ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY Tech Happenings Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration to feature Brown v. Board of Education originator Indiana Tech’s 4th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration breakfast event will feature Cheryl Brown Henderson, originator of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, and civil rights activist. Opening remarks will be provided by Karrah Herring, the state of Indiana’s first-ever chief equity, inclusion and opportunity officer, followed by Ms. Brown Henderson’s keynote address, “Addressing a Sense of Belonging.” This year’s Community Celebration will take place Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at 8 a.m. at Indiana Tech’s main campus in Fort Wayne. Seating is limited and tickets are required. To learn more and to purchase your tickets for this special event, please visit diversity.indianatech.edu/ mlk-celebration.
New leadership for Tech’s online programs Indiana Tech has created a new academic leadership position at the university, dean of online learning. Dr. Scott Liebhauser, Indiana Tech’s current associate vice president for academic affairs, has taken on the new role to continue the expansion and refinement of the university’s wide range of online programs. In addition to the new dean of online learning position, the university has also expanded its online curriculum development team, and will be adding three new online professor of practice positions. The new positions are dedicated to developing online curriculum, training faculty members in online instruction, teaching online courses and working on student success and retention. Indiana Tech has also launched a new website dedicated to its online programs, online.indianatech.edu. Current and potential online students can learn about certificate and degree programs offered by the university, career services, the experiences of other Indiana Tech students and more on the new site.
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Tech named among America’s Top Online Colleges by Newsweek The university was recently named among the country’s top 100 online colleges by Newsweek in its rankings for 2022. Rankings are based on extensive surveys of online college students, and a range of additional institutional data and indicators. Indiana Tech earned a 4-star rating in this year’s online colleges survey. For more information and to view the full list, visit newsweek.com/americas-bestonline-learning-schools-2022.
