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(02/24/13 6:41pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>For about a decade, the School of Public and Environmental Affairs has provided a place for returning Peace Corps volunteers to get a graduate education. SPEA has a strong and long-standing relationship with the Peace Corps, said Jim Hanchett, director of the Office of Marketing and Communications. Two programs are offered at IU to those interested in the Corps: Master’s International and the Coverdell Fellows. The Master’s International program enables students to incorporate the in-country experience of the Peace Corps and the academic training of SPEA’s master’s degree programs, according to information from the school. Candidates may seek admission in any of SPEA’s masters programs, and after admission they are encouraged to pursue a concentration in energy, environmental policy and natural resource management or sustainable development. The volunteers attend a year of graduate classes and have to complete two years of in-country Peace Corps service. “The program was started in 2008 and developed in collaboration with the Peace Corps,” said Jennifer Forney, director of graduate student services in SPEA. “It allows students to study and commit Peace Corps service. We currently have 10 MI’s.”The other program available is the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows. The Coverdell program allows Return Peace Corps Volunteers to continue their dedication to community service while pursuing a master’s degree through SPEA, according to a flyer from the school. The program allows students to address the local community’s civic and service needs through collaboration among SPEA, IU’s Office of Student Financial Assistance and community partners.“The Coverdell Fellows program was started in 2005 by Return Peace Corp Volunteers so they could have a program where they could pursue education but still work in the service corps,” Forney said. “We currently have 12 Coverdell Fellows in SPEA.”These two programs make IU special because of the opportunities they offer for master’s students through the Peace Corps, Forney said. In fact, IU is among the top 10 universities to have students advance into service abroad, she said. One of the students with real-life experience with the Peace Corps is RPCV president Erin Culp. Culp works with return volunteers to do different things, such as making presentations about the Peace Corps, recruiting and mentoring new volunteers and answering questions about the Corps. In addition, Culp, and RPCV as a whole, is also there to acclimate volunteers returning to the United States. “Coming back to America after two years is just as hard as going abroad,” Culp said. “Volunteers can share their experiences, and you can get reassurance that you’re not going crazy.”Culp’s experience with the Corps includes service in the Republic of Moldova as an English teacher in a small village of about 2,000 Romanian speaking-people, where she taught grades four through 12. “Part of my focus was to teach but also to help teachers teach better,” Culp said. “Many of the teachers there had never spoken to a native English speaker and would revert back to Romanian. I would make them talk to me in English so that they got better.”Culp said she enjoyed sharing her abilities and that sharing of different cultures is very important. But in order to do that, the Peace Corps needs volunteers. Although the programs offered at IU are for master’s students, getting prepared for them is important.“Build experience volunteering and in leadership,” Culp said. The recruiter for the Peace Corps program returns once a semester, and though she won’t be back again until fall, Culp encourages students to contact her so she can give information about how to be a part of the program. “The most important thing isn’t what you have done but what you can do,” Culp said.
(02/21/13 9:22pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Hidden among the houses lining the intersection of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue is a small concrete building, which is home to thousands of culturally significant objects from around the world. The Mather’s Museum of World Cultures is a rarity amongst college campuses. Jason Jackson, director of the Mather’s museum, said there are probably only 10 to 20 university museums that do the same thing. Celebrating its 50th year anniversary, the museum preserves and displays artifacts from the world’s different cultures. The intent is for students, faculty and the community to be able to see objects from countries they wouldn’t know about otherwise.“The museum relates to one of the goals that Herman B Wells emphasized,” Jackson said. “It brings the world to Bloomington. It serves the University’s interest in world cultures.”Apart from bringing different cultures to the Bloomington campus, the Mather’s museum also provides a place for research and training.“All of the efforts of the museum are designed to learn new things,” Jackson said. “It also trains students with valuable skills. Many of the students go on to become museum officials.”Jackson himself was once a student working for the museum and now has moved up. He became the director in early January, after returning to IU to work. “I’ve been connected to the museum for about 20 years,” he said. “I was a student here, but now I get to be the director. It was unexpected.”Jackson has been helping to arrange the many events to take place this year as the 50th anniversary celebration continues. Activities will include a variety of exhibits and events.“There will be chances to meet the faculty and talk in depth about the collections,” said Judith Kirk, assistant director of Mather’s. “April 28 an exhibit called “Treasures of Mather’s” will open, and that will launch a series of events.” The celebration of the semi-centennial fits in with the objective of the museum which is to help others learn about the people who made or used the tools displayed, Kirk said. For students interested in using the Mather’s museum, Jackson said there is much more to do than just view the materials. “Come to the events,” he said. “It could be a concert, a lecture or an exhibit opening. The exhibits can also be used to fulfill class requirements. We have all kinds of objects that connect to all kinds of classes. Also, come and research. Make an appointment, and study something that hasn’t been done before.”Jackson said many of the things contained in the museum are artifacts not available on many other college campuses.“You can’t study something up close on OnCourse,” he said. “We’ll give you a pair of white gloves, and you can see for yourself.”
(02/18/13 5:28am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU administration has announced the opening of its first international office that will serve as a home base for activities in India operating through IU. The office is located in Gurgaon, India, a suburb of New Delhi, according to a recent press release.“The gateway will provide a place for alums to go,” Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives Munirpallam Venkataramanan said. “There are a lot of Indian students at IU, and a lot go back to their country to start businesses because of the economic boom there. It also allows us to guide studies there.”IU Gateway-India will occupy one floor of the American Institute of Indian Studies in Gurgaon, which is located in the industrial and financial center of the North Indian state of Haryana. The reason behind the new gateway is in part due to alums, but also because of the new programs IU is opening in the country. “It’s being opened because of all the programs we’re opening in India,” Venkataramanan said. “We have students in India and we’re starting programs with Indian companies. We want to brand IU there. The third aspect is that we want to research. We go there to conduct research in the area, and the gateway will act as a hub.”The opening of the gateway hasn’t exactly been an easy process, though. In fact, the Chronicle of Higher Education just published an article about how hard it is to open universities in India. This may be why there is such a demand for education in the country at this time, according to the article. “India’s education needs are very high, so the opportunities are needed,” Venkataramanan said. “There is a big need for higher education.”Currently, IU is affiliated with nine other universities in India, creating institutional partnerships, particularly through the Kelley School of Business, the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the Maurer School of Law and the School of Optometry, according to the press release. “IU will have a huge global footprint with this,” Venkataramanan said. The gateway will be run mainly by OVTIA, with help from the IU staff. “Most of the time they will be here [in Bloomington], but they will be on the ground in India as well, making sure things are going well,” Venkataramanan said.The opening reception of the gateway will take place in the American Institute of Indian Studies in Gurgaon on Feb. 27.
