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Bambi Cardinal receives pin in Ivy Tech nursing ceremony
Monday, January 9th, 2012

Fifty-three graduates of Ivy Tech Community College’s Licensed Practical Nursing and Associate of Science in Nursing classes were pinned during a special pinning ceremony, held on December 15, 2011, in the auditorium of Columbus East High School. Bambi Cardinal, a resident of North Vernon, was among those receiving pins.

The pinning ceremony is a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated nurses into the nursing profession. The new nurses are presented with nursing pins by the faculty of the nursing school. It is an event marking students’ transition from nursing school to nursing practice.

Twenty students have been accepted into the Practical Nursing cohort, beginning this spring semester. A total of 40 students will be accepted into the Associate of Science in Nursing class for the upcoming fall semester.

Dual Credit Student Success Story
Friday, January 6th, 2012

LeAna Donnell began her studies with Ivy Tech as a dual credit student at Jennings County High School, where she took four courses, earning 12 credit hours. In her junior high school year, she took Introduction to Psychology, and in her senior year, English Composition, Introduction to Literature, and Introduction to Interpersonal Communication. (more…)

Ivy Tech-Columbus/Franklin headcount up 11 percent in Jennings County
Monday, August 29th, 2011

Headcount in Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus/Franklin classes in Jennings County is up 11 percent this fall semester as compared to last fall at this same time. A total of 184 students were enrolled on the first day of classes this fall; 166 students were enrolled at the same time last fall. (more…)

Four Ivy Tech-Columbus students from Jennings County inducted into Phi Theta Kappa
Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Four Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus students who are North Vernon residents were recently inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society for two-year college students. Students inducted are Karen Cool, Jennifer Morris, Kerry Randall, and Joshua Seville.
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Ten Ivy Tech-Columbus summer semester classes offered in North Vernon; registration for summer and fall classes begins March 15
Monday, March 7th, 2011

Registration will begin on Tuesday, March 15, for summer and fall semester classes at Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus. Summer classes begin May 23; fall classes begin August 22.

Classes in North Vernon are offered at the Jennings County Education and Training Center on West O & M Avenue. Courses being offered are anatomy and physiology II, introduction to college writing I, introduction to college writing II, reading strategies for college II, English composition, new student seminar, fundamentals of algebra I, essentials of algebra I, fundamentals of algebra II, and essentials of algebra II. (more…)

Ivy Tech’s Jeff Green wins Making IT Happen award
Friday, February 25th, 2011

Jeff Green, Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus adjunct instructor in communications and computer information systems technology and Jennings County Schools faculty member in television production, is the only educator in Indiana and one of only 44 educational professionals in the world to win the 2010 Making IT (Integrated Technology) Happen award.

Making IT Happen is an internationally recognized awards program for educators and leaders in the field of educational technology integration in K-12 schools. The program, introduced in 1995, identifies and rewards educational technology leaders from around the world for their commitment and innovation.

Recipients of the award are selected for their ability, among other criteria, to apply available technology, to see students as people, to teach through relationships, and to motivate through awareness and access to information. They are lauded for being inspiring, encouraging, and nurturing educators.

Crediting Jennings County high school, middle school, and North Vernon Elementary media students for their hard work, Green commented, “Although our school channel will never be confused for NBC, it reaches 38,000 homes on two cable companies and shows that JCS can make do with what we have.”

54 Jennings County residents named to Ivy Tech-Columbus Dean’s List for fall semester
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

A total of 54 residents of Jennings County were named to the Dean’s List for this past fall semester at Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus. The college names to the Dean’s List any degree-seeking student who has accumulated 12 or more earned credit hours, is enrolled in a minimum of six credit hours during the term involved, and earns a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. (more…)