candidates. Some school districts have been forced to increase class sizes, have non-instructional school employees cover classrooms, and even shut down face-to-face instruction and switch to remote learning modes, which leaves students in less-than-ideal learning environments when not implemented properly.

Dr. Sue Rieg is interim dean of the College of Education and Communications at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

1. SUE RIEG: Investing in financial aid for PASSHE students can help teacher shortage

Indiana Gazette, June 3, 2023

Ahead of Girls and Women in Sports night, meet the Flying Squirrels' nutritionist and PA announcer

The Richmond Flying Squirrels celebrate girls and women in sports on Friday night, and that includes a salute to women who work within the Double-A franchise. Among them are sports nutritionist Rachel Rodriguez, who is in the dugout, in the clubhouse and on the road with the team, and Bianca Bryan, whose voice is familiar to fans as The Diamond’s third-year public address announcer. Rodriguez is a former softball outfielder at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her interest in sports nutrition grew during recovery from a serious knee injury in high school. She said she felt the benefits of focus on nutrition and determined that would be her career. Rodriguez earned a master’s in nutrition/dietetics and exercise science in addition to working a 1,500-hours internship before pursuing the opening in the Giants’ system.

Ahead of Girls and Women in Sports night, meet the Flying Squirrels' nutritionist and PA announcer

Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 1, 2023

Kopchick Hall topic for this month's 'Rural Health Pulse'

Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s “Rural Health Pulse” podcast continues with an episode released Tuesday with Dr. 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. The “Rural Health Pulse” podcast is available for free on Spotify and from the IRMC website.

Kopchick Hall topic for this month's 'Rural Health Pulse'

Indiana Gazette, June 1, 2023

OP-ED: Investing in financial aid for students at PASSHE universities offers hope for addressing the teacher shortage

I know this as someone who is in close contact with school districts, as interim dean of the College of Education and Communications at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. School leaders contact me almost daily, searching for help to fill vacant positions in classrooms.

Universities like ours and local schools are engaging in innovative efforts to address the problem, though they’re not enough. For example, we partner with some local school districts to have graduate students in our literacy/reading specialist program work up to 20 hours a week as graduate assistants, while continuing to take graduate classes.

OP-ED: Investing in financial aid for students at PASSHE universities offers hope for addressing the teacher shortage

Observer-Reporter, May 31, 2023

Invest in financial aid for students at PASSHE schools to address PA teacher shortage

Pennsylvania has a shortage of teachers, but not a shortage of great people who would make outstanding teachers. Addressing the shortage requires our state to ensure more students from low- and middle- income families can afford college teacher preparation programs. The state system's plan strategically targets financial aid that opens the door of opportunity to more people to become the high-quality teachers that children need and deserve.  The plan is good for our students, our schools, and our communities in every corner of the state. It's the hope and solution that Pennsylvania needs, but it requires state investment to achieve. 

Sue Rieg, Ed.D., is the interim dean of the College of Education and Communications at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 

Invest in financial aid for students at PASSHE schools to address PA teacher shortage

GoErie, May 31, 2023

Wikipedia honors contributor from IUP

Among those on the permanent faculty of the English Department of Indiana University of Pennsylvania is Dr. Matthew Vetter, with these listings: Associate Professor, Digital Rhetoric, Critical Literacy and Theory, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Internet Culture, Digital Humanities, Multimodal Composition, Creative Writing, Wikipedia Studies.

Last week, Vetter received the 2023 Conference on College Composition and Communication Wikipedia Initiative Award for contributions to public knowledge.

Wikipedia honors contributor from IUP

Indiana Gazette, May 31, 2023

IUP continues national recognition in U.S. News & World Report

INDIANA — Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected for the 2023-2024 “Best Graduate Programs” rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Two of IUP’s programs were singled out for the recognition: the Master of Business Administration part-time program in IUP’s Eberly College of Business, and IUP’s master’s programs in education.

IUP continues national recognition in U.S. News & World Report

DuBois Courier Express, May 30, 2023

IUP recognized for graduate programs

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected for the 2023-2024 “Best Graduate Programs” rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Two of IUP’s programs were singled out for the recognition: the Master of Business Administration part-time program in IUP’s Eberly College of Business, and IUP’s master’s programs in education.

This ranking follows IUP’s 2022 ranking by the publication as one of the “Best National Universities” in the nation and as one of the nation’s “Top Performers in Social Mobility” listing.

IUP recognized for graduate programs

Indiana Gazette, May 27, 2023

IUP Names New Dean for College of Education and Communications

After conducting a nationwide search, the university has hired Dr. Stephanie McGowan, who will take over for interim dean Dr. Sue Rieg on July 1^st.  McGowan comes to IUP from Felician University, where she was a professor and dean of the university’s School of Education; the International Center for Autism, Disabilities and Research in Education; and the School of Education pre-school.  In her current role, she is responsible for all operational management, professional development, recruitment, and program redevelopment of all undergraduate and grad academic programming.

IUP NAMES NEW DEAN FOR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

Renda Broadcasting, May 26, 2023

McGowan succeeds Rieg as dean of education at IUP

Indiana University of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that it had completed another national search, this one for a new dean for the IUP College of Education and Communications.

She is Dr. Stephanie McGowan, who comes to IUP from Felician University, a Catholic institution in New Jersey, where she is a professor and dean of its School of Education; and co-founder of its International Center for Autism, Disabilities, Research in Education.

“Now more than ever, we are called to prepare dynamic young people to enter the workforce as both critical thinkers and compassionate change-makers,” McGowan said. “The incredible spirit on display at IUP, and its storied history of service spanning to its beginning in 1875 as a Normal School, make it a prime educational space to create innovative and inclusive opportunities for everyone to learn and grow.”

McGowan succeeds Rieg as dean of education at IUP

Indiana Gazette, May 26, 2023

Driscoll, Fogel family members call for release of IUP alumnus held in Russia

An Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumnus is one of several Americans still being held in Russian prisons in the wake of the recent release of women’s pro basketball star Brittney Griner.

“Marc has been wrongfully detained, and it is important that our government acknowledge that, just as they have for Paul Whelan, Brittney Griner and Evan Gershkovich,” Marc Fogel’s sister Anne is quoted in a news release issued Thursday by U.S. House Chief Deputy Majority Whip Guy Reschenthaler, R-Peters Township.

It was issued after a meeting Thursday in Washington with members of Fogel’s family, as well as Dr. Michael A. Driscoll, president of IUP.

Driscoll, Fogel family members call for release of IUP alumnus held in Russia

Indiana Gazette, May 26, 2023

Researchers team up to analyze recordings of bird songs in Pennsylvania forests

In the mountains east of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Blue Knob State Park stretches 6000 acres. Jeff Lakin points out the different birds signing on a hike off-trail through the woods. Larkin is a conservation biologist at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a forest bird habitat coordinator for the American Bird Conservancy. He’s trying to learn what kinds of birds are living in this forest so he can better help protect them.

Researchers team up to analyze recordings of bird songs in Pennsylvania forests

The Allegheny Front, May 27, 2023

Principia College names new president

Principia College, a private liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois, has named a college administrator from Mississippi as its next president, following what officials said was a semester-long search.

Dr. Norton earned his BA in history from the University of South Florida, where he also received a master’s degree in applied linguistics. He received his PhD in English/composition and applied linguistics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Principia College names new president

St. Louis Business Journal, May 26, 2023

IUP celebrates Nurses Day at local hospitals

INDIANA, Pa. — Following the 2022 inaugural recognition event in honor of National Nurses Day, National Nurses Week and National Hospital Appreciation Week at Indiana Regional Medical Center, organized by Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Office of Strategic Partnerships and the IUP Office of Graduate Admissions, the appreciation project was expanded to Penn Highlands Healthcare DuBois and Punxsutawney Area Hospital this year.

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 the three facilities, including a voucher to waive the application fee for enrollment in any IUP graduate degree program. 

IUP celebrates Nurses Day at local hospitals

Punxsutawney Spirit, May 24, 2023

IUP student safety professionals honored by national society

The American Society of Safety Professionals has honored Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Safety Sciences ASSP student section as Outstanding Student Section of the Year.

The honor comes with a $5,000 award from the ASSP to fund scholarships and research.

IUP’s student section, part of ASSP’s Western Pennsylvania Chapter, includes approximately 100 students majoring in Safety Sciences, with Dr. Majed Zreiqat as the section’s faculty advisor.

“Dr. Zreiqat helped lead this group of student officers to success through establishing goals and setting an aggressive agenda,” said Dr. Tracey Cekada, chair of the IUP Department of Safety Sciences. “His drive, leadership and commitment is evident in all that he empowered the student section to accomplish. The workload was tremendous, but this group of students were impressive.”

IUP student safety professionals honored by national society

Indiana Gazette, May 24, 2023

Penn Highlands DuBois, Punxsutawney Area Hospital recognized by IUP during Hospital Appreciation Week

INDIANA — Following the 2022 inaugural recognition event in honor of National Nurses Day, National Nurses Week, and National Hospital Appreciation Week at Indiana Regional Medical Center — organized by Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Office of Strategic Partnerships and the IUP Office of Graduate Admissions — the appreciation project was expanded to Penn Highlands Healthcare DuBois and Punxsutawney Area Hospital this year.

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 the three facilities, including a voucher to waive the application fee for enrollment in any IUP graduate degree program.

Penn Highlands DuBois, Punxsutawney Area Hospital recognized by IUP during Hospital Appreciation Week

DuBois Courier Express, May 24, 2023

IUP: Demolition to happen sooner than expected for Punxsy academy

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Officials at Indiana University of Pennsylvania said Monday that a key demolition project tied in to the Academy of Culinary Arts long-range building plan is going to happen sooner than expected.

Citing a new timeline from the Pennsylvania Department of General Services, university officials said completion of the demolition phase for the complex in downtown Punxsutawney is targeted for August 2025.

That’s four months sooner than originally expected, DGS officials told IUP leadership.

IUP: Demolition to happen sooner than expected for Punxsy academy

Indiana Gazette, May 23, 2023

IUP Culinary project advances demolition timeline

INDIANA, Pa. — 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.

Advertisements for demolition bids for the project are expected to be posted by July 2024 and bids announced in September 2024, when demolition is set to begin.

IUP Culinary project advances demolition timeline

Punxsutawney Spirit, May 22, 2023

Pittsburgh chef making homemade pasta going viral on social media

Ryan Peters went viral for simply making homemade pasta for his wife in 2020. The dish turned out really good, he said.

“For the next 64 nights, I made homemade pasta,” he said. “I became obsessed with it. I posted on social media. It became my thing, trying to make it better each time.”

Peters said, as a creator, making videos for the internet is great and fun, but “I wanted to make a bigger impact and give back to my community in some way.”

He wanted to feed people who didn’t know where their next meal was coming from, which is “a small choice that makes a big difference,” said Peters, a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Academy of Culinary Arts.

Pittsburgh chef making homemade pasta going viral on social media

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 21, 2023

Jefferson County hosts second meeting addressing EMS crisis

BROOKVILLE — The Jefferson County Commissioners held the second large scale meeting aimed at addressing the EMS crisis facing the county and the state.

This meeting focused on the municipalities in the county, welcoming borough and township officials to the table for this round of discussion. Also present were State Rep. Brian Smith and a representative for State Sen. Cris Dush’s office.

The third layer he spoke about are the higher education facilities in the area. He shared a program being developed by IUP Punxsutawney, independently of the county’s efforts. IUP has established a curriculum for a dual credit program that will qualify someone to be a paramedic, or at the least an EMT.

North said this program is going to be put into a pilot program at the Punxsutawney Area High School in the fall.

“They started this on their own because they identified the need. They also saw that as a good business decision because if they get (students) involved in that in 12th grade, maybe (they’ll) go to IUP and continue on. But the benefit for us is two-fold. Get them interested in high school, they migrate to the next level into college, but what we need to do is grab that and help foster that,” North said.

Jefferson County hosts second meeting addressing EMS crisis

DuBois Courier Express, May 20, 2023

Sue Rieg: Western Pa. is running out of teachers

Universities like ours and local schools are engaging in innovative efforts to address the problem, though they're not enough. For example, we partner with some local school districts to have graduate students in our Literacy/Reading Specialist program work up to 20 hours a week while continuing to take graduate classes.

The IUP students are already state certified and can help K-12 students by serving as literacy instructors, assisting teachers in the classroom, and serving as substitute teachers. This collaboration benefits everyone. K-12 students learn from high-quality teachers, local schools temporarily fill open positions with certified educators, and IUP students get more experience and a paycheck.