(02/18/13 4:01am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Eugene Tempel testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday on the topic of charitable giving. Tempel is the founding dean of the IU School of Philanthropy at the IUPUI campus. Tempel went before the House to testify about charitable gift donation. He discussed the issue of balancing the budget and illustrated the effects of giving deductions, he said.“When you raise tax breaks,” Tempel said, “the cost of giving goes down by lowering taxes.”Tempel worked with the Committee on Ways and Means, which is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States. This isn’t his first time trying to go before the House on this topic either. “Probably the first attempt was last year,” said Tempel. The research that went into the testimony was all from the School of Philanthropy, which is the nation’s only school solely devoted to research and teaching about philanthropy, according to a press release. The whole speech took the angle of providing the Committee on Ways and Means with objective data about the role tax policy plays in charitable giving in the U.S.“If they decide to keep tax rates, but eliminate deductions, it will have an effect on philanthropy,” Tempel said. “The higher they go with the cap, the less of an impact there is.”Tempel also discussed the policies and rules that affect the budget issues. “We’re trying to solve the fiscal cliff issue that they just moved down the road,” said Tempel. Another thing brought to light during the testimony was how higher income households give less to charity as compared to lower income families.“The top one percent give only about 31 percent compared to the top two percent that give about 57 percent of donations,” said Tempel. Also, the majority of gifts of a million dollars or more go to higher education. “It goes to setting up private foundations,” said Tempel. The testimony Tempel gave last Thursday in Washington, D.C., is available for viewing on Youtube.“If they decide to keep tax rates but eliminate deductions, it will have a negative effect on philanthropy,” Tempel said.
(02/17/13 9:30pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU administration has announced the opening of its first international gateway office, which will serve as a home base for activities in India running through IU. The office is located in Gurgaon, India, a suburb of New Delhi, according to a press release from last week.“The gateway will provide a place for alums to go,” said Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives Munirpallam Venkataramanan. “There are a lot of Indian students at IU, and a lot go back to their country to start businesses because of the economic boom there. It also allows us to guide studies there.”IU Gateway-India will occupy one floor of the American Institute of Indian Studies in Gurgaon, which is located in the industrial and financial center of the North Indian state of Haryana. The reason behind the new gateway is in part due to alums, but also because of the new programs that IU is opening in the country. “It’s being opened because of all the programs we’re opening in India,” said Venkataramanan. “We have students in India and we’re starting programs with Indian companies. We want to brand IU there. The third aspect is that we want to research. We go there to conduct research in the area, and the gateway will act as a hub.”The opening of the gateway hasn’t exactly been an easy process, though. In fact, the Chronicle of Higher Education just published an article about how hard it is to open universities in India. This may be why there is such a demand for education in the country at this time, according to the article. “India’s education needs are very high, so the opportunities are needed,” said Venkataramanan. “There is a big need for higher education.”Currently, IU is affiliated with nine other universities in India, creating institutional partnerships, particularly through the Kelley School of Business, The School of Public and Environmental Law, the Maurer School of Law and the School of Optometry, according to the press release. “IU will have a huge global footprint with this,” said Venkataramanan. The gateway will be run mainly by OVTIA, with help from the IU staff. “Most of the time they will be here [in Bloomington], but they will be on the ground in India as well, making sure things are going well,” said Venkataramanan.The opening reception of the gateway will take place in the American Institute of Indian Studies in Gurgaon on Wednesday, Feb. 27.
(02/12/13 9:20pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>On a side street off IU’s campus is the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, home to many different kinds of artifacts that have been unearthed in Indiana. The newly appointed director of the library, April Sievert, has the responsibility of keeping track of what goes on inside. Sievert became the director at the beginning of January, succeeding Christopher Peebles, who had worked with the university for 50 years, according to a press release from last week. Sievert’s previous work includes full-time teaching as a professor in the anthropology department. As the director, Sievert has many different tasks in addition to teaching. “In being director, I’m here as a developer and for funding for initiatives to explore research projects and improve the outreach and visibility of the lab,” Sievert said. “I also interact with other colleges and university directors.” The laboratory, which was officially opened in 1971, is home to much of the archaeological research that takes place in Indiana. “The overall mission is the research and present the history of the Midwest, and, to a degree, Indiana,” Sievert said. “There are exhibits for the public, academic papers and conferences. The feature is the fact that we have large collections, containing artifacts and documents.”Some of the artifacts included in the collections at the laboratory are those from Angel Mounds, a prehistoric village located in Evansville. “Angel Mounds is a Mississippian settlement on the Ohio river, which was active from 1000 to 1400 A.D.,” said William Monaghan, assistant director and senior research scientist. “We’re studying mound construction there, when they were built, why they were built and how.”Monaghan is also currently working on a project called National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates, in which students from all over the country are able to apply to work with researchers at Angel Mounds. “The students will spend five weeks in the field, studying the mounds,” Monaghan said. “They will be pulling cores and unearthing profiles, studying how they were built.”Researchers have unearthed over 300 human remains from the Angel Mounds site, and though they no longer disturb burial sites, they have gathered quite a bit of information about them. Monaghan and the researchers working on the project are trying to discover how the population lived, as well as what wiped it out. The other project Monaghan is currently working on is research on the Lake Michigan dunes. “We’re looking at coastal dunes, in the (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan and on the west and east shores,” Monaghan said. “We want to find when the dunes were formed and how humans articulate themselves into the history.”Another project currently taking place in the laboratory is the excavation of German Ridge in Hoosier National Forest. “There’s a hope for a public excavation starting this fall,” curator of archaeology Timothy Baumann said. To check out the research and see the displays, such as mammoth fossils, the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Guided tours are available during regular hours, with prior appointments.
