Highlights. Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center Dedication Ceremony New Hospitality Program Chair, Jeff Taber

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1 Highlights Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington October 2010 The Inaugural Cook Institute for Entrepreneurship Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center Dedication Ceremony New Hospitality Program Chair, Jeff Taber 1

2 The Inaugural Cook Institute FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP October 20, :30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Ivy Tech Bloomington Student Commons Keynote Speaker Honorable John M. Mutz, Former Lt. Gov. and Entrepreneur Luncheon Panel Discussion For ticket information call (812) Inaugural Cook Institute for Entrepreneurship Luncheon to feature the Honorable John M. Mutz Keynote Speaker John M. Mutz Keynote Speaker & Panelists Keynote Speaker Honorable John M. Mutz Former Lt. Gov. and Entrepreneur Panelists Dan Gluesenkamp Chief Operations Officer, Designscape Candy C. Santo CEO, cliptomania.com Kenny Simpson President, Bedford Stonecrafters, Inc. Moderator Gerry Dick, Host and creator of Inside INdiana Business President and Managing Editor, Grow INdiana Media Ventures, LLC The Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship was created in 2010 to develop and provide practical tools for students, individuals and the community to foster entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech-Bloomington and in the region it serves. The Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Bloomington will host its Inaugural Cook Institute for Entrepreneurship on October 20, 2010 in the Ivy Tech Student Commons. The Cook Institute will engage Ivy Tech students, individuals and the community to focus on entrepreneurship education, support and awareness. Former Lt. Gov. and entrepreneur John M. Mutz will serve as the keynote speaker and Gayle and Bill Cook will participate in the event. Bill and Gayle bring an unbelievable creativity and common sense to any project they undertake, Former Lt. Gov. John M. Mutz said. What s more, the two of them are among the best listeners I have ever met and "The Cook Institute for Entrepreneurship offers practical tools and strategies for budding entrepreneurs " Kem Hawkins, President of Cook Inc. that s where true entrepreneurism begins. John M. Mutz is an entrepreneur, corporate leader, public servant and philanthropist. He serves on multiple corporate and not-for-profit boards of directors including the Lumina Foundation where he serves as past Chairman. He will speak about the growing need for entrepreneurship and innovation in Indiana and the world. "The message that Mr. Mutz will bring to our inaugural event will strike the exact tone we seek in our message of providing practical entrepreneurial tools to individuals, our business program students and our extended economic development community, Chancellor of Ivy Tech s Bloomington campus John Whikehart said. His success in the world of business, his contribution as a public servant, and his personal friendship with Gayle and Bill Cook make him the perfect keynote speaker to launch the Cook Institute for Entrepreneurship. The Cook Institute will also feature a panel discussion with local and regional entrepreneurs providing insight into the rewards and challenges of starting and operating small businesses in today s economy. Additionally, an update on the progress of the Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech s Bloomington campus will be presented to the community. Bill Cook has long been an example of how American entrepreneurs can impact lives and communities by creating jobs and economic growth, Steve Ferguson, Chairman of the Board of Cook Group said. I am delighted that John Mutz, who has more than four decades of experience as an entrepreneur, food service executive "The message that Mr. Mutz will bring to our inaugural event will strike the exact tone we seek in our message of providing practical entrepreneurial tools to individuals, our business program students and our extended economic development community." Chancellor Whikehart and in public service at the Indiana Statehouse, will bring his valuable insights on economics, philanthropy and politics to the Cook Institute for Entrepreneurship. In today s economy, job growth and vitality are essential for workers and companies alike, Kem Hawkins, President of Cook Inc. said. The Cook Institute for Entrepreneurship offers practical tools and strategies for budding entrepreneurs on how to achieve those goals. John Mutz understands that when partnerships exist between education and business, communities prosper. 2 Bookmark our website and check back for updated event information: ivytech.edu/bloomington/cookinstitute. 3