Sue Rieg: Western Pa. is running out of teachers

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 20, 2023

Anthropologist: Research on Johnstown site helps ‘tell this important story’ of local Black settlement

Work is underway to bring the farm back to life — at least digitally, Indiana University of Pennsylvania anthropology professor Ben Ford told the Conemaugh Valley Conservancy on Wednesday.

Mr. Ford, who spoke at the Johnstown Area Heritage Association's Heritage Discovery Center, is part of an IUP team working with state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and local officials to unearth stories about the long-gone settlement, which existed above the city since at least 1820 — and perhaps even longer.

That work includes piecing together existing local research, oral histories from descendants and mapping the area by using a form of radar to detect settlement remains such as foundations, hearths and other artifacts without disturbing the surface, he said.

Anthropologist: Research on Johnstown site helps ‘tell this important story’ of local Black settlement

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 18, 2023

Anthropologist: Research on historic site helps 'tell this important story' of local Black settlement

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — It's been more than 50 years since an early 19th-century log cabin was destroyed on Laurel Hill — all but erasing what was once a robust Black settlement above Johnstown.

Work is underway to bring the farm back to life — at least digitally, Indiana University of Pennsylvania anthropology professor Ben Ford told the Conemaugh Valley Conservancy on Wednesday.

Ford, who spoke at the Johnstown Area Heritage Association's Heritage Discovery Center, is part of an IUP team working with state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and local officials to unearth stories about the long-gone settlement, which existed above the city since at least 1820 — and perhaps even longer.

Anthropologist: Research on historic site helps 'tell this important story' of local Black settlement

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, May 18, 2023

US Department of Labor, Shipbuilders Council of America renew alliance to promote safe, healthful workplaces in Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry

Originally established as a two-year alliance in July 2021, the renewal extends the joint initiative until 2026. The alliance will continue to: Promote and encourage the use of OSHA’s On-site Consultation Program, including the Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

US Department of Labor, Shipbuilders Council of America renew alliance to promote safe, healthful workplaces in Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry

U.S. Department of Labor, May 17, 2023

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Named 2023 Outstanding Student Section

For the first time in nearly 10 years, our student section at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) has been named the Outstanding Student Section of the Year. The section is part of the Western Pennsylvania Chapter.

The section was strong in all three critical requirements — professional development, research, and campus and community Involvement. The award committee noted the group's strong technical meetings with diverse topics and presenters, along with great community service projects. The section's research projects, including “The Influence of Surface Types on Walking Parameters With Slips, Trips and Falls on Construction Sites” and “Work Effort and Perceived Exertion While Wearing Passive Exoskeleton and Industrial Overhead Tasks,” also helped the section receive top honors.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Named 2023 Outstanding Student Section

American Society of Safety Professionals, May 16, 2023

Ben Ford Named IUP 2023-24 Distinguished University Professor

IUP has named anthropology professor and chair for the department of anthropology Ben Ford as its 2023-24 distinguished university professor.

Ford has been a member of the anthropology department since 2009 and has served as department chair since 2017.  The Distinguished University Professor Selection Committee said they were recognizing Ford for “significant commitment to the teaching and mentoring of current and former students, abundant and outstanding service, and meaningful and extensive scholarship.”  He has served on many university committees and task forces.

Ben Ford Named IUP 2023-24 Distinguished University Professor

Renda Broadcasting, May 11, 2023

4 Pa. Colleges Get Makerspaces to Serve Manufacturers

"Makerspaces" at four area colleges and universities are expanding their resources and/or programs to give regional small manufacturers increased access to equipment and the knowledge on how to use it.

"The makerspaces will provide manufacturers and entrepreneurs throughout the Southwestern Pennsylvania region with easy access to equipment and services that may otherwise be inaccessible to them," said Jay Douglass, chief operations officer of ARM, the Pittsburgh-based Advance Robotics for Manufacturing Institute.

Receiving $1.5 million each are Penn State New Kensington's Digital Foundry at New Kensington, Westmoreland Community College's Makerspace District, Indiana University of Pennsylvania's STEAMSHOP and Community College of Allegheny County's Entrepreneurial Labs and Makerspace.

4 Pa. Colleges Get Makerspaces to Serve Manufacturers

Government Technology, May 10, 2023

Indiana University of Pennsylvania plans osteopathic medical school

Indiana University of Pennsylvania is in the beginning stages of creating a school of osteopathic medicine that would be the state’s only public program and help relieve a shortage of primary care physicians not only in rural Pennsylvania but around the world.

The preparation, which will include the hiring of a founding dean by the end of the year, is being helped by a $1 million gift by IUP alumnus Richard Caruso specifically for the purpose of getting the school off the ground. Caruso was inspired to provide the gift after his 101-year-old mother had difficulty finding health care in rural Pennsylvania.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania plans osteopathic medical school

Pittsburgh Business Times, May 10, 2023

Kane native donates $1 million to IUP School of Osteopathic Medicine

NDIANA, Pa. — Kane native Rich Caruso, a 1983 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has donated $1 million to his alma mater, in honor of his 101-year-old mother.

The donation is to advance IUP’s establishment of a school of osteopathic medicine.

In making the announcement of his gift, Caruso spoke to the struggle that his mother faced in getting in-person care from a physician during a recent hospitalization.

Kane native donates $1 million to IUP School of Osteopathic Medicine

Bradford Era, May 10, 2023

IUP theater department to present summer youth theater program

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’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.

To be eligible, players must have completed third grade, but it is open to all, regardless of prior theater experience.

The program begins with a day of auditions and assignments on June 19. Each Player gets their part, and learns about the content of workshops in performance, creative play and technical crafts. After four weeks of workshops and rehearsals, with cast and crew ready, public performances will be given July 14 and 15.

IUP theater department to present summer youth theater program

Indiana Gazette, May 10, 2023

Robotics-focused ARM Institute grants $6 million in federal funds for four makerspaces throughout region

The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute is providing $6 million in grant funding to go toward four makerspace facilities throughout southwestern Pennsylvania to better offer local manufacturers and entrepreneurs access to advanced equipment and resources.

The Community College of Allegheny County, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Penn State New Kensington's Digital Foundry and Westmoreland County Community College are already leading the development and oversight of these four spaces, all of which tout unique specializations. ARM's grant funding will look to broaden the level of support that is being made available to regional manufacturers interested in incorporating advanced technologies, like robotics or artificial intelligence, into their production process.

Robotics-focused ARM Institute grants $6 million in federal funds for four makerspaces throughout region

Pittsburgh Business Times, May 8, 2023

IUP initiative garners $1.5 million grant for multi-country STEAMSHOP spaces

INDIANA, Pa. — Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been awarded a $1.5 million Build Back Better Regional Challenge Grant to develop an entrepreneurial makerspace ecosystem with Pittsburgh-based company Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing that’ll benefit a local business.

The school will lead the effort for the STEAMSHOP (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics shop) that’ll include the robotics and electronics site Made in Johnstown and a satellite location in Armstrong County.

IUP initiative garners $1.5 million grant for multi-country STEAMSHOP spaces

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 8, 2023

IUP looking ahead in more ways than one

Janus, the Roman two-headed god, was a symbol of a change from the old year to a new year, looking back at the old and looking ahead to the new.

In a way, Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll was playing the role of Janus as he gave his final report of the 2022-23 academic year to the IUP Council of Trustees.

“As we say goodbye to one class of students, we’re preparing to welcome another, the Class of 2027, which will be coming to campus in about 100 days,” Driscoll told the council. “They are the 148th class of new students to come to our campus.”

IUP looking ahead in more ways than one

Indiana Gazette, May 6, 2023

THE WAY WE SEE IT: School of osteopathic medicine will impact rural healthcare

Late last year, we learned that Indiana University of Pennsylvania was exploring the development of a school of osteopathic medicine. It’s the first of a three- to five-year process that could end up with IUP hosting the state’s first public osteopathic school of medicine.

Those are issues to be explored at a later time. For now, it’s an exciting time for IUP to start a new medical school. While there’s much important work yet to do, its establishment has the capacity to impact the practice of medicine in western Pennsylvania for several decades to come.

THE WAY WE SEE IT: School of osteopathic medicine will impact rural healthcare

Indiana Gazette, May 6, 2023

IUP part of three-county 'Build Back Better' plan

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, its center in the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Armstrong Innovation Park (formerly known as Northpointe), and the Cambria County Made In Johnstown makerspace in downtown Johnstown are beneficiaries of $1.5 million in funding coming through the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative from the federal government’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

IUP officials said Friday that a grant has been allocated for an entrepreneurial makerspace ecosystem that will include IUP, an IUP-led STEAMSHOP robotics and electronics satellite site at the RIDC location in South Buffalo Township, near Freeport, and the Made in Johnstown makerspace.

IUP part of three-county 'Build Back Better' plan

Indiana Gazette, May 6, 2023

IUP PART OF GROUP RECEIVING $1.5 MILLION FROM SWPA NEW ECONOMY COLLABORATIVE

Three entities, including two IUP-related ones, will receive $1.5 million in funding through the Southwestern PA New Economy Collaborative as part of the national government’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

The money will be allocated to create what is being described as “an entrepreneurial makerspace ecosystem” that will include IUP, the IUP-lead STEAMSHOP robotics and electronics site in Armstrong County that was formerly the Northpointe campus, and the Made In Johnstown facility in Cambria County.  The funding comes from the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute as part of the Southwestern PA New Economy Collaborative.  The Institute is the nation’s leading robotics and AI Manufacturing Innovation institute, and is located in Pittsburgh.

IUP PART OF GROUP RECEIVING $1.5 MILLION FROM SWPA NEW ECONOMY COLLABORATIVE

Renda Broadcasting, May 6, 2023

IUP graduates nearly 1,500 students during weekend of ceremonies

INDIANA, Pa. — Nearly 1,500 students from the Indiana University at Pennsylvania (IUP) continued their stories as they graduated in ceremonies on Friday and Saturday from the college.

The university saw 1,446 total graduates in the two days of ceremonies with 1,021 undergraduates graduating Saturday at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex with IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll presiding over the ceremonies.

IUP graduates nearly 1,500 students during weekend of ceremonies

Yahoo News, May 6, 2023

IUP graduates nearly 1,500 students during weekend of ceremonies

Nearly 1,500 students from the Indiana University at Pennsylvania (IUP) continued their stories as they graduated in ceremonies on Friday and Saturday from the college.

Madison Piatak, a safety, health and environmental applied sciences major from Portage, was amongst a handful of students to be able to graduate Saturday with a 4.0 grade-point average.

IUP graduates nearly 1,500 students during weekend of ceremonies

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, May 6, 2023

Recent college graduates from Delaware County

Renallan Neckles, Glenolden, originally from Nigeria, an environmental engineering major in the Cook Honors College, is graduating with a perfect 4.0 in his studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Recent college graduates from Delaware County

Daily Times, May 6, 2023

Donta Green, Westinghouse coach and Trade Institute exec, receives FBI leadership award

The Westinghouse High School football coach and executive director of the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh was honored by the FBI for his service to multiple community organizations.

Donta Green was one of many people from cities across the country presented with the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award on Friday at FBI headquarters in Washington.

The 2005 Westinghouse graduate who played defensive back at Indiana University of Pennsylvania is also head coach for the Westinghouse High School football team, the Bulldogs, a championship-winning team.

Donta Green, Westinghouse coach and Trade Institute exec, receives FBI leadership award

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 6, 2023

ARM Institute Announces Federal Funding For MakerSpaces in the Southwestern Pennsylvania Region

Today the ARM, or Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, Institute announced the funding of four makerspaces provided by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Region’s Build Back Better initiative awarded through the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

The Makerspaces are led by the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), Penn State New Kensington, and Westmoreland County Community College.

ARM Institute Announces Federal Funding For MakerSpaces in the Southwestern Pennsylvania Region

Robotics247, May 5, 2023

Natrona native Stephen Ferris named dean of IUP's Eberly College of Business

Natrona native Stephen Ferris, dean of the Miller College of Business at Ball State University, said it’s unusual for strong professional opportunities to align with personal interests. So when a position opened at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Ferris jumped at the chance to move closer to home.

“I still have all my black and gold Steelers stuff, so it’s perfect,” Ferris said. He will make the move from Muncie, Ind., to Indiana, Pa., July 1.

Ferris will serve as the dean of IUP’s Eberly College of Business following a national search by the university.

A 1973 graduate of St. Joseph High School, Ferris said he doesn’t get the chance to come home often. But he’s glad that will change.

Natrona native Stephen Ferris named dean of IUP's Eberly College of Business

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 5, 2023

IUP trustees hear of tightened spending efforts

Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll told the IUP Council of Trustees Thursday that he is hopeful Harrisburg will provide a budget that “will help us accomplish our goals without our students having to pay more for tuition.”

