Caesars donation brings big stars to Bier Prost 2008

NEW ALBANY, IN, (June 19, 2008) – The Paul W. Ogle Center at Indiana University Southeast is offering a chance to share a drink with dozens of celebrities.

The Ogle Center is toasting summer with Bier Prost 2008, where 50 beers and accompanying food from around the world will take center stage.

A recent donation from Caesars for the event’s silent auction is bringing some heavy star power to the evening. Up for auction are dozens of autographed posters and pictures from guests who have visited Caesars hotel and casino.

Among the stars included are: Doobie Brothers, Tanya Tucker, Little Big Town, Commodores, Sawyer Brown, Montgomery Gentry, Kool and the Gang, REO Speedwagon, Josh Turner, Randy Travis, Gretchen Wilson, Clint Black, Billy Ray Cyrus, Rick Springfield, Pat Benatar and Nick Giraldo, Gladys Knight, Tracey Lawrence, Peter Noone, Delbert McClinton, Tommy Rutherford, Clay Walker, Bob Newhart, Neal McCoy, Blues Travelers, Sinbad, Don Rickles, Johnny Rivers, Fuzzy Zoeller, and John Daly.

All funds raised from Bier Prost 2008 will go to support the Ogle Center.  Contributions allow the Center to continue arts programming for thousands of guests each year, including the more than 12,000 children who take part in the Chase Children’s Series
and other performances.

“The Ogle Center’s mission is to serve the community of Southern Indiana and Kentucky,” said Judy Hess, of Caesars, one of the event sponsors.  “We agree with the programming they do because it fills a need in the community.  Their Children’s program which allows all school age children to attend at no cost to the family or child is one of the most innovative in the area.”

Bier Prost 2008 will be held from 6 to 10 p.m., Friday, June 27, at Caesars Colosseum. Tickets are $50 per person, $175 for a group of four, or $350 for a group of eight.

Attire is drinking casual so khakis and sneakers are acceptable and encouraged.

For more information on the event or ticket sales, call Michaleen Ogden at (812) 941-2526 or e-mail her at mmogden@ius.edu.

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It's movie time at Indiana University Southeast

NEW ALBANY, IN, (June 19, 2008) – Make a date this summer to catch a movie with Indiana University Southeast.

The IU Southeast Student Program Council presents a brand new event: IU Southeast Outdoor Summer Movie Series. 

Bring your family and friends to Frisbee Field where we’ll gather to view some great movies, all for FREE! Be sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs.

Join us on June 26th when we will showcase "I Am Legend" at 8:30 p.m. Upcoming features include:

• Family Fun Night: “Shrek the Third”              July 10th 7:30 p.m.
• “Ironman”                                                           August 14th 8:30 p.m.
• “Superbad”                                                        August 22nd 9 p.m.

All movies are free and open to the public. For more information contact the Student Program Council at (812) 941-2282.

Please remember that no pets or alcoholic beverages are allowed.

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Project AHEAD offered at IU Southeast

NEW ALBANY, IN, (June 16, 2008) – The Noncredit Programs Department at Indiana University Southeast is giving elementary and middle school students a chance to get ahead.

For more than 20 years Project AHEAD has provided exciting enrichment opportunities with curriculum designed for academically advanced children enrolled in grades two through six. Our goal is that each child be given the opportunity to think creatively, while enjoying the challenge of curriculum outside the normal classroom.

The next session of the summer program is still accepting applications and will host classes beginning July 12. The enrollment deadline is July 3.

This year’s classes include Cookin’ Up Some Fun, where students can learn basic cooking skills and recipes; It’s Showtime, a mini-musical workshop; and CSI: Scientific Sleuthing, where students will learn problem-solving techniques and strategies to unravel puzzles, problems, and mysteries. Other courses and descriptions are available.

Registration brochures are available online at ius.edu/noncredit or by mail or walk-in at IU Southeast Noncredit Programs, 4201 Grant Line Road/KV-225, New Albany, IN 47150.

 The cost per participant per class is $80. Students may enroll in more than one session. Registrations are taken on a first come, first served basis. A teacher recommendation is required.

 For more information, call Lisa Stark, IU Southeast School of Continuing Studies, at (812) 941-2206.

