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Interactive video stepping games like Dance Dance Revolution can be a fun addition to a productive fitness regimen, according to initial findings from a study in UIndy’s Krannert School of Physical Therapy.
Students in a research course this year ran a six-week program in which 30 subjects met for three 45-minute sessions each week to play [...]

This week, as political pundits rate President Obama’s first 100 days in office, MBA students at the University of Indianapolis are giving the new administration a passing grade, based on concepts learned in a course titled Leading Organizational Change.
Early in the semester, Assistant Professor Terry Schindler assigned his graduate students to evaluate Obama’s leadership based [...]

The University of Indianapolis chapter of College Mentors for Kids was named 2009 Chapter of the Year at the organization’s recent annual conference.
With 20 chapters at Indiana colleges and one in Illinois, College Mentors for Kids is a not-for-profit organization that pairs children with college student mentors for weekly activities that expose youth to the [...]

Former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and four prominent business executives were named Feb. 11 to the University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees.
Other new trustees joining the board are:

Roland Dorson, president of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
George S. Fleetwood, president of AT&T Indiana
Charles J. Garcia, president and CEO of Garcia Construction Group
Vicki Perry, [...]

The recently completed renovation and expansion of UIndy’s Schwitzer Student Center will be celebrated with a dedication ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 11.
The 30-minute event will begin at 11:45 a.m. in UIndy Hall, a large, hotel-style conference and banquet space that is among the new features that opened in January.
Since the start of the fall semester, students [...]

Katie Stam has been a standout student, a leader in community service and an award-winning student broadcaster at the University of Indianapolis. People from the Department of Communication’s Electronic Media program say her selection as Miss America comes as no surprise.

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University of Indianapolis senior Katie Stam was crowned Miss America 2009 on Saturday. She is the first Hoosier to claim the title in the pageant’s 88-year history.
Stam, daughter of Keith and Tracy Stam of Seymour, is a senior communication major [...]

Update: Katie Stam crowned Miss America!
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At the University of Indianapolis, senior communication major Katie Stam is known for her scholarship, leadership and volunteer work.

First as news director and later as operations manager for startup campus cable station UIndy TV, she led her team to an underdog win as the Indiana Association [...]

Note: A campus memorial service to honor Dr. Philip Young is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center’s Ruth Lilly Performance Hall.  In lieu of flowers, his family requests that contributions be sent to the university’s newly established Philip Young KML Building Renovation Fund. Checks should be made [...]