However, there is distance between what the State System of Higher Education wants for IUP and other state-owned institutions, and what is being proposed by Gov. Josh Shapiro, though PASSHE Chancellor Dr. Daniel Greenstein is working with Shapiro and the General Assembly “to craft a budget that all sides can agree to,” Driscoll said.

The graduate ceremony will be held tonight at 7 p.m. at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex’s Ed Fry Arena, followed by two rounds of undergraduate ceremonies on Saturday, also at Ed Fry Arena.

During tonight’s ceremony, IUP will award an honorary doctoral of science degree to 1980 IUP medical technology graduate Bonnie Harbison Anderson, who previously was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012.

Anderson is the co-founder, former chief executive officer, former president and chair of the board of directors of Veracyte Inc. a pioneering genomic diagnostics company headquartered in south San Francisco.

IUP trustees hear of tightened spending efforts

Indiana Gazette, May 5, 2023

Resolutions dominate activity at last trustee meeting of 2022-23

The final Indiana University of Pennsylvania Council of Trustees meeting for the 2022-23 academic year had a long list of honors handed out.

• One resolution honored a couple that met on a tennis court at IUP. They will be memorialized with the naming of the James D. Taylor and Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor Tennis Court.
• Another resolution honored the memory of a founding member of the IUP Department of Geoscience faculty, the late Dr. Walter Granata, with the naming of a geoscience lab in Kopchick Hall.
• A third resolution names conference rooms 6 and 7 in the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in honor of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, “a longtime leader among Greek organizations” at IUP.

Resolutions dominate activity at last trustee meeting of 2022-23

Indiana Gazette, May 5, 2023

IUP graduate donates $1M to alma mater

INDIANA, Pa. — Indiana University of Pennsylvania's exploration of creating a school of osteopathic medicine recently received a large boost from alumnus Rich Caruso, who donated $1 million in honor of his 101-year-old mother.

IUP graduate donates $1M to alma mater

Yahoo News, May 4, 2023

IUP graduate donates $1M to alma mater

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s exploration of creating a school of osteopathic medicine recently received a large boost from alumnus Rich Caruso, who donated $1 million in honor of his 101-year-old mother.

The 1983 accounting graduate announced the contribution during an event honoring alumni endowments to the university.

“I felt like this is what I could afford and the school could use,” Caruso said. “I’m hopeful my contribution jump-starts others to do the same.”

IUP graduate donates $1M to alma mater

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, May 4, 2023

James Creek woman achieves 4.0 at IUP

A Huntingdon County student graduating from Indiana University of Pennsylvania will be honored for achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average during studies at IUP as part of the university’s undergraduate commencement ceremonies.

IUP 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.

James Creek woman achieves 4.0 at IUP

The Daily News, May 4, 2023

Kittanning native is new dean of IUP Eberly School of Business

On July 1, four years to the day since he began his most recent role as dean of the Miller College of Business at Ball State University in Indiana, Kittanning native Dr. Stephen Ferris will move on to a similar role closer to his old hometown, as dean of the Eberly College of Business at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

“Dr. Ferris will be a great addition to IUP’s administrative team,” IUP Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Lara Luetkehans said, at the conclusion of a national search chaired by Dr. Steve Hovan, dean of the John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at IUP.

Kittanning native is new dean of IUP Eberly School of Business

Indiana Gazette, May 4, 2023

Million Dollar Donation for School of Osteopathic Medicine

An IUP graduate will be donating 1 Million Dollars to create a new school of osteopathic medicine, following care his mother received at a McKean County Hospital.
According to CBS News Pittsburgh, 1983 IUP Alumnus Richard Caruso announced during the IUP Distinguished Alumni Awards that he would be making the donation in hopes that the school will create a new generation of doctors who will seek employment in rural areas, like McKean County.

Million Dollar Donation for School of Osteopathic Medicine

WESB News (Bradford), May 3, 2023

1,400-plus to graduate from IUP this weekend

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will conduct commencement ceremonies for 1,446 graduates on Friday and Saturday at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

Students graduating in May and August are eligible to participate in the ceremonies.

The ceremony for students graduating with a master’s or doctoral degree is Friday at 7 p.m.

Undergraduate ceremonies will be Saturday at 9 a.m. for students in the Dr. John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Health and Human Services. Undergraduate ceremonies at 2 p.m. will be held for students in the College of Education and Communications, the College of Arts and Humanities, the Eberly College of Business and the University College.

1,400-plus to graduate from IUP this weekend

Indiana Gazette, May 3, 2023

Indiana University of Pennsylvania names new dean of Eberly College of Business

Stephen Ferris has been selected to serve as the dean of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eberly College of Business following a national search.

Ferris will begin his work at IUP on July 1. He currently is dean of the Miller College of Business at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania names new dean of Eberly College of Business

Pittsburgh Business Times, May 3, 2023

IUP NAMES NEW DEAN OF EBERLY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

IUP has announced the new Dean of the Eberly College of Business.

According to a news release, Stephen Ferris was recently hired as the new dean of the business school.  He comes to IUP from his position as dean of the Miller College of Business at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.  He takes over for Dr. Prashanth Bharadwaj, who was serving as interim dean.  Ferris was born in Kittanning and was raised in Natrona.  Before his time at Ball State, he served in a similar position at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, and worked for 25 years at the University of Missouri-Columbia, including serving as the dean of the Trulaske College of Business.  He is also a retired commander with the U.S. Navy,

IUP NAMES NEW DEAN OF EBERLY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Renda Broadcasting, May 3, 2023

IUP’s efforts to expand rural health care options receives $1 million boost from alumnus

An Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumnus will donate $1 million to bolster his alma mater’s efforts to create a school of osteopathic medicine after he experienced firsthand the lack of health care options in rural communities for his 101-year-old mother.

Rich Caruso, who graduated from the state university in 1983 and currently serves as an independent financial consultant, announced the gift last month. 

IUP’s efforts to expand rural health care options receives $1 million boost from alumnus

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 2, 2023

IUP alumnus donates $1 million to establish new school of osteopathic medicine

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It was supposed to be an evening honoring their contributions to their professions.

But instead, one distinguished Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate decided to offer an award of his own. A 1983 alumnus made a $1 million donation to help advance health care in the state, helping IUP establish a new school of osteopathic medicine.

The million-dollar donation was announced by alumnus Richard Caruso during the IUP Distinguished Alumni Awards in April. Caruso, a decades-long accounting specialist, told KDKA-TV he owes much of his success to the education he received at IUP.

IUP alumnus donates $1 million to establish new school of osteopathic medicine

KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh), May 2, 2023

IUP alumni gives $1 million gift in honor of his mother

INDIANA — During an evening honoring Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s alumni for their contributions to their professions and society with the Distinguished Alumni Award, one recipient announced a $1 million gift for the transformation of IUP’s future, and the future of health care in Pennsylvania — all while honoring his 101-year-old mother.

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.

Caruso, originally from Kane and now living in Meadow Lands, made the announcement during his April 22 recognition as a 2023 IUP Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.

IUP alumni gives $1 million gift in honor of his mother

DuBois Courier Express, May 2, 2023

Alumnus makes $1 million donation toward IUP osteopathic plans

On the eve of a presentation regarding Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s consideration of a school of osteopathic medicine, the university is announcing a major gift toward that plan.

Richard D. Caruso, a 1983 accounting graduate of IUP from Meadow Lands, Washington County, is making a $1 million gift to his alma mater in honor of his 101-year-old mother.

Caruso was among outstanding IUP alumni honored at a recent campus event. The gift was announced as university President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll planned to make a presentation Tuesday night for Indiana Borough Council.

Alumnus makes $1 million donation toward IUP osteopathic plans

Indiana Gazette, May 2, 2023

IUP DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI RECIPIENT MAKES $1 MILLION DONATION

At the recent Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony, a recipient of the award announced a gift to help advance the establishment of a school of Osteopathic medicine.

The $1 million gift comes from Rich Caruso, a 1983 accounting graduate of IUP now living in Meadow Lands.  IUP’s council of trustees last December endorsed the exploration of a possible school for osteopathic medicine in an effort to increase the number of trained physicians to provide care for Pennsylvania citizens, and the demand that is currently being seen for this medical study.

IUP DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI RECIPIENT MAKES $1 MILLION DONATION

Renda Broadcasting, May 2, 2023

Man who gave $1M to IUP's osteopathic medicine school explains why he donated

Rich Caruso was skeptical when he learned his alma mater, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, wanted to boost rural physician access by opening the commonwealth’s first school for osteopathic medicine on a state university campus.

Then his 101-year-old mother, Margaret, got sick. What happened next to the woman who lives in rural northern Pennsylvania turned her son from a skeptic into a $1 million donor toward the fledgling effort by IUP.

Last fall, a sciatic nerve condition in her back left her unable to walk and eventually landed her in the community hospital in Kane, McKean County, a community of 3,500 people that is about 130 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

In an interview Monday with the Tribune-Review, and earlier in remarks he delivered to a group honoring him as a distinguished IUP alumnus, Caruso, 61, explained how the ordeal “opened my eyes to the need.” The gift from the 1983 accounting graduate and longtime IUP supporter is the largest toward the medical school effort to date.

Man who gave $1M to IUP's osteopathic medicine school explains why he donated

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 1, 2023

Bill establishes protocol for removal of ticks from students in school

Thomas W. Simmons, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania biology professor, specializes in researching ticks that transmit human pathogens such as Lyme disease.

Bill establishes protocol for removal of ticks from students in school

Daily Courier, May 1, 2023

IUP students raise money for ALS research

Several students at IUP conducted an ice bucket challenge to raise money and awareness for research into amyotrophic lateralsclerosis — commonly referred to as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The event took place April 24 in IUP’s Oak Grove.

IUP professor Laura Kelly assigned students to plan an event for ALS that would reach at least 25 people or more. The students — Lakyn Heming, Kaitlyn Keller, Adrianne Newton, Emily Marines, Mary Stenning and Michale Taylor — said they exceeded this amount “with a fantastic turnout.”

In all, more than 40 students participated in the challenge.

IUP students raise money for ALS research
Indiana Gazette, May 1, 2023

Frogs, toads, trillium, more showcased at North Huntingdon nature preserve

Apr. 30—An evening nature walk at a North Huntingdon nature preserve will help participants learn about the frogs and toads that make the area their home.

Herpetologist AAron Capouellez will lead the walk at the Otto & Magdalene Ackermann Nature Preserve, near Ardara, and share his love for amphibians while hopefully tracking some down.

"These are animals that are very fragile," said Capouellez, a graduate student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Frogs, toads, trillium, more showcased at North Huntingdon nature preserve

Yahoo News, April 30, 2023

Plan for IUP medical school to be aired before borough council

A presentation regarding Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s consideration of a School of Osteopathic Medicine is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers at the George E. Hood Municipal Building along Eighth and Water streets in Indiana.

Plan for IUP medical school to be aired before borough council

Indiana Gazette, April 29, 2023

IUP-IRMC podcast continues monthly through summer

Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center plan to continue their monthly “Rural Health Pulse” podcast through August.

The latest episode features Dr. 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.

The Rural Health Pulse podcast is available for free on Spotify and from the IRMC website.

The podcasts include professionals from IRMC and from IUP and is recorded by students in the IUP Department of Communications Media under the direction of communications faculty member Dr. Mark Piwinsky and produced by IUP Director of Strategic Partnerships Christina Koren. Dr. Jim Kinneer, IRMC Chief Human Resources Officer, serves as the host for the shows.

IUP-IRMC podcast continues monthly through summer

Indiana Gazette, April 29, 2023

Why therapy dogs are gaining popularity on college campuses

Regardless of the formality of an animal therapy program, the mere presence of animals on campus can break down some walls for students, said Mary Renck Jalongo, professor emerita at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Jalongo is also a therapy dog handler and evaluator, and editor of the book The Canine-Campus Connection: Roles for Dogs in the Lives of College Students. 

Why therapy dogs are gaining popularity on college campuses

Cardinal News (Virginia), April 28, 2023

IUP students express themselves, champion causes in the Oak Grove

In the Oak Grove, IUP students from different backgrounds who had something to say came together Wednesday for the annual Chalk-on-the-Walk contest, sponsored by IUP’s Arts and Humanities college, the Lively Arts, the National Art Education Association and IUP’s Marketing and Communication division.

IUP students express themselves, champion causes in the Oak Grove

Indiana Gazette, April 28, 2023

Video projects top Coalport Museum Commission meeting

COALPORT — The Coalport Area Museum Commission heard from member Bill Morrison who outlined a series of projects that involve digital video of the Coalport Area Coal Museum. He caught the attention of Dr. Mark J. Piwinsky, professor of communication media at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Morrison and Snyder were invited to visit his class of 5-6 students at I.U.P. After seeing the professional documentary the class was working on of the Indiana Historical and Genealogical Society, Snyder was particularly impressed as this was a production nearly exactly the format that would also best ‘tell the tale’ of our museum. About a week after the visit by CACM reps to IUP, two of the graduate students in the class visited to also videotape some displays during another guided tour—and tested the lighting for a planned follow-up digital videotaping of raw footage that will be edited into a fully professional production.

Video projects top Coalport Museum Commission meeting

Clearfield Progress, April 27, 2023

IUP student selected for scholarship

A student attending Indiana University of Pennsylvania recently received the 2023 Patricia Hilliard Robertson Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Female Science Student.

The award was presented to Selena Blough, a junior biology major, from Johnstown. She is a 2014 graduate of Greater Johnstown Senior High School. She and her husband, Nathan Cover, are the parents of a daughter, Callie Cover.

“This scholarship really helped to open my eyes to possibilities for my future,” Blough said. “Knowing about the accomplishments of Dr. Hilliard Robertson makes me very proud to have been selected for this scholarship; this is one of the biggest honors of my life,” she said.

The Dr. Patricia Hilliard Robertson scholarship was established as a living legacy for Dr. Patty Hilliard Robertson, a 1980 graduate of Homer-Center High School and a 1985 biology graduate of IUP who died May 24, 2001, in Houston from injuries sustained in the crash of a private plane at Wolfe Air Park in Manvel, Texas. Several members of Dr. Hilliard Robertson’s family, including her mother, Ilse Hilliard, currently live in the Indiana area.

IUP student selected for scholarship

Indiana Gazette, April 26, 2023

IUP, Indiana Borough further role in national pilot project

Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Borough are seeking to build on a partnership that has grown out of the original idea of testing the sewage the borough takes into its wastewater treatment plant for COVID-19 virus.

On Tuesday, the university said its collaboration with the borough was one of five successful applicants for a national pilot program meant to help create stronger and more informed community health, especially in rural areas.

“We received notification of our selection for the program in February,” said Roland Francis, an IUP alumnus (1984) and more recently pretreatment coordinator and assistant wastewater superintendent for the borough, who joined the IUP Research Institute as a part-time field manager last fall. “We set up the PCR machine in the biology department in Weyandt Hall and students began testing and analysis in April.

IUP, Indiana Borough further role in national pilot project

Indiana Gazette, April 26, 2023

Hawk Walk event to invite students, residents downtown

Indiana Borough will welcome college students to the downtown area, where residents will meet and greet them at a special event planned for Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Hawk Walk will feature a DJ, food provided by local restaurants and live performances. IRMC Park will be closed for the event, which is free and open to the public.

In addition to entertainment, community organizations will be on hand to provide information about their programs and services. This year’s event will include a special “Open House” area featuring a draft of the town’s proposed comprehensive plan, “Indiana 2030 — Tomorrow. Together.”

Hawk Walk event to invite students, residents downtown

Indiana Gazette, April 24, 2023

IRMC residents get nutrition training from IUP

In the latest example of cooperation between the two institutions, Dr. Stephanie Taylor-Davis, chair of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Food and Nutrition, is providing innovative training to the inaugural cohort of medical residents at Indiana Regional Medical Center.

Taylor-Davis received a scholarship from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine to complete Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional training and to register to take the certification examination, which she passed in December 2022, earning the designation of DipACLM.

“Our IUP students have gained valuable experience and mentoring at IRMC throughout our almost 30-year collaboration, including as interns working with in the IRMC registered dietitians,” Taylor-Davis said.

IRMC residents get nutrition training from IUP

Indiana Gazette, April 22, 2023

Pittsburgh-based maker part of IUP STEAMSHOP event

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 at 4:30 p.m. at the Robertshaw STEAMSHOP, room 25.

It is free and open to the community.

STEAMSHOP is a campus-wide initiative intended to transform learning at IUP by empowering students from all backgrounds and preparations to actively engage with an interdisciplinary digital fabrication lab (makerspace).

This is the first “Future Makers Forum” event hosted by IUP, which is designed to showcase makers, especially makers from underrepresented populations. The Forum, designed to continue with additional artists, engineers, designers and other changemakers, provides an opportunity for these makers to talk about their journey.

Pittsburgh-based maker part of IUP STEAMSHOP event

Indiana Gazette, April 22, 2023

IUP sidewalk commentary contest planned

The annual Indiana University of Pennsylvania Sidewalk Commentary Contest, also known as “Chalk the Walk,” will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday in the IUP Oak Grove.

In case of inclement weather, the event will be held Friday, April 28.

The contest, sponsored by the IUP College of Arts and Humanities, Lively Arts, the IUP chapter of the National Art Education Association and Division of Marketing and Communications, offers students or student groups the opportunity to express their political and social views through chalk drawings across the Oak Grove.

IUP sidewalk commentary contest planned

Indiana Gazette, April 21, 2023

IUP honoring alumni during celebration weekend

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will be celebrating special members of the IUP community as part of 2023 Celebration Weekend planned for Friday and Saturday.

Weekend events begin with the Celebration of Philanthropy on Friday, when donors will be recognized for their generosity, and Jada Walker-Briggs, a senior communications media major from Glassport, will speak.

The Volunteer Recognition Breakfast on Saturday will recognize the spirit of volunteerism with the presentation of the 2023 Award of Excellence in Volunteer Leadership to four alumni. The Award of Excellence program is sponsored by the IUP Alumni Association.

The annual Distinguished Alumni Award banquet on Saturday is the weekend’s culminating event.

Recipients for 2023 include three alumna from Indiana County, including Tonya Anthony Hsiung, formerly of Rochester Mills and now of Lancaster; Mary Ordakowski Moore Morgan, originally from Franklin and a long-time Indiana resident; and Dr. Brandie Smith, originally of Indiana who currently lives in Potomac, Md.

IUP honoring alumni during celebration weekend

Indiana Gazette, April 21, 2023

PASSHE governors ratify Haque as IUP's new student trustee

HARRISBURG — 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.

The Board of Governors approved Haque’s appointment at its meeting Thursday.

Her term will begin when current student trustee Maura King graduates in May, after which Haque will serve in the role of student trustee until her graduation.

The PASSHE action ratifies a nomination made unanimously by the IUP trustees last month.

Haque, a member of the Cook Honors College and the Eberly College of Business Honors Program at IUP, is the daughter of Atia Rasul and Anisul Haque. Originally from Bangladesh, she studied at Anandaniketan sch

PASSHE governors ratify Haque as IUP's new student trustee

Indiana Gazette, April 21, 2023

Pa. students get a mixed bag of news about paying for college next year

Abigail Hancox, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania student who serves on the State System board, supported deferring the decision and said she has faith that the General Assembly will recognize the system’s need for more money. Speaking from a student perspective about tuition, she said her desire is to continue her studies at her university.

Pa. students get a mixed bag of news about paying for college next year

Penn Live/Harrisburg Patriot News, April 20, 2023

NPRC names Kane mayor as commencement speaker

WARREN — Northern Pennsylvania Regional College is pleased to announce Brandy Schimp, the Mayor of Kane, Pennsylvania, as the 2023 Commencement speaker. Schimp is a proud Kane native and since being elected the town’s mayor in 2018, she has been a critical leader in many redevelopment and revitalization projects in her hometown.

After finishing high school at Kane Area High School, she enrolled at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and earned a degree in marketing. After college, she became a Marketing Associate for Sysco Foods and returned to Kane. Later in her career, she worked in sales and marketing for Allegheny Store Fixtures in Bradford.

NPRC names Kane mayor as commencement speaker

Bradford Era, April 19, 2023

Holocaust survivor fears for future where Holocaust isn't remembered

A town of the old Austro-Hungarian empire, now part of Romania, was recalled Tuesday at Indiana University of Pennsylvania as its Holocaust Remembrance Committee conducted its annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) observance in the Eberly Auditorium.

Featured speaker Solange Lebovitz, who has lived in Pittsburgh for the past seven decades, said her father wanted to emigrate from Sighet, Romania, to the United States, but could not do so and in the late 1920s her parents Isaac Dratler and Rosa Hershovitz Dratler emigrated to France, where she was born in 1930.

Holocaust survivor fears for future where Holocaust isn't remembered

Indiana Gazette, April 19, 2023

Swim instructor mom warns parents not to buy blue swimsuits for kids

Adam Katchmarchi, executive director of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and an assistant professor in sport management at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania, agreed that avoiding blue swimsuits is one way to prevent water dangers like drowning.

Swim instructor mom warns parents not to buy blue swimsuits for kids

Good Morning America, April 18, 2023

Women's Club of IUP awards $1,000 scholarship to Karly Framer

The Women’s Club of IUP conducted its annual Spring Brunch on Saturday for the first time since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Women’s Club of IUP was founded in 1949 for the purpose of fostering socialization and friendship among its members. The Women’s Club maintains a variety of social activities and interest groups in which its members may participate, as well as coordinating several community service projects and fundraising for scholarships.

This year, the Women’s Club of IUP awarded $1,000 to a student from the IUP Academy of Culinary Arts — Karly Framer, a graduate of Curwensville Area High School and the Clearfield County Career and Technology Center, where her teachers and family encouraged her to continue her education at IUP Academy of Culinary Arts.

Women's Club of IUP awards $1,000 scholarship to Karly Framer

Indiana Gazette, April 17, 2023

IUP to display student-created murals in academic halls

New student-designed murals will be displayed in three academic halls on the IUP campus.

Students in Ivan J. Fortushniak’s mural painting course have been working on three murals depicting IUP imagery since January. Each of these projects have different students in his 13-student class working on each of the murals.

According to Fortushniak, who has taught at IUP for 18 years, the first mural, depicting students and elements of both art and the humanities, will be displayed in the Jane E. Leonard Hall on Wednesday, which is the academic building housing the arts and humanities college at IUP.

IUP to display student-created murals in academic halls

Indiana Gazette, April 17, 2023

IUP scholar gets Woodrow Wilson fellowship

Dr. 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, D.C.

Dr. Jackson is the first IUP and Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education recipient of the nine-month fellowship. He will be in residence at the Center from September 2023 through May 2024.

The Woodrow Wilson Center was established within the Smithsonian Institution in 1971 as an affiliate of that institution dedicated to advanced academic research in international relations and political and social studies.

IUP scholar gets Woodrow Wilson fellowship

Indiana Gazette, April 15, 2023

IUP TV nets two Golden Quill nominations

A pair of Indiana University of Pennsylvania student videos are among finalists for the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania’s Golden Quill awards, given for excellence in regional media presentation.

Stoker Wieczorek, of Ligonier, worked for IUP TV while attending classes from 2019 through 2022. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree there in communications media production.

Two of his 2022 IUP TV productions, “John Fetterman Comes to Indiana PA” and “Ukraine Students at IUP,” are vying for “Student Excellence in Video/Broadcast Journalism” against two “Centre County Report” presentations from Penn State.

Since December, Wieczorek has been employed as a reporter at Sinclair’s WJAC-6 in Johnstown.

IUP TV nets two Golden Quill nominations

Indiana Gazette, April 14, 2023

AAUW to Honor Notable Women, students

Four Indiana County women, one Indiana University of Pennsylvania student and one St. Francis University student will be honored at the annual dinner sponsored by the Indiana County branch of the American Association of University Women at 6:30 p.m. April 26 the Hilton Garden Inn, Indiana. Since 1987, AAUW-Indiana Branch has designated 174 county women as Notable Women for their volunteer and leadership contributions to their communities. This program, unique to the Indiana branch, has been recognized by the national organization for its important recognition of the service activities of women in small and rural areas.

Dr. Deanne Snavely

Mary Ann Wagner

Dr. Marveta Ryan-Sams

AAUW to Honor Notable Women, students

Indiana Gazette, April 13, 2023

IUP plans annual 'Take Back the Night' event

The Haven Project at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host its annual “Take Back the Night” event Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. on the IUP campus.

The Haven Project assists students who have experienced these issues, collaborating with area police departments, the IUP Counseling Center and the Alice Paul House. The Haven Project also works closely with IUP’s Social Equity and Title IX Office to address sexual harassment, sexual violence, retaliation, and other prohibited sexual misconduct.

“Take Back the Night” is designed to raise awareness and support survivors of sexual violence, domestic and dating violence and stalking. Its theme this year is “Shatter the Silence.”

IUP plans annual 'Take Back the Night' event

Indiana Gazette, April 11, 2023

IUP to host Holocaust survivor

In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), the Holocaust Remembrance Committee at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host Holocaust survivor Solange Lebovitz on April 18 at 5 p.m. at IUP’s Eberly Auditorium.