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Raise your glasses - and funds - for Bier Prost 2008

NEW ALBANY, IN, (June 11, 2008) – Cheers! It’s time for Bier Prost 2008 at the
Ogle Center.

The Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center at Indiana University Southeast
is toasting summer with Bier Prost 2008. For the price of admission, the event offers…

• Showcase of 50 beers and accompanying food from around the world
• Bier Prost guests can taste-test beer from their own limited edition tasting mug
• Dance the night away to local artists – The Wulfe Pack
• Enjoy a Live Auction by T&S Auction Services – bid on items ranging from a full can of Billy Beer to Bruce Fox art pieces to a priceless pendant necklace which was mined from Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Bier Prost 2008 will be held from 6 to 10 p.m., Friday, June 27, at Caesars Colosseum. Tickets are $50 per person, $175 for a group of four, or $350 for a group of eight.

All funds raised from Bier Prost 2008 will go to support the Ogle Center.  Contributions allow the Center to continue arts programming for thousands of guests each year, including the more than 12,000 children who take part in the Chase Children’s Series
and other performances.

Attire is drinking casual so khakis and sneakers are acceptable and encouraged.

For more information on the event or ticket sales, call Michaleen Ogden at (812) 941-2526 or e-mail her at mmogden@ius.edu.

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IU President tours IU Southeast lodges, Southern Indiana

NEW ALBANY, IN, (June 10, 2008) – Indiana University President Michael McRobbie toured the brand new Indiana University Southeast lodges during a visit to Southern Indiana today.

McRobbie visited the lodges after an appearance at the Jeffersonville Rotary Club. 

This was McRobbie’s first visit to the soon-to-be-completed lodges.Chancellor Sandra R. Patterson-Randles took McRobbie through the residence halls, which are on schedule to open in August and will house more than 400 students.

The five lodges are the first major construction project at IU Southeast to be completed under McRobbie’s tenure.

McRobbie described the lodges as "superb" and said they will help with recruitment and retention.

Four of the five residence halls are filled for the fall semester, but applications are still being accepted. For more information or to download an application visit ius.edu/housing.

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Denzinger honored with scholarship, dinner at IU Southeast

NEW ALBANY, IN, (May 30, 2008) – A fallen Floyd County law enforcement officer will be honored at Indiana University Southeast in June with a fundraising dinner for a scholarship in his name.

Frank Denzinger was a Floyd County law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty in June 2007. He left behind a devoted wife, a loving daughter, and a community moved by his extraordinary sacrifice in the name of public safety.

The family and community will honor Denzinger’s legacy and celebrate his life at the event on June 10.

The dinner, held in the Hoosier Room at IU Southeast, is also a fundraiser to endow a criminal justice scholarship in Denzinger’s name at IU Southeast. The Rev. Bob Russell, former pastor at Southeast Christian Church, will serve as keynote speaker.

Tickets are still available for the celebration dinner. The cost is $50.

Program sponsors for the event include:

• Sheriff Danny Rodden, Clark County Sheriff's Office       
• Generations Funeral Home                                                        
• George Pfau's Sons Company, Inc.                                          
• Hughes Development, LLC                                                          
• Jeffersonville FOP Lodge 100                                                     
• Dr. Leslie Knable, Blackiston Mill Animal Clinic                    
• Sodrel Holdings

For more information on the June 10 fundraising event, or to donate to the scholarship fund, contact Committee Co-Chair Tim McDonald at (502) 262-2954, or the Office of Development at IU Southeast at (812) 941-2564.

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It's all about style at Live on Campus Web site...

The buzz about IU Southeast’s “Live on Campus”  Web site is genuine—the site is a finalist in eduStyle’s first annual higher ed web awards competition. Of the 1,800 college and university Web sites submitted, 37 have been named finalists. Liveoncampus is one of three Web sites competing for the People’s Choice award in the Best Use of Interactive Multimedia category. Compare the three and cast your vote at: http://www.edustyle.net/awards/ballot.php

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Congratulations Graduates

Indiana University Southeast’s third-largest graduating class – 1,018 students – officially became alumni at the University’s 40^th Commencement ceremony.

Commencement took place at 6 p.m., Monday, May 5, at the IU Southeast Amphitheater.

Twenty-one Indiana counties were represented in the Class of 2008. Thirty percent of students were from Kentucky and participating in the Indiana-Kentucky reciprocity agreement.

