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This
issue included a special insert
to promote the completion of ISU's first campaign
for Sycamore Athletics.
Frantz,
Hazeldine estates give $590,000
Business
students, athletes, library and Normal Hall to benefit
from gifts
Two
groups of students and two campus buildings will
benefit from recently announced gifts to the Indiana
State University Foundation.
United
Way campaign kicks off at ISU
President
Benjamin serves as Valley-wide campaign chair
Years ago, Martha Reed
found herself as a young mother struggling to provide
food for her daughter while trying to survive in a
violent relationship.
ISU
receives grant from Lumina Foundation to begin
web-based student portfolios
Indiana
State University has received a $100,000 grant from
the Lumina Foundation for Education to begin building,
testing and implementing web-based student portfolios.
Fund
raising enjoys another successful year
Indiana
State University continues to enjoy success in raising
money for such things as student scholarships,
enhancing the quality of programs and meeting other
needs of the campus community.
Lilly
Challenge could provide ISU with up to $9M
Colleges and
universities that experience broad support from their
alumni, staff, students and other constituent groups
are frequently among the strongest institutions in the
country. These gifts always have a tremendous impact
on the institution and on the lives of its students.
University
Advancement garners three APEX awards
The
ISU Division of University Advancement was awarded
three 2002 APEX Awards of Excellence for work in the
Office of Public Affairs and the ISU Alumni Magazine.
NACWAA
names Myers Administrator of the Year for 2002
Andrea Myers,
director of athletics at Indiana State University,
will be honored as a 2002 Administrator of the Year by
the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic
Administrators (NACWAA) at its Oct. 14 convention in
St. Louis. Forever
Changed
ISU
alumnus experienced first-hand the terrorist attack on
the Pentagon
As
his plane descended over the Potomac River on
the evening of Sept. 9, 2001, Greg Smith thought, as
he had on previous trips to Washington, D.C., that the
flight path to Ronald Reagan National Airport was too
close to major landmarks for safety, but he quickly
dismissed the thought of potential danger. Patriotism,
remembrance, acceptance
Sept.
11 ceremony helps ISU community remember, pay tribute
He
quoted Abraham Lincoln, Nobel Prize winning writer
Toni Morrison and the book of Ecclesiastes. Life-changing
and life-saving decisions
Ryan
Gholson, a senior pre-med major from Gary, decided to
leave gang life to make a better life for himself
The youngest of
seven children, Ryan Gholson never knew his father. At
13, he lost his mother to suicide. Ballard:
Most famous discovery not greatest accomplishment
"The deep
sea is the largest museum on the planet. There's more
history in the deep than all the museums of the world
combined." 2002-03:
'A Year of Refinement'
Need
for ISU to clearly identify image continues to grow,
Benjamin said
Enrollment,
retention and graduation rates continue to improve at
Indiana State University, but the university must more
clearly define its identity if it is to continue to
grow, President Lloyd W. Benjamin III said in his fall
welcome address. ISU
enrollment grows to highest level since 1993
The number of
students attending Indiana State University has grown
for the fifth year in a row this fall to 11,714, the
highest level since 1993. ISU
signs first-of-its-kind agreement with Hassan II
University-Mohammedia
In an agreement
signed today in Morocco, Indiana State University and
Hassan II University-Mohammedia will begin
collaborating on a variety of activities including the
development of joint degree programs; conferences;
research projects and studies; distance education
programs; and exchange programs for faculty, staff and
students.
Plus
4-page Athletics Campaign insert:
Continuing
the Legacy: Letter from the Chair Continuing
the Legacy campaign raises more than $3M
Continuing the
Legacy, Indiana State University's capital campaign in
support of its intercollegiate athletics program, has
successfully concluded, exceeding its goal and raising
more than $3 million for Sycamore athletics. Bill
Hitch gives $200,000 for basketball, track
scholarships
Bill Hitch was
just a senior at Indiana State Normal School in 1943
when Uncle Sam called. Sodexho
gives support for student athletic
scholarships
When employees of Sodexho
discuss serving the students of Indiana State
University, they're not only talking about dishing out
a good meal. |
