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The Center for Regional Excellence (CRE) invites you to join them in honoring
the CRE's Research and Creativity Fellows and their students involved in
experiential learning. Formerly the Center for Sustainable Regional Vitality
and the Center for Cultural Discovery and Learning, the CRE now houses both
centers. Faculty fellows and their student and community partners have encouraged
academic excellence through projects designed to advance their own research
and creativity programs, while improving the quality of life in the region.
Each of their projects involves subjects such as service-learning, external
partners, or a mixture of each.
A special campus reception honoring the faculty and the students involved
will be held April 27, 2006, from 4:45 pm - 6:30 pm, in the Savannah Center
Lobby at IU Northwest, 3400 Broadway, Gary, Ind. This event will be hosted
by Chancellor Bergland and the Center.
The Excellence in Research and Creativity Conference will be held on April
28, 2006, from 8:30 am -5:30 pm in the Library Conference Center, room 105
ABC.
“We are very pleased and excited to have this opportunity to showcase the
research and creativity of our faculty at IU Northwest,” stated Center for
Regional Excellence Executive Director Patricia Lundberg.
Listed below is the conference agenda with faculty Fellows conference
presentations. Visit www.iun.edu/~cre for additional information and a conference schedule.
For questions regarding either the reception or conference, please contact
TaShena Lollis, interim assistant director, CRE, at 219-981-5629 or email trlollis@iun.edu .
Conference
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8:30AM- Opening Remarks
Chancellor Bergland, Patti Lundberg, Don Coffin, Neil Goodman
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9:00-10:15AM |
Session A - Environmental
Topics
(LC 105AB)
Moderator: Linda Anderson
- Public Art Mural Project
David Klamen,
Dept. of Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
- Use of steel as both the medium and the subject
matter to create artwork
Kelly Knaga, Eric Tucker,
Dept. of Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
- Ceramic friezes using Indiana clay
Derek Walters,
Dept of Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
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Session B - Visual
Arts
(LC105C)
Moderator: Patti Lundberg
- Inland dune system study
Erin Argyilan, Kris Huysken, Zoran Kilibarda,
Dept of Geosciences, College of Arts and Sciences
- Quality of life/sustainable regional development
index for NW Indiana
Surekha Rao,
School of Business & Economics
- Oxidative remediation of atmospheric organic
contaminants in NW Indiana
Julie Peller,
Dept of Chemistry , College of Arts and Sciences
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10:15-10:30 AM
Break |
10:30-11:45 AM |
Session A - Cultural
Identity
(LC 105AB )
Moderator: Surekha Rao
- Comparison of young Latino cultural identity
in Greater Chicago and NW Indiana
Scooter Pegram,
Departments of Modern Languages & Minority Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
- Midtown-The Central District: The Historic Black
Community of Gary
Earl Jones,
Department of Minority Studies, College of Arts and Sciences; School
of Public and Environmental Affairs
- Latino and African-American Gay and Lesbian Youth:
Examining the Complexity of Identity Development
Manoj Pardasani,
Division of Social Work
- Documentary of IU Northwest Swingshift College
Ruth Needleman,
Division of Labor Studies
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Session B - Health
and Human Services (LC 105C)
Moderator: Don Coffin
- Developing an effective communications strategy
for sickle cell anemia for NW Indiana
Subir Bandyopadhyay,
Department of Marketing, School of Business and Economics
- Conducting a service-learning initiative with
vulnerable populations
Denise Travis,
Division of Social Work
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11:45-1:00 PM
Lunch on Your Own |
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1:00-2:15PM |
Session A - What
do Interns have to Do With it? (LC 105AB )
Panel discussion of faculty and their interns on
contributions interns made to the research projects
Moderator: TaShena Lollis
- Carl Marfurt and his interns
- Manoj Pardasani and his interns
- Scooter Pegram and his interns
- Julie Peller and her intern
Tokunboh Olaosebikan
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Session B - What
I learned on my internship
(LC 105C)
Panel discussion by interns on their
internship experiences.
Moderator: Marriam Williams
- Jack Finwall,
Non-Profit Institute
- Stephanie Poe,
IU Northwest Office of Marketing & Communications
- Julie Wolfe,
Northwest Indiana Business Alliance
- Adam Castor,
Sustainable Regional Development Index Project
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2:15-2:30PM
Break |
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2:30-3:45PM |
Session A - Environmental
Issues (LC 105AB)
Moderator: Reggie Korthals
- Relationship between surficial geology and community
sustainability in northern Indiana
Erin Argyilan, Kris Huysken, Zoran Kilibarda,
Department of Geosciences, College of Arts and Sciences;
Steven Brown; Indiana Geological Society
- Development of database pertaining to environmental
issues and concerns in NW Indiana
Tim Sutherland,
Center for Data Analysis, IU Northwest
- Strategies for linking brownfield and greenfield
development in the region and organizing regional meeting of
Indiana policy makers
Ellen Szarleta-Yancy,
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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Session B - Health
and Human Services (LC 105C)
Moderator: Glenda Dexter-Brown
- Increasing number of students entering healthcare
professions in NW Indiana by offering relevant research lab experiences
Carl Marfurt, Pat Bankston,
IU School of Medicine-Northwest
- Study of decision-making pertaining to healthy
eating and physical activity among adolescents in NW Indiana
Mary Ann Fischer, Karl Nelson,
Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences;
Susan Zinner; School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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3:45-4:00PM -
Break |
4:00-5:15PM |
Session A - Acknowledging
our Past, Planning our Future (LC 105AB)
Moderator: Sue Eleuterio
- Developing a strategic decision support system
for the transportation distribution and logistics industry
Subir Bandyopadhyay, Ranjan Kini
School of Business and Economics
- Cross-cultural adaptation and acculturation of
Asian-American immigrants in NW Indiana
Manoj Pardasani,
Division of Social Wok
- How religious people in NW Indiana understand
links between faith and liberal democracy
Marie Eisenstein,
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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Session B - Arts
and Humanities (LC 105C)
Moderator: John Cain
- Hosting an academic symposium on the Middle Ages
at IU Northwest that includes the local community.
Jerry Pierce, Nikki Katlenbach,
Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Robin Hass-Birky,
Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
- Theatre Northwest, to secure a visiting artist
to direct the play, Permanent Collection
Julie Jackson,
Dept of Performing Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
- Collaborating with Books, Brushes and Bands to
conduct poetry writing workshops for elementary through college
students and run a poetry contest
Bill Buckley,
Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences;
Michelle Golden
Books, Brushes and Bands
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5:15-5:30PM- Closing Remarks
Patti Lundberg, Don Coffin, Neil Goodman
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Fellows unable to participate
Shelia Trzcinka- School of Education
Designing an arts education program for elementary
school students to visit IU Northwest's campus to experience art-in-progress. |
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