Lebovitz will present on her experiences as a hidden child in France. She will also discuss her family’s experiences in hiding, in camps, and her brother’s participation in the French Resistance.

The presentation is free and open to the community and will feature a number of additional speakers.

IUP to host Holocaust survivor

Indiana Gazette, April 6, 2023

Sponsored research leads to IUP merit scholarship for student

There were no slips or falls on Elizabeth Kinney’s path to a full-tuition scholarship at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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.

This renewable, four-year scholarship provides funding for tuition for up to 120 credits of undergraduate study for recipients who maintain at least a 3.25 grade point average at IUP.

Kinney was chosen for the scholarship based on her research project, “Slip Resistance,” sponsored by New Pig, of Tipton, that Kinney presented at the 83rd Annual Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair in fall 2022.

Sponsored research leads to IUP merit scholarship for student

Indiana Gazette, April 6, 2023

IUP Nursing Program selected as top online program by Princeton Review

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s online master’s program in nursing has been named to The Princeton Review’s 2023 Top Online Nursing Programs.

That recognition followed the program’s recent recognition by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022 “Best Online Program.”

IUP Nursing Program selected as top online program by Princeton Review

DuBois Courier Express, April 4, 2023

IUP gets recognition again from Princeton Review

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s online master’s program in nursing has been named to The Princeton Review’s 2023 Top Online Nursing Programs.

That recognition followed the program’s recent recognition by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022 “Best Online Program.”

IUP is no stranger to either national recognition, having been selected for 29 years by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best National University” and getting more than two decades of inclusion in the Princeton Review’s Best Colleges guidebook.

Princeton Review editors selected programs for the listing on the basis of flexibility, affordability, access to innovative technologies and global opportunities.

IUP gets recognition again from Princeton Review

Indiana Gazette, March 30, 2023

IUP sets Research Appreciation Week

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate innovative student and faculty research and creative work during its 2023 Research Appreciation Week, scheduled Monday through April 6.

Research Appreciation Week spotlights a spirit of innovation and collaboration shared by all disciplines and recognizes the contributions that IUP’s original research and scholarship make to this region and to the world. IUP researchers received more than $12 million in research and sponsored activity funds for academic year 2021-22.

IUP sets Research Appreciation Week

Indiana Gazette, March 29, 2023

Things getting busy again at KCAC

It’s a busy time for Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, which hosted the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region basketball tournament two weekends ago, a statewide wrestling tournament for boys and girls of all ages last weekend, and this weekend’s Indiana-Armstrong Builders Association Home Show.

The tournaments had an impact far beyond the complex along Pratt Drive at Wayne Avenue on the edge of the IUP campus.

“Every hotel was booked,” Trustee Laurie Kuzneski said, recalling how hotel rooms were filled across several counties. “Restaurants were asked to stay open later and add staff.”

Things getting busy again at KCAC

Indiana Gazette, March 25, 2023

Driscoll, IUP officials cover wide range of topics

In his report to the Council of Trustees Thursday, Indiana University of Pennsylvania President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll said reducing tuition is one of many things being done to improve the experience students have at IUP.

“We want them to come here knowing they are valued, and their needs will be met,” Driscoll said.

One aspect of that was detailed during the council’s Academic Affairs Committee meeting, where IUP Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Lara Luetkehans provided updates on several newly-funded grant initiatives.

Committee Chair Mark Hohman said that included two initiatives focused on preparing future teachers to address Pennsylvania’s critical teacher shortage and an expansion of IUP’s STEAMSHOP makerspace.

Driscoll, IUP officials cover wide range of topics

Indiana Gazette, March 25, 2023

Council of Trustees hears of reduced tuition for international students

For most international students attending Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a break is coming in the tuition comparable to what previously was approved for undergraduates from the United States.

IUP will reduce the cost of tuition for international undergraduates taking between 12 to 18 credits a semester, effective this fall.

It was an action IUP President Dr. Michael A. Driscoll could take on his own initiative, as authorized by the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education which includes IUP and other state-owned universities.

As pointed out in his message to the Council of Trustees Thursday evening, Driscoll said it follows approval by the council and the PASSHE governors of reduced tuition by almost 20 percent, first for in-state undergraduate students and then last fall for out-of-state, domestic undergraduates.

Council of Trustees hears of reduced tuition for international students

 Indiana Gazette, March 24, 2023

New chief of IUP police named

A police and public safety professional with experience in central Pennsylvania is moving to Indiana to become the new director of public safety and university police at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Timothy Stringer, who since August 2019 has been director of public safety at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, will begin work at IUP on April 8. IUP officials announced Stringer’s appointment during Thursday’s day-long gathering of the local university’s Council of Trustees.

“Mr. Stringer has an excellent balance of police and university policing experience, and a willingness to listen and to engage with students, faculty, staff and our host community,” IUP Vice President for Administration and Finance Dr. Debra Fitzsimons said. “We are pleased to welcome him to the IUP community.”

New chief of IUP police named

Indiana Gazette, March 24, 2023

IUP PRESIDENT APPROVES ANOTHER ROUND OF TUITION DECREASES

During Thursday’s IUP Council of Trustees meeting, IUP president Dr. Michael Driscoll announced that he approved tuition decreases for undergraduate international students.

This will be along the same lines as tuition decreases for in-state and out-of-state students that have been done in the past.  Driscoll said that international enrollment has declined over the last few years.

IUP PRESIDENT APPROVES ANOTHER ROUND OF TUITION DECREASES

Renda Broadcasting, March 24, 2023

IUP NAMES NEW PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR

As the IUPatty’s weekend gets underway, IUP’s public stafety department has announced its new director and head of the campus police force.

After a national search was conducted, IUP selected Timothy Stringer, the current director of public safety at Lock Haven University, to take over for Douglas Campbell, who has been the interim director at IUP since November of 2021.  Stringer has worked with Lock Haven as their public safety director since 2019, and was also a policeman with the Ferguson Township Police department from 1995 to 2017.  He currently is an adjunct professor at IUP at the criminal justice training center, and also works as an adjunct with Penn State and the Harrisburg Area Community College.  He is also the coordinator of the Lethal Weapons Training Program at the Central PA Institute of Science and Technology.

His first day will be April 8^th.

IUP NAMES NEW PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR

Renda Broadcasting, March 24, 2023

Malian Ambassador to the U.S. visits IUP to establish university partnership

The Malian Ambassador to the United States, Sekou Berthé, visited Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday to build a partnership between IUP and the University of Mali as well as give two public presentations.

Berthé met with IUP officials Tuesday to begin discussions on developing a memorandum of understanding between the University of Mali and IUP. Berthé said his goal is to establish a direct partnership with IUP that would involve a student exchange program and teacher training program.

Malian Ambassador to the U.S. visits IUP to establish university partnership

Indiana Gazette, March 23, 2023

Punxsy high school, IUP and PRDC collaborate on soft skills program

PUNXSUTAWNEY — On Friday, March 24, a soft skills program for all juniors at Punxsutawney Area High School will be supported and facilitated by Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Regional Development Corporation and the Punxsutawney Area School District.  

Bob Cardamone, PRDC, said the program, titled “Professionalism in Work and Life,” helps prepare students for work and life challenges through learning effective communication strategies and conflict resolution techniques, how to create life plans that match personal desires, interviewing best practices and other professional skills.  

Punxsy high school, IUP and PRDC collaborate on soft skills program

Punxsutawney Spirit, March 22, 2023

IUP receives $1.19 million to address need for STEM high school teachers

Indiana, PA – Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected to receive $1.19 million from the National Science Foundation through its Noyce Scholarships and Stipends program to help address a critical need for effective STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) teachers in the commonwealth’s high schools.

IUP receives $1.19 million to address need for STEM high school teachers
DuBois Courier Express, March 21, 2023

Twelve school districts, two colleges to benefit from $1.19M grant to IUP

Twelve Western Pennsylvania school districts and two regional community colleges will benefit from a $1.19 million National Science Foundation grant being made to Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

IUP has been selected to receive that money from NSF through its Noyce Scholarships and Stipends program to help address a critical need for effective STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) teachers in the commonwealth’s high schools. Dr. Holly Travis, dean’s associate for Educator Preparation in IUP’s College of Education and Communications as well as a professor of biology, is the principal investigator for the IUP Crimson Hawks Advance and Retain Great Educators or IUP-CHARGE multi-year project, which will begin in May and continue through April 2028.

Twelve school districts, two colleges to benefit from $1.19M grant to IUP

Indiana Gazette, March 21, 2023

Sheetz execs to be part of IUP panel discussion

Sheetz Inc. President/CEO Travis Sheetz and Executive Vice President of People & Culture Stephanie Doliveira will present “People and Culture: A Panel Discussion” in the Eberly Auditorium at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on March 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.

The discussion is sponsored by the IUP Office of Strategic Partnerships and Division of University Advancement and is free and open to the community. Sheetz Inc. public relations manager and Indiana County native Nick Ruffner, a 2006 IUP graduate and 2002 graduate of Marion Center Area High School, will serve as moderator.

Sheetz execs to be part of IUP panel discussion

Indiana Gazette, March 15, 2023

Mali ambassador to U.S. will give talk at IUP

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host a free presentation by Sekou Berthe, the ambassador of Mali to the United States.

This event, hosted by the school’s Pan-African Studies program, will start at 7 p.m. March 21 in Jane Leonard Hall B-11. The presentation, titled “West and Central Africa at the Crossroads of Global Security Challenges,” is open to the public.

Berthe will speak on how African governments work with European and American partners to address international terrorists and local rebels in the country’s sub-Saharan region.

Mali ambassador to U.S. will give talk at IUP

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, March 14, 2023

Malian Ambassador to U.S. slated to visit IUP

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Pan-African Studies program is sponsoring Malian Ambassador to the United States Sekou Berthé to conduct a free, public presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, in Jane Leonard Hall, room B-11.

In his presentation “West and Central Africa at the Crossroads of Global Security Challenges,” Ambassador Berthé will address how African governments work with American and European partners to address local rebels and international terrorist groups operating in Sub-Saharan Africa.

IUP’s Pan-African Studies program offers a variety of events, courses and a minor that all focus on people of African descent throughout the world.

Malian Ambassador to U.S. slated to visit IUP

Indiana Gazette, March 14, 2023

IUP student group recognizes National Nutrition Month

The Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania have organized several events to celebrate National Nutrition Month in March, including 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.”

The final event for the month is a presentation by Liz Dunn, MS, RD, LDN, who will speak on “Adaptive Sports: Similarities and Differences in Sport and Nutrition” on March 29 at 7 p.m. in Jane Leonard Hall Room 126. Dunn is a research associate on spinal cord injuries for the University of Pittsburgh. She is also one of the first women to represent the USA at the Wheelchair Rugby World Championships.

IUP student group recognizes National Nutrition Month

Indiana Gazette, March 13, 2023

Golf as career development highlights women's summit at KCAC

A 1986 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Magna Cum Laude graduate with a 30-year career in The Hillman Company is blazing a new trail with golf clubs.

“Golf is a huge component of business,” OnPar Now founder and CEO Jan Receski observed as the luncheon speaker at the third Women’s Summit conducted Thursday by the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce at IUP’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

Golf as career development highlights women's summit at KCAC

Indiana Gazette, March 3, 2023

This guy is going viral for making pasta with obscene amounts of eggs — in this economy

Ryan Peters is obsessed with making pasta.

So much so that he's made it his entire career. The 29-year-old, who goes by @peterspasta on TikTok, spends his days filming videos of himself kneading pasta dough in the craziest locations, sharing his best techniques and even getting celebrity guests to help out. Peters is a classically trained chef. He attended culinary school at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. For the 10 subsequent years, he worked in restaurants and clubs around the country. But, he says, his focus was never on pasta.

This guy is going viral for making pasta with obscene amounts of eggs — in this economy

Today.com/Yahoo News, March 2, 2023

IUP, Punxsy Area High offer healthcare dual enrollment program

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.

This new two-year program is designed to prepare high school students for increased career and educational options in the healthcare field, including employment as a trained and credentialed emergency medical technician while still in high school.

“This new program is designed to build on the success of our dual enrollment program in new and innovative ways,” IUP Director of Regional Campuses Rich Muth said. “(Punxsutawney Area College Trust’s) support for dual enrollment has been a major factor in the growth of our dual enrollment program, and we continue to appreciate PACT’s very generous support as we expand dual enrollment opportunities into the Healthcare Pathways program.”

IUP, Punxsy Area High offer healthcare dual enrollment program

Indiana Gazette, March 2, 2023

IUP-Punxsy launching Healthcare Pathways for high school students

INDIANA, Pa. — Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney campus will launch a Healthcare Pathways dual enrollment pilot program starting in fall 2023.

