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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.

June 24, 2002:
Volume 12, Number 7
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June 24, 2002

SummerStage 2002
Summer Season begins with 'The School for Wives' and 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'
     It's a drama. It's a love story. It's a comedy. To hear the director and cast of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" describe the production, one might question whether they're familiar with the play at all.

Athletics, commuter and transfer students to benefit from $2.2M gift
     A $2.2 million anonymous gift to the Indiana State University Foundation provides the opportunity for the university to "be creative and put our best minds at work" to develop programs that will significantly enhance university life for many women athletes and commuter and transfer students.

Benjamin elected chair of IHETS board
     Indiana State University President Lloyd W. Benjamin III has been elected chair of the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System (IHETS) Board of Directors.

Involvement on national committee reaffirms ISU as a leader in the education of teachers
    
Indiana State University's participation as a cooperating university on the National Academy of Education (NAE) Committee on Teacher Education (CTE) has reaffirmed that the School of Education is doing things right when it comes to educating teachers.

ISU alumni leave endowed scholarship fund to elementary education graduate students
   
  Vivian and Daisy Marvel Jones, Indiana State University alumni, have left an endowment of more than $400,000 for the Vivian L. and Daisy Marvel Jones Scholarship.

Runion earns award for patriotism
    
A patriot is defined as someone who supports his or her country.

Liaoning Normal delegation visits ISU
   
 
Xiuchen Yu, executive director of the foreign affairs center at China's Liaoning Normal University, took on the role of interpreter when he and five other administrators and faculty members from Liaoning visited Indiana State University in May.

Floyd named VP for Business Affairs and Finance
Position replaces VP for planning and budgets
   
 
Gregg S. Floyd, assistant vice chancellor and director of business affairs at Indiana University, has been named vice president for business affairs and finance and university treasurer at Indiana State University.

Child life specialist interns find career they were meant to have
   
 
Lori Barbaglia knows first hand the trauma that often grips seriously ill or severely injured children.

Combining science with business
$250,000 plasma mass spectrometer provides possibilities for ISU students, faculty and downtown Terre Haute
   
 
Aaron Meier was excited about getting to use a new piece of equipment in Indiana State University's chemistry department. HIs professors are excited about the device's potential for fighting Indiana's "brain drain," providing hands-on research for students, helping protect the environment and bringing new jobs to downtown Terre Haute.