Letter from Our President Fall 2021 saw the Indiana Tech community return to a more typical rhythm on main campus, across our regional locations, and in our online classes. While challenges related to the pandemic remain with us, it’s been wonderful to experience more activity around the university, and to see our students thriving inside and outside of the classroom. A significant reason why students thrive here is the commitment of our alumni in helping us fulfill our mission. There are no better examples of this than Ravi and Eleanor Talwar. Ravi earned his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Indiana Tech in 1965, and in the years since, he and Eleanor have been steadfast in their support of our university. For all that they have done, and continue to do, for our students, the leadership team here recommended that our College of Engineering and Computer Sciences be named in their honor. Indiana Tech’s Board of Trustees unanimously agreed at their December 2021 meeting. It’s my pleasure to share that our College of Engineering will now be known as the Talwar College of Engineering and Computer Sciences. You can learn more about the Talwars and their commitment to Indiana Tech on page 12. All of us at Tech were happy to welcome back so many alumni and friends to campus for Homecoming Weekend in October. From the Athletics Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony to reunion class events and the annual President’s Dinner, it was a weekend full of fun and reminiscing. On page 14 you can read more about this special event. Later in October, we hosted another special event — the groundbreaking for the new Doug Edgar Indoor Track. Made possible by the extraordinary generosity of an anonymous donor, the new facility will open in the fall of 2022. This state-of-the-art venue will be the home of our men’s and women’s track and field teams — teams that have won 14 NAIA indoor and outdoor national titles since Coach Edgar started as head coach in 2010. My sincere thanks to our anonymous donor for making this facility possible, and to all who joined us for the groundbreaking. Learn more about the Edgar Indoor Track in our Athletics Roundup on page 34.
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Building the future here has always meant much more than constructing facilities, as seen in our feature on our growing programs in non-clinical health care on page 20. Our new certificate program and master’s degree in Global Health Leadership, along with our nationally recognized programs in Health Information Technology and Health Information Management, are preparing students for careers in critically important fields. Serving students well also means continuing to innovate in our design and delivery of course content. On page 8 in our Tech Happenings feature, you can learn more about ongoing enhancements to our online programs. We’ve expanded our online academic team under new leadership, and added more robust website content and resources for online students. These efforts have not gone unnoticed by students and the media, with Indiana Tech recently being named among Newsweek’s top 100 Online Colleges in America for 2022. Our Ph.D. in Global Leadership program continues to thrive, too, with a welcome return to our inperson immersion event on campus last September. The program is also offering a new pathway that enables those who hold an M.B.A. to enter our program seamlessly in pursuit of their Ph.D. Learn more about fall immersion and the new M.B.A. to Ph.D. pathway on page 22 and online at phd.indianatech.edu. These are just a few of the many inspiring things that the Warrior community is working on these days! For more on what’s happening around our university, be sure to check out our College Roundups, starting on page 24. I wish for each of you a healthy and prosperous 2022. Warm regards,
Karl W. Einolf, Ph.D. President
