IUS Times

Scenes of summer

Motorized scooter available

When IUS Chief of Police Dennis Simon saw his daughter struggling to get to classes at the University of Louisville because of a broken leg, he realized the need for transportation assistance at IU Southeast. "After seeing how hard it was for my daughter to maneuver, I understood the importance of motorized scooters for those who have trouble getting from place to place," he said. "After that, I started asking organizations to contribute so IUS would have the means to help those who need assistance getting around campus."

Coyle Chevrolet and the Jeffersonville Police Department answered Simon's inquiry by donating enough funds to buy a new motorized scooter for IUS. With the donations, the campus was also able to purchase new batteries for an existing scooter that was unable to function due to its old, inadequate batteries. "Currently, we have two working motorized scooters on campus, but my goal is to have five by the summer of next year," Simon said.

Both scooters will be housed in the Physical Plant office; however, they can be obtained through Disability Services in the University Division office by contacting Hannah Wallace, coordinator of Disability Services, at 812-941-2243.

IUS Basketball Camp

The IUS Grenadier Basketball camps held this summer provided a complete basketball experience including fundamentals, team play, and sportsmanship for boys entering grades two through ten. Session I was held June 20-24 and had 68 participants. Session II was held August 1-5 and included 62 participants.

Starting Small

Starting Small, a program designed to help kids understand tolerance and avoid generalizations, marked its fifth year this summer with a total of 42 students participating in the free program offered at IUS. The program for pre-school to 4th graders included guest speakers, a coloring contest, movies and popcorn, a diversity scavenger hunt, food, games, and storytelling. The new program for seventh and eighth graders offered increased active participation in diversity games, role plays, discussions, movie clips, and videos. Jackie Love, director of Equity and Diversity, and Administrative Assistant Art Eberhart, were in charge of the program.

Project Ahead

Two hundred children in grades two through six from the Kentuckiana region participated this summer in Project Ahead, an IUS program aimed at gifted and talented children. Gifted students who got recommendations from their teachers were able to participate in classes that included science, foreign language, computers, history, and theater.

Alumni spend a day at the races

More than 180 IUS alumni spent the Fourth of July holiday celebrating the seventh annual Alumni Day at the Races at Churchill Downs on Millionaires Row. The event, sponsored by the IU Southeast Alumni Association and the Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter of the IU Alumni Association, helped bring together former students, family members, and friends for a day of entertainment and wagering.

Laurent Legendre

Laurent Legendre, a professor at the University Jean Monnet de Saint Etienne in France, came to IUS this summer as an IU Institute for Advanced Study Fellow to present research on Australian carnivorous plants. Legendre has done extensive work on carnivorous plants called butterworts and also presented this research at IUS and IUB during his stay from July 25 to August 17.

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