(02/11/13 3:53am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A team of researchers from Brown University and IU has discovered the link between the mitochondrial and the nuclear genome. The team included IU biologist Kristi Montooth, Colin Meiklejohn and former IU undergrad Mo Siddiq. The research revealed that mutations in the two genomes — mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA — could create incompatibilities that reduce reproductive fitness and delay development in fruit flies. According to a press release from Feb. 5, the research describes the cause and consequences of an interaction between the two genomes that co-exist within eukaryotic cells. “One reason this research is so important is that there are many diseases that have to do with mitochondrial mutations,” Montooth said.Montooth said the findings suggest the combined mitochondrial-nuclear genotype for tRNAs and their tRNA synthetases might in fact be a better predictor of genetic disease. The team altered mRNA in fruit flies, which led to mutations in the bristles on their body, causing them to be shorter. “All eukaryotic cells have two genomes: the mitochondrial genome and the nuclear genome, the main one,” Montooth said. “Mitochondria are really crucial and require the use of two genomes. Potentially there could be changes in one genome and not the other.”The change on one genome can cause many different diseases in humans, such as neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders, according to the press release. The mitochondrial-nuclear genotype is, in fact, a better predictor of disease.The research also discovered that because the two genomes are distinct, they carry genes that help show species formation. Another discovery was that breeding between species doesn’t work, Montooth said. It was also discovered how much of an impact environment has on the genomes. The researchers found recently that interactions between genomes are dependent on temperature. “Environment leads to disease; just like with obesity, you can exercise and eat better. Higher and lower temperatures affected the genotypes,” Montooth said. The research, which was funded in part by IU and the IU Hutton Honors College, will continue in hopes of making more discoveries concerning DNA.
(02/10/13 10:14pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A team of researchers from Brown University and IU has discovered the link between the mitochondrial and the nuclear genome. The team included IU biologist Kristi Montooth, Colin Meiklejohn and former IU undergrad Mo Siddiq. The research revealed that mutations in the two genomes — mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA — could create incompatibility that reduces reproductive fitness and delay development in fruit flies. According to a press release from Feb. 5, the research describes the cause and consequences of an interaction between the two genomes that co-exist within eukaryotic cells. “One reason this research is so important is that there are many diseases that have to do with mitochondrial mutations,” Montooth said.Montooth said the findings suggest the combined mitochondrial-nuclear genotype for tRNAs and their tRNA synthetases may in fact be a better predictor of genetic disease. The team altered mRNA in fruit flies, which led to mutations in the bristles on their body, causing them to be shorter. “All eukaryotic cells have two genomes; the mitochondrial genome and the nuclear genome, the main one,” said Montooth. “Mitochondria are really crucial and require the use of two genomes. Potentially there could be changes in one genome and not the other.”The change on one genome can cause many different diseases in humans, such as neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders, according to the press release. The mitochondrial-nuclear genotype is, in fact, a better predictor of disease.The research also discovered that because the two genomes are distinct, they carry genes that help show species formation; another discovery was that breeding between species doesn’t work, said Montooth. It was also discovered how much of an impact environment has on the genomes. The researchers found recently that interaction between genomes are dependent on temperature. “Environment leads to disease; just like with obesity, you can exercise and eat better. Higher and lower temperatures affected the genotypes,” Montooth said. The research, which was funded in part by IU and the IU Hutton Honors College, will continue in hopes of making more discoveries concerning DNA.
(02/06/13 4:37am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Students have become familiar with the construction sites lining 10th and Third streets, as well as Fee Lane. In these locations, new buildings, including an update to Kelley School of Business, a new Jacobs School of Music Faculty Studio Building and a new softball field, are emerging from the rubble.Students living in Forest Quad and Read Center are especially familiar with the construction, having lived around it for the entire year.Linda McCoy, manager of planning for Woodland Centre dining hall, said it will be worth it in the end.Two of the projects being built near Forest and Read include Woodland Centre, the dining hall within Forest, and Rose Avenue residences, the newest residence center on campus. Woodland Centre Woodland Centre is going to be an extensive dining hall, different than any of the other neighborhoods on campus, said Chris Frank, Residential Programs and Services marketing manager of dining halls. “We’re in the midst of doing lots and lots of planning. There’s nothing like it on campus,” Frank said. “It’s going to have nine different microrestaurants.”The nine restaurants at Woodland will include A Cut Above, which will offer quality cuts of fish and meat; Fusion, which will offer a rotation of international cuisine; The Stone Grill, which will offer unique and classic burgers; Bloomingberry, which will serve high-probiotic frozen yogurt; and The Round, which will offer a full espresso bar. “We have chefs dedicated to recipes right now,” McCoy said. “And we’re really excited about it.”During a meeting with the Forest Student Governors last week, some of the ideas were shared with students who have been living near the construction. Some of the students were allowed to sample a few of the baked goods that will be offered next year. “Forest students should be able to try the food and see that it will be worth it to go through the water stuff,” McCoy said.Freshman Emma Meyer said she likes what she’s tried so far. “As a permanent proxy for the RPS Meal Plan Committee, I’ve gotten to try more than just the pastries that we had at our FSG meeting last week, so I can personally say that Bloomingberries is going to be really good, as well as The Round,” she said in an email. “Everything I’ve tasted from the new venues has been very delicious.”Due to the construction, there have been several reported problems in the Forest residence towers, including water and power outages. Another power outage is scheduled for today, according to posts on Forest’s Facebook page and posters in the main lobby. Even though Forest residents are currently missing out on the benefits of the new dining hall, many said they’re still excited for what is to come. “I thought that the plans looked really good,” Meyer said. “There is going to be so much seating and different foods and restaurants to try which is really exciting, and it all looks really nice.”Rose Avenue Residence HallRose Avenue is currently being built behind Forest. The construction is scheduled to be completed in July after almost a year and a half of work. The goal is the have the 155,000-square foot living space open in fall 2013 for new residents. Rose Avenue, according to a press release, is a 21 Century Project and an initiative by the Association of College and University Housing Officers International to develop campus housing that provides unique, functional and technologically advanced living experiences. “The Rose Avenue residence is designed to build community,” University Architect for IU-Bloomington Ben Richardson said. “We want a diverse range. It’ll attract freshmen and sophomores, but hopefully juniors and seniors as well.” The plans for the residence hall is projected to cost $38 million and will include a mix of different rooms, according to a press release. There will be double-occupancy rooms where up to eight residents share a bathroom, single semi-suite rooms with shared bathrooms and single rooms with single bathrooms. The building as a whole will be able to house 450 students, which will help alleviate the need for space. When Briscoe Quad was redesigned to include more singles, room for housing more students was lost, Richardson said. “We lost room numbers when we redesigned Briscoe,” Richardson said. “And we needed to replace the number of rooms.”The goal for Rose Avenue is to be a sort of “dorm of the future” where students can foster a much better sense of community than in other dorms, Richardson said. “The designs on whole were based on four principles,” he said. “Community, sustainability, technology and flexibility.”Community will be fostered through smaller floors and open spaces, as well as lounges and study rooms on every floor, according to a press release. As for sustainability, the building is being built to conform to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification requirements, just as Woodland Centre will, according to a press release. As for food, there will only be a café located in Rose Avenue, so residents will have to rely on buildings around them, such as Forest, Read Center and Wilkie Quad, according to a press release.
