LEARNING
FOR LIFE. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
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THE COMMUNICATORS,
THE CURIOUS, THE CRITICAL THINKERS, AND THE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS.
THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Fine Arts
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Greetings! The College of Arts and Sciences is Indiana State University’s largest college. It is home to more than 3,600 undergraduate students and more than 400 graduate students. Many of the programs in the college combine faculty and courses from different disciplines, offering students the chance to collaborate across departments. Arts and sciences faculty are awardwinning teachers and nationally and internationally renowned scholars. They provide service to the University, their disciplines, and the community. Students in the college have many chances to engage in community service and handson learning, including original research led by, and in collaboration with, faculty.
We also have a robust program in science education through our Center for Science Education, where we teach students to become secondary science teachers. Student Media hosts Indiana State’s cable TV channel (Channel 20), two radio stations (WISU Public Radio; WZIS, our campus station), the Statesman newspaper, the yearbook, our ESPN3 channel, and Sycamore Video (a clientbased video business). Students from all over campus participate and engage with these media outlets. They provide opportunities for resume-building experiential learning.
The College of Arts and Sciences is the academic backbone of the University. For nearly all students, we provide the vast majority of the University’s Foundational Studies program that is grounded in the social and natural sciences, the fine arts and humanities, English and writing, communication, math, and foreign languages.
As a result, our students graduate from Indiana State with strong skills in oral and written communication, critical reading and thinking, and the ability to work collaboratively to analyze and solve problems from many different perspectives. As hundreds of studies confirm, year after year, these are the skills employers value most highly, and these are the skills that prepare graduates for challenging and rewarding careers.
In addition to our academic departments, the College of Arts and Sciences has a number of distinctive centers that conduct research, community outreach, and connect with academic programming. We have the Center for Genomic Advocacy and the Center for Bat Research, Conservation, and Outreach.
As you flip through the pages of this book, you’ll see why so many students come to Indiana State and find their futures in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES
Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes—that’s what Indiana State can help you do. In 1969, Indiana State students demanded change. Those goals of inclusiveness and diversity are alive and well today. A university with the most diverse residential student body in Indiana also boasts one of the first African and African American Studies programs in the nation. Approved by the Commission on Higher Education in 1972, the program enrolls more than 500 students in its classes each semester. African and African American Studies offers both a bachelor’s degree and a minor to prepare students for professional careers in human services, education, law, business, community development, and journalism.
Outside of the classroom, check out the Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center and the Office of Multicultural Services and Programs, which includes La Casita Resource Center, the International Student Resource Center, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/ Questioning (LGBTQ) Resource Center. You’ll learn about yourself as you learn about others’ cultures and experiences.
“ISU helped me grow and mature, and Dr. (Chris) Olsen helped me so much. I thank him for helping me through a lot of tough times. He pushed me and challenged me and was always there for me. He has meant a lot in my life.” — Verlain Betof, ’10
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MUSIC
A passion for percussion Between work and life, Indiana State music Professor Jimmy Finnie never quite finds enough time for personal percussion practice and sneaks in an hour or so when he can.
But the sabbatical he was awarded last fall allowed him four to five hours a day to hone his craft, rehearse with colleagues, arrange music and work with a composer. It turned into a unique opportunity for his Indiana State percussion students and colleagues who accompanied him in weeks of rehearsals and nearly 15 hours of recording music for a CD. “A major part of what music students do at ISU involves one-on-one lessons and performing in ensembles as an attempt to simulate professional performance activity,” Finnie said. “These students
getting to participate in the high-stakes and high-stress activities created during recording is a rare experience.” Along with hours of rehearsal leading up to the recording, the students participated in four on-campus performances, including a concert in celebration of “The Dream” of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Center for Global Engagement awards reception, the Center for Student Research and Creativity Exposium, a special child-friendly concert in the School of Music and six performances at the Turkey Run Elementary School Fine Arts Day.
