As the Marion County Health Department faces the enormous task of vaccinating thousands of schoolchildren against the H1N1 flu, the UIndy School of Nursing is filling the gap with knowledgeable volunteers.
So far, nearly 50 nursing faculty and students are offering their time to administer shots or inhalable mist to children in the Perry Township schools. [...]

An event Saturday night will mark a half-century of nursing education at the University of Indianapolis.
The School of Nursing 50th Anniversary Gala in Schwitzer Student Center’s UIndy Hall will include dinner, music, tours of the school and its simulated nursing laboratory, and reflections on the past 50 years. The event begins at 6 p.m., with [...]

Trick-or-treating in the residence halls and other Halloween traditions at the University of Indianapolis are featured in an Indianapolis Star photo gallery.
Photographer Charlie Nye captured several staffers, faculty, students and kids as they enjoyed the Oct. 29 festivities, organized by the Residence Hall Association, Circle K, Sigma Zeta, the CaLUB, the library staff and Experiential [...]

A top White House adviser on faith issues will speak Nov. 11 at the University of Indianapolis.
 
Interfaith activist Eboo Patel, recently named among “America’s Best Leaders 2009” by U.S. News & World Report, will deliver a 4:30 p.m. lecture and lead a 6 p.m. dinner discussion as part of the University Series and the Indianapolis [...]

UIndy’s chapter of College Mentors for Kids figured prominently on the Friday episode of Martha Stewart’s daytime talk show.
“Martha” presented its Dreamers Into Doers Award to Erin Slater, CEO of the Indiana-based organization that pairs at-risk kids with college students for weekly on-campus activities, with the intent of inspiring the younger students to pursue higher [...]

Today’s Indianapolis Star carries a feature story on Professor Phylis Lan Lin and her work in building UIndy’s international relationships, such as organizing next month’s International Symposium on Service-Learning at the university’s Athens campus.
Dr. Lin also shares how surviving cancer increased her determination to make the most of her opportunities.
“Cancer saved my life,” she tells writer William [...]

UIndy student Katie Stam is continuing her reign as Miss America and her campaign to promote community service. Last week she visited a New Jersey hospital to brighten the lives of the young patients in the pediatric department.
“I never met a famous person before,” one 11-year-old boy told the local Courier-Post newspaper.
“These children are the [...]

Marianna K. Foulkrod has been promoted to Director of Community Programs at the University of Indianapolis’ Community Programs Center.
A native of Cyprus and current resident of Indianapolis (46217), Foulkrod holds a bachelor’s degree in modern languages and a master’s degree in applied sociology from UIndy. She joined the center in 2006, serving as community partnerships [...]

Forensic specialists from the University of Indianapolis are lending their expertise to an international effort to study and preserve Africa’s endangered mountain gorillas.
The work is taking place in the volcanic mountains of northwestern Rwanda, where zoologist Dian Fossey of “Gorillas in the Mist” fame lived among the massive primates and brought them to the world’s [...]

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 [...]