(02/04/13 7:45pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>More often than not, instead of dating, college students find themselves casually “hooking up” and not establishing actual relationships. “Over the past few decades, dating culture in America has changed dramatically,” said Justin Garcia, CTRD Research Fellow at the Kinsey Institute. “This is especially true among college students. The days of young men courting young women in her parents’ sitting room is long over.”According to a study by the Institute for American Values, hooking up is a way for people to be vague. This could mean that a couple simply kissed, had sex or something else but no one really knows for sure, according to a press release about an IU study. When individuals say they “hooked up”. it is a way to dance around saying what really happened, receiving less judgment.According to a press release from January, students would rather date, but it just doesn’t happen. Instead, students often “hook up” and think about dating after the fact. Although, it’s uncertain if hooking up is really the cause for the decline in the dating life of college students, Garcia said.“It’s unclear if hook up culture has impacted declines in traditional dating,” Garcia said. “Or whether declines in traditional dating has opened the door for the emergence of hook-up culture in all its forms — from casual sex after a party to ongoing friends-with-benefits relationships. I’m inclined to think the latter has been the case.”But even with the sharp decline in dating, when dates do occur, Garcia said college students still look for the same things. “When young people date today, they look for the same things our ancestors did — the pursuit of companionship and love,” Garcia said. Technology is another factor affecting dating culture. “One issue that people talk about is a loss of communication skills,” psychology professor Bernardo Carducci said. “There is so much communication online.”Carducci said students need to communicate if they want a successful dating life and get out from behind the computer and get involved.“Get involved where you share values with people,” he said. “Those are the kinds of things that create strong relationships. Develop strong ties with friends and organizations on campus.”Often when people start hooking up, Carducci said it’s because they’re looking for a place to fit in. They want to be a part of a group, and by drinking and hooking up often, they think they’re fitting in with people.“There’s a natural tendency to want to belong,” Carducci said. “Often we see freshmen doing this. They’re trying to fit in.”Garcia said there are steps students can take to avoid the hook-up culture. “Be honest with yourself and potential partners. If one just wants a hook-up, then say so,” Garcia said. “But, if you’re serious about dating, then be yourself, be honest and enjoy the push and pull of human nature’s most exciting game — the pursuit of love.”
(02/01/13 3:30am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Kelley School of Business professor Marjorie Lyles has been elected as the first female president of the Strategic Management Society. The SMS is an organization with the goal of connecting business people of all different backgrounds from all across the world, according to their website. The members elected Lyles, who has been a professor at IU in Kelley for more than 20 years, earlier this month. “I’ve been active in SMS for about 20 years,” Lyles said. “I’m very active in helping to change internal governance.”SMS has four conferences a year, giving professors a chance to present research and give each other advice on how to improve their work.“The goal of the conferences is to help researchers find people who are working on the same things,” Lyles said. The SMS also publishes three major journals a year — the Strategic Management Journal, the Global Strategy Journal and the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. The Strategic Management Journal has won awards in business reporting. “They’re important outlets for professors to publish research,” Lyles said. The SMS also has established grants through the Strategic Research Foundation, which gives grants to researchers based on their work. Lyles will take control at a time when the organization is working to expand into a broader governance structure, reaching outside the country. Lyles was elected for the position mostly because of her interest in globalization. “My research is international,” she said. “The membership was interested in electing me because I’m committed to including other regions of the world into the SMS community.”Lyles has been recognized for her work in foreign countries, including China, according to a press release. She became involved in a variety of projects beginning in 1986, when she consulted for the United States Department of Commerce in Dalian, China. Lyles currently teaches at Kelley and has the title of OneAmerica Chaired Professor of Business Administration. She also teaches classes about international strategic management and has written more than 100 articles and chapters regarding her work. Sun Yat-sen University in China recently nominated Lyles for the Chang Jiang Scholar Award, the Chinese government’s highest award to scholars. Lyles said she is looking forward to the leadership position for such an important organization with global outreach. “SMS is one of the most prestigious, important organizations around the world,” Lyles said. “And only one third of members are from the U.S.”
