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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.

November 28, 2001:
Volume 12, Number 3
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Johnson named Professor of the Year
IU School of Medicine, ISU faculty member honored by Carnegie Foundation
      Research in Mary Johnson's laboratory at Indiana State University is exciting, engaging and genuinely interesting -- for students of all ages.

Institutional Effectiveness
A letter from President Lloyd Benjamin
     As we move forward in our effort to become the best public comprehensive university in the Midwest, the issues of accountability and effectiveness are paramount to our success.

Institutional effectiveness must become part of routine, president says
     Indiana State University is implementing a new institutional effectiveness process to guide administrative and academic units in self-analysis, goal-setting and improvement.

Center for health education closer to reality
     A local center for health education is on the road to becoming a reality, as officials from Indiana State University, the Indiana University School of Medicine and Union Hospital break ground today (Nov. 28) for a local center for health education.

ISU's Learning Community assessment tool in use nationwide
     An assessment tool developed by Indiana State University that evaluates the effectiveness of learning communities at ISU is being used by institutions of higher learning across the nation.

First-generation college students find success at ISU
Study looks at barriers to success and the strategies students use to overcome them
     When Tom Rios was a college freshman 25 years ago at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, he didn't know what college majors and minors were, let alone what it would take to earn a college degree.

PDS Program celebrates 10 years
ISU, community educators proud of successes, look forward to next decade of working, learning together
     Until the 1990s, Chauncey Rose Middle School was perceived to be among the lowest-performing schools in the Vigo County School Corp.

New ISU license plate design to attract interest
     With the coming redesigned Indiana State University license plate, advocates of the university will have a new way to show their support.

ISU Foundation opens Indy office
     Indiana State University celebrated the opening of an Indianapolis office of the ISU Foundation Oct. 25 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception.