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welcome everyone thank you for joining us uh virtually for this a great event i'm ecstatic to be here today for the ribbon cutting of iu northwest's newest innovation space the academic media production space or amp for short for those who may be familiar with my background i've been very fortunate in my career to help develop numerous academics based innovation centers whether they be tech incubators maker spaces or genomic centers i personally experienced how an innovation space can advance faculty research scholarship performing creative arts and teaching while also becoming a hub of expertise and experiential learning that can benefit students and the community i have no doubt that this will be the same trajectory of the academic media production space as iu northwest is already a leader in online education allowing us to excel during this period of increased remote learning the amp space will now provide our faculty even greater cutting edge technology to create broadcast quality high definition videos presentations and other video aids to enhance both online and in-person instruction with the talent we have here and we have a lot i'm confident we'll eventually evolve into the place that everyone in northwest indiana will come to learn about transformative innovation and instruction there's a phrase i often use which is uh skin in the game it eludes the act of putting something of yourself whether it be resources time effort sweat yes and maybe even tears into a project or initiative to evidence true commitment there are a number of individuals and entities who indeed had skin in the game whose commitment created this new amp space including chris foley and the iu online team julie johnston james magooky and the iu learning spaces team chris young Tamika white and our sister team nick ray aaron vigors and the UITS philemon yeah bay IUPUI's michael jaziak and mike anthony gary greiner and the facilities team jerry pat and her advancement and external relations team ed marisa nicki beck and emily and of course executive vice chancellor foreign affairs vicki roman lagunas whose great leadership and vision led us to today's important milestone occasion so on behalf of the students faculty and staff of iu northwest thank you all i would like to now ask vicki to come to the podium [Music] thank you chancellor Iwama for this introduction and for your tireless support as we prepare to open this fabulous space as chancellor Iwama mentioned this was a multi-team partnership and for that i would like to extend my sincere thanks to chris young the director of pistol and Tamika white and the other staff in the system office to gary griner and his facilities team to nick ray aaron piggers and the ux team chris foley the associate vice president for university academic affairs and the director of the office of online education james maguki the manager collaborate of collaboration technologies and classroom support and the entire iu online team for their funding and their support this new very innovative space was created and designed with faculty needs and creative ideas in mind the sistel amp space will provide enhanced technology to aid faculty in the development of top-notch virtual and face-to-face instruction they will connect with their students engage them and even better in more effective ways than they have already done faculty will receive technical consultation and be guided with best practices for self recording custom animation video content creation kaltura interactive video for creating choose your own adventure videos and so much more because faculty receive the support iu northwest students will experience the high quality teaching that iu northwest is known for they will continue to thrive in the end this space will benefit the entire indiana university northwest community the innovation center is located in the system spaces of the library conference center in room 333 now i'd like to introduce chris foley the associate vice president for the university academic affairs and director of the office of online education thank you very much chris thank you vice chancellor roman lagunas and hello everybody and greetings from bloomington i'm sorry i can't be there with you in person today um but it's a pleasure to join you today virtually for the opening of this uh academic media production space at iu northwest iu has a long history of delivering online coursework it goes back to as far as we can count back into the 80s and it goes well and that's well beyond the creation of the office that i have the pleasure of guiding here at iu um but now we've come a long way we now have over 170 online programs and iu northwest plays an increasingly key role in leading many of them and so it's very fitting that we see this new addition to the opportunity that faculty and students will have at iu northwest to deliver online coursework moreover elements of digital education like high quality video instruction and what you can do with it and you will see a little bit of that later on i believe and you've already seen some of it already are important to more and more courses at iu and this benefits all students not just those in online programs at iu online education has a key role in supporting student success and increasing access to higher education two goals that i know are strongly embraced at iu northwest the amp space represents a strong commitment that iu northwest and iu have to investing in quality instruction and to making it available regardless of whether a student can come to a physical classroom or not we can now enable our outstanding faculty to share their knowledge and work with students in ways that will be more engaging to help them learn course material and enjoy their learning experience quite frankly we believe the amp space along with other initiatives at iu northwest is making the campus the region's most sophisticated provider of in-person hybrid and online degree and certificate programs finally this space isn't just a response to the current pandemic planning for this space was well in place before 2020 and it but it couldn't come at a better time in my opinion we've learned a lot over the past year the amp space will be essential to continuing the great work we've already been doing at iu northwest and across all of iu now i'd like to introduce james magooky the manager for collaborative technologies and classroom supported iu and one of the key individuals in making the amp space a reality james thank you chris and thanks again for your vision and support for this academic media production space i'd like to take an opportunity to show you some examples for why you might use this academic media production space for your class this first is a demonstration of equipment and techniques that might be difficult to show in a classroom or remotely to your students secondly uh we've got a green screen or chroma key effect uh this time with a powerpoint slide in the background but this could be any image or any video that you can imagine and lastly we have the learning glass also known as the light board that allows you to maintain eye contact with the camera while drawing equations charts or other illustrations over the last five years we've had the opportunity to work with faculty from all over the world including those that are physically in the media production space and those that are remote we've used technology as simple as a pen to hollywood-style virtual sets to transport us to far away lands we have at our disposal tools such as kaltura path for choose your own adventure videos as well as engaging video quizzes these technologies are here today and ready for your class we've taken these successes at the iu bloomington and iupui media production spaces to create a full-featured high quality and inviting facility at iu northwest along with the other studios at the other campuses we're creating a community of excellence for the creation of engaging online video content i do want to take just a second here and thank michael jaziak and mike anthony for getting the technology set up and up and running in this space and working with Tamika and chris and others at the campus to get this working now i'd like to introduce chris young assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs and the director for the center for innovation and scholarship in teaching and learning thank you james you're excited about this innovative state-of-the-art technology studio space that will ultimately help students achieve learning outcomes it is another example of indiana university's commitment to innovative and creative teaching and through this innovation and creativity student success we have a well-trained and enthusiastic team ready to help you learn more about the capabilities and envision how this technology can propel your teaching in the video you were able to see some of those capabilities such as combining effects picture-in-picture and of course the light board also known as the learning glass we believe the existence of this studio provides the opportunity to re-imagine how we teach our courses and by doing so to re-energize teaching and learning we welcome you to make an appointment with tameka white systole's program coordinator to try out the equipment and imagine the possibilities for your classes thank you all for attending whether you joined us in person or virtually and again special thanks to iu online iu northwest office of academic affairs especially executive vice chancellor vicki romano lagunas who's been a steadfast champion of teaching and learning chancellor Iwama and the chancellor's office facilities uits especially nick ray paul sharp Eric Pigors and his team and finally professor Harold Olivey and to make a white for the recorded demonstration so now let's make it official and cut the ribbon okay so the first mistake somebody handed me [Laughter] so i'm going to be very careful with my colleagues next to me and see if i can do these very sharp scissors in a way that there you go i'm going to ask uh now i think i'm going to invite the audience in just to get a kind of initial glimpse of uh of what has been uh built here uh with this amp studio so without further ado i thank everyone for being here today i really do appreciate it you know taking time out of your day but uh this is this is a monumental uh effort uh again with iu and iu northwest uh advancing technology uh right here in the northwest region so come on in cannot hear you now thank you yes okay

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[Music] greetings everyone i am sharon johnson shirley chair of the indiana university northwest board of advisors and i'd like to take this time to thank you for joining our special evening even though it's unconventional sit back relax and enjoy the celebration will you please help me in welcoming jerry pat gabert vice chancellor of the university advancement and external affairs jerry please join me on the platform thank you everyone enjoy your evening thank you sharon for the introduction and to all of you thank you for joining us at this year's 2020 chancellor's medallion celebration although we are unable to be together physically and in the same room the meaning and focus of this event of celebrating student success is still very much the same and very much alive and this is in large part because of you because of your support and philanthropy to our students we are so grateful to the 2020 chancellor's medallion sponsors for their continued belief in the mission of indiana university northwest and your willingness to continue to provide scholarship dollars to our students a much needed resource to support the goals and aspirations of achieving a college degree to be honest this year's celebration while different it is still so special and truly has an even greater and more significant meaning today is all about our students their drive persistence and determination to better themselves our students dreams optimism and ambitions did not stop because of covid actually just the opposite someone very familiar with this reality because he lives it each and every day is associate professor of theater mark baer mark was elected faculty organization president this past spring one week prior to the pandemic so that you too could have a glimpse into the lives of our students we asked mark to create a short theatrical performance for us in the video that follows mark reads and the voices of his students a collection of messages he's personally received from his students first-year students during the semester as you listen to the students stories i encourage you to look beyond the many obstacles that they are facing and to hear their incredible resilience determination and tenacity hello professor bear i appreciate your concern i believe that i am doing okay but i had a death in my family two weeks ago and it has been negatively affecting my mental state i apologize for my lack of attendance and i plan on being in class Wednesday there is so much going on right now and it is making everything very difficult but i'll figure figured out thank you for reaching out to me i'll i'll see you Wednesday professor bear i had to call off work indefinitely because of coven 19. three households in my family have confirmed cases and few people wear their masks properly at my work my mom is anxious enough because of my family i don't want to make it worse everything i have saved up has to go to repairing my car and paying college fees i was wondering if you knew anyone hiring for distance work everywhere i've looked requires experience i don't have if you don't know anyone looking it's okay but i would appreciate any nudge in the right direction you could give me hi i'm sorry for not coming in on monday it was just overall not a good day i recently just got a job and so that has been a lot of stress on top of my schoolwork it was one of the only days off that i had and i needed to take the day and get some stuff figured out and i had to go grocery shopping for my family i know that is not a really good excuse i know i should have come to class i debated a lot on if i should have went or not i'm going to be honest with you because i don't want you to think i'm just lacking sometimes it's hard for me to come to class i live an hour away so sometimes it is hard for me to make it to class i drop my sister off at school at six a.m then i come to class then i go to pick her up from school and i have a job if after that my mom my mom passed away a year ago in september and my dad works from 5 a.m to 9 00 p.m every day so i am the one who takes care of my sister it has been hard for me to find the motivation to do anything i am trying my best to stay focused and organized and when my mom passed my anxiety shot through the roof and it is getting better now but i am telling you this because i know i am not very talkative in class but that is the reason why this is also new to me and i have to do it mostly alone my dad will not help me with anything and i'm really sorry for not coming to class monday but i will make sure that i am present on Wednesday this is my response thank you again for writing me i'm in tears reading this again i am so inspired by the responsibilities you are taking on for your family and the efforts you are making to rise to the challenge of earning a degree let me tell you i believe you have come to the right school and that you can succeed here i can't know the pain and challenges of your life i do understand what it's like to lose someone and be left alone and in charge when i was 13 my grandmother died of colon cancer she was the main breadwinner in my household at the time as my mother and father were divorced and both lived far away during the months leading up to her death i remember feeling numb and hopeless at times i honestly don't know how we made it i am so sorry for what you are having to carry i believe you can make it as i did and that you will discover more strength and ability in yourself than you ever knew was there please let me know if there's anything i can do to help sincerely hey professor i just wanted to make sure you're doing okay since last since class was canceled i also wanted to make sure that quiz 3 was the one due tonight i didn't want to do it and it'd be the wrong quiz just let me know it's so much easier now that i have the book for myself laugh emoji thanks for everything see you Wednesday last year about two-thirds of our first-time full-time freshmen returned for a second year despite the challenges of the pandemic this number may not seem remarkable until you consider each student's story as an individual the resilience displayed by our students gets me out of bed every morning thank you so much for your support of iu northwest students at this crucial time i wish you health and happiness thank you mark for sharing those very powerful and personal stories with us the student stories mention the hardship late nights and significant balancing acts that our students face every day and despite the challenges our students have faced in the last few months you also heard messages of care and hope dedication and most of all perseverance as they remain committed to their goal of earning a college degree in most cases our students continued commitment to their pursuit of an iu degree is due to their own sheer will and determination but also because of the care concern and commitment of our dedicated faculty and staff in which i'm so proud to be a part of the redhawk family today you'll also hear messages firsthand from three amazing iu northwest students who are also this year's 2020 chancellor's medallion student scholarship recipients your support of this event is the very reason these students are able to share their story as a hundred percent of the proceeds from this annual event fund their scholarship you'll also hear from our new chancellor ken iwama and john applegate executive vice president for university academic affairs at iu and it is always a special occasion when iu president michael mcrobbie is able to join us and now to the moment we always look forward to hearing directly from our students it is now my pleasure to introduce you to Channael watkins a 2020 chancellor's medallion scholarship recipient Channael is likely not an unfamiliar face as she's been a recipient of this scholarship for the last three years we are excited to once again award her this scholarship a testament that over the last few years she has done exactly what she promised to do work hard and earn her indiana university degree we applaud her efforts and give her early congratulations as she is set to graduate in the spring of 2021 today i invite you to get to know Channael and all of our students a little bit better and consider how you can be a part of their success story your past contributions to our campus and this event specifically have helped our students earn a college degree you are the reason dreams continue to stay alive and to be honest you're the reason why events just like this one continue to happen without a doubt Channael tells her story the very best so now it is my honor to hand the program over to Channael thank you hello everyone my name is Channael watkins i'm from gary indiana and i'm a senior majoring in nursing so i transferred to iun a couple years ago the university that i went to previously was very big and i don't think it was the best option for me as far as what my learning style is i need a much smaller more intimate uh type of environment to be successful with my learning and i definitely got that here at iun um during this pandemic at the start it was very hard to transition to online as nursing students we do a lot of direct patient care and our skills are very hands-on so transitioning to online simulations and online work was kind of hard um but i think structuring my day and doing daily work like school work goals definitely helped provide structure and helped me thrive in my academics um before i had this scholarship it was very stressful trying to fit in work studying and going to class um i felt like if i didn't neglect one then the others didn't get done and it's it's not a good option to neglect school work because it's so easy to fall behind and i think that this scholarship definitely alleviated a stress for me in the future i would like to work as a nurse on a labor and delivery unit um i'm very passionate about women's health um here in indiana we have a very high maternal mortality rate and an infant mortality rate so working on a unit like that will give me some kind of chance to kind of turn some of that around see what we can fix here um and things like that again i want to say i'm very thankful for this scholarship and all the opportunities that it has given me thank you so much thank you Channael for sharing your story with us i'm kendall Iwama chancellor of indiana university northwest welcome to the chancellor's medallion event where each year we celebrate iu northwest's noble mission of changing lives by honoring our remarkable students represented tonight for our 2020 chancellor's medallion student scholarship recipients Channael watkins whom you just met and leslie estrada and jared tomak whom you'll be meeting very shortly i'm speaking to you socially distanced and isolated from the rooftop of the library i wanted to start my remarks from a point of inspiration and being able to look across our beautiful campus and beyond to surrounding northwest indiana does indeed lift the soul however it's getting a little cold up here so if you allow me i'm going to carry this inspiration inside to finish my remarks thank you and i truly hope to make it through my first indiana winter looking out into the horizon also stirred reflection of my journey here over the summer with my wife Joanne the students faculty staff bill and pamela lowe our board of advisors alumni association and the northwest indiana community have welcomed us with open arms albeit with masks on and no actual physical contact but we will never forget your overwhelming kindness to two strangers from the northeast in fact because of you my transition has been remarkably quick and effective from the jersey shore to the dunes and shores of lake michigan from the new york jets to the chicago bears and frankly if you've been following the jets the last couple years that was a welcome change from new york style pizza well haven't quite made that transition yet but i have faith that i will and finally from jersey guy to hoosier and red hawk iu northwest is my new home and in just four short months i have already experienced first hand some of the things that make us advantageously unique that make us great the depth of excellence of faculty research scholarship performing in creative arts the nurturing power of our faculty and connecting this academic energy to their students the persistence of our accomplished and diverse students driven by the dream of changing their lives our critical role as an anchor institution for northwest indiana illustrated in part by a significant economic impact in our communities something that president mcrobbie will be speaking about in more detail shortly and finally the unmitigated love and devotion our alumni have for our institution this is the foundational strength of our home from which our future can and will rise of course this is not exactly how i envisioned my first chancellor's medallion event but i don't lament what could have been instead we celebrate another first together our first virtual celebration this is not feigned optimism what we are doing here today is essentially what our students have been doing since last spring confronting a global pandemic social unrest new ways of learning isolation and yes even fear but then pivoting adapting persevering and ultimately doing their best to thrive in their own way and they have had help from you iu northwest has been very fortunate over the years to have benefited from levels of philanthropic support that have allowed us to be recognized and distinctive in our region and among iu campuses in the last 24 years 30 great friends of iu northwest have been recognized for their support with the chancellor's medallion award the highest honor that i as chancellor can present let me once again honor these extraordinary recipients by sharing their names with you now your engagement is more important than ever to students like Channael leslie and jared here tonight and to many others who with your help can keep pivoting adapting persevering and striving to graduation and lifelong success please consider making a gift in support of student scholarships by visiting front iun.edu medallion while we will continue to award the chancellor's medallion in the future today we're going to do something a little different and hopefully very special this past spring and summer we transition to full remote learning with all the work and preparation that such a an immediate and massive transition entails then we return this fall to open our campus and offer in-person classes embarking on another equally immense and complicated transition to make sure the health and safety of our students and our community could be maintained through social distancing mass wearing testing and so much more our success our students success through it all has been nothing short of miraculous and that is due to the faculty and staff of iu northwest they have gone above and beyond any call to duty demonstrating an unprecedented level of strength and resilience to meet the challenge of our time head on so to our faculty and staff to commemorate your outstanding performance innovative contributions tireless effort and exceptional teamwork to support our students you will be receiving this special lapel pin we will also be giving this pin to other individuals and groups in recognition of their contributions please wear it as a symbol of how we will remain iu strong in our commitment to the noble mission of iu northwest why do i remain so confident about a future just look who is here to support us today president mcrobbie executive vice president applegate our faculty our staff our students our board of advisors our alumni and so many others this chancellor's medallion celebrations symbolizes the meaning behind the phrase we have been saying to ourselves and to each other at iu northwest over and over again it has allowed us during a precarious and uncertain moment to ascend as an academic institution that phrase we are in this together thank you and now is my great pleasure to ask leslie estrada the second chancellor's medallion student scholarship recipient to join us hello everyone my name is leslie estrada i'm from sauk village illinois this is my second year at iun and i'm also a nursing major so a little bit about my college experience prior to coming to iun i was enrolled at a community college i decided to look for a school that had a bachelor's program in nursing so i had a good friend actually who referred me to the school she goes hey i'm going to see iun whether a tour do you want to come along so i decided to tag along with her and as soon as i stepped on campus everyone was super welcoming and supportive from the staff to the students it was all really great to step on a campus and just feel welcome especially being a transfer student so coming to iun has definitely put me one step closer in my goals and dreams driving and trying to achieve your goals through this pandemic has definitely been hard but it hasn't been impossible either for me staying close to my family and friends during this during these hard times has been a big driving factor for me to become a better student and to become a better person so out of my immediate family i am one of the first to go to college both of my parents are immigrants from mexico and they've had little to nothing throughout their whole lives so if they've had to make us a lot of sacrifices in coming here especially not knowing the culture the language or any of that so they've definitely had to adapt both of my parents do not have an educational level past elementary for them education has always been big you know when you're little you always tell your parents like yeah mom i want to be just like you or hey dad i can't wait to be just like you and my mom would look at me and she'd look at me like i was crazy and tell me no you're not going to be like me i don't want you to be working a minimum wage job for the rest of your life and not having a choice in what you want to be in your life she said i had no choice to become a provider for you guys but i want you guys to have a choice in where you want to go and how you want to do it so ever since then it kind of stuck to me it made me want to become a better person and it definitely wanted me to become a better student and having a degree would be an absolute honor to not only myself but to them as well when i first rescued received the scholarship i was absolutely shocked and emotional when i saw it i was like wait no that's not for me i was like i don't think this is right and i think someone made an error my mama goes well check it out and see what's going on so i decided to go on the website and i saw and