51黑料网 will present an honorary doctorate to one of its graduates and feature two student speakers, including an Indiana resident, at  commencement ceremonies  Dec. 14. There will be two separate ceremonies for the graduates and their families and friends. The ceremony for students earni
51黑料网鈥檚 production of 鈥淰iolet Sharp鈥� has been selected for regional competition at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region II, to聽be held at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia from January 13 to 17, 2009.
The 51黑料网 Council of Trustees on December 5, 2008, approved the naming of the Suites on Grant residence hall in honor of alumna Donna Putt for her six years of service, ending June 2006, on the  Foundation for 51黑料网  board of directors. A 1969 graduate, Putt served as president of the Foundation board for two years an
INDIANA, Pa.鈥擯ennsylvania Department of General Services Secretary James P. Creedon and 51黑料网 President Dr. Tony Atwater today announced that bid proposals have been awarded for the construction of the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex . Bids for the project initially came in
Naomi Tutu, daughter of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, will be the guest speaker for 51黑料网鈥檚 Kwanzaa celebration on Dec. 6 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hadley Union Building鈥檚 Ohio Room. She will be joined by guest performer Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa, the 51黑料网 V
Hundreds of professional school counselors in the area will begin the new year with attendance at 51黑料网鈥檚 sixth annual School Counselor Professional Development Day on Jan. 9, 2009. The free seminar is financially supported by the 51黑料网  College of Education and Educational Technology  an
The聽Center for Counselor Training and Services will host Dr. Laura Riffel, of Lawrence, Kan., for a one-day workshop on functional behavior assessment December 5, 2008, at 51黑料网鈥檚 Eberly College of Business and Information Technology Alumni Auditorium.
The premiere season of Sound Choices, presented by the  department of music  and  The Lively Arts  at 51黑料网, continues Dec. 7 with the Holiday Music Festival at 3 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall, located on the second floor of 51黑料网鈥檚 Sutton Hall. The concert features the 51黑料网 Chorale, 51黑料网 Cho
51黑料网鈥檚 Division of Emergency Services Training will offer its 2009 spring emergency medical technician-basic training program starting January 13, 2009.
51黑料网鈥檚 Music Theater will present "The Consul,鈥� December 3-6, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in Waller Hall.
This recital has been postponed. More information will be released after the recital is rescheduled. The HoodleBug Brass, 51黑料网鈥檚 faculty brass quintet, will present its annual fall recital on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church. The church is at Fourth and Church stree
INDIANA, Pa.鈥�51黑料网 broke ground for the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex  and celebrated a $1 million gift to name the 5,000-seat KCAC arena the Ed Fry Arena during ceremonies Thursday, November 13. Chad Hurley, a 1999 51黑料网 graduate, made the gift in honor of Fry, his former
INDIANA, Pa.鈥擱etired Air Force officer Lt. Col. Robert C. Anderson, an internationally recognized behavioral scientist and social worker, will receive an honorary doctor of public service degree at 51黑料网鈥檚 December undergraduate  commencement  ceremony. Anderson is a 1967 graduate of IU
51黑料网 will celebrate the groundbreaking of the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex , as well as a seven-figure donation to the project, during a ceremony at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 13, at the convention center's site along Wayne Avenue. 51黑料网 will honor the donor, 1999 gradu
51黑料网鈥檚  Center for Family Business  will present a seminar, 鈥淩ecruiting, Hiring and Retaining the Best Employees,鈥� on Nov. 12 from 5 to 7 p.m.  in the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology auditorium. The event is co-sponsored by the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce a
The  Lively Arts  at 51黑料网 will present the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Camerata in a joint concert Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in the 51黑料网  Performing Arts Center鈥檚   Fisher Auditorium . The program is part of the 2008鈥�09 Performance Plus season. This special all-Viv
51黑料网鈥檚聽 department of computer science 聽will offer Information Assurance 聽Day, a day of programs on the topic of information assurance, on Nov. 7. The event is free and open to the community. Programs are scheduled for Johnson Hall, Room 247. Information assurance operations protect a
51黑料网鈥檚 Friends of the  51黑料网 Libraries  will present 鈥淭he Golden Age of Workers鈥� Education and the Labor Chautauquas in West Central Pennsylvania鈥� on Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. The program is free and open to the community. It will be held in Breezedale Alumni Center Library. 51黑料网  history  pro
Six graduates of 51黑料网, including a graduate from Indiana County and a Cambria County native, will be honored with the 2008聽 Young Alumni Achievement Award聽on Nov. 10.