(01/30/13 4:43am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>After experiencing a water outage for a number of hours Friday, residents of Forest Quad still await the return of drinking water. Forest’s water fountains have been off since last Friday afternoon after an construction mishap led to the shutting off of the water lines. “Construction hit a pipe and the water was shut off as an emergency for about two hours,” Forest Quad Residence Manager Allyson Rafanello said. Though water is now running in Forest once again, trash bags have been placed over water fountains on every floor. They are to keep the students from drinking the water until it has been properly tested. The tests are state-mandated to ensure nothing has contaminated the water during the pipe break, Rafanello said.“We’re waiting for it to pass two state tests,” said Rafanello. “We hope to know by Wednesday and, by the latest, Thursday.”Students living in Forest have responded to the outage. Freshman Ellie Symes was angry with the shutoff, she said.“Seriously, I drink about eight glasses every day, and as an environmental management major, the fact that I’m forced to buy water bottles to drink in my dorm instead of filling up my water bottle upsets me,” she said. “I’ve honestly spent most of my time either on campus or at my boyfriend’s.” Some students are making do with the situation at hand.“It’s an inconvenience,” sophomore Josh Clampitt said. “But I just take a water bottle to class and fill it up.” Junior Alec Leggio shared a similar opinion.“It’s not affecting me so much,” he said. “I have bottled water in my room. It sucks for the coffee pot, having to use bottled water, but it doesn’t affect me that much.”The construction inside and behind Forest caused the recent problem. “The construction in the center is a huge dining renovation,” Rafanello said. “It should be wonderful in a year, it’s just not fun now.” Construction on a new group of micro restaurants, a classroom, an academic help center, recreational spaces and a new Movies, Music and More location is all underway . A target opening date is set for next fall, Rafanello said. Forest staff is currently working on bringing water back to the residents. “We try really hard to let students know about outages, and what happened Friday was unplanned,” she said. “We recognize the inconveniences.”
(01/28/13 4:17am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Highlighting textbooks doesn’t count as studying. Older studies in psychology are recently receiving new attention. They say highlighting and underlining aren’t efficient methods of retaining information for classes.“Most students know the big myths about studying,” said Ben Motz, senior lecturer and director of pedagogy in the Department of Psychology and Brain Studies. “Don’t cram. Get a good breakfast. Sleep the night before ... most of them are true, but some of the oldest aren’t effective.”Students in psychology are now being taught to try a new method, one that requires less stress and cramming. “Study for short amounts of time,” Motz said. “You’ll do better on the test if you practice instead of studying over and over. The reason it works is because you’re giving yourself a study, like your test.”According to a study by Jeff Karpicke, associate professor of psychological sciences at Purdue University, this studying tactic has been proven effective. Students who studied for short amounts of time and took practice tests did better than students who studied by reading the text and simply tried to memorize it. The retrieval practice, as it’s called, produces greater gains in “meaningful” learning than elaborative studying. “It’s one of the most effective ways to study,” Motz said. “Like with snowboarding. You’d want to study for a test on how well you can do it by going out and practicing snowboarding, not by reading a book on how to snowboard.”Rob Goldstone, chancellor’s professor of psychological and brain sciences and the director of the Cognitive Science Program at IU, has put a lot of time into the study of how students should study and has come to the same conclusion. “I’m not sure that there’s a best way to study,” Goldstone said. “But there are tricks. You have to actively test your knowledge. Test your memory and actively practice. Quiz yourself. Use flashcards and write questions on one side and answers on the other.”Goldstone has done studies of his own on the subject here at IU, even testing in Monroe County schools. According to his studies, two different types of studying exist — massed and spaced. “Spaced studying is studying a little bit at a time with space in between, for example, studying for a psychology exam that’s on Thursday for 20 minutes on Monday, 20 on Tuesday and 20 on Wednesday instead of for 60 minutes on Wednesday all at once,” Goldstone said. “Massed studying is cramming all at once.”Teachers can also teach differently to help students retain the information as well. “One thing we’ve found is that it’s good for a teacher to idealize,” Goldstone said. “It’s not always better to do it realistically. Details and background inhibit because they’re too tied to a first situation. It’s most advantageous to simplify.”According to studies on the subject, these methods will help students relate what they learn to their lives, making it easier to practice. But it isn’t only up to the teachers. What students learn is due to what and how they study. “Explain the material to yourself,” Goldstone said. “It won’t seep in by osmosis.”Goldstone and Motz both offered advice on how students should study as well. Making practice tests and mixing up what’s being studied are some of the best ways to retain. And of course, leave out the highlighting, Motz said.“Deeply engage in the material,” Goldstone said. “It takes effort, but you’ll get no gains if you don’t put in the effort.”
(01/25/13 4:45am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Lee Hamilton, formerly with Homeland Security and CIA, will kick off the Global Perspectives Speaker series. He will speak on the topic of coexistence and conflict mediation across the globe, according to a press release.The talk is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Indiana Memorial Union’s State Room East with a banquet following. Hamilton is currently a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, CIA External Advisory Board and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Task Force. He is also a Maurer School of Law graduate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives.The speech, sponsored by the IU School of Global an International Studies, is the beginning of a series that will take place this semester. According to the press release, the speech’s aim is to embody the leadership qualities that the campus aims to develop in students. Hamilton said he wants to share his expertise with students. “It’s one of the most important political skills to be able to solve conflicts,” he said.Associate Dean for International Programs Maria Bucur-Deckard said Hamilton was chosen for the first speech because he could share his great wisdom concerning global conflicts. “There will be three semesters of speeches, and the first semester had to represent the best that Indiana has to offer,” Bucur-Deckard said. In addition to his involvement in politics and government, Hamilton is also the director of the IU Center on Congress. The Center is a nonpartisan educational institution seeking to improve the understanding of Congress. It hopes to inspire young people to be an active part in revitalizing the representative government in America.“I appear before classes with invitation from professors,” Hamilton said. “The Center is geared more toward younger students, like middle and high schoolers, than IU students.”The center has developed out of Hamilton’s 34 years of service to the U.S. House and out of his desire to have the public be more familiar with the Congress’ strengths and weaknesses, according to a press release.“What I will say will come from experience from the Center on Congress and service on many commissions,” he said. “What I’ll talk about is related to the function of the Center on Congress.”The international relations series will have four speakers this semester, including Maya Jasanoff, Michael Guest, Hamilton and a fourth surprise speaker who will be announced later this semester.
