Education News and Features
New grant awards support initiatives across campus
August 11, 2017
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind,)—IU Southeast scholars continue to attract grant funding for innovative and impactful projects. Four new awards highlight a diversity of initiatives that will translate into exciting learning experiences for IU Southeast students and broad benefits to local and larger communities. Supporting community health on the Pine Ridge Reservation Pine Ridge ...
3D imaging project to expand access to region’s history
August 9, 2017
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—A surveyor’s chain that was used to plot out the township of New Albany in 1813 belongs to the most significant holdings of the Padgett Museum, where it is on display. Professional historians may handle it on a limited basis but it is off-limits to history buffs and other visitors. ...
What’s New: Graduate Certificate in Modern World History
July 28, 2017
What’s new at IU Southeast? The graduate certificate in Modern World History is a career-focused program that provides advanced training in the methods and skills of historians, helping high school teachers satisfy new state guidelines for instruction in dual-credit programs, and giving other admitted graduate students insights into world history from a broad, comparative perspective. ...
New degree = new journey for veteran Brian Cole ’17
July 25, 2017
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Promise High School in Madison, Ind. is not a typical secondary institution. It serves the inmate population of the Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility, Indiana’s only maximum-security prison for adolescent females. This summer, the school hired a new social studies teacher: IU Southeast graduate Brian Cole, ’17. For Cole, a U.S. ...
Award-winning film, “Finding Home” has IU Southeast connection
April 7, 2017
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–What does “home” mean to you? That’s the question at the center of “Finding Home,” a deeply compassionate and expertly crafted indie film written and directed by Nick Westfall and co-produced by Bradford Griggs, assistant professor of education at IU Southeast. The film will screen on Tuesday, April 11 at ...
Education faculty Sumreen Asim takes part in high-profile photo exhibit, “Americans”
April 5, 2017
By Steven Krolak Over the past 20 years, Louisville photographer Ross Gordon has visited and worked in over 50 countries, gathering images and understanding of peoples and cultures. In that time, he has come to see photography as a powerful way to bring people together, to meet one another across ethnic, religious and social divides. ...
Poverty simulation at IU Southeast receives grant from Community Foundation of Southern Indiana
January 26, 2017
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—How do you apply for food stamps? Can you open a bank account when you live in your car? How do you prepare for a job interview when you have no place to bathe? If you are a teenager in a family of three, living with a single parent who ...
Third World Studies conference celebrates global scholarship
December 13, 2016
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Last month, scholars from around the world gathered at IU Southeast for the 34th annual meeting of the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS). Chaired by Dr. Doyin Coker-Kolo, dean of the School of Education and president-elect of the ATWS, the conference unfolded as a lively blend of academic presentations ...