More than 23,000 students have received degrees from IU Southeast since 1968. Nearly 90 percent of graduates remain in Indiana and the Greater Louisville Metropolitan region.

The Commencement Photo and Video Gallery will be live soon.

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Former Secretary of State visited IU Southeast

NEW ALBANY, IN, (April 29, 2008) – Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited IU Southeast this week to campaign for Hillary Clinton.

Albright focused on foreign policy during her speech Wednesday, April 30, at the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center at IU Southeast. The visit was sponsored by the IU Southeast College Democrats.

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Distinguished alumni honored at IU Southeast

NEW ALBANY, IN, (April 16, 2008) – Eight Indiana University Southeast alumni were honored Tuesday for their efforts after graduation.

Schuler Bauer CEO Barbara Popp was named the IU Southeast Distinguished Alumni of the Year, and seven others received the Alumni Award of Excellence.

Popp earned a bachelor’s degree in business management in 1976 from IU Southeast. She joined Schuler Bauer Real Estate Services Inc., after graduation and now heads the fifth-largest real estate firm in the Greater Louisville Metropolitan region.

“Real estate is all about service and what you do for others,” she said. “We are put on this earth for a certain mission, and I think that mission is service. IU Southeast did a great job of teaching me about service through academics, the thoroughness of learning the campus provides, and the thinking process my education put me through.”

Popp is a former member of the IU Southeast Student Foundation and served several terms on the IU Southeast Board of Advisors. She also served as president of the IU Southeast Alumni Association.

Each school at IU Southeast nominates an alumnus for the Alumni Award of Excellence. This year’s honorees are:

• Dr. Tony Bennett, Education
• Joe Grant, Continuing Studies
• Elizabeth Johnson, Nursing
• Jenny Johnson Wolf, Arts & Letters
• John D. Johnston, Natural Science
• Professor Jim St. Clair, Social Sciences
• Doug York, Business

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IU Southeast offers new scholarship for student leaders

NEW ALBANY, IN, (April 10, 2008) – Indiana University Southeast is seeking to help fund the college education of several talented high school seniors who aim to become campus leaders.

The Chancellor’s Student Leader Scholarship is designed for students who have a passionate desire to change things for the greater good and who will incite change on campus and in society.

As IU Southeast is changing with the addition of our first-ever residence halls in fall 2008, we believe students living in those halls can play a critical role in getting students involved by leading others toward engaged student learning, impelling citizenship, and building community. Chancellor Sandra R. Patterson-Randles is offering the scholarship to those students who choose IU Southeast and make it a platform for change.

Students living on campus for the 2008-09 academic year can receive a $5,000 award. Students living off campus are eligible for a $3,000 award. Up to four non-renewable scholarships will be awarded this year.

Students can submit an application themselves or may be nominated for the scholarship. To nominate a student, please e-mail the name and address to bchubbar@ius.edu. The nominee must also fill out an application.

For more information contact the Office of Financial Aid at (812) 941-2246. The application deadline is April 15.

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Women's health seminar to be held at IU Southeast

NEW ALBANY, IN, (April 11, 2008) – Indiana University Southeast is hosting a seminar on women’s health and hormones.

The University’s Noncredit Programs joins with McClure Drugs and Compounding Center in Clarksville to sponsor a presentation by Jim Paoletti, of ZRT Laboratories in Portland, Oregon. The renowned pharmacy consultant and educator will share his expertise on bio-identical hormone replacement for women. The seminar is from 7 to 10 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, in Hoosier West at IU Southeast.

As women age, decreased production or total loss of natural hormones leaves them feeling ‘out of balance.’ Often, synthetic hormone replacement is not an option. The use of bio-identical hormones is rapidly gaining acceptance by physicians and consumers alike, yet information on this subject is not always readily available. 

At the seminar, Paoletti will discuss symptoms of hormone imbalances with particular attention to adrenal and thyroid hormones, and the hormone restoration process. Other topics include diet, lifestyle, testing methods for hormone imbalance, and resources for further information. A questions and answer session will follow the presentation.

Paoletti has more than 20 years’ experience with bio-identical hormone therapies both in clinical practice in his retail pharmacy and as a pharmacy consultant, educator, and educational program developer. He is on the faculty of the Fellowship of Anti-aging and Functional Medicine.