3 Welcome Week Music Fest, planned by student Campus Activities Board, featured the band 40% Steve. Student leaders on campus and in the community Fall semester kicked off with fun Welcome Week activities planned by students in the Campus Activities Board. The free Welcome Week Music Fest on Thursday night featured food, prizes, a kid's zone, three bands and a fireworks finale. The event, in its second year, set a new record for attendance, with 700 students and family members attending. Bands included the Ivy Tech Band, Lindsay Smith, and headliner 40% Steve. Student Senate president Darcy Herendeen (on left), and Student Ambassadors helped the Welcome Week Concert run smoothly. Above: Student Ambassadors welcome students to Ivy Tech by leading New Student Orientations, helping students find resources on campus, and encouraging other students to participate in student life and campus activities. Bottom: TJ Wright, Nessa Wagner, Rachel Smith, Sara Mills, Shameh Redman, and Maddy Nahas. Top: Sam Shobe, Emily O Malley, Kaylee McLean, Stephanie Shobe, and Bridget Creighton. 700 students & family members attended Welcome Week Music Fest, which included fireworks and a kid's zone. Students & involvement Service learning projects connect the classroom to the community Student Ambassadors Emily O Malley (left) and Sam Shobe welcomed visitors to the Ivy Tech Waldron Dedication. website design Brett Pfingston's website design class is creating a website for the Monroe County Parks & Recreation Department. first aid instruction Karen Elick's nursing class is partnering with the local chapter of the American Red Cross. Students will provide basic aid training to grade school children in Monroe County schools. interviews to record history Robert Soto's sociology class will interview residents of Bell Trace Senior Living Community and record their life histories via audio or videotape. Students will give the recordings to families of Bell Trace residents. volunteerism around the state Students in Vicki Gusse's online course Families in Transition are creating lists of human service agencies in their home communities throughout Indiana, and volunteering at one of those agencies. Stay tuned for student reflections on these projects at the end of the fall semester. 4 For more information about student life at Ivy Tech, visit ivytech.edu/bloomington/students. 5

4 Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center dedication Ivy Tech's Bloomington campus held a dedication event at the Ivy Tech-John Waldron Arts Center on Tuesday, September 14, The dedication event included a ribbon cutting ceremony, plaque dedication, and informal self-guided tours of the building and its newly dedicated gallery and classroom spaces. "We have increased our lifelong learning options and integrated arts education into the Ivy Tech Waldron for delivery to the community through activities such as Ivy Arts for Kids." Chancellor Whikehart The Ivy Tech-John Waldron Arts Center is yet another example of Ivy Tech fulfilling its mission as a true comprehensive community college, John Whikehart, Chancellor of Ivy Tech s Bloomington campus said. We have increased our lifelong learning options and integrated arts education into the Waldron for delivery to the community through activities such as Ivy Arts for Kids. In fact, this fall we added 22 arts-related classes to our program inventory as the direct result of acquiring the facility. Guests explored the Ivy Tech Waldron's two performing arts spaces and five galleries. The newly-dedicated space "Treasurer's Gallery" occupies the location that was formerly the Treasurer's Office when the building was City Hall. Ivy Tech Chancellor John Whikehart, Mayor of Bloomington Mark Kruzan and Common Council President Isabel Piedmont-Smith unveiled the Dedication Plaque. The Ivy Art for Kids program began with a successful 10 weeks of art classes for children this summer. Ivy Arts for Kids is continuing enrollment this fall, offering ageappropriate classes for children in two age groups: pre-school (ages 4-6) and school-age (ages 7-12). All classes incorporate ceramics into class activities each day, and unique class topics are geared toward children. Art classes for kids at the Waldron Age-appropriate art classes for children ages 4-12 Ceramics for Two: Parent/Guardian and Child My First Chalk & Paint Pyramids, Igloos, and Skyscrapers: Architecture for Kids Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center 122 S. Walnut St. Bloomington, IN Ceramics for Kids: Wheel-throwing and Hand-building Superheroes, Fairies, and Aliens: Figure Drawing for Kids + Much More! (812) For more information about The Ivy Tech Waldron, visit ivytech.edu/bloomington/waldron. 7

5 Teaching, Learning & Transfering Transfer Students studying the arts Lauren Neely & Taylor Russell Culinary Arts Instructor Darren Worth instructs students how to create the dish they will prepare for their class assignment. From left to right: Victoria Neely, Sarah Palmer, Kristen Boenhorst, Nick Lane, Scott Dougherty, and Chef Darren Worth. Chef Jeff Taber, Program Chair Hospitality Administration Ivy Tech Community College s Bloomington campus has named Chef Jeff Taber its new Hospitality program chair. Taber comes to Ivy Tech Bloomington from The Art Institute of Ohio, where he taught baking and pastry arts and sanitation and safety. Most recently Taber was the café coordinator for TriHealth Fitness and Health Pavilion. Taber has experience as owner of his own bakery from , production manager, and food service director. He earned his AAS in Culinary Arts and a BAS degree in Food Marketing from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI. Beginning fall semester 2010, the Ivy Tech Hospitality program made available to students two new kitchen spaces, via Ivy Tech s newlyleased 19,000 sq ft office, classroom and kitchen lab space at Liberty Crossing. One kitchen lab is designated as the hot kitchen (cooking), and the other is the baking kitchen. The spaces include five ranges, two double-stacked convection ovens, two fryers, two salamander boilers, a char-broiler and eight induction tops. Taber says that food is in the public view more than ever because of television, and that people are beginning to demand better quality and better tasting food. Opportunities are endless in the food industry, Taber said. Ivy Tech provides the tools to students so that they can benefit from the stability in the industry. Chef Taber demonstrates how to create a Falafel dish. Floating sculpture created by Haley Miller and Andrew Morris Constitution Day activity Dr. Conkle,Dr. Garman address Ivy Tech students Ivy Tech-Bloomington commemorated Constitution Day on Friday, September 17 by featuring two speakers on main campus. Dr. Daniel Conkle, Indiana University School of Law Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, spoke Artists in Amy Brier's 3-D Design class created floating sculptures for the Lotus Arts Village tent at the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival Sept Lauren Neely My goals after graduating from Ivy Tech are to either transfer to IU or the Herron School of Art & Design at IUPUI. I am interested in studying painting or graphic design, and I am enrolled at Ivy Tech to save money while getting the foundation classes under my belt. I have never taken a sculpture class before, so it has definitely been a new challenge to how I usually create and think about art. about the constitution with a focus on religious rights. Dr. Alex Garman, Ivy Tech Bloomington s new Associate Professor of History, presented a conversation on the importance of the amendments and the amendment process to the Constitution of the United States. Taylor Russell After Ivy Tech, I plan to transfer to IU, unless I find a smaller art school with equal facilities. I m thrilled at the recent interest Ivy Tech has taken in the Arts, and at the benefits I am receiving from it. I plan on majoring in the arts and I simply want as many opportunities to learn as many different techniques as I can. My instructor, Amy Brier, is not only talented in the field that she teaches, but is humble about it as well. 8 For more information about Ivy Tech Bloomington's academic programs, visit ivytech.edu/bloomington. 9

