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Hoosiers Can Visit Indiana State Museum Free Saturday
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana State Museum, with assistance from Smithsonian magazine, will hold a free admission day Saturday the 1st as part of a nationwide “Museum Day.”
IU Freshmen On Top Of Their Game
(BLOOMINGTON) - This year’s freshmen at Indiana University have the highest test scores and class standings of any class so far.
Purdue Main Campus Enrollment Drops
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Enrollment at Purdue’s main campus is down about 100 students this year.
Vincennes University To Break Ground On Tech Center
(VINCENNES) - In about two weeks Vincennes University will break ground on the State Center For Applied Technology that will offer training programs to business and industry partners throughout the state.
IU Group Says Latino Students Need More Help
(BLOOMINGTON) - The Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University Bloomington, in a report, indicated the state of Indiana needs to do more to address the huge growth of Latino Hoosiers who are learning English as their second language.
Indiana SAT Scores Released
(UNDATED) - Indiana’s SAT scores skidded six points from last year, but the state still gained ground on the national average for a fourth straight year.
Indiana Schools Suspend 1,700 Students Daily
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana schools reportedly have plenty of troublemakers.
Purdue Fraternities To Attend Alcohol Awareness Workshops
(WEST LAFAYETETE) - Purdue University is punishing five fraternities that were temporarily suspended for allowing underage drinking parties at chapter houses.
Rose-Hulman Freshman Class Ethnically Diverse
(TERRE HAUTE) - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is reporting that the 2007 freshman class is the most ethnically and geographically diverse in school history.
Perfect Attendance Could Win Student A Car
(BLOOMINGTON) - There’s new incentive to get out of bed for some Bloomington-area high school students.
IU South Bend Campus Expands To Elkhart
(ELKHART) - Indiana University’s newest campus opens tomorrow.
Thursday Is IU Move-In Day
(BLOOMINGTON) - Thursday is the big day for all IU freshman…move-in day!
ISU Teams With Lawrence County Group To Spur Growth
(BEDFORD) - Indiana State University and the Lawrence County Economic Growth Council announced a new educational and economic development partnership yesterday.
Business To Build Classroom Barn At State Fairgrounds
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The state fairgrounds will add what it’s billing as the world’s largest classroom: a 42-hundred-square-foot barn.
Indiana University Gets 1.9M Environmental Grant
(BLOOMINGTON) - An Indiana University led team has been awarded a grant for more than $1.9 million to develop a cyberinfrastructure to help scientists understand the current and future fate of the polar ice sheets.
Nancy Comisky Named head of IU Media
(BLOOMINGTON) - Indiana University in Bloomington has announced the appointment of Nancy Comiskey as interim director of IU Student Media.
Girls Going Home With Cervical Cancer Fact Sheets
(UNDATED) - Sixth-grade girls will go home from school with something new this year: a fact sheet about cervical cancer.
Students Donate Blood For School Supplies
(UNDATED) - The Indiana Blood Center is helping six Central Indiana high schools start the academic year with new school merchandise.
IU's Emerging Tech Center Helps Business Growth
(INDIANAPOLIS) - An Indianapolis-based life sciences firm has become the seventh graduate of Indiana University’s emerging technologies center.
Purdue Frats On Suspension
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Five fraternities at Purdue University are on suspension for alleged alcohol violations.
Purdue To Text Emergency Text Network
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue University will evaluate the reliability of text messaging on large scale.
College Professor And Family Affected By Quake
(GOSHEN) - A Goshen College professor in Lima, Peru says he and his family felt Wednesday’s deadly earthquake.
Cook Group Announces Grant To Bloomington Schools
(BLOOMINGTON) - Bloomington-based Cook Group has announced a $150-thousand grant to the Monroe County Community School Corporation to help with the school corporation’s restructuring plans.
Private Liberal Arts Colleges Twindling
(CRAWFORDSVILLE) - You won’t find too many private, independent, four year liberal arts colleges for men. In fact, there are only three left in the country and one is located in Indiana.
Indiana's Average ACT Score Increases
(UNDATED) - Indiana’s average ACT composite score increased again in 2007.
Daniels Appoints Two Trustees For IU
(BLOOMINGTON) - This week’s scheduled meeting of the Indiana University Board of Trustees will be the first for three new trustees appointed by Governor Mitch Daniels.
MHS School Board Trying To Understand Fundraisers
(MITCHELL) - Just two days before students at Mitchell Community Schools are scheduled to return to the classroom, fundraisers for the different clubs became in jeopardy.
Novelstar Program To Begin At MHS
(MITCHELL) - A new online credit recovery program has become available for students at the Mitchell Community Schools.
Tuesday First Day of School For NLCS Students
(UNDATED) - The summer season is quickly coming to an end for students of the North Lawrence Community Schools.
Motorists Need To Look Out For Young Students
(UNDATED) - The approaching start of school means you need to be extra-watchful for kids darting into the street.
Blog Questions IU's Search Engine
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana University says there is nothing wrong with its deal with the internet search engine ChaCha, despite claims the school’s new president recently left that company’s board of directors.
NLCS Students Prepare For First Day Of School
(BEDFORD) - Students in the North Lawrence Community School Corporation know there are just a few days left before hitting the books.
Video Games Help Teach College Classes
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue plans to teach an engineering course as a video game, and more classes at more schools are likely to be close behind.
Franklin College To Restore Theatre
(FRANKLIN) - Franklin College says an $80,000 dollar grant will allow it to renovate the historic Custer Theatre into a “class a” recital hall.
Teachers Face Tax Hikes Without Proper Paperwork
(UNDATED) - The IRS is warning teachers they risk an extra 20-percent on their tax bills if their schools don’t file the proper paperwork.
Purdue President Lays Ground Work For Strategic Plan
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue University’s president is laying the ground work for a new strategic plan.
Teacher Gets Her Trip Into Space
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Astronaut Barbara Morgan will become the first teacher in space when the Space Shuttle Endeavour launches today.
State Releases School Lunch Program Guidelines
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The state has announced the income limits for the school lunch program this year.
Gary Bus Drivers Get Pink Slip
(GARY) - Laidlaw Educational Services says it is laying off 250 bus drivers and 20 administrative staff in Gary.
ISU One Of Many Colleges Under Investigation
(TERRE HAUTE) - Indiana State University is one of 39 colleges and universities to receive a request for information in connection with the New York attorney general’s investigation into Student Financial Services, Inc.
IU Medicine School Receives Grant
(UNDATED) - The Indiana University School of Medicine has received an 11.5 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the cause and treatment of heart failure in children.
Dates Set For New Enrollees At BNL High School
(BEDFORD) - Tuesday, August 14th is an important date for those attending the North Lawrence Community Schools.
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