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Teenager earns master's degree from Indiana University, sets sights on doctorate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eighteen-year-old Tiara Abraham's educational accomplishments are nothing short of extraordinary, but she politely hesitates to accept the compliment. "I don't know, I don't know," Tiara said, laughing. "I, yeah, I mean, I've been doing this my whole life so, I just, I don't really see it. I've been in college for like over half my life."
IU trustees are giving Bloomington a new leader
The IU Bloomington community was surprised Friday by a Board of Trustees vote to put the campus under the authority of a chancellor. The chancellor will serve in the President’s Cabinet and oversee the Office of the Provost, the current leader in Bloomington. Trustees did not announce the proposal,...
IU Trustees meet, second chance Pell Grant, Indiana Ave. changes | Indiana Newsdesk
A federal program provides financial assistance for people in prison to pursue a college education. The Second Chance Pell Grant program went into effect last year. Bloomington is planning changes to Indiana Avenue on the west side of campus, hoping to lower traffic accidents. But some residents say the road is good as is.
Amy Diaz selected for AASCU leadership initiative
Amy Diaz, IU Northwest chief of staff, was chosen to take part in a leadership program aimed at diversifying and enriching higher education leaders. The post Amy Diaz selected for AASCU leadership initiative appeared first on Northwest Indiana Business Magazine.
IDS Co-editor in Chief, Meador, wins Hearst National Writing Competition
Indiana Daily Student Co-editor in Chief, Marissa Meador, wins the Hearst National Writing Competition beating out seven opponents from all around the country as announced June 6, 2024. Meador and Indiana University have received $10,000 each as a recognition of her win. The Hearst Awards are the most prestigious awards...
Indiana U laments violin professor
The death has been reported of Kevork Mardirossian, professor of violin at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music since 2008. Dear friends, loves, I write to share what many have already heard… with heaviest heart, trembling hands, a heart that’s impossible to calm, I mention that my beautiful, beloved boy, Kevork Mardirossian, seen in a dream and gifted to me for almost 40 years in this world by the universe, has passed June 11, some time mid afternoon. My Kevuchka had struggled since December with physical and mental health issues, failed by the mental health system, and finally his beautiful, now thin ( perfect!) little body and sensitive, powerful mind could take no more. I was with him, supporting his cool body and head with adrenaline and love, tasted his sweet mouth one last time trying to breathe life back into him…I was so fortunate to be free to be with him these months of struggle, and calm, and domestic loving moments, and many many many doc appointments … I told him, Baby, we always get through everything together, all this is no different! He was concerned that I was exhausted, typically selfless, but I would not change a moment, except for going up for my daily covid nap and not being with him at the terrible moment when he departed…
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