“The project was a success because it helped us all develop as musicians. We all put a lot of effort in because it wasn’t just memorization. It was expressing emotion and communicating with the people around you through the music.” —Samuel Roten,’20
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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
‘I have always enjoyed teaching.’ Dr. Guo Ping Zhang has worked for 16 years as a professor at Indiana State—spending each day helping students make connections between physics and society. “I have always enjoyed teaching, especially physics, which can be quite a challenging topic. A lot of students never take physics in high school, so my goal is to convey my knowledge, ideas, and excitement for physics to them.” Zhang has received more than $1 million in grants from U.S. Department of Energy, Army Research Office and National Science Foundation. When Zhang first arrived at Indiana State in 2002, he and his colleagues in Europe had pioneered a research field called femtomagnetism, where one can store magnetic bits into disks at a rate at least 1,000 times faster than the current technology. He has published about 100 peer-reviewed articles. “I give 100 percent effort to my students, because I want everyone to be successful in my classroom. That’s what teaching is all about—being there for and engaging with students. I want them to see that physics is extremely usable in our daily lives.”
“My Blue is to help find a cure to cancer by working at Eli Lilly or Dow Afro Sciences and to start my own fashion line.” —Bryan Walker, ’20
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CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Super heroes are Blue. If your future is fighting crime, Indiana State is where you train in the latest fields. In the ever-changing field of criminal justice, State is connected to law enforcement agencies and the latest trends. “We rigorously and relentlessly pursue our job market in that we regularly invite people from industry—many of them our own alumni—to campus to discuss current issues, what new problems they’re encountering in their fields, what problems they’re having with new graduates that are entering the job market,” said DeVere Woods, chair of the criminology and criminal justice department. “We’re constantly incorporating that back into our curriculum and our approach.” Based on feedback from industry partners, the department recently added two new degree programs that reflect the growing role technology now plays in criminal justice and law enforcement: a degree in intelligence analysis and a degree in cybercriminology and security studies.
In addition, the department incorporates industry feedback into its curriculum in more nuanced ways, such as by teaching students the history and the philosophy of criminal justice in hopes that they will be able to think critically when they enter the professional realm. Employers regularly tell the department they want police officers, deputies, analysts, and technicians who can solve novel or unfamiliar problems by considering all the relevant historical, ethical, and legal factors at play. The department has also placed a renewed emphasis on writing skills so students will achieve long-term career success after they leave the university. “We want our graduates to not only go out and get that first job, but we want them to get that first promotion,” Woods said. “We want them to be successful in their organization long-term.”
“Jobs are plentiful in this field—and not just the first few careers that come to mind such as police, probation, or correctional officers. With our current and continuous threat of terrorism on U.S. soil, jobs such as the NSA, FBI, CIA, Secret Service, U.S. Marshals, and Homeland Security will most likely be very viable jobs for well-educated and dedicated students.” —Dr. Jennifer Murray, assistant professor
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ECONOMICS
From Indiana State to Morocco: A global market becomes a sensational classroom. Today, every economy is a global economy. Indiana State students learned this lesson firsthand while exploring economic sustainability in Morocco—a country where the cultures of Africa, Asia, Europe, and America come together. “There is such diversity in a small area,” said Dr. John Conant, economics professor and department chairperson. “The students were able to observe small, rural projects that involved women’s co-ops and university community engagement projects. We were also able to study the impact of water scarcity in parts of the country.” While touring labyrinthine souks—aka outdoor markets—and analyzing business strategies, they learned how the economy works on a micro level. Talking with government officials gave them insight into the laws and regulations that impact economic development. The average personal income in Morocco is about $7,000 (U.S. dollars), compared to more than $51,000 in the United States. Analyzing a society where culture, wealth, and poverty intertwine in countless ways, these students
probed a new range of techniques to implement economic sustainability. “Having study abroad as a requirement of both the Honors College and the language studies major really encourages you to seek out opportunities like this. I’m a motivated person, but knowing study abroad was a requirement is a good push to seek out the best opportunities. Anytime you have the opportunity to encounter somebody different than yourself you will learn something new. There is no better opportunity for such learning than to have an opportunity that immerses you in something unfamiliar.” With experience like this on their résumés, Sycamores can embark on careers that take them anywhere—from economic consulting in developing countries to improving sustainability practices right here at home.
