Category: Latest News
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Ivy Tech’s Mortuary Sciences program featured on WRTV’s Hiring Hoosiers
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way many Hoosiers do their jobs, including one field that is in demand. People working in the mortuary sciences field become funeral directors and embalmers. Part of their job is to ensure the deceased are cared for appropriately and the loved ones are treated with compassion as they beginning…
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African American Male Initiative aims to increase achievement and enrollment f
In response to the issues surrounding African American male student achievement and low enrollment of African American male college students, the Ivy Tech Indianapolis campus has developed the African American male strategic enrollment plan for central Indiana. The plan is based on best practices and theories from an extensive literature review on college enrollment, retention,…
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Ivy Tech Employee Arlonda Dickerson beats COVID-19 after two-month battle
Express Enrollment Center Director Arlonda Dickerson, had been in the hospital fighting for her life since March 31, and was finally able to go home last week! WRTV covered Arlonda’s hospital send off in a recent segment. Read the story and watch the video here.
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Ivy Tech offers 10,000 free courses to assist the Indiana workforce after COVID-19
It has always been Ivy Tech’s mission to support local communities by providing solutions for job-seekers and employers. Now more than ever, the Indiana workforce needs Ivy Tech educated students. To meet the changing needs of a post-COVID workforce, Ivy Tech will be offering completely free courses to the first 10,000 students who register. These…
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Practicing Gratitude as a way of Combating COVID-19
When the world goes to chaos, how do you find joy? Many of Ivy Tech’s faculty, staff, and students are finding wonderful pinpricks of joy by practicing gratitude. By placing their focus on what they are thankful for, they take a bit of the negative, nervous energy that is so common these days and transform…
