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Audio
Features:
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| April
10 |
Jean
Kilbourne
(3:13) |
From radio and television
to newspapers, magazines and billboards, Americans
cannot escape advertising. Appearing at Indiana State
as part of the University Speakers Series, author and
researcher Jean Kilbourne raised concern that some ads
hook consumers on dangerous practices. |
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| April
15 |
Scott
O'Grady
(2:28) |
Nearly seven years after
being shot down over Bosnia, former Air Force pilot
Scott O'Grady is now traveling the country as an
inspirational speaker. He spoke to ISU students during
this year's Spring Week observance. |
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| April
18 |
Tambov
Exchange
(1:42)
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Some faculty at ISU have
found their community has something in common with a
city in the former Soviet Union. Terre Haute and
Tambov, Russia, hope to use modern technology to help
one another. |
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| April
19 |
Walk
Through the Sycamores
(1:40) |
It's spring and trees are
starting to leaf out all across Indiana, but in Terre
Haute some really big sycamore leaves are beginning to
appear. |
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| April
24 |
Binge
Eating Study
(1:43) |
Overweight Hoosiers are
being recruited for a new study to see if meditation
can help them stop binging. Indiana is a natural for
the study because the state's rate of obesity is among
the highest in the nation. |
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| April
26 |
Tuition
Increase
(1:05) |
ISU's Board of Trustees
voted to increase tuition by 9.9 percent while
increasing student aid by the same margin to alleviate
the financial burden on our students. |
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| April
30 |
RedVector.com
(1:11) |
As more states require
continuing education for licensed professionals, more
of those professionals are turning to the Internet to
stay up to date in their field. ISU has teamed up with
a leading provider to offer such training. |
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| May
1 |
Atlas
Labs
(1:39) |
A first of its kind
business incubator project at ISU will help safeguard
the environment, provide "real world"
experiences for students and bring jobs to Terre
Haute. |
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| May
3 |
Gib
Coleman
(1:55) |
The road to college
graduation can sometimes be a long one, but it's been an
exceptionally long wait for one ISU grad who is a World
War II veteran.
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| May
9 |
Child
Life Specialists
(1:34) |
Traumatic
enough for adults, a hospital stay can be downright
terrifying for children. But ISU is working with
Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis to make the
experience a little more bearable.
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| May
9 |
Vice
President for Business Affairs (1:39) |
A long time administrator at
Indiana University has been named chief financial
officer at Indiana State University.
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| May
22 |
ISU-China
Exchange
(1:38) |
Language and cultural
barriers between the United States and China are
continuing to be broken down thanks to exchange programs
such as one involving ISU and Liaoning Normal
University.
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| May
23 |
Art
of Racing
(1:42) |
It seems all of Indiana
catches racing fever during May. The ISU Art Gallery is
no exception, offering an exhibit called "The Art
of Racing" through June 7.
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| May
28 |
Math
Remediation
(1:25) |
Indiana State University has
contracted with Ivy Tech State College to provide
remedial math classes. It's part of a growing trend
among four-year institutions to move away from remedial
education.
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| June
21 |
Star
Trek Ethics
(2:05) |
Can science fiction help
businesses make the right ethical decisions? An Indiana
State University professor says yes -- at least when it
comes to one popular TV series.
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| July
6 |
Russian
Actors
(1:43) |
An ISU Summerstage
production has Russian actors facing the challenge of
performing a Russian classic in English.
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| July
13 |
Drum
Major Camp
(1:49) |
More than 150 drum majors
from 78 high schools in six states spent a week at
Indiana State University brushing up on their skills for
the upcoming marching season
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| July
19 |
Gregg
Reception
(:58) |
The outgoing speaker of the
Indiana House says despite the state budget crisis,
higher education remains affordable for Hoosiers.
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| July
25 |
Education
Deans
(1:33) |
The deans of education at
Indiana's four-year public universities have signed an
agreement to respond to the needs of Hoosier students,
educators and schools.
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| Aug.
21 |
President's
Welcome Address
(1:44) |
Faced with the growth of
community colleges and the expansion of Indiana and
Purdue universities' regional campuses, ISU President
Lloyd W. Benjamin says ISU must refine its identity to
remain competitive.
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| Sept.
3 |
Titanic
Exhibit
(1:25) |
Indiana State University is
hosting an art exhibit related to the Titanic. The event
is in conjunction with a Sept. 18 appearance by Robert
Ballard, who headed a 1975 expedition that discovered
the ship's final resting place.
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| Sept.
4 |
Enrollment
Increase
(1:15) |
An increase in fall 2002
enrollment -- to the highest level since 1993 -- is the
continuation of a five-year trend at ISU.
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| Sept.
4 |
Arts
& Sciences Dean's Address
(22:39) |
Diane Michelfelder, ISU's new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, gives her first fall address to faculty, staff and students. The theme of her presentation was 'Coming to the Crossroads.'
(Introduction by David Worley, ISU communication
department)
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| Sept.
11 |
Remembering
September 11
(2:38) |
A Mitchell, Ind. couple who met while students at ISU in 1985 reflects on how the events of Sept. 11, 2001 nearly tore their world apart.
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| Sept.
11 |
9-11
Panel
(1:43) |
ISU hosted a panel
discussion on the anniversary of the September 11
attacks on America.
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| Sept.
11 |
9-11
Ceremony
(1:26) |
United and understanding
were the messages behind a brief Sept. 11 anniversary
observance at Indiana State University.