“Morocco checked all of the boxes for me. I wanted to travel to a French speaking, developing nation because I plan to pursue development studies and work after my undergraduate studies.” —Abigail Grider, ’18
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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Your professors will inspire you to get your hands dirty. Undergraduate research opportunities abound at Indiana State. Maybe you’ll spend time extracting DNA in the genomics lab. Perhaps you’ll net a bat. Try hiking into the woods, if studying trees is more your style. When Dr. Jim Speer talks of his dendrochronology research, it oftentimes involves a reference to “A.D.,” as his tree ring data regularly dates back a millennium or two. “Anything that has tree rings, we can date and can do climate reconstruction, fire history, insect outbreak, and date archaeological processes—look at chemicals in the wood. We can do most of those in our lab,” he said.
And Speer regularly takes a troupe of students to field sites near and far to study each of these aspects. “We have great ecology programs. There’s lots of renowned ecologists here, and it’s great to work with people who lead the field,” said doctorate student Joey Pettit. “I came in with very little experience, and I’m going out with tons of experience.”
“The hands-on experiences with Indiana State Student Media radio station, TV station and newspaper were put to the test at my internship because I would even go out and do stories on my own, bring them back and brainstorm ideas with the team about things we could air. You will make mistakes, but you get the opportunity to get back on-air, behind the camera and try again.” —Garrett Short, ’16
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Take a class with a world-class scholar. Here are three of many:
Dr. Laura Bates English Professor Laura Bates never expected the widespread media attention and acclaim her first book “Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard” received. It chronicles her time teaching Shakespeare in the maximum-security wing of the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. “I felt like there was a story that needed to be told. I don’t think I thought much beyond getting the story told,” she said. “It’s not so much my story as it is the life story of the prisoner.” “Shakespeare Saved My Life” was also selected for the Big Library Read, introducing it to more than 100,000 people in 12 countries. A movie by two independent filmmakers in Toronto is also in the works.
Dr. Michael Shelden Dr. Michael Shelden is no stranger to capturing headlines worldwide for his research and writing. The English professor was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and won the National Author Winner for the 2014 Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award for his body of work that includes “Orwell: The Authorized Biography,” “Mark Twain, Man in White: The Grand Adventure of His Final Years,” and “Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill.” Shelden’s newest book, “Melville in Love,” was No. 149 among the Time magazine’s recent cover story “240 Reasons to Celebrate America Right Now.” Through Shelden’s new and exhaustive research, “Melville” reveals that the rebellious spirit in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” was inspired by a love affair.
Dr. Barbara Skinner For the second time in 11 years, history Professor Barbara Skinner has received a prestigious fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Skinner researches Russia, and her latest project explores the impact of the religious conversion of Greek Catholics in Belarus and Ukraine to Russian Orthodoxy in 1839, an event that sparked lasting resentments in this region. NEH grants are the most prestigious awards for any scholar in the humanities — and as a result are highly competitive. About 80 awards are given each year from approximately 1,250 applications. “I’m lucky to have a project that’s relevant today, even though I’m working on the early 19th century,” she said. “It’s critical research, because we see Vladimir Putin trying to take over eastern Ukraine and saying that region has always been Russian.”
What’s so important about primary care? Primary care clinicians are the quarterbacks of health care. They’re the first to see a patient and diagnose a problem. Patients depend on them for health education, whole-person and wellness care, management of chronic conditions, and coordination of their care under other providers. Data increasingly shows that areas with higher concentrations of primary care clinicians have lower cost, higher quality health care. Source: Primarycareprogress.org. Engaging communities to transform primary care. 20
PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
Young. Eager. Exceptional. And thinking small. A transformation in Indiana health care is underway. These will be the doctors who lead it. Everyone loves the idea of the small town doctor. But try finding one: The accessible, caring family physician has been slowly disappearing from Indiana’s mostly rural counties.