it was a scholarship i looked at my mom and i said no this is not an error mom and she goes well what do you mean she goes i got approved for the scholarship my mom started tearing up and along with her i started tearing up as well because the past couple months have definitely been difficult in terms of the pandemic financially the father being the main financial provider was full-time but you went to part-time and me and my mother had to kind of like become the main providers which has definitely been difficult but it has it's still possible so having the scholarship has definitely taken away that financial stress of having to pay for school having that has been absolutely life-changing and i'm very appreciative of all of those who have donated i want to thank each and every one of you who have donated because without the scholarship i wouldn't be where i am today i wouldn't be the student i am today either having the scholarship has definitely changed me and my family as for my future goals i do hope to become a nurse in plastic surgery or i would love to become a nurse practitioner up until recently i have come to the conclusion that my community lacks health care services deal with the proper resources we're able to make a difference so like i've said before i really do want to thank each and every one of you have donated our donations have been absolutely life-changing and i really do appreciate appreciate even every one of you who has been able to do so to change people's lives like myself our next speaker is indiana university's executive vice president for university academic affairs john applegate executive vice president applegate is also the james l calamares professor of law and I use more school of law in bloomington his leadership responsibilities include university-wide academic initiatives and programs all aspects of public health and safety for iu and of course the five iu regional campuses i am very pleased to turn the screen over to executive vice president john applegate thank you leslie the resilience and strength that you and your fellow students continue to show inspires confidence in all of us that our future is in good hands though they have been with us for a little over three months i want to begin by welcoming chancellor Iwama and his wife Joanne to the iu family chancellor Iwana is a skilled experienced and accomplished administrator and we are delighted that he is now part of the leadership team of the iu regional campuses my wife amy and i miss being in the region with all of you in person attending this event has been something of an annual tradition for us for many years but we are delighted to gather with you virtually as we honor this year's recipients of the chancellor's medallion student scholarship iu northwest and the other regional campuses of indiana university are an integral part of the university's statewide presence and an essential element in the university's mission to make high quality affordable education available in all corners of our state with their strong faculties committed students and people-oriented staffs the regional campuses play a critical role in responding to indiana's needs for citizens with high quality degrees and producing graduates who can compete locally nationally and even internationally for jobs and who will help to meet the challenges of our future i have spoken often of the importance of sustaining a virtuous cycle of support for regional campuses like iu northwest and the essence of it is a successful student successful students like the ones we recognize today who will go on to great careers that are the foundation of thriving communities or as i like to put it strong campuses and strong communities through the vast scope of its activities iu northwest also benefits the region in the state by enriching arts and culture enhancing policy making promoting economic growth and through extensive service and outreach that enhances the quality of life for all citizens even in these unprecedented times we have seen countless inspiring examples of that culture of service in the earliest weeks of the pandemic megan foster a student in iu northwest's college of health and human services led an effort to produce face masks from surgical wraps for use by health care workers on the front lines in northwest indiana iu school of medicine students on the gary campus also work to mobilize donations of personal protective equipment and distribute it to frontline health workers in gary and munster students in the iu northwest school of nursing are currently serving on the front lines to control the spread of covet 19 by leading the mitigation testing on the campus and faculty member marshelia harris of iu northwest's division of social work serves as a member of iu's pandemic health disparities fund committee a university-wide committee established by president mcgrath that works to mitigate the disproportionate burdens faced by people of color during the coven 19 pandemic all of us at indiana university are enormously proud of the ways that these and other members of the iu northwest community are confronting the pandemic with strength courage creativity resilience and togetherness to keep our university running to protect everyone's health and safety and to ensure that iu and the communities we serve across the state emerge better than ever from the present crisis their efforts are yet another example of the virtuous cycle of support that creates strong campuses in strong communities the support that so many of you provide for student scholarships is yet another example of the virtuous cycle because it is more essential than ever that an iu education remains affordable scholarships not only help to decrease out-of-pocket tuition costs for students but they also help to keep the best hoosier students in the region for college and once