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| Sept.
19 |
COMPASS
II
(1:03) |
Several hundred Wabash
Valley residents may soon be asked for their opinions of
the area's needs and assets related to health and human
services as part of the data collection phase of the
Wabash Valley's COMPASS II project.
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| Sept.
15 |
Ryan
Gholson
(1:54) |
Senior Ryan Gholson used to
belong to a gang in Gary, Ind. Now, he's on his way to
saving lives as a pre-med student at ISU.
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| Sept.
25 |
West
Wing
(1:05) |
ISU hosted a party in the
Commons for students and staff as a way to watch the ISU
sweatshirt's debut on the season premiere of West Wing.
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| Sept.
26 |
McAuliffe
Award
(1:44) |
ISU earned the distinguished
honor of being recognized as one of three institutions
nationally to receive the 2002 Christa McAuliffe Award
for outstanding teacher preparation.
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| Sept.
26 |
Jack
Maynard
(2:26) |
Maynard, dean of the School
of Education, talks about ISU earning the 2002 Christa
McAuliffe Award for teacher preparation.
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| Sept.
26 |
Robert
Williams
(1:15) |
Williams, assistant dean of
the School of Education, talks about ISU earning the
2002 Christa McAuliffe Award for teacher preparation.
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| Sept.
26 |
Danny
Tanoos
(2:55) |
Tanoos, superintendent of
Vigo County School Corp., talks about ISU earning the
2002 Christa McAuliffe Award for teacher preparation.
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| Sept.
26 |
Guy
Dillard
(1:14) |
Dillard, principal of Deming
Elementary in Terre Haute, talks about ISU earning the
2002 Christa McAuliffe Award for teacher preparation.
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| Sept.
26 |
Krista
Witsman
(1:03) |
Witsman, a senior elementary
education major, talks about ISU earning the 2002
Christa McAuliffe Award for teacher preparation.
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| Sept.
26 |
Floy
Galbraith
(1:13) |
Galbraith, a teacher from
Staunton Elementary School, talks about ISU
earning the 2002 Christa McAuliffe Award for teacher
preparation.
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| Sept.
26 |
Phil
Harrison
(:28) |
Harrison, a teacher from
South Vermillion High School, talks about ISU earning
the 2002 Christa McAuliffe Award for teacher
preparation.
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| Sept.
27 |
Hate
Crimes Conference
(1:23) |
The motive behind the
performance of a play at ISU is much more than
entertainment. It's to focus attention on hate crimes.
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| Sept.
30 |
Fall
address
to the faculty
(1:35) |
President Lloyd Benjamin,
Provost Steven Pontius and other ISU officials addressed
members of the campus community as part of the annual
fall address to faculty at the Center for Performing and
Fine Arts Recital Hall.
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| Oct.
1 |
Hate
Crimes
(1:23) |
Steve Wessler, a former
prosecutor, gave an address as part of ISU's first Hate
Crimes Conference.
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| Oct.
3 |
DOC
office at ISU
(1:24) |
The Department of Commerce
and Indiana State University officials announced the
opening of a state office at ISU's John T. Myers
Technology Center.
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| Oct.
4 |
Dual
Admission
(1:38) |
Prospective college students
considering a two-year school for the first phase of
their college career can take advantage of a dual
admission program between Indiana State and Vincennes
universities.
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| Oct.
7 |
Thai
Exchange
(1:23) |
Eight college teachers from
Thailand will spend two weeks at Indiana State
University as part of an exchange agreement signed Oct.
7, 2002, by the presidents of both institutions.
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| Oct.
31 |
Sister
City
(1:35) |
Students and teachers from
ISU and Tambov State University in Russia have been
learning from one another for seven years. Now, thanks
to a sister city agreement, the communities that are
home to those schools will be able to do the same.
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| Nov.
1 |
AIDS
Awareness
(1:22) |
ISU art students are
planning a Red Ribbon procession at Deming Park Dec. 1
in conjunction with World AIDS Day.
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| Nov.
4 |
Weather
and Voting
(1:07) |
Bad weather has a greater
impact on voter turnout than good weather and can even
help sway a close election, but the degree of influence
varies, according to researchers at ISU.
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| Nov.
7 |
Research
Cruise
(1:19) |
When ISU Professor Tony
Rathburn wanted his students in landlocked Terre Haute
to study oceanography, he did the logical thing: he sent
them to the ocean.
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| Nov.
12 |
Town
Trash Collective
(1:01) |
Fourteen ISU art majors are
working with city officials to clean up Terre Haute as
part of a service-learning project in Charles Mayer's
general education capstone course entitled "Art and
the Artist in a Context of Society."
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| Dec.
6 |
Chemistry
Outreach
(1:42) |
Two Indiana high school
students are national finalists in the prestigious
Siemens Westinghouse Competition in math science and
technology. The students say they could not have
achieved such success without the help of ISU and
chemistry professor Eric Glendening.
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| Dec.
14 |
Distance
Education Graduate
(1:33) |
Forty-three-year-old
criminology master's student Lisa Bontrager stepped foot
on Indiana State University's campus for the first time
at winter commencement.
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| Dec.
14 |
Nursing
Accreditation
(1:13) |
Indiana State University's
associate of science degree in nursing program is now
fully accredited by the Indiana State Board of Nursing.
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Updated August 05, 2003
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