(01/24/13 4:29am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>George Kuh, a Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Higher Education at the IU School of Education, has been awarded the 2013 Robert Zemsky award for Innovation in Higher Education. Kuh, who started working at IU in 1976 and retired in the summer of 2010, received the award mostly for his work with the National Survey of Student Engagement, which he started here in Bloomington. In his years at IU, Kuh taught various levels of classes in the School of Education, including master’s level classes, education and student affair classes and higher education administration classes. On Jan. 17, Kuh was presented with the award in Philadelphia, according to a press release.“A lifetime of work contributed to the Zemsky award,” Kuh said. “Primarily due to NSSE, which is now used in over 1,400 universities in the U.S. and Canada.”The NSSE is an annual report that shows how students spend their time and other factors about their undergraduate experience. “There are also in-depth studies of high-performance institutions and what makes them that way,” Kuh said. It was created to be more in-depth than typical college rankings by gathering data regarding the use of effective educational practices on campus. The NSSE has grown from a small survey used at about 70 schools in 1990 to a larger survey that is now spreading outside of the country. Kuh is traveling to Ireland next week to help set up a survey similar to NSSE.The Zemsky was awarded by alumni of the Executive Education Management program at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and is only the second of its kind ever awarded. The goal of the award is to annually honor people whose leadership in higher education results in transformations in colleges and universities. Although Kuh is now retired from IU, his work endures on campus. “Kuh founded the Center of Postsecondary Research, and that work still continues,” said Gerardo Gonzalez, dean of the School of Education. “It was one of the first centers of its kind in the country.”Kuh’s work during his 34 years of teaching made a difference in the program that is now in place.“The School of Education is ranked amongst the top 10 of its kind,” Gonzalez said. “And a large part is due to Professor Kuh.”The award and Kuh’s work are also bringing more attention to IU. “The award draws attention to good work that’s being done,” Kuh said. “It elevates the status and recognizes the attempts to improve undergrad educations.”Along with his work at IU and with NSSE, Kuh has also published more than 300 items, according to a press release. These include national reports, 30 books, 70 book chapters and about 200 scholarly articles. In reply to the Zemsky award, Kuh said what helped him the most was the people.“It’s great to be around smart, hard-working people,” he said. “And that’s been my advantage every time.”
(01/23/13 10:24pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Lee Hamilton will kick off the Global Perspectives Speaker series at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Indiana Memorial Union’s State Room East with a banquet following. Hamilton is currently a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, CIA External Advisory Board and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Task Force.He is also a Maurer School of Law graduate. He will be speaking about the topic of coexistence and conflict mediation across the globe, according to a press release. Hamilton has previously worked for Homeland Security, CIA and as a part of the U.S. House of Representatives.The speech, sponsored by the IU School of Global an International Studis, is the beginning of a series that will take place this semester. According to the press release, the speeches’ aim is to embody the leadership qualities that the campus aims to develop in students as they continue with their education at IU. Hamilton said he wants to share his expertise with students.“I’m going to share my observations about how to solve conflict,” he said. “It’s one of the most important political skills to be able to solve conflicts.”Associate Dean for International Programs Maria Bucur-Deckard said Hamilton was chosen for the first speech because he could share his great wisdom and reputation in global conflicts. “There will be three semesters of speeches, and the first semester had to represent the best that Indiana has to offer,” Bucur-Deckard said. In addition to his involvement in politics and government, Hamilton is also the director of the IU Center on Congress. The Center is a nonpartisan educational institution seeking to improve the understanding of Congress and hopes to inspire young people to be an active part in revitalizing the representative government in America.“I appear before classes with invitation from professors,” Hamilton said. “The Center is geared more toward younger students, like middle and high schoolers, than IU students.”The center has developed out of Hamilton’s 34 years of service to the U.S. House and out of his desire to have the public be more familiar with the Congress’ strengths and weaknesses, according to a press release.Hamilton said a lot of what he will speak about comes from what the Center teaches. “What I will say will come from experience from the Center on Congress and service on many commissions,” he said. “What I’ll talk about is related to the function of the Center on Congress.”The international relations series will have four speakers this semester, including Maya Jasanoff, Michael Guest, Hamilton and a fourth surprise speaker who will be announced later this semester.
(01/18/13 4:55am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Select graduate students have received the opportunity to pursue their foreign studies due to funding from the Mellon Innovating International Research and Teaching Award.The grant winners, students and professors who are conducting international and area studies, were decided earlier this month. According to a press release, the recipients of the grants will use the money in curriculum development, innovative workshops or fellowships for research. The MIIRT grants are funded by a $750,000 award given by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation last year. The goal is to use the money to foster new directions in international and area studies among IU faculty in humanities, social sciences and professional schools throughout the Bloomington campus, according to the press release. “The people who are involved in international programs (qualified for the scholarship),” said Ruth Stone, associate vice provost for research. “And, for the students, they had to be Ph.D. students.”The students and professors had to apply for the grants early October 2012. “They wrote applications and got letters of recommendation,” Stone said. “Then, those were evaluated by a committee.”Among the people receiving the grants is assistant professor of history, theory and literature Jennifer Goodlander, who received one of the faculty short-term fellowships to pursue her studies in southeast Asia. “I received the grant to look at traditional performance and national identity through shadow puppetry in southeast Asia,” Goodlander said. “Shadow puppetry is very ritualistic in southeast Asia.”Goodlander said she already has many plans for her money.“I’m going to Indonesia this summer, where they use shadow puppetry to express culture,” she said. “Then, I’m going to Cambodia next summer to study the puppetry that’s making a come back.”Margaret Remstad is another Ph.D. student who received money from the MIIRT grant to fund research. “I’m doing six months of field work in Peru that will lead to my dissertation,” Remstad said. “I’m studying human rights and issues of language of culture in education — an understanding of education.”Remstad said she’s been working on the project for a long time. She did preliminary work in the summers of 2001, 2002 and 2003 in Peru. She said this has allowed her to begin work and established relationships with the people she’s studying. Remstad said she already has plans for the funding.“I’m going to use it for travel expenses and living expenses,” she said. “Some of the locations I study at are remote, so I may need a driver and perhaps an assistant to accompany me.”Another associate professor, Alex Lichtenstein of the history department, also received money for his innovative workshop that will ship photographs to South Africa. “I’m taking an exhibit of Margaret Bourke-White’s photos to South Africa. It’s open at Mathers Museum, but they’ve never been on display in South Africa,” Lichtenstein said. “The pictures were taken in 1960, and I want to bring them back.”Lichtenstein said he is using his money to help pay for shipping of the photos out of the country.“A lot of it will pay to put on the exhibition in South Africa,” he said. “It will also help pay for the rights to the company that owns the photos, for framing and for me to travel to South Africa to set it up.” “The money is going to be incredibly useful,” Remstad said.