They’re change-makers who already want to make health care better in their hometowns. Applicants must demonstrate an attachment to a rural community and a desire to return there after med school.
Indiana State has answered the call and created a pre-med curriculum that redefines and reinvigorates the profession. The premed Rural Health Program at Indiana State is making primary care cool—and rewarding.
Rural Health Scholars are well equipped with experience and inspiration. They attend monthly meetings, job shadow doctors, and receive specialized academic advising. Professional development workshops, MCAT test prep, and field practice prime them for acceptance to IU School of Medicine-Terre Haute.
“It’s not just a matter of accepting students and hoping for the best. You have to develop faculty who are willing to spend time with them outside of the classroom,” said Tiahung Duong, associate dean of the IU School of Medicine-Terre Haute. “The key is we keep reinforcing the idea that rural practice is very doable, and once people see that, the result is very gratifying.”
Successful program scholars finish the undergraduate program debt-free. Students depart with fresh perspectives on primary care delivery and are ready to bring innovation, technology, and teambased care to the rural areas they serve.
Rural Health—the What and the Why. A generous four-year scholarship attracts bright, well-rounded students to the field.
New student quote from Dylan Stolz. “Indiana State University is a hidden goldmine of opportunities for students. When you step on campus for the first time, you immediately feel like you are part of the Sycamore family and you are surrounded by faculty, staff, and fellow students who truly want to best for you. It is not a competitive environment, but rather a supportive environment that brings out the best in students.” —Dylan Stolz, ’18 21
SERVICE LEARNING
Ask any teacher, and they’ll tell you: It’s what you learn from the students that makes the experience so rewarding. That statement could not be more true for Erin Trowbridge, ’99, and Jessica Marie Bell, ’18, who teach English to migrant workers in Oaktown. Bell of Terre Haute learned about the collaboration there between the Southern Indiana Education Center and Indiana State from Scott Sterling, assistant professor of the teaching English as a second language (TESL) and linguistics. She was placebound and could not travel abroad as required for her language studies major. Four evenings a week, Bell drives the 25 minutes to Oaktown. “It’s been a magnificent opportunity. It’s given me a new perspective on what it means to be someone who is not from here and has to go to another place in order to make ends meet for your family,” Bell said. “My ability to speak Spanish has gotten a lot better through the summer, because being here is very similar to if you were in a Spanish-speaking country.” Trowbridge of Farmersburg works full-time teaching seventh grade at Sullivan Middle School and recently completed her TESL master’s certification at State. The mother of two also teaches at the youth migrant education program in Vincennes and at Oaktown each fall, summer, and spring.
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“You just have no idea who’s going to walk in through the door and what their stories are going to be. We have students who cannot read in English or in Spanish, and we have a student here who is one class away from completing his engineering degree at the university level,” Trowbridge said. “I tell people constantly you can’t paint any population with one brush.” Bell teaches students ages 22-plus, and Trowbridge, the 18-21 group. The workers have tough backstories, and their days start early and end late—the hours in between are filled with intensive manual labor. Even though they’re tired in the evenings, they shower, change, and arrive to the mobile classroom with smiles on their faces and eager to learn. “I stay in touch with a lot of the students through WhatsApp, and it makes me so happy when I have a student who says, ‘I’m a crew-boss now because I can talk to the farmer in English and I can talk to the workers in Spanish, so I got a pay increase,’” Trowbridge said. “So many of the things that we take for granted, they don’t. Each little step is very, very important for them.”
“What I take back to my seventh graders from here is making sure that my students get more of a diverse concept of the world. We need to know things about all cultures and respect things about all cultures.” —Erin Trowbridge, ’99
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PSYCHOLOGY
Focused on outcomes. Ready for the real world. The Psychology Clinic at Indiana State University is a hub of activity. Children are playing in the ADHD clinic, city employees are undergoing testing, and adults are attending private therapy sessions. Licensed clinical faculty oversee the operations, but it’s the students in the College of Arts and Sciences doctorate program of clinical psychology (Psy.D.) program who pull it all together.
