http://newscenter.iupui.edu/ News about IU School of Liberal Arts from Newscenter en-us Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:48:44 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5964/Students-campus-and-community-leaders-headline-TEDxIUPUI-event http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5964/Students-campus-and-community-leaders-headline-TEDxIUPUI-event INDIANAPOLIS – In the spirit of promoting ideas worth sharing, a dozen inspiring speakers will take to the stage at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis this month for a day-long event designed to motivate participants to engage in community service. The IUPUI Graduate Communications Club will organize a TEDx event -- TEDxIUPUI: Raising the Next Generation -- beginning with registration and breakfast at 8 a.m. on Friday, March 22 at the Information Communication Technology Complex , 535 W. Michigan St., on the IUPUI campus. TEDx events are independent and locally organized programs designed to give participants a TED-like experience. TED is a nonprofit organization that hosts annual national and international events to promote the sharing of world-changing ideas. At a TEDx event, videos, called TED Talks, and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion of ideas in a small group setting. TEDxIUPUI is granting 12 people selected from auditions held in February a much sought-after platform to give speeches that not only motivate, but demand action from the audience. Undergraduates will speak alongside successful leaders, business professionals, and academics. Topics for the day include community changes, technology hurdles, youth confidence, transportation, civic engagement, education, and global health. The first TEDxIUPUI speaker begins at 9 a.m. and the day concludes at 4:30 pm. In addition to the 12 Indiana speakers, the conference will also highlight three online videos that have received global attention. Presenters and presentations for the day-long event include: •Cole Farrell - “Get on the Bus” •Lindsay Manfredi – “Girls Rock! Learning to Raise Your Voice” •Kathy Marrs - STEM Education •Razi Nalim -“Urgent Low-Impact Energy for our Children to Live on a Cooler Earth in This Century” •Vop Osili -“Fueled by the Impossible” •John Parrish-Sprowl •Jim Plew and Jon Nix -“Independent Thought and the Paradox of Lenses” •Kristy Horn Sheeler -“Reframing Normal: Raising a Generation of Women in Politics” •Beth St. Claire -"The Improviser's Mindset" •Reuben Vandeventer -“Data Overload: Raising the Information Generation” •Mitchell West -“The Nature of I” •Alexander Williams – “Teaching how we know” “What stands out about TEDxIUPUI is that it has been organized by students,” said William Blomquist, dean of the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. “These IUPUI students, particularly the Graduate Communication Club, are demonstrating excellent leadership combined with a commitment to community service that is one of the marks of our school.” TEDxIUPUI is being held during Communication Week, an annual series of spring events hosted by the Department of Communication Studies in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Tickets are limited and go on sale at 11 a.m. on Friday (March 8), for $45 through the TEDxIUPUI website Tickets to the event include breakfast, lunch, and a TEDxIUPUI T-shirt. A simulcast open to students, faculty and community members will take place at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 530 W. New York St. For additional information about the IUPUI event, please contact co-organizer Lindsay Quandt. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) About TED TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Long Beach, California, along with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs; the annual TEDGlobal conference is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, the recently launched TED-Ed platform for students and educators, the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide, and TEDBooks, short e-books by speakers that elaborate on a single idea originally presented on TED's stage. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter or on Facebook.   Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5961/High-school-students-to-compete-in-personal-finance-challenge http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5961/High-school-students-to-compete-in-personal-finance-challenge INDIANAPOLIS -- Every day students make choices dealing with their personal finances, as they will for the rest of their lives. No matter what the case may be, learning how to make wise personal finance decisions will be important. As part of the solution to personal finance struggles among students and adults, the Center for Economic Education in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and the Indiana Council for Economic Education, along with other university-based Centers for Economic Education in Indiana, are presenting the 2013 Indiana Personal Finance Challenge to high school students across the state. The Personal Finance Challenge is an online competition held during the week of March 11 - 15. Indiana high school students will have an opportunity to test their knowledge of personal finance when they compete with students teams from across the state. Each team of three or four students will complete a timed test online that is supervised by their teacher or school administrator. All team members must have completed the closed book exam within 3 hours of each other, and each student will have 30 minutes to complete the 30-question exam. “Our goal is for the Personal Finance Challenge to help teachers encourage students to study personal finance concepts and consider them in