(01/15/13 5:24am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Deans handle budgets, bring in sponsors and make diplomatic trips for the different schools within IU. They lead large academic units with hundreds and even thousands of students and faculty.But when one dean leaves, a difficult and rigorous process goes into finding someone to take the spot, and during that time an interim dean has to be appointed. “An interim does all of the jobs of a dean,” said Mohammad Torabi, dean of the School of Public Health. “But I would argue that it’s a bit more difficult, because when you’re an interim, people you talk to question if they’ll still be working with you in a few months.”Torabi was named the permanent dean of the school Jan. 1 after serving almost two years as an interim dean and seeing the School of Public Health through its transition from being the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.At IU, there are 17 schools, three with interim deans. The University also currently has an interim vice president. Hannah Buxbaum, interim dean, Maurer School of LawBuxbaum became the interim dean of the law school in February 2012 when Lauren Robel, the previous dean, was appointed interim provost and executive vice president. Robel was approved as provost of the Bloomington campus in June 2012.Buxbaum has taught in the law school since 1997, after she practiced law with Davis Polk and Wardwell, and currently teaches various courses, according to the Maurer website. Currently, the search for the new permanent dean is underway.“I anticipate that a new dean will be found by the end of the semester,” Buxbaum said. “But I don’t know much about the search because the provost conducts it.”As for the duties as the interim dean, they don’t vary from that of the permanent dean. “I do as little different as possible as what the permanent dean would do,” Buxbaum said. “I wouldn’t launch an initiative though, because I wouldn’t want the hands of the permanent dean to be tied by committing to initiatives.”Idalene Kesner, interim dean, Kelley school of BusinessKesner was appointed as the dean of the Kelley school on Oct. 1, 2012, when Dan Smith left the position to become the president of the IU Foundation. Kesner came to IU in 1995, coming from a faculty position at the Kenan-Flager Business School at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She is also currently the Frank P. Popoff Chair of Strategic Management and the associate dean of faculty and research at the Kelley school, according to the Kelley website. The search for a new dean is also underway at Kelley. “I would anticipate that the position will be filled by July 1, 2013,” Kesner said in an email. “But ultimately this is up to the Kelley School faculty, the IU Provost and the IU President and the Board of Trustees.”Michael Evans, interim dean, School of JournalismEvans became the interim dean of the journalism school on July 1, 2012. He filled the spot of Brad Hamm, who was named dean of the Medill School, Northwestern University’s school of journalism. “I’m supposed to be interim dean through the possible merger and move to Franklin Hall,” Evans said. “So that will be probably two or three years.”IU has employed Evans since fall 1993. He has taught media culture, ethnographic research, international journalism, ethnic journalism and qualitative studies, in addition to serving as associate dean and interim dean of the School of Journalism. Although Evans is a finalist for a deanship at University of Oregon, he plans to remain the interim through the potential merger of the School of Journalism and the departments of Communication and Culture and Telecommunications and the rest of the search for a new dean. “They haven’t started looking yet,” Evans said. “They’re trying to figure out the merger and the move first.”MaryFrances McCourt, interim University chief financial officer and vice presidentMcCourt became the CFO and interim vice president effective Jan. 1 after being the University treasurer. McCourt was appointed to the IU treasurer position in 2005, leaving her previous job from Cleveland-based Agilysis Inc., where she was assistant treasurer, according to a press release from early December. Her appointment follows the leaving of Neil Theobald, who is the president of Temple University. “As the interim VP and CFO I manage the budget,” McCourt said. “I’m the senior official of all of the finances.”As for a new vice president, the search is underway.“The president hopes to have the spot filled by the end of the semester,” she said. “There should be a small search.”
(01/11/13 5:17am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Communication education at IU could undergo a massive overhaul if a proposal currently on the provost’s desk is approved by the Board of Trustees later this semester.The proposal, prepared by a faculty committee, provides for the merging of the IU School of Journalism, Department of Telecommunications and Department of Communication and Culture. According to the proposal, cinema and media studies, communications and public culture, journalism, telecommunications and emergent media arts could be part of a new school, tentatively titled the School of Communication, Media and Journalism.“Students would all major in CMJ — instead of the current departments that will be merged,” said John Lucaites, College of Arts and Sciences associate dean for arts and humanities, in an email. Additionally, students could be required to develop concentrations and specializations, which could “cut across the various departments within the school,” said Lucaites, a communication and culture professor.Administrators said students could have increased opportunities, such as a raised visibility in the job market after graduation.“It will raise the visibility of the three units,” Walter Gantz, telecommunications department chair, said. “It will also attract more students from across the nation.”The committee that created the proposal was convened after a meeting between the provost and the deans of the College and the School of Journalism. It was co-chaired by Lucaites and School of Journalism Interim Dean Michael Evans and included faculty from all three academic units.After a series of public meetings, the committee made 15 pages of recommendations.These include a reorganization of the existing academic units and the possible creation of new areas of study. It also provides for some sort of campus-wide cooperation with communication courses in other schools.The committee recommended a new location for the possible school, bringing together faculty and students currently scattered across campus.“The only problem now is it’s too small,” Evans said. “The same is true for the other two schools. We’re in desperate need of space.”The proposal calls for a new building near the IU Cinema to “reflect the evolving, changing communication and media environment.” However, Franklin Hall has been suggested as a possible home for the school, journalism associate professor Owen Johnson said in an email.Student media — including the Indiana Daily Student, Arbutus yearbook, WIUX student radio and IU Student Television — could also move to one location.“Although not discussed in the report proposal, one of the ideas that has been mentioned is to put all student media in one place,” Johnson said. “This could encourage more interaction among student media, not a bad idea in today’s media world.”An old debateThis is not the first attempt by the IU administration to consolidate communication studies in the University. Since the School of Journalism detached from the College — a process completed in the 1980s, according to the school’s website — the question has occasionally been brought up.New Academic Directions, which was commissioned by IU President Michael McRobbie with “the duty, from time to time, to ask hard questions about (IU’s) academic structures,” includes the recommendations of the second faculty committee organized to explore this option.The committee concluded “there is no reason to consider further a reorganization of communication/media studies on the Bloomington campus.”It cited the success of existing programs, a lack of financial benefits and faculty opposition.Similarly, previous attempts at reorganization during former Provost Karen Hanson’s tenure in office did not succeed.