A tremendous advantage for students. “We do everything a clinician at an outside clinic would do,” said Jonathan Novi, ’15. “We do it under supervision, but the majority of clinic operations are conducted by students.” Psy.D. students help run the front desk. They schedule appointments, meet with clients, conduct testing, and analyze data. They’re supervised by a dynamic faculty team, including Valinda Woods, the client services assistant who has been the glue at the clinic for 20 years. “This is the most supportive environment I can imagine for learning how to treat clients,” Novi said. “We develop treatment plans custom tailored for our clients, many of whom couldn’t afford treatment any other way.” By offering services on a sliding scale, the Indiana State Psychology Clinic serves an important dual role. It provides needed psychotherapy and testing for children, adults, seniors, and couples regardless of income, and gives second- and
third-year doctoral students opportunities to become remarkable clinicians.
Meeting a critical need. Student clinicians are eager to do well and frequently devote a great deal of time to researching, studying, and thinking about their clients. “With cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), I was able to help one female client significantly reduce anxiety and develop healthier relationship patterns,” Novi said. “Another client with extreme social anxiety was terrified at the thought of even applying for a job. At our last session, he had maintained steady employment and was even considering moving to full-time.” Four years in a row, the doctorate of clinical psychology program has had 100 percent placements for highly competitive accredited internships, a requirement for the degree. Novi attributes the clinic’s success, both for students and the community, to comprehensive supervision by faculty and access to start-of-the-art technology. “We are able to record our sessions and watch them with our supervisors,” he said. “This lets us not only look at the client and what’s going on with them from a treatment perspective, but also allows us to reflect on ourselves — who we are as clinicians and who we are in the room with our clients. It is a crucial component of growing as a clinician.”
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STUDENT MEDIA
As the world of publishing evolves, so does Indiana State’s Student Media. Communication students start their day being inspired in class and then work a shift at one of the multiple production channels. The Indiana Statesman
Sycamore Video
Students publish a print paper three days a week and manage an online newspaper.
Students produce a cablecast program on the campus cable system and sycamorevideo.com.
Students report, write editorials, edit, shoot photos, sell ads, design pages, manage circulation, and run the website.
The Sycamore Indiana State’s yearbook is published in print and online. Students are staff writers, photographers, page designers, editors, and marketing managers.
WZIS, 90.7 FM This student-staffed radio station broadcasts music, news, public affairs, and sports around the Wabash Valley. Students work as disc jockeys, sports commentators, news reporters, show hosts, station managers, underwriters, and audio producers.
WISU, 89.7 FM The public radio is an affiliate of WFYI-FM in Indianapolis. It provides National Public Radio (NPR) to west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois. Students create and air public affairs shows as producers, engineers, and coordinators.
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Students work as video reporters, television anchors, video editors, and camera and sound technicians.
The Digital Team Develops and maintains six websites operated by Indiana State Student Media. Students are multimedia specialists, graphic designers, and webmasters.
Syc Creations Students produce client-driven, feebased video productions for campus and community members. Students take part in pre-production, onlocation shooting, recording, and video editing.
ESPN3 An arrangement with ESPN and the Missouri Valley Conference offers State students the opportunity to learn what it’s like to be behind and in front of the camera for big games. Student crews, led by a full-time sports video expert, work with broadcast-quality, high-definition video cameras, lenses, and field gear, and man a central control room connected by fiber to all Sycamore sports venues.
“When you’re in college you think, ‘Oh, I’m going to be learning about, I’m not going to be actually doing it until I get into the field.’ ISU has a program … that you can get hands on, even when you’re a freshman.” —Abi Sharton, ’20
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Scenes from performances and rehearsals of “Coming to See Aunt Sophie,� written by theater Professor Arthur Feinsod, are seen.
