University news
Local graduate earns doctorate
Columbus native Drew Gonsalves was awarded a doctorate in computer engineering from the University of Florida in August.
Gonsalves successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Trackerless Tracking: An Unsupervised, Fingerprint-Based Positioning Approach for Indoor and Outdoor Localization.”
He is a 2007 graduate of Columbus North High School and the son of Brad and Jeannine Gonsalves of Columbus.
Ivy Tech to host Express Enrollment Day
Ivy Tech Community College will host Express Enrollment Day events at more than 20 locations across Indiana, including Columbus, from from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday.
During the event, prospective students can visit certain Ivy Tech locations for an in-person enrollment experience and register for classes that start on Jan. 13. The Ivy Tech Columbus campus, 4555 Central Ave., will be open to prospective students during this time.
With Ivy Tech staff onsite, participants will have the opportunity to register for classes, discuss financial aid options and meet with academic advisers. Participants can also learn more about assessment options.
During Express Enrollment Day, students can complete the FYIvy online orientation and schedule in-person orientation sessions, including campus tours.
The event is free. Participants are encouraged to RSVP. For more details, including a list of participating Ivy Tech locations, visit IvyTech.edu/EEDay.
Student to perform with university band
Bernard Woon, of Columbus, will perform with Trine University’s Big Band on Sunday.
Woon is majoring in mechanical engineering at Trine University in Angola. He will play the bass trombone during the university jazz ensembles’ fall concert, beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Ryan Concert Hall of the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts, 500 W. Maumee St. in Angola.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Ivy Tech receives $1 million grant from charitable fund
Ivy Tech Community College has received a $1 million grant from the Marianne Glick and Mike Woods Charitable Fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation to establish the TeenWorks Scholars Program.
The TeenWorks Scholars Program at Ivy Tech will provide wraparound services to students, including dedicated advising, emergency aid, technology, tutoring services and more.
Glick and Woods have a strong commitment to helping Ivy Tech students succeed and established this program to ensure more students have the opportunity to earn a credential.
“We are enthusiastic supporters of Ivy Tech, which provides a pathway for students to reach their goals, whatever they may be,” Glick said in a press release. “We have witnessed firsthand the difference that this institution makes in the lives of its students, and to be part of that story is a tremendous responsibility, but carries with it tremendous joy.”
Glick is a member of the Ivy Tech State Board of Trustees, and the downtown campus’ Gene and Marilyn Glick Technology Center is named after her parents.
