IUPUC soon will become IU Columbus.
The academic institution soon to be known as IU Columbus joins a logical realignment of Indiana University’s satellite campuses. The local campus with an enrollment of more than 1,400 students has provided educational opportunity in this community for more than half a century.
Like IUPUI in Indianapolis, the campus currently known as IUPUC will shed its Purdue University title affiliation, though Purdue will retain a separate local presence. IUPUC will officially become IU Columbus in July 2024.
“As we become IU Columbus, this is the beginning of a new era for the campus and a continuation of our focus on serving south central Indiana,” IUPUC Vice Chancellor and Dean Reinhold Hill in a statement last week. “Our steadfast commitment to students across our community will never change, but we’ll do so unmistakably linked to the state’s most comprehensive university.”
The name will change, but we expect the educational mission of service to students will remain and improve.
Way to help single mothers
A new fund of the United Way of Bartholomew County is lending a helping hand to single mothers, and that’s a fitting mission for the charity that recently announced an anti-poverty initiative.
As The Republic’s Brian Blair reported, “Women United, a philanthropic society of United Way of Bartholomew County, has launched the Women United: Funding Tomorrow fund. This fund is designed to help single mothers overcome barriers so that they can reach their full potential. … The fund can be accessed for help with barriers related to employment or stable housing.”
Blair wrote of one single mom who had worked 70 hours a week to save for a down payment on a home for herself and her three kids. When interest rates rose, though, she was $500 short of what she needed to close on her home. This new fund closed the gap and made her dream of homeownership a reality.
Do you believe charity begins at home? Donate to this fund at uwbarthco.org.
The red carpet for ‘Blue’
Piper Parks was a student at CSA New Tech when she wrote a screenplay. Last year, it won a student contest sponsored by Bloomington-based Pigasus Pictures. Last week, her words translated to the short film “Blue” premiered at the Crump Theater in Columbus.
“It still feels like a dream come true to finally see this on the big screen,” Parks said.
A tip of the hat to Pigasus, a little studio that puts a big emphasis on daring to dream, and to Parks, for doing just that.
Plan for a fun ‘Night Out’
Columbus has a fun way to celebrate community and public safety, and you can join in Tuesday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. That’s when the free Columbus Public Safety Family Fun Day will take place in the Lowes parking lot, 3500 10th St.
Conducted in collaboration with National Night Out, the event will will offer the public a chance to interact with police, firefighters and other public safety personnel, ask questions, and see equipment such as police cars and fire trucks up close.
Stop by for a fun time with those who serve and protect.