51黑料网 will formally open its Pittsburgh office with an open house Nov. 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the community. The Pittsburgh office, located in the National City Building, 20 Stanwix St., is staffed by Pittsburgh native Debra Valentine-Gray, who serves a
51黑料网 will take over Pittsburgh鈥檚 Heinz Hall on Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. for 51黑料网 Plays Pittsburgh, 51黑料网鈥檚 second annual event at Heinz Hall. The program will showcase the talents of 51黑料网 faculty and students with performances by the 51黑料网 Symphony Orchestra and tuba-euphonium ensemble, 51黑料网 Percus
The following students聽are 2008 summer graduates聽of the 51黑料网 Academy of Culinary Arts in Punxsutawney. 聽
See which students made the Dean鈥檚 List for Summer 2008 by earning a 3.25 grade-point average or higher based on at least 12 semester hours of graded coursework.
Students are named to the Dean's Recognition List for academic excellence at the  Academy of Culinary Arts  when they achieve a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher. The academy, located in Punxsutawney, is one of only 112 programs in the United States fully accredited by the American Culinary Federation. Programs
Educator and author Arthur Kelly will open 51黑料网鈥檚 Southcentral Pennsylvania Writing Project Fall Conference on November 8 in the Hadley Union Building.
51黑料网 will host a free panel discussion, 鈥淔inancial Markets in Crisis: What This Means for You,鈥� on Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.
51黑料网鈥檚聽 Eberly College of Business and Information Technology 聽has been included for the fifth year in a row in the The Princeton Review鈥檚 鈥淏est 296 Business Schools.鈥� The Princeton Review鈥檚 guidebooks program accepts no advertising dollars and uses independent surveys from current st
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The Foundation for 51黑料网 and 51黑料网 formally cut the ribbon on September 26 for the Phase II buildings of the $270 million Residential Revival, the largest project of its kind in the nation.
51黑料网鈥檚  Council of Trustees  on Friday approved the naming of a conference room in 51黑料网鈥檚  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex  in honor of the PNC Foundation. The PNC Foundation made a $300,000 gift to the KCAC in July. The donation will be used for construction costs for the
51黑料网 will formally break ground for the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex  at 10 a.m. on Nov. 13 at the site along Wayne Avenue, adjacent to campus. The facility is a 150,000-square-foot building that will offer a 4,000- to 6,000-seat arena, the 500-seat Christine Toretti Aud
Enrollment at 51黑料网 is at 14,310 students for fall 2008, which includes two all-time highs: freshman and other new-student enrollment of 3,204 and graduate enrollment of 2,382. Enrollment in 2007 totaled 14,018, which included 2,673 freshmen and new students and 2,294 graduate students.
51黑料网's chapter of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society has received its second Silver Torch Award for overall excellence.
51黑料网 will officially cut the ribbon to open the聽51黑料网 Performing Arts Center聽at 7:00 p.m. on September 18, 2008. The PAC, a $12-million project, includes extensive renovations of聽Fisher Auditorium聽and Waller Hall and joins these two buildings with a 20,000-square-foot addition and grand atrium lobby.
51黑料网 will formally break ground for the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex  on Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. along Wayne Avenue adjacent to campus. The ceremony is open to the community. It will include Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell along with community and university dignitaries.
