• The Young Scholars Program, sponsored by the IUPUI School
of Education, is taking applications for students, grades 1-10,
for its summer programming.
http://education.iupui.edu/sitc/scholargi.htm
• The Kelley School of Business-Indianapolis turned 30 years of age this month. Since 1974, the school has produced more than 12,000 businessmen and businesswomen. To date, more than 8,000 have stayed in Indiana to work and raise families.
http://www.kelley.iupui.edu/30/Calendar.cfm
• IU Kokomo hosted the 16th Undergraduate Intercampus Women’s
Studies/Gender Studies Conference April 16, featuring student
presenters from all eight IU campuses discussing a variety
of gender-related topics from different cultures and disciplines.
http://www.iuk.edu/external-relations/ocm/news/apr04/Women.html
• The first national Earth Day was established by U.S. Sen.
Gaylord Nelson and celebrated on April 22, 1970. The Earth
Day Indiana Festival (see poster below, designed by Herron
student Amber Haltom), “Planet Carefully, Use It Wisely,”
is tomorrow (April 24) in Indianapolis. In 1998, IU’s Lynton
Caldwell was profiled in American Environmental Leaders:
From Colonial Times to the Present for his role in the
development of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
http://www.EarthDayIndiana.org/
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