Education News and Features
Faculty Innovator: Neil Brewer, School of Education
March 18, 2024
By Steven Krolak Neil Brewer, senior lecturer in education, uses model rocketry to illustrate elementary science principles while helping teacher candidates build proficiency in the collaborative practices they will need to engage and inspire the next generation of K-12 learners. It’s more than rocket science In the 200-level undergraduate course, Beginning Teacher Experiences, candidates become ...
Chancellor Debbie Ford installed in formal ceremony
March 1, 2024
New Albany, Ind – For only the sixth time in the 83-year history of Indiana University Southeast, a formal installation ceremony was held on February 28, to instate Dr. Deborah Ford as Chancellor of the university. President Pamela Whitten presided over the sometimes-lighthearted event, with 300 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members in attendance, ...
946 students honored for academics at IU Southeast
February 13, 2024
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – Indiana University Southeast is proud to announce members of the fall 2023 Dean’s List and Chancellor’s List. For the fall 2023 semester, 273 students made the Chancellor’s List, while 673 students were named to the Dean’s List. The Dean’s and Chancellor’s lists recognize students who have completed at least 12 graded ...
Faculty Innovators: Kelli Dehr Bernedo and Molly Riddle, School of Education
January 25, 2024
By Steven Krolak New Albany, IN — Kelli Dehr Bernedo, assistant professor of ENL/ESL education and Molly Riddle, assistant professor of elementary mathematics education, have designed a new approach to preparing the next generation of teachers to succeed in the increasingly diverse K-12 classrooms of Kentuckiana and beyond. Better together Bernedo and Riddle’s innovation is ...
IU Southeast Hosts 2023 IU Undergraduate Research Conference
December 12, 2023
IU Southeast demonstrated their commitment to transformative research at the recent Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference was held Friday, December 8 on the IU Southeast campus and featured over 150 undergraduates who shared oral and poster presentations before judges, as well as students, faculty, staff, and the public. Judges named seven oral presentations ...
Chancellor’s Awards celebrate achievement, diversity, service
December 6, 2023
Special by Steven Krolak Each year the Chancellor’s Awards celebrate academic achievement, diversity and service. This year’s winners, honored at the annual State of Campus ceremony on September 15, have each made positive contributions to the standing, culture and atmosphere of IU Southeast. Distinguished Teaching Award: Dr. Margot Morgan, Associate Professor of Political Science Since ...
IU Southeast, New Neighbors Education Center offer session on diversity in the workforce
October 27, 2023
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – The Indiana University Southeast School of Education through its New Neighbors Education Center is offering a workshop on Thursday, November 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. entitled Diversity in the Workforce: Fostering Inclusion. The event is open to people from all sectors of education, business, industry, healthcare and social services. ...
Donna Albrecht part of IU team helping teachers in Myanmar, Thailand
October 17, 2023
By Steven Krolak, special to IU Southeast In an ideal world, K-12 teachers would be trained in predictable, structured situations, like classrooms with state-of-the-art computers and student-teaching placements in local schools, supplemented by professional development opportunities like conferences, seminars, and workshops that keep them at the leading edge of their profession. But in the real ...