Indiana University South Bend
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| Indiana University South Bend IUSB |
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| Established: | 1916 |
| Type: | public coeducational |
| Endowment: | $25.6 million |
| Chancellor: | Una Mae Reck |
| Faculty: | 281 |
| Students: | 7,712 |
| Undergraduates: | 6,635 |
| Postgraduates: | 1,077 |
| Location: | South Bend, IN, USA |
| Campus: | urban: 80 acres (0.32 km²) |
| Athletics: |  2 Division I NAIA |
| Colors: | Red and White |
| Mascot: | Titans |
| Affiliations: | Indiana University System |
| Website: | www.iusb.edu |
Indiana University South Bend is the third largest campus of the Indiana University system. It is popularly known as IUSB or IU South Bend. It is located in South Bend, Indiana, in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
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[edit] History
Indiana University began offering classes in South Bend in 1916 as an extension of the main campus of Indiana University Bloomington. In 1961 the first IUSB building was constructed on newly acquired land on the north shore of the St. Joseph River.
[edit] Campus
IU South Bend is centered on a large green pedestrian mall and located along the St. Joseph River. When the campus officially opened in the early 1960s, it featured two buildings: Northside Hall and Greenlawn Hall, a former tool and die factory. Growing steadily over the last 40 years, the campus now consists of 12 buildings, including the Franklin D. Schurz Library. A recent addition is the 100,000 square foot (9,000 m²) Student Activity Center featuring basketball, volleyball, and racquetball courts, a walking track, a fitness and wellness center, a café, a student lounge, and student activity offices. The University also owns 26 acres (110,000 m2) on the south bank of the St. Joseph River.
A pedestrian bridge that bears the words "Indiana University South Bend" connects the main campus with the athletic fields across the river. Construction began in December 2005 and was completed in September 2006. On September 22, 2006, the Indiana University Board of Trustees voted to approve housing for IU South Bend. The housing, opened Fall 2008, consists of apartment-style units across the river.
In August 2007 construction was completed on the 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m2) Indiana University South Bend Elkhart Center in downtown Elkhart, Indiana. The university also maintains a center at Plymouth, Indiana.
As of January 1, 2008 the IUSB campus and all properties owned by the school are non-smoking areas.
[edit] Academics
[edit] Academic areas
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences[1]
- containing the Departments of: Biological Sciences • Chemistry • Computer and Information Sciences • English • History • Informatics • Mathematical Sciences • Philosophy • Physics and Astronomy • Political Science • Psychology • Sociology and Anthropology • World Language Studies
- Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts[2]
- School of Business and Economics[3]
- School of Education[4]
- School of Social Work[5]
- Division of Labor Studies[6]
- Division of Nursing and Health Professions[7]
- Division of Extended Learning Services
- containing the Office of Continuing Education[8]
Indiana University South Bend hosts a branch of the Purdue University College of Technology.
[edit] Franklin D. Schurz Library
The IU South Bend Libraries are comprised of the Franklin D. Schurz Library, which contains the central collections and services, and the Learning Resource Center, a specialized education library and media production center, located in Greenlawn Hall. Users at IU campus libraries across the state have access to the 7 million bound volumes and 26 million other materials in the systemwide Indiana University Libraries.
The Indiana University South Bend Archives, located in the Franklin D. Schurz Library, is the repository for materials that document the history of Indiana University South Bend as well as the histories of the larger Michiana area. In addition, the Archives operates the campus records management program on campus and holds the campus Special Collections. The main objectives of the IU South Bend Archives are to preserve, organize, and make available its materials to IU South Bend campus as well as the community at large.
[edit] Student body
IU South Bend's enrollment in the fall semester of 2008 was 7,798 students, of whom 66% were full time. Females account for 63% of the student population while males account for 37%; minorities 12.8%. $30 million in financial aid is distributed to 65% of students.[1]
[edit] Student life
The Office of Student Life oversees all student-administered interests. There are a variety of on-campus and off-campus activities that are sponsored by the university. Over fifty clubs and student organizations exist, including the Student Government Association, Titan Productions, the International Student Organization, a chapter of the Society of Physics Students, the Criminal Justice Association, the Feminist Student Union, and IUSB Right to Life.[2] [3]
The Student Government Association (SGA) consists of 12 Senators, a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. SGA allocates student activity funds and serves as a student voice for the administration. The Student Government Judicial Council interprets and provides guidance on the SGA Constitution and Policies, consisting of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices.[4]
Titan Productions is a student organization funded through the Student Activity Fee (SAF) whose purpose is to plan and present non-academic entertainment and programs primarily for the student body of IU South Bend. The organization hosts movie nights and special entertainment on campus.[5]
IU South Bend has two student weekly publications: The Preface and The Vision. The university also publishes an annual Undergraduate Research Journal, the women's studies journal New Views on Gender, and an award-winning literary magazine, Analecta.