they graduate they are highly likely to remain in the region this means that we have the luxury of witnessing the impact of our institution on our communities even years after students leave their alma mater and enter the workforce which is good for indiana university good for the region and good for the state of course it is for students that indiana university exists they contribute to the vibrant sense of community that exists on our campuses and they make us proud with their accomplishments as students and after graduation as iu alumni it is therefore my great pleasure to introduce one such student who is making all of us proud today's third and final recipient of the chancellor's medallion student scholarship jared tomak jared is a c a junior from cedar lake indiana he is majoring in radiology and currently holds a 3.9 grade point average jared congratulations on receiving the 2020 chancellor's medallion scholarship hi my name is jerry tomic and i am from dyer indiana i am a junior here at iun one of the main reasons why i chose to come to iun is because it's a local college that allows me to stay home and work while i'm going to school i am paying for college all by myself so any little bit of extra money i can get matters it helps me tremendously another reason why i chose to come to iun is because of the fact that i can just come to the campus whenever i need to to get away from all the outside distractions so i can just focus on school and focus on my classwork another reason why i chose iun is because of our amazing radiography program my mom is a radiologic technologist and she introduced me to the field and i have just been really attached to it ever since during this pandemic a lot has changed in school in my cur um work life and also in the um career and program of the radiography program we have to put in a lot of hours at clinical on top of that you have to put in a lot of time doing class work at home and during the pandemic we don't um go to iun as often so i'm doing zooms watching online lectures it's a lot of extra work that i need to schedule time for include on top of working and on top of going to clinical while also trying to have some type of a personal life because that's also very important the scholarship helps me tremendously because it allows me not to have to work as much during school if i didn't have the scholarship i have to put on a lot more hours at work to be able to afford going to school the scholarship allows me to lessen the time that i work so i can focus more on my class work for this more in clinical and focus more on my grades so i can continue to have success in my career that got me to earn the scholarship that i greatly appreciate but i want to thank you thank all the donors that have put their time and effort into creating a scholarship i appreciate it so much and every little bit helps for me and this has helped me tremendously as well in my future i plan to become a radiation therapist i want to do that by attending the radiation therapy program here at iun as well it's a great program it's hard to get into but i'm hoping with all the extra time i have due to a scholarship i can put in the work to be able to be accepted into the program i want to thank all the donors again for all the effort that they put into allowing me to earn the scholarship it really makes me feel that all my hard work is paying off thank you again so much for everything that you guys have done for me and allowing me to earn the scholarship next i am very pleased to introduce the next speaker it's the president of indian university michael mcrobbie he is one of the longest serving presidents of a major american research university having been the president of iu since 2007. under his leadership iu has seen record growth in external research funding construction student quality diversity international engagement and private funding through iu's bicentennial campaign as well as a comprehensive academic restructuring of the university i am very pleased to welcome to the screen the 18th president of indiana university michael mcrobbie thank you very much jared it is truly a pleasure to virtually join chancellor Iwama his wife Joanne and so many colleagues and friends of iu northwest to help honor this year's recipients of the chancellor's medallion scholarship as iu northwest exemplifies the regional campuses of indiana university have made vital contributions to their regions and the state of indiana for many decades they are increasingly the first choice for some of the state's most outstanding high school students they also serve as invaluable economic and community development catalysts in their regions and they are playing a key role in helping the state achieve its goal of substantially increasing the number of indiana residents with college degrees earlier this year iu contracted with mc a labor market analytics firm to do a study on the university's statewide economic impact the results of the study demonstrate the enormous impact iu continues to have in contributing to a prosperous productive and innovative indiana economy through our core missions to ensure student achievement conduct world-class research and innovation and engage our expertise and resources in the communities we serve iu is helping to drive the state's talent strategy support high quality jobs generate major revenue and contribute to a pervasive entrepreneurial culture throughout the university and our state the report demonstrates that during fiscal year 2019 iu created 9.9 billion in added income for the state of indiana this impact on indiana can be felt widely intangibly across each of its 92 counties including in northwest indiana in fact the report found that iu northwest added 264.1 million dollars in income to the regional economy in fiscal year 2019 alone this income simply would not have