their daily decision-making,” said ICEE Executive Director Jeff Sanson. “Research suggests that a better understanding of these concepts helps students make sound money decisions and increases the likelihood that they will meet their financial goals as adults.” Cash prizes will be given to the first and second place teams, and the first place team will earn a trip to represent Indiana at the National Personal Finance Challenge on May 2, in St. Louis, Mo. The Center for Economic Education, part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, works to increase the economic literacy of elementary and secondary students in central Indiana through a variety of teacher-training programs. The Indiana Council for Economic Education is a non-profit, educational organization located at Purdue University. It leads a statewide network of 11 university centers for economic education. ICEE’s mission is to prepare students to become active citizens and productive members of our economy by providing them with the ability to make sound economic decisions.   Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5956/Bradbury-center-director-headlines-Ray-Bradbury-Weekend-events-March-22-and-23 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5956/Bradbury-center-director-headlines-Ray-Bradbury-Weekend-events-March-22-and-23 INDIANAPOLIS -- Jon Eller, professor of English, director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies and senior textual editor of the Institute for American Thought in the IU School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, will be the featured speaker during a weekend-long celebration of Ray Bradbury. All events are free and open to the public. Ray Bradbury Weekend kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Indy Reads Books, 911 Massachusetts Ave., in downtown Indianapolis, where Eller will discuss Bradbury’s 1950 breakthrough book, "The Martian Chronicles." The weekend celebration of Ray Bradbury continues with three events on Saturday, March 23, at the Indianapolis Public Library-Irvington Branch, 5625 E. Washington St. At 10:30 a.m., Eller will speak on the subject “A Miracle of Rare Device: The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies.” Eller will also lead a discussion of "Fahrenheit 451" at 2 p.m. The Irvington Branch will screen the film "Fahrenheit 451" at 5:30 p.m. with a short introduction from Eller. The library will also feature a display of Bradbury memorabilia courtesy of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies. "Since 'Fahrenheit 451' is one of my favorite books of all time, I was thrilled to learn about Jon's work at the center and to have the opportunity to help share the love of Bradbury through the events of the Ray Bradbury weekend,” says Kathleen Angelone, a co-organizer of the weekend series and owner of the Indianapolis bookstore Bookmamas. Eller co-founded the Bradbury Center within the Institute for American Thought in 2007 and became the center’s director in August 2011. He first met Ray Bradbury in 1989, eventually developing a working relationship that lasted until Bradbury’s death in June 2012. Since 2000, Eller has edited or co-edited several limited-press editions of Bradbury’s works, including "The Halloween Tree" (2005), "Dandelion Wine" (2007), and two collections of stories and precursors related to Bradbury’s 1953 publication of "Fahrenheit 451": "Match to Flame" (2006) and "A Pleasure to Burn" (2010). Eller’s most recent book, "Becoming Ray Bradbury" (2011, University of Illinois Press), centers on Bradbury’s early life and development as a writer through the 1953 publication of "Fahrenheit 451." He recently completed "Bradbury Unbound," a companion volume focusing on the middle decades of Bradbury’s career and his rise to cultural prominence. Eller is also working on Simon & Schuster’s 60th anniversary edition of "Fahrenheit 451," scheduled for publication in 2013. “The Bradbury Center has an ongoing archival and publishing function, including 'The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury' book series and 'The New Ray Bradbury Review,' both published by Kent State University Press,” said Eller, “but the Bradbury Weekend events will provide one of the first opportunities for the center to connect with the local Indianapolis community. Much of Bradbury’s work reflects his Midwest roots, and this event provides the perfect opportunity to bring his legacy back to the Heartland.” The weekend is a collaboration of Indy Reads Books, the Indianapolis Public Library-Irvington Branch, Bookmamas and the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies. For additional information on Ray Bradbury Weekend, contact Bookmamas by email or by calling 317-375-3715. To contact Indy Reads Books, call 317-384-1496. To contact the Irvington Branch, call 317-275-4450.   Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_john eller at barlow (4 of 324).jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_john eller at barlow (4 of 324).jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5954/IUPUI-museum-studies-students-to-help-preserve-public-and-private-collectibles http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5954/IUPUI-museum-studies-students-to-help-preserve-public-and-private-collectibles INDIANAPOLIS -- Students in the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis museum studies program, part of the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, are conducting two community outreach events in Indianapolis to help promote better preservation and care of treasures found in both private and public collections. On Wednesday (March 6) from 3 to 5:45 p. m., the students in the Preventive Conservation course at IUPUI are going to the Eagle