The Office of Student Services provides on-campus career placement center, child development center, and learning and writing centers, which offer free, on-site tutoring.[6]
[edit] Housing
Fall 2008 marked the first semester of which the university offered student housing. The River Crossing Apartments are beautifully designed[7] and located along the St. Joseph River. They are a short walk across the pedestrian bridge from classes, the Franklin D. Schurz Library and the Student Activities Center. The housing complex includes walking trails, bicycle paths, and recreational fields.
The housing community center features wireless Internet, computer kiosks, a big screen TV, study areas, fitness equipment, and laundry facilities. The property is protected by IU South Bend Police Department and Resident Assistants live on-site. A supermarket, pharmacy, and several restaurants are within walking distance. Shopping, museums, and theatres are available by a public transportation line which stops at River Crossing.[8]
[edit] Athletics
The NAIA Division I Women's Basketball team qualified for the national tournament in 2005, winning the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC). Former Head Coach Mary Wisniewski (214-135, .630) was voted CCAC Coach of the Year for the sixth time in 10 years by her peers. Wisniewski won the award in 94-95, 96-97, 97-98, 98-99, 00-01, and 04-05. Seniors Jamie Bonner and Emily Ladd earned 1st Team All-CCAC honors for the second straight year and freshmen Jessica Hass and Jennifer VanderZanden earned Honorable Mention All-CCAC honors.
The current women's basketball coach is Steven T. Bruce and the men's basketball team is led by Dennis "Denny" Parks.
Intramural Basketball team "The South Bend Snowmen" became the first team to be officially banned for life from Intramural sports at the SAC 2005.[citation needed]
The IU South Bend Dodgeball Club were the 2005 National Indoor Dodgeball Champions, Men’s C Division and grasped the second place B Division title the following year in 2006.[9]
The IU South Bend Bowling Club beat the University of Notre Dame by 60 pins at the 2005 Blue and Gold Classic.[citation needed]
[edit] Faculty
IU South Bend reported in fall 2005 that it employed 275 full-time faculty, lecturers, and academic administrators. Of the full-time faculty, 64% were tenured.
Like the student body, IU South Bend's faculty is predominantly white. Of full-time administrators, faculty, and lecturers, 28 were Asian, 10 were African-American, 7 were Hispanic, and 230 were "other." More men than women (49%) held academic appointments at the university.
For Fall 2004, professors at IU South Bend were near the mid range in pay when compared to their counterparts in the Indiana University system. A full-time professor earned an average of $97,800, an associate professor $74,400, and an assistant professor $63,500, including salary, retirement, health insurance and other fringe benefits.
[edit] Notable faculty
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Notable faculty of IU South Bend include Alexander Toradze[10], the celebrated concert pianist, master teacher[11] and founder of the multi-national Toradze Piano Studio at IUSB. The Toradze studio has received high praise for their contributions to the piano world, and has developed into a worldwide touring ensemble that has gathered critical acclaim on an international level.[12][13][14] Lester Lamon is a nationally known civil rights historian and author[15]. Tuck Langland, who recently retired, is one of the premier sculptors in this country[16]. Several of his pieces grace the campus.
In addition, recent examples of IU South Bend faculty scholarship receiving international recognition include Fred Naffziger’s extensive commentary on the BBC, NBC, NPR, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, and USA Today regarding the Catholic Church's bankruptcy crises[17]; and Ilan Levine’s cutting-edge research on astroparticle physics. Rolf Schimmrigk and Monika Lynker are associated with the discovery of mirror symmetry in string theory, among other works. Biologist Andrew Schnabel’s work with pollen in an East African community is supported by a National Science Foundation grant[18]. Geologist Henry Scott [19]leads a team of distinguished scientists responsible for groundbreaking discoveries about methane gas. Nuclear Physicist Jerry Hinnefeld is a driving force in pre-college Physics Education for much of Northern Indiana.
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 41°39′51″N 86°13′15″W / 41.664128°N 86.220833°W
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.iusb.edu/fastfacts
- ^ http://www.iusb.edu/~sblife/organizations.shtml
- ^ http://www.iusb.edu/~physclub
- ^ http://www.iusb.edu/~sblife/sga.shtml
- ^ http://www.iusb.edu/~sblife/titan.shtml
- ^ http://www.iusb.edu/~sbinfo/alsfaq.shtml
- ^ http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/8667.html
- ^ IU South Bend Student Housing
- ^ http://www.dodgeballusa.com/results/05winternationals.html
- ^ http://www.toradzepianostudio.org/eng/presentazione.htm
- ^ http://www.toradzepianostudio.org/eng/toradze/presentazione.asp
- ^ http://www.toradzepianostudio.org/eng/presentazione.htm
- ^ http://www.indiana.edu/~alldrp/members/toradze.html
- ^ http://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/Musicians/GuestArtists/Toradze.asp
- ^ http://www.iusb.edu/~sbocm/mar04/lamon.shtml
- ^ http://www.gobronze.org/artists/langland/langland.html
- ^ http://www.iusb.edu/~sbocm/nov04/naffziger.shtml
- ^ http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0722930
- ^ http://www.indiana.edu/~rcapub/v27n2/abstracts.shtml
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