THEATER
Professor of theater and playwright, Dr. Arthur Feinsod, is used to his scripts being well received. That’s what happened with Feinsod’s latest work, “Coming to See Aunt Sophie.” The play dramatizes the inner struggles of Polish Catholic and intellectual Jan Karski—the man who tried to stop the Holocaust. Working as a spy for the Polish underground during World War II, Karski, who had already suffered imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Gestapo, managed to pass undetected through Nazi Germany, occupied France, and Franco’s Spain before reaching England and the U.S. to alert the Allies to the slaughter taking place in German concentration camps. The phrase “Coming to See Aunt Sophie” was the passcode he used to signal his collaborators. “Sophie” had its world premiere at the Here and Now Festival in Mannheim, Germany, with Dale McFadden directing. The company then toured Poland at the request of national sponsors, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Karski’s birth. “It was emotionally taxing on the actors, especially when they toured the Holocaust sites and memorials,” Feinsod said. “It was especially hard for the German people, but they seemed to appreciate the production. It shows the strength
and character of the Germans. It was the right place to premiere the play.” While “Coming to See Aunt Sophie” is rooted in history, Feinsod is quick to point out its current relevance. “In Poland and Hungary today, the anti-Semitism rate is near 50 percent,” he said. “What has happened to make people think this is okay? We all have a lot of work to do to teach tolerance and respect for people across all cultural and religious borders.” State’s professional theater company, Crossroads Repertory Theatre, produced nine performances in Indiana and two at the Chopin Theatre in downtown Chicago. The play has been translated into Polish and Hungarian, and new productions have been staged in the United States and Australia.
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LEARNING BY DOING
The internship of a lifetime. Rolling Stone magazine listed Bonnaroo Music Festival as one of the “50 Moments That Changed Rock & Roll.” During a recent summer, Indiana State music majors helped run the show. Some music majors can say they’ve gone to Bonnaroo, but how many can say they’ve helped produce the outdoor music festival featuring greats such as Bob Dylan, Jay-Z, and Wilco? “Seeing Bonnaroo built from the ground up over the course of one week was easily one of the most awe-inspiring things I’ve encountered,” said Kelsey Marvin, a music business major. Marvin, along with two other Indiana State students, worked 18-hour shifts and even an all-nighter at the four-day festival, which easily draws 100,000 fans to its staging area and “Tent City.” They managed many details integral to the event—from organizing volunteers to supervising vendors.
Passion aflame? Check. “I saw part of the Paul McCartney concert,” Marvin said. “There was a moment when he was performing ‘Blackbird’ when I realized there was a member of The Beatles 50 feet in front of me—one of the four men who literally defined rock and roll and was the love of about a million teenage girls’ lives.”
While Bonnaroo was filled with aweinspiring musical moments, the students were there to work and learn. “I learned many transferable skills,” said Ebonie Lamb. “I improved my communications skills and learned how to be more precise. My work with databases and email systems at Bonnaroo makes me more versatile.” The students’ coursework at Indiana State first laid the foundation, and an internship at Bonnaroo added a layer of knowledge. “No matter how many hours you spend in a classroom, the most beneficial time you can spend is in the field observing, learning, and making valuable connections,” Marvin said. Lamb agrees. “I met so many people in the industry I want to work in. Above all, Bonnaroo encouraged me to continue my dream and my passion for music.”
“No matter how many hours you spend in a classroom, the most beneficial time you can spend is in the field observing, learning, and making valuable connections.” —Gabrielle Comelleri, ’19
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STUDY ABROAD
Exploring a world of knowledge Indiana State students don’t just learn from professors, they learn from traveling the world while at State. Every two years, criminology students examine life at a medium-security prison in Eastern Europe. They see firsthand how correctional facilities operate in Croatia and learn how to apply new techniques to their work back here at home. “They had a fence that was about five feet tall with no barbed wire around it and no guard towers,” said student Jordan Isaacs. “They take more of a rehabilitation approach instead of just the ‘lock people down’ approach.” With international fieldwork on their resumes, Isaacs and his fellow travelers are starting strong. Study abroad at Indiana State offers you the opportunity to earn credit while globetrotting, whether you’re part of a solo immersive experience or faculty-led trip. Even better—most programs qualify for financial aid, so you won’t break the bank as you break in your passport.
