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NEWSNews for February 2012
Eagan Honored with the IUPUI Hine Medal
February 29 | News Categories: Alumni Accomplishments | Campus News | Philanthropic Studies
Three outstanding Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis alumni this week received the Maynard K. Hine Medal in recognition of their significant contributions in support of the IUPUI campus and its alumni programs.
The IUPUI Alumni Council honored Tonja Conour Eagan, Stephen A. Brinegar and Karen M. Yoder as 2012 Hine Medal recipients during the annual IUPUI Alumni Leadership Dinner on Feb. 23, 2012, at University Place Conference Center and Hotel. More than 200 campus administrators, faculty, alumni and community supporters attended the event.
The Hine award, presented annually since 1974, is named after Maynard …
New Books on Africa Examine Economy and Women’s Issues
February 28 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Books by Faculty | Faculty and Staff | Women's Studies
Two newly released books on contemporary Africa—one on its economic ties to other nations, the other on women’s roles to family and society—reveal intricate relationships affecting the continent’s sustained growth and development. The volumes are Gender, Sexuality, and Mothering in Africa (Africa World Press) and Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa (University of Rochester Press).
The books are edited by Professor Bessie House-Soremekun, director of Africana studies in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and Toyin Falola, Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
“Recent …
Communication Studies Major McDaniel debuts video on BET’s 106 & Park
February 23 | News Categories: Communication Studies | Student Accomplishments
When it comes to communicating, not every Communication Studies major can claim to be communicating via video on BET. But senior IUPUI student Ryan McDaniel can – last month, his music video, “Naïve,” debuted on BET’s 106 & Park.
With so much music accessible to listeners through online services like Youtube, Spotify, and music blogs, new artists must compete with countless others to be heard. McDaniel credits the skills he’s learned in the classroom with setting him apart from the crowd. “What I’m doing is communicating. I’m just communicating …
IUPUI Professor Will Deliver Keynote at Awards Ceremony for Creative Teenagers
February 22 | News Categories: Civic Engagement | English | Faculty and Staff
Indiana State Poet Laureate Karen Kovacik, a professor of English at IUPUI, will be the keynote speaker for the Central and Southern Indiana Scholastic Art and Writing Awards ceremony.
Almost 600 middle and high school students will receive Central and Southern Indiana Scholastic Art & Writing Awards during a ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave. on the Butler University campus.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s largest, longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teenagers in the visual and literary arts.
During …
IUPUI Center Helps International Economics Professor Bridge Language Divide
February 21 | News Categories: Centers | Civic Engagement | English | International
After 20 years traveling the world as a Japanese manufacturing company executive, Hisaya Kitaoka found a new career he loved, teaching international economics at Franklin College which is 20 miles south of downtown Indianapolis.
Kitaoka received glowing reviews for his classroom skills, but supervisors told him his writing needed improvement.
About the same time, an academic journal in his field rejected a research paper over which Kitaoka had labored for months. “They said, ‘It’s very good, but we can’t publish it as is,’” he recalled. “They said, ‘Your English is …
IUPUI Professor Edward E. Curtis Co-Founds Journal of Africana Religions
February 16 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Faculty and Staff | International | Religious Studies | Research
Edward E. Curtis IV, professor of religious studies in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, has co-founded the Journal of Africana Religions, the world’s only refereed journal devoted to research on the religions of African-descended people in global perspective.
“This journal signifies a rich coming-of-age in the study of African and African Diasporic studies,” said scholar, author and activist Cornel West.
Pennsylvania State University Press will publish the Journal of Africana Religions quarterly in both print and electronic form starting in January 2013. The journal will focus on the religious …
In the News - January 2012
February 13 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Anthropology | History | Museum Studies | Political Science | Religious Studies
Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.
Politics Infuse White Case
The Indianapolis Star, January 4, 2012
A judge ruled Secretary of State Charlie White ineligible to run for Secretary of State in 2010 because he was registered to vote in a precinct where he did not live. This decision …
IUPUI to Stage Lost Play by Shakespeare and Fletcher for Theater Opening
February 09 | News Categories: Communication Studies | English
A campus theatre that has been years in the making and a play that has been years in the re-making will take center stage this April with performances of the much-anticipated play during the inaugural performance of a state-of-the-art performance space at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
The IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and Hoosier Bard Productions will present the “lost” play, The History of Cardenio, by William Shakespeare and his younger contemporary John Fletcher as recreated and reimagined by Florida State University Professor …
Tributes to Dr. Jack Price and Dr. B. Bruce Wagener
February 01 | News Categories: Communication Studies | Faculty and Staff
The Memorial Resolution in honor of Dr. B. Bruce Wagener, emeritus faculty of the Department of Communication Studies. Presented at the January 27, 2012 School of Liberal Arts Faculty Assembly meeting by Dr. Kristy Sheeler, Chair of Communication Studies. [View the video tribute]
The Memorial Resolution in honor of Dr. Jack Price, faculty of the Department of Communication Studies. Presented at the January 27, 2012 School of Liberal Arts Faculty Assembly meeting by Dr. Kristy Sheeler, Chair of Communication Studies. [View the video tribute]
ICIC offers workshop to help international researchers enhance oral presentation skills
February 01 | News Categories: Centers | English | Faculty and Staff | International | Lectures and Seminars | Opportunities | Research
Making oral presentations at scientific and academic conferences and meetings is a standard expectation for university researchers and instructors. For non-native English speakers, however, giving oral presentations that are clear, concise and understandable to the audience may be challenging because of intercultural differences in presentation formats and styles.
The Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication, a language and cultural training center that is part of the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, is presenting a workshop designed to help international researchers enhance their oral presentation …
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