IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI: Signature Events

Signature Events
- Joseph Taylor Symposium

Schedule

The 23rd Annual Joseph Taylor Symposium
The Campus for the Community

Presented by the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI in association with the Department of History

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
IUPUI Campus Center
420 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN
(317) 278-1839

Since the late 1960s when Indiana and Purdue universities joined their extension programs to create IUPUI, more than half a million graduates have emerged from this urban campus. How has IUPUI shaped Indianapolis? How has Indianapolis shaped IUPUI? In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, the 2012 Joseph T. Taylor Symposium considers the connections between the university and city and how they have created a campus for the community.

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Registration

8:00-8:25 am

Campus Center Fourth Floor

Welcome

8:25-8:30 am

Campus Center 409, Tony Sherrill Meeting Room

Dean William Blomquist, IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Part 1

8:30-9:30 am

Promises of Urban Higher Education
Campus Center 409, Tony Sherrill Meeting Room

Forty years ago the new campus buildings rising to the west of downtown Indianapolis expanded state-funded higher education and affiliated services and facilities to the multiple audiences of an urban setting. Panelists will discuss the historical context of urban universities and their roles in post-World War II American education, development of community programming and connections, and the training of medical and allied health students and the wellness services offered to citizens of the city, the state, and the nation.

Speakers: Robin Hughes, Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs, IUPUI & Indiana University-Bloomington

Monica Medina, Clinical Lecturer, IU School of Education; Board Chair, La Plaza Inc.

Lillian Stokes, Associate Professor of Nursing, IU School of Nursing

Moderator: Khaula H. Murtadha, Vice Chancellor for Lifelong Learning, IUPUI

Break

9:30-9:45 am

Part 2

9:45-10:45 am

Urban Higher Education and Community Engagement
Campus Center 409, Tony Sherrill Meeting Room

In addition to the expanded educational opportunities afforded local citizens, faculty on the new campus developed research agendas and service projects that have studied urban policy, documented multicultural neighborhoods, explored the interplay of race and class in urban renewal, and expanded healthcare services to minorities, especially those in neighborhoods near the university.

Speakers: Susan Brin Hyatt, Associate Professor of Anthropology, IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Lewis Jones, Doctoral student, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University-Bloomington

Javier Sevilla-Martir, Assistant Dean for Diversity Affairs, IU School of Medicine

Moderator: Erika Smith, Metro Columnist, The Indianapolis Star

Break

10:45-11:00 am

Part 3

11:00 am-12:00 pm

Economic Impacts of Urban Higher Education
Campus Center 409, Tony Sherrill Meeting Room

IUPUI has contributed to the prosperity of the city in multiple ways. It has fostered businesses created by its graduates and faculty, supported local industries by training skilled technicians, and prepared thousands of university graduates for the demands of creative, globally-connected, knowledge sector jobs and society.

Speakers: Pete Hylton, Director, Motorsports Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI

Haley Glover, Director of Convening Strategy, Lumina Foundation for Education

Ali Jafari, Professor of Computer and Information Technology; Director of the CyberLab Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI

Moderator: Paul Carlin, Professor and Chair of Economics, IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Part 4

12:00-12:30 pm

Poster Session
Campus Center 405, Yale Pratt Meeting Room

A student, faculty, and staff poster session exploring IUPUI’s connections to the community

Luncheon

12:30-2:30 pm

Campus Center 450

Seating is limited. Reservations are required

Presentation of the Joseph T. Taylor Excellence in Diversity Awards

Charles R. Bantz, Chancellor, IUPUI; Executive Vice President, Indiana University; Professor of Communication Studies, IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Luncheon Address

Charlotte Westerhaus, Acting President, Martin University

Charlotte Westerhaus is the Acting President of Martin University. Previously, she was the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). She has been an administrator and teacher at the University of Iowa, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Pomona College and the University of California-Davis. In 2009, she received the "Sam Jones Trailblazer Award" from Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels for her outstanding leadership and community service in Indiana and, in 2008, was awarded the "First Decade Award" for her outstanding service to the National Association of College and University Attorneys and to the practice of higher education law. She holds a B.S. in journalism and a master’s in education from Ohio University and earned her J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law where she was the first African American female selected for Indiana Law Journal membership and served as the assistant editor. In addition, while she was still a law student, she clerked for Indiana Supreme Court Justice Brent E. Dickson. Acting President Westerhaus-Renfrow presently serves on the Indiana Board of Bar Examiners and the IUPUI Board of Advisors.

The Joseph Taylor Symposium

Dr. Joseph T. Taylor served as a Professor of Sociology from 1965 to 1983 and as the first Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI from 1967–1978. Dr. Taylor is remembered for his commitment to dialogue and diversity.

The Joseph Taylor Symposium honors Dr. Taylor for his many contributions to the university and the community by hosting informed discussion on issues of concern in urban America. The Twenty-Second Annual Joseph Taylor Symposium is offered in celebration of all Dr. Taylor stood for during his lifetime and stands as a lasting legacy to his vision and life work.

The 2012 Joseph Taylor Symposium is a part of the IndyTalks Series. IndyTalks is a citywide effort to foster a sense of community through respectful and creative civic dialogue. To be in "dialogue" with one another is to share ideas, information, experiences, and assumptions in the pursuit of learning. To do so civically is to open up oneself to new insights that inform the public good. IndyTalks is a catalyst for you to converse, connect, and create in this way. The 2012 series theme is "Indianapolis at the Crossroads." To learn more about IndyTalks and upcoming events, visit: www.indytalks.info.

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