Creek Ornithology Center, 6515 Delong Road, to clean the approximately 20 bird mounts on exhibit. The students will also answer questions and talk to the center visitors about the importance of caring for collections. On Saturday, April 6, from 1 to 3 p.m., the IUPUI Collections Care Fair takes place at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, 500 W. Washington St. The public is invited to bring family heirloom pieces to the IUPUI Collections Care Fair in order to learn more about proper care and storage of these valued objects. Museum studies students will work side by side with professionally trained conservators who have agreed to share time and expertise with students and the public. For additional information, contact Holly Cusack-McVeigh, assistant professor of anthropology and museum studies at IUPUI, 317-274-1400 or email hmcusack@iupui.edu .     Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5947/Plaster-replicas-of-Parthenon-frieze-find-second-life-at-Herron http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5947/Plaster-replicas-of-Parthenon-frieze-find-second-life-at-Herron INDIANAPOLIS -- Plaster replicas of the running frieze created to adorn the most iconic symbol of classical antiquity are once again teaching tools and objets d’art for certain students and professors at Herron School of Art and Design, part of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. But this time around, second-generation casts of the frieze from Greece’s Parthenon are both a testimonial to the prominent role that Herron played in the training of past generations of professional artists, and a springboard to its multidisciplinary collaborations for future generations. A 6-foot panel with the relief figures of running horses hangs as art on a wall in the office of Jason Kelly, director of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute. The plaster artwork is a scaled replica of a section of the 524-foot low-relief marble sculpture created between 443 and 438 B.C. for the Parthenon, a temple to the Greek goddess Athena. The panel is one from several sets of plaster casts created last summer by Kelly, who teaches history in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI; Herron associate professor of art history Jennifer Lee; and then-Herron sculpture student Benjamin Sunderlin. The trio used rubber molds crafted in 2005 from now rare, early 20th-century casts. The exploratory summer project grew out of the partners’ common interests. A search of the Herron archives reveals that in 1924, the Greek government gave eight life-size casts of Parthenon frieze panels to Herron, then a museum and professional art school under the name John Herron Art Institute. Herron in 1931 purchased 14 scaled plaster casts of sections of the frieze considered most desirable for teaching purposes, according to Kelly. Herron acquired its “original” casts during the era when museums readily exhibited white plaster casts as stand-ins for genuine antiquities that were then hard to come by, and professional art schools used the plaster casts of the Parthenon sculptures, considered “models of ancient beauty,” as teaching tools for students of drawing. Plaster Parthenon frieze casts played a prominent role in the history of art and art education over several centuries, beginning with the Renaissance, Lee said. “Nearly all art schools owned casts of important classical sculptures, which were central to students' training ,” Kelly said. But with time, the use of live nude models became the norm for teaching human illustration, and the use of “fakes” or copies in museums was frowned upon. And the once popular and ubiquitous plaster casts of the Parthenon frieze became obsolete for both intended purposes. “Most of the art schools just threw their (casts) out with the trash,” Kelly said. “It is actually hard to find full sets of these casts.” Herron incorporated the obsolete casts into the décor of the walls of its original buildings on North Pennsylvania Street. When the art school, then a part of Indiana University, made the move to its IUPUI home in Eskenazi Hall in 2005, a Herron student created a set of six rubber molds of the wall casts. Soon Kelly plans to incorporate the casts into the curriculum for art history students who are studying ancient paintings and will paint the new casts in modern colors. “I can’t wait to see how undergraduate students in drawing interpret the casts for modern audiences," Kelly said. The Parthenon project is a “great springboard for what we are going to see between IAHI and schools (at IUPUI) into the future.”     Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_jennifer lee small dsc_4468.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_jennifer lee small dsc_4468.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5945/IUPUI-led-expedition-seeks-source-of-thousandyearold-coins-in-Aboriginal-Australia http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5945/IUPUI-led-expedition-seeks-source-of-thousandyearold-coins-in-Aboriginal-Australia Like a detective working a cold case, an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis anthropologist hopes to unravel the mystery of how a handful of coins, some dating back more than 1,000 years, wound up on a remote beach along Australia’s northern coastline. Armed with a grant from the Australian Geographic Society, Ian McIntosh will lead an expedition in July to the long-abandoned Wessel Islands where the coins were found. The ancient copper coins have little monetary value, but in archaeological terms they are priceless, McIntosh said. The coins may even touch upon the arrival of Europeans in Australia, as British explorer James Cook is credited with being the first European to have