“It was an amazing that in the same summer I had the opportunity to participate in a weeklong study of the Kodály method at The Paideia Institute in Kecskemet, Hungary and then perform in the Esterhâzy Palace in Haydn Hall, where Haydn worked, and perform the “Mass in C major” three times in for actual mass services. The caliber of musicians I was able to work with and make connections with was wonderful.” —Christiana Wittenmyer, ’20
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH
We’re so passionate about the arts and sciences we share it with our friends and neighbors each year through our public education program—Community Semester. The series of lectures, concerts, panel discussions, and other events delivers top-quality programming virtually free-of-charge to the Wabash Valley. “It’s also a way to reassert the unique mission of arts and sciences,” said Dr. Isaac Land, associate professor of history and Community Semester facilitator. Some of the themes have been: “Our Town,” “Crossroads,” “Past, Present, Future,” and “From Theory to Practice.” Each year’s events draw more than 4,000 attendees. Collaboration—between university departments and community organizations— is integral to Community Semester. “Although we all know that Indiana State plays an important role in the life of Terre Haute, the Wabash Valley, the state, and beyond, the Community Semester provides a forum to highlight those vital links,” said Dr. Steven Stofferahn, chair of the history department. “For my own part, the experience allowed me to see and appreciate those connections more clearly than before and got me even more excited about the ongoing work of the College of Arts and Sciences.”
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While we’re always happy to invite the community to campus, many of the Community Semester events are designed to occur off-campus—such as a Native American-themed event at Dobbs Park Nature Center. The change of venue helps bridge the campus to the community. Experiential learning—another of Indiana State’s mantras—fits in nicely with the goals of Community Semester, too. One year, School of Music faculty presented a labor songs sing-along with a history professor explaining the context and origin of the tunes. And an African drumming event is “as much about teaching kids as it is about drumming itself,” featuring Indiana State students working alongside faculty, Land said.
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Sycamores are prepared for the real world—and to make a difference in it. Liberal arts graduates are versatile, well-rounded thinkers, because they study what it means to be a productive citizen. Sarah Ford is a problem solver—the perfect trait for an Indiana State Biology alum who is now part of the team of researchers who are trying to save the Northern White Rhino from extinction, a project that could have ramifications far greater. “We’re working on the Northern White with two living individuals and hopefully...we’ll be able to apply this to the other species that have 30-100 individuals left on the planet. The translation of a human or mouse protocol into a non-model mammal is going to have wild implications for so many other endangered species.” The experience Ford gained at Indiana State gave her the tools she needed to take on this role at the Institute for Conservation Research at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
“Because I was given so much independence in the lab at ISU and allowed to explore new research techniques on my own, I was well prepared for the type of inquiry we do here, especially with the Northern White Rhino project because it is such a unique opportunity and this type of research has only previously been shown in cynomolgus monkeys, humans, and mice. Every little step is completely new, unbroken ground that we get to explore how to quantify and validate. Because of my years spent problem solving in the lab with the support of great faculty and advisors, I was able to come here, and problem solve for rhinos. “I love the hands-on research, I love the variety of research I get to do and at the end of the day, I get to work in a lab every day and that’s the kind of conservation biology I want to be doing.”
The College of Arts and Sciences has teamed with dozens of alumni to offer mentorship for students to showcase the inspiring careers available after graduation. “The Alumni Mentors program is designed to link current students with alumni to ask questions and get advice about career preparation,” said Chris Olsen, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “I believe the mentors
will help students envision all the different, varied, and lucrative careers they can make for themselves with their arts and sciences degrees.” indstate.edu/cas/mentors
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Retired communication Professor Sherry Dailey still touches Indiana State students’ lives with the three scholarships she established in honor of her father, stepmother, and grandmother.