This new two-year program is designed to prepare high school students for increased career and educational options in the healthcare field, including employment as a trained and credentialed emergency medical technician while still in high school.

IUP-Punxsy launching Healthcare Pathways for high school students

Punxsutawney Spirit, March 1, 2023

After some ‘hard conversations,’ IUP presents ‘Days in the Sun’ with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.

Mark Clayton Southers’ “Nine Days in the Sun” explores a world where dark skin is the desired tone after a terrorist attack pushes Earth closer to the sun. The racial balance is shifted, and the social order in America is turned upside down.

The founder of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.’s early career effort hasn’t been staged since 2005, but a unique partnership with Indiana University of Pennsylvania brings it to audiences there this Thursday through Sunday.

After some ‘hard conversations,’ IUP presents ‘Days in the Sun’ with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.

Pittsburgh Union Progress, March 1, 2023

IUP, IRMC have monthly podcast

Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s monthly podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with an episode featuring IRMC’s Dr. Dan Clark discussing robotics in surgery.

Dr. Clark is the director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery and director of IRMC’s Comprehensive Breast Center.

IUP, IRMC have monthly podcast

Indiana Gazette, March 1, 2023

Pennsylvania Colleges, Businesses Partner to Build Workforce

From aviation to medical marijuana, law enforcement to engineering and numerous other opportunities, the colleges and universities in the region prepare students to fill local jobs after graduation.

At Indiana University of Pennsylvania, programs are aimed at certifying students to fly unmanned drones, plus a preschool education initiative and another course to train emergency medical technicians and paramedics through the Institute for Rural Health and Safety.

Louis Pesci, IUP's EMT instructor, said the program is aimed at putting boots on the ground to help emergency management services. "They're desperate to hire people," he said. "There is a void there."

Students enrolled in the program can use the training to work during school — and as a stepping stone into the medical field and other careers.

Pesci said there are many branches of EMT and paramedic training that can be pursued. Additionally, students can take their training back to their local ambulance services. Credits for the classes can also eventually be used to become a physician's assistant or medical doctor.

The instructor said IUP has affiliation agreements with many agencies and the school often has learners who come from outside the area to get an education and return to their hometowns to work.

Pennsylvania Colleges, Businesses Partner to Build Workforce

Government Technology, February 28, 2023

Food, kitchen incubator planned for city of Washington

Washington’s Citywide Development Corp. is planning a food and kitchen incubator for the empty lot at the corner of East Chestnut and North Main streets. The building will house three public-facing kitchens, giving people the opportunity to purchase food from prospective restaurateurs.

Christy Bean Rowing, CDC executive director, said research was conducted to determine a possible catalyst for downtown Washington.

She said a meeting held last week with Indiana University of Pennsylvania to discuss a possible partnership with IUP’s culinary students went well.

“We had a great discussion about a potential feeder for businesses and technical assistance,” Rowing said. “It was worthwhile, for sure.”

Food, kitchen incubator planned for city of Washington

Observer-Reporter, February 28, 2023

IUP doctoral student launching adolescent mental health study

Sarah Gann, a student in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s clinical psychology doctoral program, is launching a study designed to determine how a virtual pet game application can affect adolescent mental health.

Gann’s presentation of this proposed study, “Amaru: A Golden Key to the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis,” won IUP’s 2022’s Three-Minute Thesis competition. After completing the university’s required research approval process during the fall semester, Gann is ready to launch her research project, and is looking for adolescent participants (children between the ages of 13 and 18).

IUP doctoral student launching adolescent mental health study

Indiana Gazette, February 28, 2023

The 2023 Higher Education Power 100

Michael Driscoll of Indiana University of Pennsylvania is the longest-serving president in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education, having served in the role since 2012 and, since 2017, chaired PASSHE’s Commission of Presidents/Commission for the Universities. Driscoll oversaw IUP’s largest-ever fundraising campaign, with an $81 million haul and record-setting gifts. Under his leadership, IUP has invested in students with a new, dedicated scholarship office, a reduced-tuition affordability plan and an emphasis on diversity, embodied by the recently unveiled Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement.

The 2023 Higher Education Power 100

City and State Pennsylvania, February 27, 2023

Vision 2023 | Two-way partnerships: Colleges, universities connect with businesses to train current, future workers

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – From aviation to medical marijuana, law enforcement to engineering and numerous other opportunities, the colleges and universities in the region prepare students to fill local jobs after graduation.

At Indiana University of Pennsylvania, programs are aimed at certifying students to fly unmanned drones, plus a preschool education initiative and another course to train emergency medical technicians and paramedics through the Institute for Rural Health and Safety.

Vision 2023 | Two-way partnerships: Colleges, universities connect with businesses to train current, future workers

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, February 25, 2023

Encouraging, protecting, teaching: These trailblazers and trendsetters serve as role models

Maury Young

Age: 30

Community: Harrisburg

His story: Maury Young is an assistant coach for the Central Dauphin East High School boys’ basketball team, and the head JV coach. He also is a health and physical educaiton teacher at Cougar Academy in the Harrisburg School District.

He grew up in Susquehanna Township and was a pivotal player on the Susquehanna Township School District’s 2008 District Champion basketball team. When he attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he studied sports administration.

“It is important to give back to the community because this is the area I am from,” he said. “I feel as though I can make a difference because I can understand and relate to the kids in this area.”

Encouraging, protecting, teaching: These trailblazers and trendsetters serve as role models

PennLive/Patriot-News (Harrisburg), February 25, 2023

IUP Eberly College of Business MBA program selected 'best' by Princeton Review

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eberly College of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA) on-campus program has been selected as one of the top programs in the nation by “The Princeton Review.”

The rankings were included in the publication’s “Best Business Schools 2023” and follows the program’s ranking in the “Best Business Schools for 2021 and 2022.”

Editors selected programs based on institutional data gathered by editors and surveys of students attending the schools who rate and report on their experiences.

IUP Eberly College of Business MBA program selected 'best' by Princeton Review

Indiana Gazette, February 24, 2023

IUP offering cybersecurity camp

INDIANA, Pa. – Middle and high school students will have the opportunity to study cybersecurity this summer at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency, the free, one-week GenCyber camp will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. June 12 to 16.

The camp will be taught by a team of faculty with expertise in the field.

IUP offering cybersecurity camp

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, February 23, 2023

IUP to host author, academic for 'Great Books' discussion

Author and academic Dr. 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.

Montás, the author of “Rescuing Socrates,” was born in the Dominican Republic and emigrated to America with his family at age 12, making their home in Queens, N.Y. This program is his story of how the “Great Books” transformed his life — and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds. His story confirms IUP’s own good work in providing transformative opportunities for all students.

Montás’ presentation at IUP is part of IUP’s Big Ideas: Transformative Culture and the Professions, supported by the Teagle Foundation — National Endowment of the Humanities.

IUP to host author, academic for 'Great Books' discussion

Indiana Gazette, February 22, 2023

Nick Jacobs | Study projects shortage of physicians

These challenging figures were presented to Indiana Regional Medical Center, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana County leadership. It was suggested that, as one of the larger state universities, IUP should take a lead role in creating a rural family practice medical school. This would be a game-changer for not only the university, but also for Pennsylvania.

Over the past 10 years, universities throughout the United States have seen declines in student enrollment. These decreases have resulted in programming cuts as well as other downsizing initiatives that have been painful. However, most of the exceptionally strong programs still thriving at IUP are heavily directed toward STEM (Science Technology, Engineering, and Math). These programs have had continued robust enrollment numbers in health care and science-oriented degrees.

In December, IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll, announced confirmation that the IUP Board of Trustees has approved exploration of this medical school initiative with a caveat that funding will be a major factor in determining a “go or no go” decision regarding this undertaking.

Nick Jacobs | Study projects shortage of physicians

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, February 16, 2023

"Nine Days In The Sun" set for stage, Six O'Clock forum

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Theater-By-The-Grove will present Mark Clayton Southers’ “Nine Days in the Sun” at IUP, with several performances scheduled next month, along with a “Six O’Clock Series” discussion later this month.

This initiative begins Theater-By-The-Grove’s association with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company (PPTCO) 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.

The show’s cast is a blending of nine IUP student actors with five Pittsburgh actors affiliated with the PPTCO. The show is co-directed by Jamaica Johnson from PPT and IUP theater faculty Michael Schwartz. It includes several additional IUP students working behind the scenes for the production.

"Nine Days In The Sun" set for stage, Six O'Clock forum

Indiana Gazette, February 16, 2023

Forgotten city to be topic at upcoming archaeology meeting in Brookville

BROOKVILLE — Communities sometimes hastily arise and then also quickly disappear. Such is the story of Modoc City, an oil boom town in Butler county.

In 2022 archaeologist Ashley Nagle through the study of old newspapers and follow-up field work using ground-penetrating radar confirmed the location of the vanished town. Her interest in documenting the community and associated artifact finds became the main focus of her master’s thesis.

Nagle is a master’s degree student in applied archaeology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She will be presenting the results of her excavations and survey of Modoc City at a meeting of the North Fork Chapter 29 Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology at 7 p.m. Friday, February 17, at the Presbyterian Church Education Building, located at the corner of White and Main streets in Brookville.

Forgotten city to be topic at upcoming archaeology meeting in Brookville

Jeffersonian Democrat, February 16, 2023

Building a New Terminal – and Workforce

Megan Michna was in college when she first came on board in January 2022 as part of Pittsburgh International Airport’s new terminal program as an Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator.

Hired full-time last June, she said the 15-week experience was valuable and helped her gain confidence.

In May 2022, Michna graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Applied Science. Today, she is employed full-time by Sheesley, which provides permitting and environmental coordination, program-level quality management and civil engineering services on the TMP.

Building a New Terminal – and Workforce

Blue Sky News, February 16, 2023

Milton students gaining college experience

MILTON — Milton Area High School students are taking the next step towards their future by gaining college experience.

Junior Violet Bell had a similar college experience through the Summer Honors Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) this past summer, where she lived in a simulated college-life situation and took classes.

The program at IUP helped Bell learn she wants to go to college, gave her community service opportunities and helped her to explore future possibilities.

Bell said it taught her what the college life and environment will be like. She learned classes will be long, students will have to work harder, pay more attention and motivate themselves more.

The program at IUP showed that in college students are able to broaden their horizons, meet many new people and have more freedom, according to Bell.

Milton students gaining college experience

The Standard-Journal, February 16, 2023

IUP director of strategic partnership selected for 'Top 100' listing

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Director of Strategic Partnerships Christina Koren has been selected for the 2023 Pennsylvania Business Central’s “Top 100” listing of business leaders.

“The resilience of the central Pennsylvania business community continues to move our region forward in a year marked by inflation, labor shortages and political uncertainty,” publication editors said in announcing the listing. “Amidst the challenges, the business leaders in central Pennsylvania have stepped up to keep vital goods and services available.”

In her role at IUP, Koren is an ambassador-at-large for the university, developing partnerships with business, non-profit and governmental organizations, both regionally and beyond.

IUP director of strategic partnership selected for 'Top 100' listing

DuBois Courier Express, February 15, 2023

Master Hsing Yun, monk who spread Buddhism in China, dies at 95

Hsing Yun’s organization was based in Taiwan, but he was born in the mainland, where he later returned on visits to build his modern branch of Buddhism.

He saw himself as a “symbolic bridge” between the two entities, said Stuart Chandler, a professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania who has written a book on Hsing Yun and his monastic order.

“People gravitated toward him because of his charisma,” Chandler said. “He was a monk from the mainland who connected with Taiwanese, and as Taiwanese started going around the world, he was a symbol of Chinese culture.”

Master Hsing Yun, monk who spread Buddhism in China, dies at 95

Seattle Times, February 11, 2023

'Bring this site to life': DCNR, IUP partners aim to preserve, uncover stories from early Black settlement near Johnstown

For any family trying to make a life in western Pennsylvania's wilds in the early 1800s, hard choices had to be made — and there's evidence that "strong women" in their families kept them together in difficult times, according to archeologist Benjamin Ford, an IUP anthropology professor.

Part of Ford's role will be to pinpoint the settlement's landmarks, he said, saying that the team is using geographic information systems (GIS) mapping to mark and identify the exact places where important structures once stood.

The research group obtained funding through the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy to delve into some of the "untold stories" of western Pennsylvania's parks and forests — in this case, to help preserve a settlement whose ruins remain today on DCNR land, according to Ford, who is also working alongside fellow IUP history professor Jeanine Mazak — Kahne.

'Bring this site to life': DCNR, IUP partners aim to preserve, uncover stories from early Black settlement near Johnstown

Yahoo News, February 11, 2023

THE WAY WE SEE IT: Help out local homeless veterans parsonage

Don’t be surprised today when you see a few “homeless” people hanging out at the Walmart parking lot south of Indiana.

