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Ivy Tech Corporate College offers Lunch & Learn Workshop: Stress and Time Management Tips & Tricks
Monday, May 7th, 2012

As part of its Lunch & Learn Series, Ivy Tech Corporate College will offer the May workshop—titled Stress and Time Management Tips & Tricks—from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 21, at the Franklin campus of Ivy Tech.

This workshop will provide tools to manage time more efficiently and control stress levels.  The focus of the discussion, intended to assist supervisors, will be on organization, prioritization, delegation, and relaxation. (more…)

542 students to graduate; Ryan Hou to be Ivy Tech Commencement speaker
Monday, May 7th, 2012

A total of 542 students will receive degrees or certificates at the 42nd annual Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus/Franklin Commencement, to be held on Saturday, May 5, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at Franklin Community Middle School. 

Ryan Hou, co-founder and CEO of LHP Software and LHP Technologies, and co-founder and partner of LHP International, will be the keynote speaker during this year’s Commencement ceremony of Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus/Franklin.  An Honorary Associate of Science Degree in Community Service will be awarded to Anthony Moravec, owner of Blairex Laboratories, Applied Laboratories, and Zaharakos Ice Cream Parlor, for his outstanding service to the college and the community.

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Ivy Tech hosts forum on Garden Grant
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus/Franklin will host a public forum on its plan, titled “Gardening to Reach Overall Wellness,” to develop a supporting vegetable garden. Having won the competition supported by Healthy Communities, the Columbus Young Professionals, and the Indiana University Center for Art + Design, Ivy Tech and Columbus North High School senior Ian McGillivray, received $2,500 each to implement this plan. (more…)

Ivy Tech Gallery of Fine Art & Design hosts student exhibit
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

The Gallery of Fine Art & Design at Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus/Franklin will host the college’s School of Fine Art & Design student art exhibit from Monday, April 16, until Friday, May 4.  Pieces displayed will represent the departments of photography, graphic design, and interior design.  The exhibit will be juried, and numerous students’ pieces will be selected from more than 100 submissions. (more…)

Ivy Tech’s Roger Bingham, IUPUC’s Marsha VanNahmen give joint presentation
Monday, April 9th, 2012

Continuing the ongoing collaboration between Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus/Franklin and Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, Roger Bingham, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at Ivy Tech, and Marsha VanNahmen, Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning at IUPUC, gave a joint presentation at the Second Annual Service Engagement Summit of Indiana Campus Compact (ICC). The summit was held on March 30 at the Marriott Indianapolis North.
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Ivy Tech schedules 8th annual Couch Tater event
Monday, April 9th, 2012

The 8th annual Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus/Franklin Couch Tater 5K Run/Walk is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, beginning at 9:00 a.m., at the campus on Central Avenue.  Participants—individuals and groups—are invited to run, walk, or take a leisurely stroll and to bring their “tater tots and little sprouts in strollers.”  True couch taters can relax in the VIP lounge and watch the others run while enjoying potato-themed dishes! 

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We are responsible for the security around us
Monday, April 9th, 2012

Identity theft.  Online privacy.  Software pirating.  Viruses.  Trojans.  Hackers.  You have heard all of these words at home, at work, and in the media.  Recently there was much publicity around bills in the Senate and the House of Representatives whose goals were to stop online pirating and to protect intellectual property.  The ideas behind these bills were good, but the suggested methods of implementation caused a great backlash from the private industry, and the bills did not move forward.  Much of the negative feeling revolved around the idea of government trying to control private industry in the name of national security against hackers and cyber-crime.  Now there is a new bill being introduced by Senators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John D. Rockefeller IV, (D-W.Va.), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) called the Cybersecurity Act of 2012.

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