University news
Ivy Tech increases credential completion
Ivy Tech Community College has seen an increase in overall completion of credentials over the previous academic year.
The college awarded 25,803 certificates, technical certificates and associate degrees to more than 18,000 students in the 2017-18 academic year. The increase is more than 4,500 over the prior academic year and represents a 22 percent overachievement of the college’s 2018 strategic plan goal.
Credentials awarded in high-demand industries saw the largest percentages of year-over-year growth. Those include information technology at 75 percent; business, logistics and supply chain at 45 percent; advanced manufacturing at 42 percent; and health care at 18 percent.
IUPUC hires new faculty member
IUPUC has hired a new faculty member for the school’s graduate program in mental health counseling.
Brian Russ has been hired as an assistant professor at the university and most recently worked as director for community support services at Newaygo County Mental Health in White Cloud, Michigan. There, he managed a team of 15 masters’ level clinicians providing outpatient, crisis and integrated behavioral services.
Foundations award grants to IUPUC programs
Two foundations have awarded more than $150,000 to different programs at IUPUC.
A $25,000 gift from the Elizabeth and Walter Nugent Foundation and the Clarence and Inez Custer Foundation was made to the Cheryl B. Warner Mental Health Counseling Fund for graduate students pursuing a master of arts degree in mental health counseling.
An additional $25,000 gift will support the renovation of classroom space at IUPUC into a functioning mental health care clinic, according to a news release.
The foundations also awarded $98,000 to provide tuition assistance for students in the fall, spring and summer RN to BSN cohorts program and scholarships for students in the accelerated BSN program beginning in the summer of 2019.
IUPUC’s Division of Education also received $4,500 for 30 Chromebook computers, according to the university.
