With the spring semester approaching, IU Southeast is implementing several different ideas to help make the student’s academic life on campus a little easier to manage, in addition to addressing the issue of student attrition.
Registration for spring classes has been open since Nov. 14, but many classes are beginning to fill-up quickly. Because student dropout is worse between students’ first and second years, IU Southeast is test piloting follow-up courses to the First-Year Seminar courses.
Brittany Hubbard, director of Financial Aid and interim Registrar, said the follow-up courses are to help keep students engaged and be active in their studies, while providing resources to help with issues they may face in the second semester.
The IUS Staff Council had its sixth annual silent auction with this year’s event having a Halloween theme, titled Goblins, Gobblers and Goodies, on Oct. 25 in the Hoosier Room.
Open bidding started at 10 a.m., and attendees had until 3 p.m. to view and declare their price for items on display while coffee and refreshments were served.
Alice Watson, vice president of the IUS Staff Council, said all items up for bid were donated either from staff members or local businesses, and all the proceeds were going to the IUS Staff Council.
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Financial Aid conducted a mini-conference on Oct. 18 in University Center North.
The attendees were...
The first IUS Interdisciplinary Colloquium Series began its four part series on the third floor of the IUS Library on Oct. 6.
The series will take place throughout the semester. The theme for this year’s series being climate change.
The speakers throughout the series will be scientists discussing climate change in an open format with the audience, answering questions or concerns and talking about other theories or beliefs.
The Youth for Socialist Action held its first introductory and educational forum at IU Southeast in University Center North, room 122. Its purpose is to inform, educate and find students who are interested in their cause to join and build the IUS chapter.
YSA is a youth affiliate of Socialist Action, which is a Trotskyist political party that advocates Leon Trotsky’s theory of Marxism.
For now, the YSA is a study group. However, Christian Litsey, English sophomore and one of the founding members of YSA, said their main focus is to educate people on the theories of Marxism with the hope to come together and form a cohesive disciplined youth organization that can help lead the working class revolution.
Two open tryouts were recently held in the Activities Building for the IUS dance team, ending with nine women making the final cut and becoming the newest members of the team.
The dance team will have a whole new look and feel this fall when they begin appearing at events. Their first appearance will be the first game for the IUS men’s basketball team on Nov. 4.
Elizabeth Wooden and Alicia Corcoran-Scott, IUS co-head coaches, said they intend on bringing an exciting and competitive dance team to a program that has been dwindling over the past several years.
Emma LaDuke, history senior, plays on the IUS women’s tennis team.
However, LaDuke said playing for the team might not have happened if it was not for her best friend Kelsey Wisman, history...
The Athletics Department has come up with a new visibility campaign — “G Time.”
The “G Time” advertising campaign was created by Joe Glover, athletics director, who developed it along...
The new wooden grenadier statue carved during homecoming was previously located in the IUS breezeway in front of the administrative offices but has been missing for a few weeks.
As it turns out, the...
Political science professors met to talk about the digital age and technology’s impact in political processes.
Tom Kotulak, associate professor of political science and pre-law adviser, said the right...
Having shocked audiences for nearly four decades, the controversial play “Equus” recently came to IU Southeast.
This play was made famous when Daniel Radcliffe, star of the “Harry...
The Los Angeles Times said he was one of a dozen who shaped the ’80s, and, a decade later, Time Magazine called him one of the 20th century’s greatest minds.
Arthur Laffer, economist, came to IU...