The seminar is free and open to the public, however, registration is required.  For registration and more information, e-mail lhaskins@ius.edu or call (812) 941-2314.

For more information on seminars and classes offered by Noncredit Programs, visit ius.edu/noncredit.

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Public radio spotlights IU Southeast students

NEW ALBANY, IN, (March 18, 2008) – Four Indiana University Southeast students will be the new voices of public radio.

IU Southeast professor Michael Jackman, and John Gage, host of Kentucky Homefront, recently announced the winners of the New Voices writing contest. Each student will have their work broadcast on 91.9 WFPK FM during Kentucky Homefront.

The four winners are: 

• Jana Morgan, poetry
• Christie Baugher, “The Light” essay
• Tina Leas, “Santa Stop Here” essay
• Lori Richie, “Spelling the Unwritten Language” essay

Kentucky Homefront is broadcast each Wednesday at 8 p.m. It features music and storytelling by regional artists. The IU Southeast students will be featured in eight-minute “New Voices” segments which will air in summer or fall 2008.

The winners will record their work April 12 during a Kentucky Homefront taping in front of a live audience at the Clifton Center. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the show beginning at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Tickets are $12.

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IU Southeast Chancellor nominated for Most Admired Woman

NEW ALBANY, IN, (March 5, 2008) – Indiana University Southeast Chancellor Sandra R. Patterson-Randles has been nominated as Today’s Woman’s Most Admired Woman.

Chancellor since 2002, Patterson-Randles is the first woman to serve as chief executive officer of the campus and is one of only three women to currently serve as chancellor in the Indiana University system.

She also sits on several boards, including Greater Louisville Inc., Kentuckiana Metroversity, and One Southern Indiana, and is a member of the American Association of State Collges and Universities, Leadership Louisville, and Leadership Southern Indiana.

This is the sixth year the magazine has held its Most Admired Woman Poll. Nominees are chosen by the editorial staff of Today’s Woman. Patterson-Randles is one of six nominees in the education category.

The twelve categories represent a cross section of women’s activities and involvement in the community: education, arts, athletes/fitness, beauty/fashion, business owners, community/nonprofits, corporate, food/entertainment, health/healthcare, home/home style, media, and political.

One winner is chosen for each category. The poll is part of the March issue of Today’s Woman and is available at www.iamtodayswoman.com. The voting deadline is March 20.

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Denzinger honored with scholarship at IU Southeast

NEW ALBANY, IN, (Feb. 13, 2008) – A fallen Floyd County law enforcement officer will be honored at Indiana University Southeast with a scholarship in his name.

Frank Denzinger was a Floyd County law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty in June 2007. He left behind a devoted wife, a loving daughter, and a community moved by his extraordinary sacrifice in the name of public safety.

The family and community will honor Denzinger’s legacy and celebrate his life at a celebration on June 10. The dinner, held in the Hoosier Room at IU Southeast, is also a fundraiser to endow a criminal justice scholarship in Denzinger’s name at IU Southeast. The Rev. Bob Russell, former pastor at Southeast Christian Church, will serve as keynote speaker.

Denzinger sacrificed his life to save other individuals. His law enforcement career exemplified the character, faith, and service necessary for servant leaders.

The Frank C. Denzinger Memorial Law Enforcement Scholarship will further the legacy of strong character and exemplary service Denzinger left behind. Designed to support IU Southeast students studying criminal justice, the scholarship will be awarded to individuals displaying the qualities and characteristics Denzinger personified.

Denzinger’s career included service for the Floyd County Jail and the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department.

Once established, students interested in the scholarship will have to be currently employed as a full-time law enforcement officer, corrections officer, or jail officer within Clark, Floyd, or Harrison counties with at least two years experience; and must be enrolled or willing to enroll in either full or part-time studies at IU Southeast pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Preference will be given to those candidates who are civic minded and committed to making his or her community a safer place (e.g. membership in the Fraternal Order of Police, Knights of Columbus, Masons, Shop with a Cop, etc.)

For more information on the June 10 fundraising event, or to donate to the scholarship fund, contact Committee Co-Chair Tim McDonald at (502) 262-2954, or the Office of Development at IU Southeast at (812) 941-2564.

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Obama Brings Campaign for Change to IU Southeast

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