Commencement exercises for Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus have been scheduled for Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., and will be held at Franklin Middle (more…)
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Commencement 2010
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Ivy Tech-Columbus offers Academic Incentive Award
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Applications for the 2010-11 Ivy Tech Community College Academic Incentive Award are being accepted at the Columbus Region. Ivy Tech-Columbus will award one Academic Incentive Award to a graduating student from each of the following schools: Educational Resource Center of Edinburgh, Jefferson Education Center, Jennings County Adult Education Center, and McDowell Adult Education Center. The individual must be graduating with at least a “C” average and planning to enroll full time (at least 12 credit hours) at Ivy Tech-Columbus. (more…)
Ivy Tech-Columbus receives scholarship and equipment funding from Grainger Foundation
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus has received a donation of $7,000 from the Grainger Foundation for support of scholarships and equipment. Grainger supplies more than 900,000 products, from adhesives to power tools to test instruments, to 1.8 million businesses and institutions in 153 countries. (more…)
Ivy Tech-Columbus named Partner of the Year by Atterbury Job Corps Center
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus was named Partner of the Year by Atterbury Job Corps Center at its Community Relations Council Luncheon, held on December 10. The award recognizes organizations and individuals who help Atterbury Job Corps Center students reach their maximum potential. (more…)
Ivy Tech-Columbus agriculture students Aaron Borden and David Rust receive FFA’s highest honor
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Ivy Tech-Columbus agriculture students Aaron Borden and David Rust received the American FFA Degree at the 82nd National Future Farmers of America Convention in Indianapolis on Saturday, October 24, 2009. The award is the highest honor that can be achieved as a member of the national FFA organization, (more…)
Ivy Tech-Columbus EMT graduate Brian Lucas receives award
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Brian Lucas, a December, 2008, graduate of the Ivy Tech-Columbus basic emergency medical technician (EMT) course and a resident of Sweetwater Lake, recently received the Second-Half Champion Award, presented by Wells Fargo Advisors. The award is given to individuals who are 50 years of age or older, have achieved remarkable personal goals, or have made significant contributions to society, or are using the second half of their life for a purpose completely different from the first half. Winners are selected by a panel of judges representing Wells Fargo Advisors.
After 31 years as an air traffic controller, Lucas became a firefighter, an EMT, and a sheriff’s deputy. Using his EMT training, he saved a man’s life at Sweetwater Lake in June of this year. Crediting his instructor, Dennis Rose, Lucas commented that he had been a certified EMT for only five months when the incident occurred.
33 Bartholomew County residents are summer Ivy Tech-Columbus graduates
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Thirty-three residents of Bartholomew County became graduates of Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus following the summer 2009 term. Graduates receiving a technical certificate are Laura Barker (cum laude), Jessica Conover, Zelma Craig, Jeannie Cravens, Constance Fields (magna cum laude), Betty Harper, Kelley Lindsey, Brooke Mouser (cum laude), Clarence Spicer (magna cum laude), and Arika Tulloch. Graduates receiving an associate of applied science are Jose Contreras (cum laude), Aaron Ferguson (magna cum laude), Janet Gagneur (cum laude), Jennifer Grissom (cum laude), Karin Hendry, Rebecca Persinger, Kelly Richards, Brandi Soliday, Clarence Spicer (magna cum laude), Curt Thornburg, Pamela Weld (magna cum laude), and Kelly Zmuda. (more…)