Education - June 2012 Archive
HU Participates in Private College Week
By Lamont Neal on Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
Come see for yourself! From Monday, July 23, through Friday, July 27, Indiana’s 31 private, nonprofit colleges and universities across the state are throwing open their campus doors to students, parents, and any others involved in the college selection process. Those visiting will get to experience firsthand the unique personality of each campus through tours, informational sessions, and conversations with students and staff... Read More...
HCCSC Employees Get Fit Over the Summer
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Dozens of Huntington County Community School employees are focusing on their health this summer in conjunction with the district's newly-implemented wellness program.
Courtney Berger, a workplace wellness coach with Parkview Total Health, has organized a series of classes and wellness opportunities, including:
· Combo Walk -- An instructor-led walking program that teaches participants how to make the most of the steps they take... Read More...
Classes to be offered at Parkview
By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
The Life Science Education and Research Consortium of Northeast Indiana is forging ahead, with two of the five partner schools already moving forward this fall.
The consortium, which was announced in September 2011, would utilize existing space on Parkview Hospital’s Randallia campus, near downtown Fort Wayne, and serve as a regional initiative to align and leverage education, applied research, business incubation and economic development resources focusing on life sciences and health care... Read More...
Hendryx named interim VP for business
By Lamont Neal on Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Huntington University has named Julie Hendryx as the interim vice president for business and finance.
Hendryx came to the university in 2002 as the director of human resources and auxiliary services. In her role, she will be responsible for the oversight of university finances, physical plant, auxiliary services, human resources and technology services... Read More...
Historic find in prestigious journal
By Lamont Neal on Thursday, June 14th, 2012
After discovering two previously unknown synagogues in Turkey, Huntington University Bible and Religion Professor Dr. Mark Fairchild is sharing his findings in a noted academic journal.
In an article published this month in the Biblical Archaeology Review, Fairchild begs the question, “Could the world’s earliest known synagogue be buried amid rubble?”
In 2007 while researching in Turkey, Fairchild discovered two synagogues in the areas of Kizkalesi (the ancient city of Korykos) and Çatiören... Read More...
Digital Curriculum Academy Held
By Lamont Neal on Thursday, June 14th, 2012
More than a hundred teachers from Huntington County Community Schools are participating this week in the district’s Digital Curriculum Academy, a hands-on training program at Crestview Middle School that will help them become more familiar with various forms of technology that will be a growing part of classroom instruction in the fall... Read More...
Ivy Tech Hosting NESA UGRADs
By Lamont Neal on Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Beginning in the 2012 fall semster, Ivy Tech Community College−Northeast will be hosting three Near East and South Asia Undergraduate Exchange Program (NESA UGRAD) students. The students are from Morocco, Egypt, and Pakistan and were selected by the American Councils to be enrolled and hosted by Ivy Tech... Read More...
Ivy Tech hosting FLTA
By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Beginning in the fall 2012 semster, Ivy Tech Community College−Northeast will be hosting Brenda Zulema Reyes, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA). Reyes will be a Spanish teaching assisstant at Ivy Tech for the 2012-13 school year.
Ivy Tech Community College−Northeast’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences saw a need in the Humanities area for an additional form of assisstance for students... Read More...
Dowden Contributes to Economic Future
By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a regional forum as part of a new long-range economic development roadmap for the state: Indiana Vision 2025. Huntington University President G. Blair Dowden attended the forum and contributed local and regional insights to the plan.
On June 6, in Fort Wayne, Dowden served as a local thought leader on the issues that are vital to the regional area - and how those ideas and initiatives can be implemented locally and statewide... Read More...
Volunteer Spotlight:: Ivey and Rydell
By Lamont Neal on Friday, June 8th, 2012
Two of Lincoln Elementary's parent volunteers have logged a remarkable 424 combined hours of service in the last year. Janetta Rydell, who has volunteered 292 hours of her time, and Tim Ivey, who has volunteered 132 hours, are among a dedicated group of parent volunteers who frequently serve throughout Huntington County Community School Corporation... Read More...