existed in the region without iu northwest this is also an annual impact which will continue year after year as iu northwest continues to serve students moreover iu northwest supported 4138 regional jobs which means that one out of every 98 jobs in the iu northwest service area is supported by the activities of the campus and its students and the reporters have found that for every dollar students and taxpayers invest in iu northwest students will receive 3.90 in the form of higher future earnings and taxpayers will receive 1.30 in the form of added tax revenues and government savings by almost any measure and across every economic sector iu northwest delivers a substantial positive impact on the region and a strong return on investment for its students taxpayers and indiana as a whole as many of you may know last month we announced the conclusion of the bicentennial campaign by far the most successful fundraising campaign in iu's history and one of the most successful ever by a public university in the united states the final total raised was nearly 3.9 billion dollars contributed to by over 300 000 individual donors shattering the original goal of 2.5 billion dollars this was also the first ever university-wide campaign involving every iu campus all campuses schools and units perform magnificently in raising the vital funds to support the goals of this campaign demonstrating enormous energy dedication in creativity and i'm also pleased to report that iu northwest also surpassed its 8 million goal raising nearly 10.4 million dollars this total includes nearly 2.2 million in funds to establish 44 new student scholarships that will allow students who could not otherwise afford to attend college to attend iu northwest and earn an education that will change their lives the generosity of iu northwest faculty and staff also merits special mention current and former iu northwest faculty and staff members donated more than three million dollars nearly 30 percent of the overall iu northwest total their generosity confirms the confidence they have in the future of the campus and the direction in which it is headed i know that many of you who are watching tonight made generous contributions to the campaign for which indiana university and the iu northwest campus are deeply grateful on behalf of indiana university let me express our congratulations to this year's chancellor's medallion student scholarship recipients and let me also express our thanks to all of you for all you have done and continue to do for indiana university your generosity with your time your energy and your resources has transformed indiana university and the iu northwest campus into an educational community of high quality and relevance and a driver of regional transformation thank you president mcrobbie and executive vice president applegate for joining us this evening for those of you that do not know who i am i'm despina liaskos current president of the indiana university northwest alumni association board as a proud alumna the chancellor's medallion celebration has become an annual tradition that i look forward to every year i would like to thank the president and executive vice president for joining us in making this year's program even more spectacular i would also like to congratulate our medallion scholarship recipients Channael leslie and jared wow you are all so amazing i encourage you to keep up the good work keep your head high and never forget your goals and always always keep doing your best and continue to move forward i can share with you that i am forever grateful for my iu northwest degree i continue to stay connected to my alma mater because this place means a lot to me it was here that i truly realized how the world works studying business and economics as part of my connection to this campus i've also been passionate about helping students i like many others here tonight i'm an educator i'm currently teaching business because of my degree and it has opened a lot of doors for me and i'm very passionate about being an educator and that's why i care about our students at iron northwest as well i've seen many of my students move forward and go to college and also go to iu northwest i'm currently teaching at thornwood high school and many of my students are very similar to the students that attend i north coast campus and so and with that i'd like to say that our students need the support they need to ensure the access to an affordable life-changing education that's vitally important when you support iu northwest the students receive the confidence to dream big to envision their futures to realize their potential and to be someone with our support there are no limits to what our students and this region can accomplish just imagine for a minute the collective impact we could all make the collective change we could see the collective results we could experience if we all give back in our own way to the region's university iu northwest perhaps that's through mentoring a student or maybe it's supporting our athletics program by attending a redhawks game of course that's when we can or by making a gift to support the scholarships so that you can empower an iu northwest student just like the ones we are honoring this evening whatever and however you decide to give back stay connected and engaged with iu northwest please understand the tremendous impact your generosity can have not only on a student on the impact to this region each of us holds the innate power to inspire to engage and to transform please consider making your gift at iun.edu medallion in honor of today's celebration let's close this program just as hoosiers do by singing iu's official alma mater song hail to old iu and if you watch closely you might even see a familiar face i want to thank everyone so much i

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