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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.

March 19, 2002:
Volume 12, Number 5
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An urban campus... transformed
      Birds are singing and the air is clear. The soothing sound of a rushing fountain masks the rumble of trucks from blocks away. A network of sidewalks crisscrosses an inviting quadrangle of grass, trees and flowers in the shadow of tall buildings.

Superintendents support ISU School of Education through scholarship program
10 superintendents to contribute $500 each for education students
     Ten Indiana school superintendents have committed to participate in a scholarship program which will enable them to award a $1,000 scholarship to students in their district.

Moroccan ambassador to the U.S. to visit ISU
Public lecture, Indianapolis Museum of Art among items on itinerary March 21-22
     Abdallah El Maaroufi, Moroccan ambassador to the U.S., will visit the Indiana State University campus Thursday and Friday, March 21-22.

Time is right for students to find internships
Career Center assists students in search for 'real world' experience
     Operating a ride at Walt Disney World in Florida; learning public relations skills at Hill & Knowlton Ind., in Chicago; learning the ropes in the Shema Law Firm in Terre Haute.

Indiana INTERNnet expands opportunities for Hoosier students
     The Indiana State University Career Center recently received a $5,000 matching grant from the Indiana INTERNnet program to increase the use of internships among employers and college students in Indiana.

Grounds maintenance, landscaping make for an award-winning ISU campus
     Indiana State University projects and employees connected with implementation of the campus master plan have recently won several awards.

Former congressman tells ISU community everyone must work to safeguard democracy
     Actions on and off the battlefield are equally important in the war on terrorism, says a former Indiana Congressman who spoke this month on the Indiana State University campus.

Wineinger wins New York City internship and $1,000 in national PR competition
     Indiana State University student Julie Wineinger, a junior public relations major from Clinton, won an honorable mention recently in PRWeek Magazine's Student of the Year 2002 competition.