encountered the country’s eastern coastline in 1770. The coins raise the possibility of shipwrecks that may have occurred along an early maritime trading route and bring to mind the ancient trading network that linked East Africa, Arabia, India and the Spice Islands over 1,000 years ago. Aboriginal folklore also speaks of a hidden cave near where the coins were found that is filled with doubloons and weaponry of an ancient era, McIntosh said. In any case, McIntosh begins his quest for answers with a nearly 70-year-old map where X marks the spot but few other clues about the coins that now reside in a box in the back of a museum in Sydney, because people don’t know what to make of them, he said. McIntosh, who is Australian, will be returning to the area where he lived for several years while working on his Ph.D. Mcintosh is an adjunct anthropology faculty member in the IU School of Liberal Arts. The coins were found in 1944. Maurie Isenberg, an Australian soldier assigned to a forward radar station at Jensen Bay on the Wessel Islands, spotted several coins in the sand while fishing in his spare time one day. Having little interest in coins at the time, he placed them in an airtight tin, where they remained until 1979, when he sent the coins off to have them identified. Shortly after finding the coins, Isenberg drew an X on a map of the area that had been drawn by another soldier. McIntosh now possesses that map. Four of the coins were identified as Dutch East India Company coins, with one dating back to 1690. The other five coins, dating from the 900s to 1300s, were African coins from the once flourishing Kilwa Sultanate, now a World Heritage ruin south of Zanzibar in Tanzania. The copper coins, the first to be produced in sub-Saharan Africa, were never in use beyond the immediate locality of East Africa, and only one has ever been found elsewhere, in Oman. How and why do five Kilwa coins find their way to the Australian Outback? McIntosh said he believes an archaeological site survey, which has never been done, and an excavation will begin to answer those questions. In partnership with the senior Aboriginal custodians for the Wessel Islands, McIntosh’s team, composed of Australians and Americans, will include a historian, anthropologist, archaeologist and geomorphologist, as well as Aboriginal rangers. They will survey the site where the coins were found, with a view to applying for an excavation permit from the relevant heritage authorities and planning the logistics of the excavation. The initial work to be done includes site surveys, mapping, recording, soil testing and coastal erosion analysis. There are so many unanswered questions regarding to the African coins' discovery, McIntosh said. “Multiple theses have been put forward by noted scholars, and the major goal is to piece together more of the puzzle. Is a shipwreck involved? Are there more coins? All options are on the table, but only the proposed expedition can help us answer some of these perplexing questions.”   Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_photo000.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_photo000.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5938/Gift-to-IU-School-of-Philanthropy-will-create-nations-first-endowed-chair-in-womens-philanthropy http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5938/Gift-to-IU-School-of-Philanthropy-will-create-nations-first-endowed-chair-in-womens-philanthropy Eileen Lamb O’Gara Chair will increase understanding of the key role women play in philanthropy INDIANAPOLIS -- A gift to create the nation’s first endowed chair in women’s philanthropy will advance and expand understanding of women’s unique and powerful role in giving, volunteering and leadership of philanthropic organizations. The Indiana University School of Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will establish the Eileen Lamb O’Gara Chair in Women’s Philanthropy with an endowment gift from Maureen and Jim Hackett. Maureen Hackett chairs the school’s board of visitors. The women’s philanthropy chair is named for her mother, an entrepreneurial businesswoman who dedicated her life to helping and caring for others. “Women have long been leaders -- often unsung leaders -- in philanthropy,” Maureen Hackett said. “Today, women’s philanthropy is more visible, more prolific and more powerful than ever before. Our understanding of it must equal its strength in order to achieve philanthropy’s full potential to change the world.” The chair holder will conduct groundbreaking research on women’s philanthropy and on gender differences in philanthropy, translate research into improvements in philanthropic practices and develop academic courses in the new School of Philanthropy. With the creation of the endowed chair, the school and its Women’s Philanthropy Institute will be able to provide new insights and information for students, donors, fundraisers and institutions. “We are delighted to thank Maureen and Jim for this generous gift,” said Gene Tempel, founding dean of the school. “It will enhance knowledge about the role of gender differences in philanthropy and will ensure that women’s philanthropy has a prominent and permanent place in the study of philanthropy. “It is especially appropriate that the nation’s first endowed chair in this field is being created by one of the nation’s most inspiring and effective philanthropy leaders to honor the legacy of her remarkable mother,” Tempel said. “Maureen epitomizes thoughtful, high-impact philanthropy, and we are grateful for her generosity, wise counsel and bold leadership.” The Hacketts’ community and national involvement reflects their deep commitment to family, faith and education: They are passionate about mental health care advocacy, children’s