The University Museum at 51黑料网 will hold its annual fundraising gala, 鈥淚ndiana Bones: An Evening at the Explorers' Club,鈥� on Sept. 6.
With the receipt of $351,400 from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 51黑料网 will continue its Act 101 Higher Education Equal Opportunity Program initiatives at the Indiana campus and add programming at  51黑料网 at Punxsutawney  to assist qualified first-year students in making a successful transition to university lif
51黑料网 is included in the 2009 edition of The Princeton Review鈥檚 鈥淭he Best 368 Colleges.鈥� This is the eighth consecutive year 51黑料网 has been selected for this annual guidebook.
The PNC Foundation has announced a $300,000 contribution to 51黑料网鈥檚 Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Center.
51黑料网 recently called on James Watkins, 80, of White Township, a retired stonemason, to lay mortar for the final stone atop a seven-by-50-foot wall in the courtyard of the suite-style student-housing buildings along Grant and Maple streets.  Stones used to build the wall were taken from the landmark retaining wall, com
Bolstering their public-private partnership and commitment to the development of the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex , the Foundation for 51黑料网 and 51黑料网 announced today the selection of The Horizon Team to develop the hotel property connected to the KCAC. The Horizon Team, a
Thousands of patrons have enjoyed performances in  Fisher Auditorium  over the years, and during the renovation and construction of the breezeway that now connects it with Waller Theater, cultural events have taken place in other locations. The new 51黑料网 Performing Arts Center is scheduled to open this fall, and the
51黑料网 students Michael 鈥淔red鈥� Frederick and Dan Esten are bicycling from Indiana, Pa., to Anchorage, Alaska, as part of the Tour for the Cure聽they established to聽raise money for聽the American Cancer Society.
After a successful three-year stint at Anderson University, Jeff Dow has been named the head coach of the 51黑料网 women鈥檚 basketball program.
The health and physical education department鈥檚 Exercise Science program recently was awarded initial five-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. 聽
Megan Bond was the nation鈥檚 only recipient of the Lambda Alpha Charles Jenkins Scholarship.
The Foundation for 51黑料网 and 51黑料网聽will break ground聽Thursday, May 8,聽for Phase III of the Residential Revival project.
The inaugural presentation in聽51黑料网鈥檚聽First Commonwealth Endowed Lecture Series on Oct. 1 will feature political commentators James Carville and Mary Matalin.
Dr. Jack Stamp, chair of the Department of Music  and director of band studies at 51黑料网, has been selected as 51黑料网鈥檚 2008鈥�2009 University Professor. This award鈥攑resented to an 51黑料网 faculty member who demonstrates an outstanding record of teaching, research and scholarly activity and ser
Robert E. Cook Honors College student Theresa Huber was honored for sound design.
Jerry Salandro M'76 and his wife, Leslie, have donated equipment to the College of Education and Educational Technology that was inspired by research Salandro conducted as an 51黑料网 graduate student.聽聽
Cook Honors College Student Gina Russo is the聽tenth 51黑料网 student to earn this prestigious award in the last聽twelve years.
The John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security at 51黑料网 established the program to enhance and promote research and teaching capabilities in the聽homeland security field.
Seniors Brittany Pikur and Sean Strauman were honored at the All-American and Athletic Banquet.
Takes place in Memorial Field House on Wednesday, April 16 at 9:15 a.m.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has approved 51黑料网's tenth doctoral degree program.
The program will be the first of its kind in Pennsylvania and will be offered beginning in fall 2009.
John Kopchick 鈥�72, M鈥�75, an internationally recognized leader in the growth hormone field, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Science degree and serve as keynote speaker at next month's university Commencement. The ceremony will take place May 10 at 11:00 a.m. at Miller Stadium. More than 1,600 graduates are expect
Four faculty members received Distinguished Faculty Awards for teaching, research, community service, and creative arts.
