Student graduates from university
Owensboro Community and Technical College
Bartholomew County: Emily Susan Haub, degree in veterinary technology
Universities announce Dean’s lists
The Cumberlands
Columbus: Ashim Khadka, Sonali Rawat, Shravan Kumar Balde
Hope: Constance Chasteen
Southern New Hampshire University
Columbus: Amber Davis, Sarah Aulick Smith, William Huffer
North Vernon: Cody Hubbard, Haley Sharp, Jessica Wilson
University of Evansville
Columbus: Jessica Johnston, Luke Schneider, Henry Hall
Hope: Rachel Hoke
Commission selects teachers for fellowship
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced that 20 educators from across the state have been chosen to participate in the Indiana Educator Fellowship for Creative Teaching, a program centered on bringing arts and creativity into the classroom. This prestigious program invites educators to participate in hands-on training sessions followed by the implementation of a full semester of arts integration activities in the classroom.
The Fellowship for Creative Teachers is a program of the IAC, in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), that celebrates and supports outstanding educators throughout the state in implementing creativity-centered innovation in the classroom.
The 2024 Creative Teaching Cohort is:
- Amber Sims, Central Middle School (Bartholomew County)
- Amelia Shaw, Columbus North High School and Columbus East High School (Bartholomew County)
- Brooke Hamlett, Hornet Park Elementary (Marion County)
- Christine Gauer, Saint Patrick School of the Terre Haute Deanery (Vigo County)
- Denise Wampler, Southside Elementary School (Bartholomew County)
- Duane Curry, Christel House Academy West (Marion County)
- Emily Thien, Eastwood Middle School (Marion County)
- Gregg Nowling, Purdue Polytechnic High School Englewood (Marion County)
- Joscilyn Acosta, Premier Arts Academy (Elkhart County)
- Kathie Kenworthy, York Elementary School (Elkhart County)
- Laurisa LeSure, Wilson Elementary (St. Joseph County)
- MacKenzie Cox, Centerville Junior High School (Wayne County)
- Maria Edwards, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School (Lawrence County)
- Mary Dinkel, Fayette Elementary School (Vigo County)
- Mickie Magnuson, Greater Clark County School Corporation (Clark County)
- Molly Oros, Valparaiso High School (Porter County)
- Nicole Schadek, Purdue Polytechnic High School Schweitzer Center at Englewood (Marion County)
- Raeanne Yatska, New Castle High School (Henry County)
- Sarah Elrhanjaoui, William Tell Elementary (Perry County)
- Shawn Charlton, Bartholomew County Youth Services Center (Bartholomew County)
The fellows will attend a series of virtual learning sessions and will receive three days of immersive, hands-on training in connecting creativity to state standards, access to a fully funded in-school creative arts residency, and a $1,000 honorarium.
Local art students honored at Franklin
FRANKLIN – The Franklin College Art Department presented awards at the annual reception of the spring semester student art exhibit.
Among the students who received awards were:
- Karina Sebastian, of Shelbyville, received an Award of Excellence for ceramics I.
- Aidan Asher, of Shelbyville, received an Award of Merit for fine art photo I.
- Hayden Kermode, of Shelbyville, received an Honorable Mention for fine art photo I.
- Maggie Abshire, of Columbus, received an Award of Excellence for advanced design.
- Emma Mills, of Columbus, received an Award of Excellence for advanced fine art photo.
- Tristan Reeves, of Columbus, received an Honorable Mention for 3D foundations, and an Honorable Mention for Ceramics I.