health, Catholic education and youth development, among other causes, and give generously of their time, resources and skills. Maureen Hackett began her volunteerism at 14 and has been dedicated to making a difference in the lives of others throughout her life. She is an active volunteer board member or advisory board member for charities around the country, including the Greater Houston Community Foundation, the Menninger Clinic, the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mental Health America Houston, the Mental Health Court Foundation and the Rice University Shepherd School of Music. Jim Hackett is executive chairman of the board of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and previously was its chairman, president and CEO. He is former chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He serves as a volunteer leader on several nonprofit boards, including the Baylor College of Medicine, the Welch Foundation for Chemistry, the Business Roundtable and Rice University, where he also is an adjunct professor. “Women are leading in philanthropy in vibrant, dynamic ways, yet too little is known about why and how women give and volunteer,” said Debra Mesch, director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the School of Philanthropy. “This wonderful gift will elevate awareness and understanding of women’s philanthropy and enable the school and the Women’s Philanthropy Institute to provide new knowledge for donors and nonprofit professionals so they can make a transformational difference in the causes they care about around the world.” The Hacketts’ gift is the first chair to be endowed at the School of Philanthropy during the recently announced public phase of its Moving Philanthropy Forward $100 million special endowment initiative. The initiative seeks support for endowed faculty chairs, student scholarships, research and training programs for philanthropy and nonprofit professionals. It includes endowment matching gift opportunities for RISE Scholarships and endowed chairs and Ruth Lilly Professorships. To date, the school has received more than $70.6 million in gifts and pledges, including the Hacketts’ gift. About the School of Philanthropy The Indiana University School of Philanthropy is dedicated to improving philanthropy to improve the world by educating and empowering students and professionals to be innovators and leaders who create positive and lasting change. Located at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, the School offers a comprehensive approach to philanthropy through its academic, research and international programs and through The Fund Raising School, the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving and the Women’s Philanthropy Institute.   Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_women and giving d30_6628.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_women and giving d30_6628.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5937/IUPUI-students-help-Indianapolis-Public-Library-develop-communitybased-ESL-program-for-adults http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5937/IUPUI-students-help-Indianapolis-Public-Library-develop-communitybased-ESL-program-for-adults INDIANAPOLIS -- When the Indianapolis Public Library was looking to offer free, monthlong, theme-based ESL classes to the city's adult immigrants and language learners, it turned to IUPUI for help. This spring, an “English for the Workplace” course runs through March 9 at the Southport Branch Library, while “English for Everyday Living” will meet Wednesdays and Saturdays, March 6 to 30 at the Haughville Branch Library. The classes are among a series offered at the library's 22 branches, the result of the work of IUPUI professor and Department of English Chair Thomas Upton and IUPUI alumna Amanda Snell (M.A. in English, 2012; Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, 2011; Graduate Certificate in Teaching Writing, 2011), and English graduate students Cindy Carr, Kate Dobson and Susan Peebles. After receiving hundreds of calls from adults asking for English as a Second Language classes, Jessica Moore, immigrant outreach specialist at the Indianapolis Public Library, contacted the English department in the IU School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. In response to Moore’s request in fall 2010, Upton encouraged Snell, then one of his beginning graduate students, to develop an ESL course as part of her master’s degree thesis. Snell, who has a passion for community-based language teaching, conducted a needs assessment, interviewing students, teachers and administrators at other successful ESL programs around the state. She then developed a curriculum that includes pragmatics, or language use in context, as well as grammar and vocabulary, and taught the first course, “English for the Workplace,” in October 2011, reaching more than 100 students. To make the IUPUI-public library partnership sustainable, Snell invited Carr, Dobson and Peebles, all graduate students in IUPUI’s Master of Arts in English/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program, to help develop the second session of the program. The graduate students collaborated to develop curriculum that was informed by students’ needs and sound application of language teaching principles. The second session, “English for Everyday Living,” was offered in spring 2012 at Haughville Library. It contained eight two-hour classes on specific themes, including “English for School Communication,” “English for Emergencies” and “English for Shopping.” After each round of classes, the IUPUI students worked with Moore to evaluate and revise the program. After the first session, for example, Snell and Moore decided to target advertising specifically to beginning ESL students who lacked access to classes, hanging bilingual fliers in small local grocery stores, Laundromats and public schools instead of emailing information to employers and posting it on the library website. The advertising efforts paid off. Students in the second-session class came from Latin America, Africa and Asia; some were young mothers and others were retired; some had doctoral degrees from their home countries and others had never attended elementary school. Moore reports that phone calls continue to come in from prospective students asking when more “English for ” classes will occur. Though Snell graduated in May 2012, the legacy of her efforts exists in the continuing classes.   Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_english2 for_spr 201300.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_english2 for_spr 201300.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5936/A-conversation-with-Gaye-Todd-Adegbalola-2013-Taylor-Symposium-speaker http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5936/A-conversation-with-Gaye-Todd-Adegbalola-2013-Taylor-Symposium-speaker INDIANAPOLIS -- Educator and activist Gaye Todd Adegbalola is the keynote luncheon speaker for the annual Joseph T. Taylor Symposium at noon Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the IUPUI Campus Center. In a phone interview, Adegbalola discussed a variety of subjects, including her symposium presentation, which will be a combination of lecture and musical performance. On being an activist and a musician: “I have been an activist all my life -- as a black person, as a poor person, as a woman, as a single mom, as a lesbian, and now as an old person. ... And as a blues musician, I have learned to write about those things. ... (At IUPUI) I am going to talk about diversity and working together, and I am going to intersperse some of the songs that I have written that relate to pieces of that puzzle. “ On “two Americas”: “We basically have two Americas. We have two Americas in terms of low-money-makers and extremely rich people, extremely rich people running the whole world. How do you bring those two people together for the common good of a neighborhood? From what I read about Joseph Taylor, Dr. Taylor, his whole thing was working for the common good of the neighborhood, having the university serve the community.” On gay rights and civil rights: "I think those people who are against gay marriage are basically coming from a faith-based perspective, but if we look at civil rights, if I pay the same taxes, I should have the same rights as you. And with marriage, there are 1,100 given rights ... visitation in a hospital and making decisions about surgery for example. If I am not married to this person, that person can’t make medical decisions for me. That’s a civil right. We are not talking about whether your church accepts it or not, but we are talking about what’s right in terms of the government." On her IUPUI presentation: “One of my first songs is going to be about civil rights and how things have changed, but they have changed too slowly, and then I’ll come full circle. ... There will be a song that relates to feminist things, and I’ll do another song that relates to the commonality of all people. As I talk for a bit I will draw from some of my original material. Music holds people’s attention better than dry words, so hopefully I can keep everybody tuned in. “In his inauguration speech, (President Obama) talked about Seneca, Selma and Stonewall. I am going to talk about those three entities: Seneca, where the first women’s rights convention was held; Selma, the big (‘60s civil rights) march in Alabama; and Stonewall, the raid on the gay bar, and that is what directly prompted all the gay rights parades and festivals. “   The 2013 Joseph T. Taylor Symposium takes place from 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd. The theme is “It Takes a City: Toward a Diverse and Humane Community.”  For additional details or to register, visit the School of Liberal Arts website.     Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_gaye todd adegbalola000.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_gaye todd adegbalola000.jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5930/Art-Race-Space-Symposium-broadcasts-available-online http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5930/Art-Race-Space-Symposium-broadcasts-available-online INDIANAPOLIS -- Archived Web broadcasts of the Art, Race, Space Symposium, sponsored Jan. 25 by the Museum Studies Program in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, are available for viewing on the WCTY Government Access Channel 16 website. Eight recorded presentations from the symposium are listed in the Special Events section of the Channel 16 On-Demand Video Archive. The symposium, supported by a grant from the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute, emerged out of the necessity to revisit artist Fred Wilson’s “E Pluribus Unum,” a proposed sculpture for the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. The project was canceled in 2011 because of controversy surrounding Wilson’s appropriation of a freed slave figure from the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis. Several artists and scholars from around the country joined leaders from Indianapolis’ arts and culture sector as symposium presenters, including Wilson, who discussed “Inspirations: Musing on What Monuments, Memorials, Public Art, and Public Space Inspire Me,” as the symposium’s opening session.   Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/60_sq_artist fred wilson cill (62 of 168).jpg http://newscenter.iupui.edu/images/200_artist fred wilson cill (62 of 168).jpg