They’re actually board members from The Veterans Homeless Parsonage and students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s PTX Military Service Fraternity. They’ll be there from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for a “camp-out” to raise awareness and funds for homeless veterans and to shed light on the homeless veteran issue in Indiana, as well as statewide and nationwide.

THE WAY WE SEE IT: Help out local homeless veterans parsonage

Indiana Gazette, February 11, 2023

IUP ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division II men's basketball

Indiana University of Pennsylvania men's basketball has gone to the NCAA finals twice - once in 2010 and again in 2015.If you ask head coach Joe Lombardi, this year's Crimson Hawks team -- ranked No. 1 in the nation -- is "absolutely" capable of winning a Division II national championship.

IUP ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division II men's basketball

WTAE-TV (ABC Pittsburgh),
February 10, 2023

Physicians needed

In December, IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll, announced confirmation that the IUP Board of Trustees has approved exploration of this medical school initiative with a caveat that funding will be a major factor in determining a “go or no go” decision regarding this undertaking.

Let’s help give students from Pennsylvania an opportunity to go to medical school in our region by getting behind IUP to make it happen.

Physicians needed

Daily Courier, February 10, 2023

Seton Hill appoints vice president for finance and administration and CFO

Seton Hill University President Mary C. Finger, Ed.D., Wednesday announced the appointment of Brent Jackson as the university’s vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer. Jackson has served in this role on an interim basis since April 2022. His tenure begins immediately.

Jackson, who earned his Bachelor of Science in finance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, lives in Liberty Borough, Allegheny County, with his wife, Aimee, and daughters, Gabi and Emma.

Seton Hill appoints vice president for finance and administration and CFO

 Latrobe Bulletin, February 10, 2023

IUP plans planetarium shows

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will continue the 2022-2023 planetarium shows during the spring semester with “Winter Wonders” on February 28.

The show will be offered at 7 p.m. in the IUP planetarium, located on the east side of Weyandt Hall (the side away from the Oak Grove).

The program, exploring the winter constellations of Orion and Taurus, also will include information about the Orion nebula and the fact that a supernova remnant is up in the sky every winter evening.

The planetarium shows are presented by Dr. Ken Coles, geoscience faculty member and planetarium director.

IUP plans planetarium shows

Indiana Gazette, February 8, 2023

Gov. Mifflin School District picks new superintendent

Feb. 7—An exhaustive national search to find the next superintendent of the Gov. Mifflin School District has led to the district's own administrative office.

The school board announced this week that Dr. Lisa Hess, assistant superintendent, has been picked to replace Bill McKay, who in September announced his plans to retire at the end of the school year.

Hess holds a bachelor's degree in English education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a master's in education and principal certification from Cabrini College, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University.

Gov. Mifflin School District picks new superintendent

Yahoo News, February 7, 2023

Library paraprofessional at Milton honored by Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

MILTON — The elementary school library paraprofessional for Milton Area School District will receive top honors at the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association’s annual conference in March.

The Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) will honor Laura Spangler as the 2023 Outstanding School Library Paraprofessional at the Harrisburg Hilton on March 31.

Spangler said her educational background was majoring in merchandising and design from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. When her children started school, she decided to start working at the district to match their schedule.

Library paraprofessional at Milton honored by Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

The Daily Item, February 6, 2023

Altoona woman commencement speaker at IUP

Indiana University of Pennsylvania held commencement ceremonies on Dec. 10 for 551 graduates and feature a local woman as the speaker for the graduate ceremony. The graduate student speaker was Nicol Epple of Altoona, who received a Ph.D. in graduate studies in literature and criticism. Her dissertation, “Transforming Trauma To Transcendence: Sex-trafficked Activist Memoir as Freedom Narratives,” introduces holistic embodied-experience transformation theory and emphasizes the potential of story to evoke empathy which enacts personal and social change."

Altoona woman commencement speaker at IUP

DuBois Courier Express, February 6, 2023

Noted physicist to present three programs at IUP

Dr. Laurie McNeil, a nationally recognized condensed matter-materials physicist, will be at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Thursday and Friday to present three programs as the spring 2023 IUP Sigma Xi distinguished speaker.

Dr. McNeil, who is the Bernard Gray Distinguished Professor in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, will present two programs on the relationship between physics and music on Thursday, Feb. 9.

IUP music faculty member Dr. Laura Ferguson has organized a music lecture-recital where IUP music students will perform music they composed along with analysis by Dr. McNeil to demonstrate the connections between music and sound from various instruments.

Noted physicist to present three programs at IUP

Indiana Gazette, Feb. 4, 2023

THE WAY WE SEE IT: Celebrate Black History beyond February

Locally, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Multicultural Studies is offering a month-long slew of free events celebrating Black History Month.

The schedule began Tuesday with a Lunch and Learn series event where Dr. Marveta Ryan-Sams, associate professor of Spanish and coordinator of PanAfrican Studies, presented “Amazing Black Women Leaders Whose Stories You Might Not Know,” including information spanning centuries and continents, highlighting several women of African descent whose monumental accomplishments deserve recognition.

It will end Feb. 27 with “Black Mental Health Matters” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Elkin Great Room. This workshop addresses information about a growing body of research that shows that racism has had a profound and negative impact on Black communities resulting in racial trauma and poor health outcomes.

THE WAY WE SEE IT: Celebrate Black History beyond February

Indiana Gazette, February 4, 2023

IUP to 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' in February

Moses Phillips, assistant professor of music at Medgar Evers College/City University of New York, will be at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on February 8 to present a program and performance about “Lift Every Voice and Sing — the Black National Anthem.”

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.

IUP to 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' in February

Indiana Gazette,
February 3, 2023

Two IUP online graduate programs get U.S. News nod

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 online criminology program rose five spots from the 2022 listing to be ranked in the top 27 programs in the nation; IUP is the only university in Pennsylvania in the top 29 online criminal justice master’s programs rankings.

IUP’s master’s in mathematics education is one of only three programs at Pennsylvania public universities in the top 150 ranked universities.

Two IUP online graduate programs get U.S. News nod

Indiana Gazette, February 2, 2023

IUP center marks Black History Month

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement (MSCLE) will celebrate Black History Month this month with a number of events.

IUP center marks Black History Month

Indiana Gazette, February 2, 2023

IUP offering free advanced cybersecurity camp for middle/high school students

INDIANA, Pa. – Middle and high school students will have the opportunity to study cybersecurity this summer at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency, the free, one-week GenCyber camp will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. June 12 to 16.

The camp will be taught by a team of faculty with expertise in the field.

IUP offering free advanced cybersecurity camp for middle/high school students

DuBois Courier Express, February 1, 2023

McMurray Woman Is Second Woman Nominated As Rotary International President

Stephanie Urchick, member of the Rotary Club of McMurray, PA, USA, will become the second woman to take office as president of Rotary International on 1 July 2024. Urchick holds a doctorate in leadership studies from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

McMurray Woman Is Second Woman Nominated As Rotary International President

South Hills – Mon Valley Messenger, January 31, 2023

Area well represented on business publication's Top 100

Indiana County is well-represented in the Top 100 of 2023 issued over the weekend by Pennsylvania Business Central, a State College-area publication and a Sample News Group sibling of The Indiana Gazette.

“The resilience of the central Pennsylvania business community continues to move our region forward in a year marked by inflation, labor shortages and political uncertainty,” PBC’s staff wrote. “Amidst the challenges, the business leaders in central Pennsylvania have stepped up to keep vital goods and services available.”

Local names include:

• Christina Koren, who joined Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s University Advancement office in 2020 as director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, now is director of Strategic Partnerships, responsible for managing initiatives in government and community

Area well represented on business publication's Top 100

Indiana Gazette, January 31, 2023

ISU studies workplace wearables

This is the second round of MEMIC Safety Research Center grants, which MEMIC Group President & CEO Michael P. Bourque said will add to beneficial workplace safety research begun with the 2021 grant to a faculty team at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Safety Sciences investigating ways to limit workplace slips, trips, and falls.

“Our partnership with academia continues to uncover best practices to reduce lost-time injuries, which can be crippling to workers and expensive for businesses,” Bourque said.

ISU studies workplace wearables

The Telegraph, January 30, 2023

IUP earns accounting accreditation

AACSB International officials said Indiana University of Pennsylvania has earned accounting accreditation for its Department of Accounting and Information Systems in the Eberly College of Business.

Founded in 1916, AACSB is the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools, and the largest business education network connecting learners, educators and businesses worldwide.

IUP earns accounting accreditation

Indiana Gazette, January 27, 2023

IUP sponsoring feature event for Groundhog Day

PUNXSUTAWNEY — 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 next Thursday.

Thanks to IUP’s long- standing relationship with the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Fayette County, the university is the official sponsor for the Hogspitality Village on Gobbler’s Knob Visitors Center Pavilion.

The Hogspitality Village, offered by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, is a ticketed event that raises funds for Phil’s continued care, including the “elixir of life” that provides Phil with the potion that has sustained his longevity.

IUP sponsoring feature event for Groundhog Day

Indiana Gazette, January 27, 2023

Retired major general helping others grow in their military career

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Leslie Purser began her military career in the US Army as a second lieutenant right out of ROTC in 1980. Thirty-seven years later she retired as a major general.

Enrolled at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, she found out through its ROTC program she could get a scholarship.

“Back then it was a four-year commitment. I thought I could do that for four years. So 37 years later, I retired,” said Purser.

As a proven leader, Purser shared her advice for young women who want to make the Army a career.

“I say don’t let anybody tell you no because when people told me no, it made me try harder,” said Purser.

Retired major general helping others grow in their military career

WATE-TV (ABC Knoxville, Tenn.), January 26, 2023

Indiana attorney marks 50 years of service

An Indiana attorney, representing the third generation of his family to serve as lawyers in Indiana County, has eclipsed half a century of service in the local, state and federal courts.

Myron Hay Tomb Jr. said he made his mark on the lives of county residents in a career of helping local community organizations to navigate the increasingly complicated landscape of assuring their compliance with state and federal laws. Tomb earned a degree in economics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania before he went for his law degree at Pitt.

Indiana attorney marks 50 years of service

Indiana Gazette, January 26, 2023

Everything Into The Wild Doesn't Tell You About The True Story

Per NPR, Krakauer has revisited his theory repeatedly in the years after publishing “Into the Wild,” leading to multiple book revisions and lab tests. In 2015, Krakauer believed he had found the answer: an amino acid called L-canavanine. Krakauer co-authored and published a scientific paper with Jonathan Southard, a biochemist at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Krakauer told NPR, “It screws up your ability to metabolize, so you essentially starve,” explaining that this amino acid is in the seed pods, which is why natives only eat the roots.

Everything Into The Wild Doesn't Tell You About The True Story

Verified News Explorer Network, January 23, 2023

Business Indiana: A lot of moving parts contribute to the county's prospects for 2023

An assessment of the economic situation in Indiana County has to take in a lot of moving parts, including:

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

“IUP’s employees bring diversity, experience, different perspectives, and are involved in churches, organizations, service groups, politics, etc. that Indiana County just wouldn’t have without IUP as one of the top employers,” said Michelle Fryling, the university’s executive director of media relations. “Frankly, I can’t imagine Indiana County without IUP, and especially, without IUP’s people who care deeply about this community!”

Business Indiana: A lot of moving parts contribute to the county's prospects for 2023

Indiana Gazette, January 25, 2023

New IUP-IRMC podcast focuses on Indiana's wastewater treatment plant

Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center (IRMC)’s podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with an episode on Indiana Borough’s community wastewater surveillance system.

Dr. Rick Adkins, professor of mathematics in the IUP Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, will be discussing the ongoing project and COVID-19 analytics in Episode 3, which is now available.

New IUP-IRMC podcast focuses on Indiana's wastewater treatment plant

Indiana Gazette, January 23, 2023

IUP again offers cybersecurity camp

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.

For the eighth consecutive year, IUP is the only school in Pennsylvania offering GenCyber student programs.

The project director is Dr. Waleed Farag, director of IUP’s Institute for Cybersecurity and professor of computer science.

IUP again offers cybersecurity camp

Indiana Gazette, January 23, 2023

IUP receives more funding to help combat campus sexual assault

INDIANA, Pa. (KDKA) - Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received more funding to address sexual assault and violence on its campus. 

It's the sixth round of funding through the commonwealth's "It's On Us" program. 

This year, the school received $40,000 in grants to help grow its partnership with the Alice Paul House which provides services for victims. 

They are also looking to expand the "Together All" program which provides students with free, anytime access to online peer-to-peer mental health support. 