6 Leading the Way in Life Sciences BIOMAN Conference Ivy Tech welcomes Project SEARCH interns Stone Belt clients secure internships at Ivy Tech and gain job experience Biotechnology program chair Dr. Sengyong Lee and attendees of the BIOMAN Downstream Process Workshop work on an affinity chromatography system to purify human serum albumin protein from yeast. Ivy Tech Community College hosted BIOMAN 2010, an annual conference for biotechnology/ biomanufacturing educators and industry partners, at the Indiana Center for Life Sciences from July Biomanufacturing educators from two and four year colleges and universities and technical high schools were in attendance. BIOMAN 2010 provided an opportunity for participants to exchange best practices, ideas and support for enhanced biomanufacturing education and training for the Biotechnology assistant professor Reuben Lidster works with BIOMAN attendee in the set-up of the LFLC system, which was used in a demonstration of a downstream purification experiment. workforce of the 21st Century. The National Science Foundation s ATE Regional Center for Biomanufacturing, the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC2) sponsored Ivy Tech s BIOMAN 2010 conference. Stone Belt, a nonprofit organization that provides education and support for individuals with disabilities, provides Project SEARCH as a service to its clients. Project SEARCH participants complete internships at Cook, Inc. and Ivy Tech. This year, Ivy Tech has five interns participating in the program. They are working in various departments in the college: Facilities, Administrative & Academic Affairs, the front desk reception area, and the Registrar's office. Stay tuned for periodic updates on Project SEARCH participants. Fall 2010 Project SEARCH participants on the day they began their internships at Cook, Inc. and Ivy Tech. Based on the Project SEARCH model developed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in 1996, Project SEARCH Indiana provides youth ages with quality internship experiences in preparation for competitive employment jobs in the "real world." Project SEARCH Indiana Grant affords high school students chance to earn college credit The U.S. Department of Education Non-Construction Program grant allowed the Biotechnology department to host a summer workshop for high school students. The workshop lasted for 9 full days and was open to high school sophomores through students who had just completed their senior year. The workshop meets the objectives of BIOT 100, so upon completion of the workshop the students have credit for BIOT 100, which is three credits. The 16 students who participated this year came from New Tech High School, Bloomington North and Bloomington South High School. The Biotechnology program plans to continue offering this summer workshop. Upon completion of the summer workshop, high school students earned 3 credits for the Ivy Tech course BIOT For more information about life sciences at Ivy Tech, visit ivytech.edu/bloomington/icls. 11

7 Ivy Tech Community College 200 Daniels Way Bloomington, IN Return Service Requested Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Bloomington, IN Permit No. 70 Ivy Tech awarded Chamber of Commerce Indiana Arts Commission Amy Brier, Ivy Tech art instructor and limestone artist, was recently awarded a $2000 grant from the Indiana Arts Commission. Amy was able to purchase equipment for her teaching studio, specifically a hydraulic scissor lift table, which will make it easy to move large stones around. Amy looks forward to using it to demonstrate to her students how stone can be easily moved around, and also in public demonstrations. Chancellor Whikehart was awarded the Diane Breeden-Lee Catalyst Award from the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes an individual who, along with his or her own hard work and dedication, demonstrates an ability to create consensus and motivate others to accomplish a greater goal. Chancellor Whikehart and Amy Brier in the Treasurer's Gallery at the Ivy Tech Waldron.