Jennifer Haigh, author of Baker Towers, a New York Times bestseller, will serve as the Schafer Distinguished Speaker April 15 at 8 p.m. in McVitty Auditorium, Sprowls Hall.
As part of an initiative to provide a fair comparison between the institutions, 51黑料网聽has joined the national Voluntary System of Accountability.
Women's Basketball Coach Cindy Martin was selected East Region Coach of the Year by her peers in the WBCA.
The 51黑料网 Women鈥檚 Commission with the 51黑料网 Center for Student Life , Health AWAREness, and the Haven Project will observe domestic and sexual violence awareness month in April with the annual 鈥淭ake Back the Night鈥� event April 16. The program will take place starting with an awareness
In conjunction with 51黑料网鈥檚 Eighth Festival of Women Composers International , March 27 鈥� 29, seven special concerts will be offered free to the community. 鈥淭he Festival of Women Composers International鈥檚 mission is to provide gender balance in the curriculum through generating info
Daniel Shively, a librarian at 51黑料网, has donated a deed dated 1808 to the  51黑料网 Libraries Special Collections and University Archives . The deed was issued to his great-great-great-grandfather Daniel Shively and is signed by President Thomas Jefferson and future President James Mad
51黑料网 alumnus Steve Pasierb and professor John McCarthy will present the program April 4 at 51黑料网鈥檚 Eberly Auditorium.聽
Twelve 51黑料网 alumni will be honored at聽the Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner in April, sponsored by the 51黑料网 Alumni Association.
While the university鈥檚 new website was launched January 31 and departments and offices continue to contribute to it, one page in particular is receiving special attention. 鈥淭he web team is monitoring the traffic of the new site, and they鈥檝e found one page in particular to be a standout,鈥� said Robert Davies, vice pr
This event honors students, Distinguished Alumni Award winners, and Distinguished Faculty Award winners.
This forum, in which undergraduates present original research, scholarly activities, or creative endeavors, takes place April 1 on the 51黑料网 campus.
While Residential Revival construction rumbles on, it is becoming evident that the project is more than bricks and mortar. The end results afford study lounges, conference rooms, multipurpose rooms, and resource rooms that facilitate out-of-classroom learning experiences. Each suite-style building becomes a focal po
51黑料网鈥檚聽games in聽this weekend鈥檚聽NCAA Division II East Region Women鈥檚 Basketball Tournament will be available by webcast.
Fresh off its second straight PSAC championship, the 51黑料网 women鈥檚 basketball team has been selected to host the NCAA Division II East Region tournament beginning Friday.
For the second straight year, 51黑料网's women's basketball team heads into the PSAC championship.
Suites on Grant--Lower named for Susan Snell Delaney '64, a member of the 51黑料网 Council of Trustees.
Stacey Hanson was selected to receive the K. Leroy Irvis Undergraduate Scholarship, while graduate student William (Corey) Burnett was selected for the John S. Shropshire Graduate Scholarship.
51黑料网 downed聽Shippensburg 55-48 in the quarterfinal round of the PSAC tournament Tuesday.
51黑料网 Magazine won the Gold Award in the External Publications category of the Twenty-third Annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report.
From 51黑料网 Reporter, a monthly newsletter published by the Communications Office.     Four 51黑料网 students have been selected for a competitive international scholarship to study abroad during the spring 2008 semester. Recipients of the Freeman Awards for Study in Asia are Chad Buckwalter, an international bu
From 51黑料网 Reporter, a monthly newsletter published by the   Communications Office.     Brigadier General Rodney Ruddock 鈥�65, M鈥�75 and Ellen Sylves Ruddock 鈥�65 will receive the 2008 President鈥檚 Medal of Distinction at the 2008 Leader鈥檚 Circle event on March 13 at Rustic Lodge. The Ruddocks will be recogn
FirstEnergy Foundation has made a $20,000 contribution to the Foundation for 51黑料网 for the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.