IUP receives more funding to help combat campus sexual assault

KDKA-TV (CBS Pittsburgh), January 22, 2023

BC3 To Receive Federal Funding To Expand Cybersecurity Program

BC3 will receive nearly $134,000 a year for three years from the U.S. Department of Defense through the National Defense Education Program.

This money will be used for financial awards, boot camps, professional information-technology certification exams, and industry specialists who will serve as career advisors for networking and cybersecurity students.

BC3 and five other Pennsylvania community colleges are part of a consortium led by Indiana University of Pennsylvania which offers a bachelor’s degree program in computer science-cybersecurity.

BC3 To Receive Federal Funding To Expand Cybersecurity Program

WISR ButlerRadio.com, January 20, 2023

$400K grant to benefit BC3 networking and cybersecurity students

BUTLER - Butler County Community College will fund financial awards, boot camps and professional information-technology certification examinations for eligible networking and cybersecurity program students as part of a $400,000 U.S. Department of Defense grant the college was allocated as a partner organization in a new consortium.

BC3 is one of six community colleges in the state that led by Indiana University of Pennsylvania will emphasize cybersecurity education, and work to increase students’ completion rates in certification programs that strengthen the defense industrial base workforce, and the rates of students transferring to senior institutions, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

$400K grant to benefit BC3 networking and cybersecurity students

Kittanning Leader-Vindicator, January 20, 2023

IUP receives funding from PDE for teacher shortage/diversity program

INDIANA — 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.

IUP receives funding from PDE for teacher shortage/diversity program

DuBois Courier-Express, January 20, 2023

Hovan named dean of Kopchick College at IUP

IUP officials said Wednesday that Dr. Steven Hovan was selected as permanent successor to Dr. Deanne Snavely, who retired in June 2021 and was endorsed by the university’s Council of Trustees for emeritus status in April 2022.

“Steve has consistently been a leader in the Kopchick College and in the university community,” IUP Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Lara Luetkehans said. “He has an ongoing commitment to research and a true focus on student success. I am confident that he will continue to move the Kopchick College forward in new and exciting ways.”

Hovan named dean of Kopchick College at IUP

Indiana Gazette, January 19, 2023

 

IUP inks agreement with Harrisburg area college

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has announced another dual admissions agreement with a community college.

It was announced Wednesday between IUP and HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, which the Harrisburg area community college said is the correct name for that institution.

As has been the case with other community colleges, IUP and HACC said it is an agreement designed to streamline the process for students who earn an associate degree at the Harrisburg-area college to complete a bachelor’s degree program at IUP.

IUP inks agreement with Harrisburg area college

Indiana Gazette, January 19, 2023

Regents pick Green Bay official as Whitewater chancellor

A University of Wisconsin-Green Bay official with a long resume of working in university administration will serve as UW-Whitewater’s next chancellor, UW System leaders announced Thursday. UWGB Vice Chancellor for Inclusivity and Student Affairs Corey King will take over at Whitewater on March 1. He holds a doctorate in education administration and leadership from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Regents pick Green Bay official as Whitewater chancellor

Associated Press, January 19, 2023

Wellsboro alumna makes her way onto the big screen

Although Wellsboro alum Kaylee Doane earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, she took a small detour that ended up putting her in movie theaters across the United States on January 13.

Doane was an extra in “A Man Called Otto” and can be seen near the end of the movie on a bus during a flashback.

Wellsboro alumna makes her way onto the big screen

Wellsboro Gazette, January 19, 2023

IUP, HACC sign dual admissions agreement

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.

IUP, HACC sign dual admissions agreement

PennLive/Harrisburg Patriot-News, January 18, 2023

Climate science topic of Jan. 26 webinar | News

Dr. Steve Hovan, dean of the John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, will present a brief overview of climate science from the viewpoint of what we know, what we don’t know and what we need to do better, at the Jan. 26 Zoom webinar sponsored by Friends of White’s Woods.

The presentation will look at the global climate change models to project what it might mean for society in general and, more specifically, what impacts it may have on Pennsylvania.

Climate science topic of Jan. 26 webinar | News

Global-How, January 18, 2023

PA Completes First Step into Feasibility of Extending OSHA Safety Standards to Public Sector Workers, Commonwealth Employees

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry announced the completion of a two-phase feasibility study that examined the possibility of extending protections of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) workplace standards to thousands of public-sector workers, as well as to commonwealth employees under the governor’s jurisdiction. Right now, OSHA protections only apply to the private sector.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) collaborated with L&I and other state agencies to complete the study as directed by Governor Wolf’s Worker Protection Executive Order signed in October 2021, which directed commonwealth agencies to take actions that advance worker protections in Pennsylvania.

PA Completes First Step into Feasibility of Extending OSHA Safety Standards to Public Sector Workers, Commonwealth Employees

PennWatch, January 17, 2023

On the move: High school scholarships, band festival, dean's lists

Viva Kreis, a senior at Belle Vernon Area High School, was named the female recipient of the $10,000 2022 Heisman High School Scholarship. She is a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team Handball Team and competes across the globe while also playing three additional varsity sports. Viva is valedictorian of her class and plans to study journalism at Arizona State University to become a women’s sports broadcaster.

On the move: High school scholarships, band festival, dean's lists

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 16, 2023

Central University of Himachal Pradesh signs MoU with US institute

Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP), Dharamsala, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indiana University, Pennsylvania (IUP), USA. The partnership will focus on academic and research collaboration between the two universities."

Central University of Himachal Pradesh signs MoU with US institute

Tribune India, January 16, 2023

Harkins: Completion of OSHA workplace feasibility study ‘a step in the right direction’
Harkins said the study – performed by Indiana University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the state Department of Labor and Industry and other state agencies – examined a five-year period from FY 16/17 to FY 20/21. It estimated the costs of adopting OSHA standards for commonwealth employees under the governor’s jurisdiction to be $54.8 million at baseline and $14.4 million for year one."

Harkins: Completion of OSHA workplace feasibility study ‘a step in the right direction’

DuBois Courier Express, January 13, 2023

Indiana University of Pennsylvania dean's list

The following students from Crawford County have been named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania dean's list

The Meadville Tribune, January 12, 2023

IUP taking innovative teacher training concept to Gateway district

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has released additional details of a $72,049 grant awarded last week by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, as part of $5 million in grants meant to support the state’s educator workforce and increase the number and diversity of teachers and school leaders.

An IUP spokesperson said Tuesday that the grant will be used in a partnership with the Gateway School District in eastern Allegheny County, to design a culturally relevant Teaching Academy to diversify the teacher workforce and address the national teacher shortage.

“This is a very important initiative for IUP and for the commonwealth, and we are honored to have been chosen for this funding,” Interim Dean of the IUP College of Education and Communications Dr. Sue Rieg said.

IUP taking innovative teacher training concept to Gateway district

Indiana Gazette, January 11, 2023

Clearfield County students named to Fall 2022 Dean's List at IUP

"Students from Clearfield County have been named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher."

Clearfield County students named to Fall 2022 Dean's List at IUP

The Courier Express, January 11, 2023

IUP Students from Clarion, Forest Counties Achieve Dean’s List Honor
The following local students have been named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

IUP Students from Clarion, Forest Counties Achieve Dean’s List Honor

Explore Clarion, January 11, 2023

IUP Students from Clarion, Forest Counties Achieve Dean’s List Honor

The following local students have been named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

IUP Students from Clarion, Forest Counties Achieve Dean’s List Honor

Explore Clarion, January 11, 2023

Jefferson Co. students named to fall dean's list at IUP

The following students from Jefferson County have been named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania dean's list

DuBois Courier Express, January 13, 2023

College News

The following students from Northumberland County have been named to the fall dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

College News

The News Item, January 10, 2023

IUP says ninth international student gets Emergency Fund award

Indiana University of Pennsylvania said its 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.

Students are selected for IIE funds from a pool of national applicants. The competitive scholarship requires nomination from the host institution. The first IIE scholarship for an IUP student was received in March 2020; since that time, IUP international students have received a total of $21,000 in funding from the IIE to help international students continued their studies at IUP.

IUP says ninth international student gets Emergency Fund award

Indiana Gazette, January 10, 2023

Area students named to IUP dean's list

The following area students from Fayette County have been named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Area students named to IUP dean's list

The Daily Courier, January 10, 2023

IUP releases dean's list

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has announced its fall semester dean's list. To be named to the list, students must achieve a 3.25 or higher grade point average.

IUP releases dean's list

The Standard-Journal, January 10, 2023

IUP gets $72,049 in state grant for innovative teacher training

The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced Friday that it had awarded $5 million in grant funding to support the state’s educator workforce and increase the number and diversity of teachers and school leaders.

“In order to bolster our educator workforce, we must create the conditions for teachers and school leaders to learn, grow and thrive in their chosen career,” said Acting Secretary of Education Eric Hagarty.

Included was a grant of $72,049 to Indiana University of Pennsylvania from the Innovative Teacher Prep2Practice program, which provides funding to stimulate the creation of highly cohesive and innovative clinical experiences for teachers that make explicit connections across the three stages of clinical experience: as first-year candidates, during their capstone clinicals, and induction.

IUP gets $72,049 in state grant for innovative teacher training

Indiana Gazette, January 7, 2023

Pennsylvania graduate student saving frogs and toads in the wild and at home

Aaron Capouellez isn’t waiting until he receives his master's degree to make a difference in wildlife conservation in Pennsylvania. At 26, he's working on his master's at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and he has already founded a nonprofit conservation organization, created a media brand company and built his own weather station.

Pennsylvania graduate student saving frogs and toads in the wild and at home

Go Erie, January 4, 2023

Navy musician from Plymouth wins “Bluejacket” award

Petty Officer 2nd Class Brenden Goff graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2016 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and in 2018 from Louisiana State University with a Master of Music in flute performance.

Navy musician from Plymouth wins “Bluejacket” award

The Paradise, January 4, 2023

Letter to the editor: Lest we forget — Apollo Police Officer Leonard C. Miller

Apollo police Officer Leonard C. Miller was a distinguished graduate of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Police Academy. He began his full-time tour of duty January 1, 1980.

Letter to the editor: Lest we forget — Apollo Police Officer Leonard C. Miller

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 3, 2023

TCTC honors 2022 hall of fame inductees

Tony Thomas of Liberty, instructor of culinary arts, was a 2011 graduate of the TCTC restaurant services program. He graduated from culinary school at the Indiana University in Pennsylvania and worked as a professional chef at a resort in Pennsylvania and is now a TCTC instructor.

TCTC honors 2022 hall of fame inductees

Tribune Chronicle, January 3, 2023

Editorial: The bubble of higher education costs

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education — the confederation of state universities — increased costs by an average of $57 for the 2021-22 year. Tuition freezes and active attempts to hold or lower costs amid inflation is seeing an increase in the number of freshmen at the 10 schools for the first time in 12 years.
One of them — Indiana University of Pennsylvania — is lowering costs by a significant amount. The 2022-23 costs will fall by almost $1,900.

Editorial: The bubble of higher education costs

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 3, 2023

Florence Griswold Museum Hires New Executive Director

Joshua Torrance, a museum executive director with more than 22 years of experience, will lead the Florence Griswold Museum beginning on Feb. 6. Torrance is a native of Ohio and earned a B.A. in history from Elmira College, an. M.A. in history with a public history concentration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in history studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program.

Florence Griswold Museum Hires New Executive Director

CT Examiner, January 3, 2023

College notes news from Somerset County

Students from Somerset County have been recognized as Provost Scholars at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Provost Scholar status is achieved when students complete a minimum of 45 semester hours at IUP and have 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.

College notes news from Somerset County

Daily American, January 3, 2023

Florence Griswold Museum Announces Appointment of Joshua Campbell Torrance as New Executive Director

The Trustees of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Conn. announced today that Joshua Campbell Torrance of Wethersfield will take the reins of the 75-year-old cultural institution beginning Feb. 6, 2023. Torrance is a native of Ohio and earned a B.A. in history from Elmira College, an. M.A. in history with a public history concentration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in history studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program.

Florence Griswold Museum Announces Appointment of Joshua Campbell Torrance as New Executive Director

Lyme Line, January 3, 2023

Working Lands Aid At-Risk Species

Professor Jeffery Larkin at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and his students have been studying efforts to recover golden-winged warblers for decades. In addition to developing habitat management guidelines, Larkin has evaluated the responses by warblers to newly developed thicket habitats. In a recent survey of 450 managed habitats, Larkin found that 22 percent of them were indeed occupied by nesting warblers. According to Larkin “a 22 percent occupancy rate of new habitats is not an overwhelming success, but it is substantial given the current status of warblers.”

Working Lands Aid At-Risk Species

Northern Woodlands, January 1, 2023