Education - August 2010 Archive
Survival of the 4th graders
By Tammy Winans on Monday, August 30th, 2010
The Roanoke Fourth Grade students have been studying the concept of survival. On Thursday, August 26, students participated in a variety of activities designed to illustrate the many ways people, plants, and other animals must adapt to survive their environments. Students were bears seeking food; algae, fish, and frogs living out a food chain; deer trying to survive; and, learned that, if one part of an organism's habitat disappears, that organism may not survive via a habitat lap sit... Read More...
Forester Lecture Series Announced
By Lamont Neal on Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Marshall Gregory, the Harry Ice Professor Chair of English, Liberal Education, and Pedagogy at Butler University in Indianapolis, will be the first featured speaker of the 2010-2011 Forester Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Sept. 9. The lecture will take place in the Zurcher Auditorium of the Merillat Centre for the Arts on the Huntington University campus... Read More...
HU appoints six new faculty members
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Huntington University has appointed six new faculty members for the fall.
Kathy Buck has accepted the position of instructor of nursing. Buck began her nursing career at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Ind., where she worked in the orthopedics unit and the coronary intensive care unit... Read More...
HU welcomes new staff
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Huntington University welcomed new staff members for the start of the new semester.
Scott Berry joins the university as its controller/director of financial services. Berry had previously worked at AON Corporation as the assistant vice president for fiduciary accounting and also at Lincoln National Corporation in Fort Wayne... Read More...
Beach Day
By Tammy Winans on Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Some of the 2nd grade classes here at Roanoke started their school year out right by having "Beach Day", The afternoon was filled with various beach day activities. Students were challenged to pick up shells out of buckets of water using only their toes. They raced to looked for seashells that were hidden under cones and went on a scavenger hunt for seashells... Read More...
HU Named a Top 10 College in the Midwest
By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
For the fourth consecutive year, Huntington University has been named one of the Top 10 Best Colleges in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report, according to the annual collegiate rankings released today.
Huntington was ranked eighth overall in the 2011 edition of the magazine’s guide to “America’s Best Colleges,” and fifth in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category for best-value colleges in the Midwest... Read More...
HU listed as on of the Best by Forbes
By Lamont Neal on Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Huntington University has been listed as one of America's Best Colleges by Forbes.com.
In the list released Thursday, Huntington University was ranked 289th overall and ninth in the state of Indiana. Huntington was ranked among other top Indiana schools, including Taylor University and Goshen College, and above some state schools, including Purdue University and Ball State University... Read More...
Former Federal Reserve director at HU
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Michael L. Kubacki, chairman, president and CEO of Lake City Bank, is the featured speaker for the first Huntington University Leadership Luncheon of the 2010-11 season.
Kubacki, who recently completed a term as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and chaired its Audit Committee, will speak about the Federal Reserve System and its response to the recent financial crisis during the luncheon at noon on Aug... Read More...
Lincoln Blood Drive is tomorrow!
By Rick Henly on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Lincoln Elementary School hosts the Go Blue! Back to School Blood Drive Wednesday, August 12, 2010 from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. in the Lincoln School Cafeteria.
Lincoln is one of five schools in the state of Indiana competing to have the most successful blood donations! Plan to attend this great event and stop in!
You can sign up ahead of time by going to the Indiana Blood Center web site at https://www... Read More...
Lincoln Blood Drive is tomorrow!
By Rick Henly on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Lincoln Elementary School hosts the Go Blue! Back to School Blood Drive Wednesday, August 12, 2010 from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. in the Lincoln School Cafeteria.
Lincoln is one of five schools in the state of Indiana competing to have the most successful blood donations! Plan to attend this great event and stop in!
You can sign up ahead of time by going to the Indiana Blood Center web site at Read More...
Huntington Catholic annual golf outing
By Lamont Neal on Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Huntington Catholic will be holding their annual golf outing on Saturday August 28th 2010. Get your team together grab the sticks and join the community in supporting this wonderful school. Lunch will be provided and there are opportunities for sponsorships.
The attached entry form can be downloaded filled out and returned to:
Tony Johnson
4168 West 900 North
Huntington, IN 46750
260-344-3309
Indiana New Tech schools set to open
By Rick Henly on Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Three New Tech High Schools are set to open this month in Northeast Indiana for the 2010-2011 school year. They will join New Tech Academy (previously Wayne @ New Tech) in Allen County to make a total of four New Tech High Schools now open in the region. The three schools opening this month are Viking New Tech (Huntington, IN), Lakeland's Leading EDGE (LaGrange, IN), and Adams Central Jet Tech (Monroe, IN)... Read More...
Princeton Review's Best in Midwest
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
For the third consecutive year, The Princeton Review has named Huntington University one of the best colleges and universities in the Midwest. The education services company selected the school as one of 152 institutions it profiles in its “Best in the Midwest” section of its Web site feature 2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region... Read More...
