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Campus Connection, the official newspaper for Indiana State University faculty and staff, is published by the Office of Public Affairs six to eight times per academic year. For information about current issues, contact Editor Jennifer Kearns at (812) 237-8037.

February 25, 2003:
Volume 13, Number 6
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February 25, 2003

Winterfest 2003
Eighth annual conference on teaching focuses on experiential learning
     Indiana State University faculty, administrators and staff from across campus participated in the eighth annual Winterfest Conference on Teaching Feb. 10 and 11.

Scholars spread word about Disabilities Awareness Month
     Blumberg Scholars Courtney Bonhivert, Beth Browning and Hannah Miller are spreading the message that people with disabilities should be treated like everyone else.

Georgia Hambrecht named Coffman Distinguished Professor
     Georgia Hambrecht, professor of communication disorders at Indiana State University, has been named the Coffman Distinguished Professor in the School of Education.

School of Technology, St. Petersburg State University sign agreement outlining goals of relationship
Distance education one area officials plan to explore
    
Tad Foster, dean of the Indiana State University School of Technology, and Anatoli A. Ovodenko, rector of St. Petersburg (Russia) State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, signed an agreement Feb. 4 pledging to work together in the areas of faculty and student exchanges, distance education, research and seminars and conferences.

30-foot climbing wall opens in Arena
     Students at Indiana State University can aspire to new heights following construction of a climbing wall in the ISU Arena.

"The Guardian" actress visits ISU
Kathleen Chalfant gives advice to ISU students for their production of "Wit"
    
Kathleen Chalfant, star of the New York, London and Los Angeles productions of the play "Wit" and the actress who plays Laurie Solt on the CBS TV show "The Guardian," paid a visit to Terre Haute Feb. 10 to talk about her experiences as an actress on both stage and screen.

Former ISU doctoral student works in Chile to help save chinchillas
     Amy Deane, a former doctoral student at Indiana State University, has dedicated her life to saving chinchillas -- a type of rodent -- and educating the public about them.

Art students display various works during evening of art, wine food and music
   
 
Several ISU art students and art alumni recently had the chance to show off their work to patrons of Stables Steakhouse Feb. 8 during an evening of wine tasting, food, live entertainment and art at the local eatery.

United Way Campus Campaign successfully closes, raising $65,000
   
 
The United Way Campus Campaign was unofficially closed on Jan. 3 with contributions and pledges totaling more than $65,000 and 32 percent -- or 577-- of individuals in the Indiana State University community contributing.

School of Business receives $85,779 donation from State Farm Insurance
   
 
Indiana State University professor Mary Ann Boose wants her insurance and risk management students to not only learn about their chosen fields, but to interact with the industry and perhaps even "give back" to the community through public service projects.

Art department receives $60,000 gift
     Art students at Indiana State University will be better equipped to study and produce works of art in the near future due to a gift of $60,000 to the ISU Department of Art.

University preserves, enhances Fairbanks Hall dome
   
 
For nearly 100 years, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln have gazed down from the stained glass dome of Indiana State University's Fairbanks Hall.