SCHOLARSHIPS
More than $16 million in scholarships is awarded to Sycamores each year—money does grow on Trees! Interested in creative and performing arts? We have a $3,000 scholarship for that. Passionate about research? The Sycamore Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) pays $2,500 and enables undergrads to work alongside faculty. To say Dailey has formed lifetime bonds with Indiana State students is an understatement. As a professor in the department of communication for 35 years, Dailey still remembers the name of the first student she met as a bright-eyed, brand new professor at the age of 25— Barbara Graves. Although Graves now lives in Georgia, she still comes to visit Dailey. “That was one thing that made teaching at Indiana State such a precious thing to me,” Dailey said. “I was so young when I came here that I shared the same background and experiences as my students.”
sabbatical”—she didn’t lose touch with Indiana State or its students. Instead, she established three scholarships in honor of her father, stepmother, and grandmother—all of which benefit students within the College of Arts and Sciences. “The older you get, the more you realize that needs are infinite, funds are finite. Endowing a scholarship gives you the opportunity to feel like you are doing something bigger than you,” Dailey said. To learn more about these scholarships and others, go to indstate.edu/scholarships
After Dailey retired—something she prefers to call a “permanent
“Studying abroad helped me develop an openness to accept other people who may look very different, but may not be so different. I now realize I want to impact people at a more personal level, to have a platform where I get involved at a grassroots level.” —Patrick Chavis, ’18
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MAJORS AND LEARNING CENTERS
Undergraduate
Physics
Music (M.M.)
African & African American Studies
Piano Pedagogy Certificate
Psychology: General (M.A., M.S.)
Anthropology
Political Science
Public Administration (M.P.A.)
Art
Legal Studies
Spatial and Earth Sciences (Ph.D.)
Art Education All Grade
Pre-Dentistry
TESL and Linguistics (M.A.)
Biology
Pre-Law
Centers
Biology with Medical Laboratory Science Specialization
Pre-Medicine
Chemistry
Pre-Pharmacy
Communication
Pre-Veterinary
Center for Genomic Advocacy Promoting the responsible use of genomic technology through the interdisciplinary collaboration in biology, political science, business, ethics, and health.
Computer Science
Psychology
Criminology&Criminal Justice
Science Education
Cybercriminology and Security Studies
Social Studies Education
Economics English English Teaching Environmental Geoscience Fine Arts General Studies Geography & Sustainability Geology History Intelligence Analysis Language Studies Language Studies (Tchg) Mathematics Mathematics Teaching Middle School Mathematics Teaching Multidisciplinary Studies Music with Merchandising or Business Administration Concentrations
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Pre-Optometry
Theater
Graduate Art Studio (M.A.) Biology with Thesis (M.S.) Biology without Thesis (M.S.) Biology: Ecology (Ph.D.) Biology: Microbiology (Ph.D.) Biology: Physiology (Ph.D.) Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) Communication (M.A.) Computer Science (M.S.) Criminology and Criminal Justice (M.A., M.S.) Earth and Quaternary Sciences: Non-Thesis (M.S.) Earth and Quaternary Sciences: Thesis (M.S.) English (M.A.)
Music Composition
Fine Art (M.F.A.)
Music Education
Genetic Counseling (M.S.)
Music Liberal Arts
Geography (M.A.)
Music Performance
History (M.A., M.S.)
Philosophy
Mathematics (M.A., M.S.)
Center for Bat Research, Outreach, and Conservation Collaborating with students and other scientists to promote ecology, conservation, and management of North American bats. Institute of Criminology Building relationships with agencies worldwide to promote further knowledge in the criminal justice field through research, training, and problem-solving projects. Center for Economic Education Sponsoring and conducting economic education programs for faculty, students, and the general public. Science Education Center Preparing future science teachers and participating in community outreach activities. Center for Urban and Environmental Change Focusing on the causes, effects, and responses to environmental change in urban areas. Institute for Community Sustainability Generates sustainability education and links, communicates, and supports sustainability initiatives in the community.
Learn more about the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana State: indstate.edu/cas
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