Like everyone who knew him, we miss him and wished he could have been with us when the Davis Cup came to Indy. He praised the board for its leadership in helping the university grow in quality through private as well as public support. So writes Jim Brown, associate dean of the IU School of Journalism, in a recent edition of Indiana Publisher. Adding international luster to the school are Professor Sherry Ricchiardi and other faculty who, through numerous visits to Zagreb University in Croatia, have enhanced press freedom by helping establish the university's first student newspaper and radio station. The program also partners with the Marion County Health Department and the Indiana State Department of Health in a collaborative, community-based approach to graduate education in such areas as public health research and policy development .
Initial enrollment underscores the program's interdisciplinary nature and diverse appeal .
The students range in age from 26 to 55. The inaugural class of 30 includes a medical school student and three physicians as well as several nurses, research scientists, social workers and health promotion officials. She was one of four Indiana teachers to receive the nation's highest honor for mathematics teaching in secondary schools. Based in the School of Liberal Arts, the program will foster collaboration among faculty there and the IU schools of law, nursing and medicine. Campus Research Investment Fund grants have been awarded to investigate hospice care, study linkages between medicine and philanthropy, and examine Civil War era hospital correspondence.