“What has been odd about the whole discussion of merger is that it has been pursued by the administration, not from the faculty,” said Johnson. “The first committee that was formed to discuss the subject found that the units in the discussion really didn’t have much in common,” he said. “So a second committee was formed by the administration, and it found a few possible points of cooperation. The committee that met last fall, the third of its kind, was basically told that it must make a proposal.”Cause for changeThe origins of this desire for a new structure are unclear.During town hall meetings with students, staff and faculty in the fall, members of the committee alluded to a rumor that the trustees became aware of some of the redundancies between the units after a family member was unable to count telecommunications courses toward a journalism degree.One problem addressed by the committee is finding a home for broadcast journalism students, who must choose between a telecommunications degree and a journalism degree.“I think it makes sense to put the schools together,” said senior telecommunications major Lauren Morton. “There will be more focus on journalism than ever before.”It is clear that the merger hasn’t been proposed to solve money, research or development problems.“All three are financially strong and productive,” Evans said. “All three are very strong, but most schools did this merger a while ago. We’re really taking advantage of opportunities.”Mixed reviewsOutside the University administration and faculty committee, the proposed merger has been cause for much debate.Town hall meetings conducted by the committee in the fall drew large crowds and often antagonistic opinions, although the currently available proposal did not exist at that time.Kaleigh Bacher, director of membership for the Beth Wood Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America said the merger could be good for public relations students. “I have no place,” she said. “I want to find a home for PR. I feel like PR is the red-headed step-child of the J-School.”Haley Nelson, a journalism student focusing on broadcast and the senior news producer for IU Student Television, said she has mixed feelings about the proposal.“I think if I were to get my major with this plan that it would allow more flexibility and skills,” she said. “But does it still maintain the high quality of journalism skills that I came to IU for?”She and other students also expressed concern about losing the century-long legacy of the School of Journalism.Johnson said he’s concerned the idea of a merger hasn’t been universally accepted, and many details are still foggy because the report is in its early stages and not yet finalized for trustee approval.“It’s almost like an arranged marriage,” he said. “Faculty members in the School of Journalism do not want to be in the College, but after the issuance of the report, individual faculty members in the College tried to suggest that of course the new unit would be in the College. This kind of distrust and backstabbing does not augur well for a new unit.”Moving forwardThe next few steps in the decision process aren’t clear, but they will involve getting the opinions of many specialists in the areas of communications, journalism and telecommunications.“Nothing is finalized,” said Elisabeth Andrews, communications specialist for the Office of the Provost. “It’s a proposal, and the faculty are responding to it. We’re gathering feedback on the report.”The next group to examine the options will be an external committee of professionals in media industries, Evans said.“They’re going to be shown the proposal and asked what they think,” he said. “Would they hire someone that graduated from the program?”Once the final reviews have been completed the proposal will come before the Board of Trustees, likely by the end of the semester.“I think it could improve in some ways, modernize the school, but with the convoluted title, it may convolute the tradition of the school,” Nelson said. “I hope that is maintained.”Michael Auslen contributed additional reporting.
(01/09/13 5:32am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU came in at No. 39, one spot higher than last year’s ratings, on a 2013 list of Best Public College Values recently released by Kiplinger.The new rankings also place IU fourth in value within Big Ten schools.Kiplinger, a personal finance adviser and business forecaster, publishes the yearly ranking of the best values for public colleges.According to Kiplinger.com, the top 100 schools are judged by many different criteria, including the number of students who return their sophomore years, the four-year graduation rate, financial aid and student debt. Each category measures a college’s ability to keep students engaged and on track for graduation. IU was also ranked 48th among the Best Value Colleges of 2012 by the Princeton Review, a test-preparation and admissions resources organization. The Princeton Review based its ranking on academic excellence, generous financial aid and cost of attendance. With tuition hikes becoming the norm at universities around the nation, there are many precautions being taken at IU to make sure prices don’t go up for students.“We do a whole lot of things,” Board of Trustees Treasurer MaryFrances McCourt said. “We look at the costs of running an institution, we benchmark administration offices, we offered an early retirement program last year that reduced the head count and we look at the health care costs. This brings the increase down and promotes healthy lifestyles.”Other steps that McCourt said IU is taking are a financial literacy initiative that educates students on debt and personal financial skills, especially budgeting, increasing financial aid and fundraising for scholarships, and offering awards to students who graduate in four years.All of these factors keep the tuition rates down, but there are actions students can take as well. “Graduating in four years is a big one,” McCourt said. “Really think about debt. There’s a lot over and above tuition costs. You need to watch the money you spend. But graduating in four years is huge.”One professor said he was not pleased with the ranking.“The ranking of IU is actually disappointing,” said political theory professor Aurelian Craiutu, who previously taught at Duke, Princeton and University of Northern Iowa. “The 39th place is not a good ranking, and we should not take any credit for it. For one thing, the acceptance rate is much higher at IU, which means that we admit too many students who should not be here.”Craiutu also said IU should observe how University of Northern Carolina at Chapel Hill manages themselves, as they were ranked first on the Kiplinger’s list of overall value.Despite this, several students agreed that IU is a value school.“I think you’ve got to pay somewhere,” freshman journalism and English major Devonn Garrison said. “For the degree that I want, I’m okay to pay this much to go here.”Sophomore tourism management major Nicholas Hunter-Shields said the money is worth it for the experience students get.“I don’t think necessarily for the education, but it’s for the experience,” Hunter-Shields said. “The University wants you to get experience in your field.”Junior biology major Jake Yager said he agreed with Kiplinger’s rating of IU as a value school.“For me, yes,” Yager said. “I don’t have to sacrifice financially. The University stepped up and allowed me to attend. So, yes, it’s a good value.”