Once a month, nearly two dozen city employees in Indianapolis step away from their desks and briefly set aside their tasks to spend a day focused on becoming more efficient leaders. They’re all part of the 2021 Leadership Education Accelerated Development Class (L.E.A.D.) run by IU Executive Education. “When organizations invest in developing leaders,… Read more »
Entries by Leslie Wells
CRISP Research and Evaluation Clinic opens applications
Students from IUPUI can put their research and data analysis skills to use to make real change for community organizations in Indianapolis. Applications are open now through November 7 for students to join the research team at the Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy’s Research and Evaluation Clinic in the spring 2022 semester…. Read more »
National Student Exchange program lets students study and travel
Valerie Pokorny and her friends were on a midnight walk. They quietly crept through the trees, keeping their eyes fixed on the Alaskan night sky. They had received an app alert that it would be a good night to see the northern lights. She was in a place quite unlike Indianapolis—and that was just what… Read more »
Transfer students share their paths to O’Neill
For the past three years, Kelsey Weaver, Raj Gadapaka, and Alicia Dinkeldein have been at IUPUI working hard on their degrees. Come December 2021, they’ll turn in their last assignments, earn their final undergraduate grades, and get to turn their tassels and their stories to the next chapter. It’s a fitting end for all three…. Read more »
IU Honors O’Neill alumna Marie Johns for her life of service
At 6:15 a.m., the streets of Washington, D.C., are beginning to come to life. O’Neill alumna Marie Johns is lacing up her walking shoes to head out with her 10-year-old wheaten terrier, Riggins. It’s a daily 2-mile tradition for the duo. These early morning hours are where Johns (BS’79, MPA’82) finds the calm before the… Read more »