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Photo of Deborah Ford provided by University of Wisconsin - Parkside.

IU Alumna Returns to Claim Title of Next Chancellor

Gracie Vanover, Freelance Reporter February 2, 2023

An Indiana University alumna and longtime college executive with Kentuckiana roots has been tapped as the next IUS chancellor.   Deborah Ford, who has held the top job at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside...

Chancellor Candidates State Their Case

Chancellor Candidates State Their Case

Crystal Sexton Poates, Staff Reporter January 29, 2023

IUS Students had opportunities this month for question-and-answer sessions of the two finalists vying to replace Chancellor Ray Wallace, who died in 2021. One was a familiar name: Kelly Ryan, who has...

New dean of education brings her tradition into new role

New dean of education brings her tradition into new role

Joel Stinnett, Staff Reporter October 5, 2015

Doyin Coker-Kolo was raised in an area in the southwest corner of Nigeria called Abeokuta, meaning "a town under a rock." The town was given that name because it is surrounded by jagged outcrops of...

Chancellor Wallace’s first semester at IUS

Chancellor Wallace’s first semester at IUS

Joel Stinnett, Managing Editor for Digital December 1, 2014

On Friday Dec. 5, Chancellor Ray Wallace will walk onstage at The Ogle Center in full regalia. In the crowd will be IU President Michael A. McRobbie and the chancellors of each IU campus. His family and...

New Chancellor Ray Wallace slaps hands with faculty and staff on Induction Day.

New Chancellor Ray Wallace wants to share the secret of IU Southeast

Joel Stinnett, Digital Managing Editor August 22, 2014

IU Southeast Chancellor Ray Wallace knows what it is like to be a newcomer in a foreign land. In 1978 the Northern Ireland native arrived in the United States thanks to a track scholarship, and promptly...

Enrollment falls back for semester

IUS Horizon September 16, 2012
IU Southeast enrollment dropped by 5 percent for the fall 2012 semester and has the smallest population out of the eight regional Indiana University campuses. Christopher Crews, associate director of Admissions, said IU Southeast expected a drop due to the demographics. “We expected and knew that the demographics in this area wouldn’t support continued growth at that rate,” Crews said.

Lodge to fulfill need for housing

IUS Horizon August 26, 2012
IU Southeast broke ground for the newest campus lodge during a ceremony on April 25. Timber Lodge will be the sixth housing unit on campus with a projected opening in fall 2013 with an additional 76 beds. “Much like four years ago, this is also a very special moment for we seized upon a unique opportunity to add another lodge and thereby meet a growing student demand for living and learning on this beautiful campus,” Chancellor Sandra Patterson-Randles said. “This is indeed a very special milestone because this lodge, called Timber Lodge, will be our first LEED certified building on campus.”

Alumni Association expands student scholarship program

IUS Horizon August 26, 2012
As part of a new initiative to help the campus community, the IU Southeast Alumni Association is offering six scholarships to students for the 2012-13 school year. The scholarship amounts total $10,000, with six $1,000 scholarships and one $4,000 scholarship for Athletics. Of the six scholarships, each one will be divided between the six schools at IU Southeast. Jerry Wayne, vice chancellor of Alumni and Community Relations, said half of the scholarship amount for the individual schools came from the organization’s scholarship account. The other half was provided by Chancellor Sandra Patterson-Randles.
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