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Two receive IUPUC scholarships
IUPUC announced that Quincy Collins, Pike High School, Indianapolis, and Tristian Wirth, South Knox High School, Vincennes, are recipients of IUPUC African American Fund scholarships. These $1,000 scholarships are funded by the African American Fund of Bartholomew County, and are awarded to newly enrolled students each year and renewable for a total of four years ($4,000 total). In addition to the financial aid, students will have the opportunity to be mentored by local community leaders.
“There is more to these scholarships than just a dollar amount,” said IUPUC Associate Professor of Management, Kevin Jones, Ed.D. “They were designed to include mentoring from local leaders in order to give these students not only the best opportunity for success in school, but also provide community connections to help them after they graduate.”
The African American Fund of Bartholomew County was established in 2013 by The Heritage Fund, Community Foundation of Bartholomew County to help educate and inspire African Americans in Bartholomew County by focusing on education, leadership development, economic/career development, health awareness, and arts & cultural events.
Collins and Wirth join Tatum Downing, a student in the Division of Business at IUPUC, as scholarship recipients since its inception in 2019. Collins and Wirth are both student-athletes and members of IUPUC’s inaugural baseball team, which begins NAIA play starting in February. While at IUPUC, Collins plans to study mechanical engineering, and Wirth plans to study biology.
Central spell team named champion
Central Middle School students were recognized at Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp.’s board meeting for their achievements at Indiana Academic Spell Bowl.
Over 20 students wanted to join the school’s team this year, which led Coach Mindy Summers to divide them into two teams of 10 students each. According to Summers, Central’s “Blue Team” was named the Class 1 State Champion based on their performance at regionals, where they came in first place both overall and within their classification size.
The Blue Team then advanced to state finals at Purdue University, where they finished in the top five. The overall state champion was Creekside Middle School from Carmel.
Additionally, any student with a perfect score at either regionals or state was invited to an individual state competition, said Summers. Central students Ava Horn, Ronit Mengale and Crystal Vasquez Bautista achieved silver status at this event, only missing one word out of 50. Sriyan Bathula achieved bronze status, missing only two words. Sanjeet Mane and Rajvi Sapkal also competed.
Student named to Dean’s list
Milwaukee School of Engineering has named Alana Dwenger, Columbus, to its Dean’s list. Dwenger is pursuing a bachelor of science in biomolecular engineering.
School of Medicine offers fellowship
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Urology is now accepting applications for a new fellowship focused on andrology and male sexual and reproductive medicine. This is the first training program in andrology/sexual medicine in Indiana, and one of only 19 in the United States. The program will teach fellows to become experts in providing specialized care in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of issues like erectile dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease, male infertility and more.
IU School of Medicine is home to the only urology residency program in Indiana. The new fellowship provides an additional training opportunity for graduating residents from both IU and other parts of the country to study the specialty. They’ll learn from faculty at IU School of Medicine and treat patients through the school’s partnership with Indiana University Health.
The department will take one fellow per year, starting in the summer of 2023. Applicants for the 2024 academic year will use the American Urological Association match process.
Art department announces awards
FRANKLIN – The Franklin College Art Department presented awards at the annual reception of the fall semester student art exhibit on Monday, Dec. 5. Students from all levels of studio art classes displayed a selection of their work completed during the spring semester.
Students who received awards included:
Lola Reed, of Columbus, received an Award of Merit in fine art photo.
Emma Vannice, of Columbus, received an Honorable Mention in design I.
