Three Wabash Valley leaders have recently joined the Ivy Tech Community College — Wabash Valley Regional Board of Directors to serve two-year terms.
Jo Ann Carmichael, Sullivan County resident and office manager of Carmichael Farms, joined the Ivy Tech Wabash Valley Regional Board effective Aug. 9 as an agriculture representative. Carmichael is a native of Poseyville, with extensive experience in employment training and vocational education. Prior to becoming an office manager at the family’s farms, she worked as an employment specialist for senior adults and as the parent coordinator for the Twenty-First Century Scholars program at Indiana State University. Carmichael has a bachelor’s degree in consumer and homemaking education from Indiana State University.
Patrick S. Board, chief executive officer of Union Associated Physicians Clinic, joined the regional board on Dec. 6 as a healthcare representative. A Minnesota native, Board brings extensive healthcare experience with more than 30 years of physician practice and hospital management at organizations such as Covenant Healthcare in Milwaukee, Wisc.; University of Minnesota Clinical Associates in Minneapolis, Minn.; and Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. He holds a master’s degree in hospital and healthcare administration from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. In addition to leadership in a number of professional organizations, Board currently volunteers in the community through TREES, Inc., Keep Terre Haute Beautiful, Downtown Terre Haute, Inc. and the United Way.
Jeffrey D. Lorick, director of the Terre Haute Human Relations Commission, joined the regional board on Dec. 6 as a community representative. He serves on the President’s Council for Diversity at Indiana State University, the Business Leadership Network and on the Community Reinvestment Board for the Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute. Lorick is president of the board of directors for Arts Illiana, vice president of the board of directors for Community Theatre of Terre Haute, and is a member of the Hamilton Center board of directors. He serves the Vigo County School Corp. on the board of the Superintendent’s Cabinet, as chair of the African American Mentor Program and assists in organizing its annual Diversity Writing Contest. He is co-chair of the Homeless Planning Coalition and is involved with organizing the annual Homeless Walk. On the state and national levels, Lorick serves as president of the Indiana Consortium of Human Rights Agencies and sits on the board for the National Association of Human Rights Workers.
“Having people of such caliber and diversity guiding Ivy Tech is critical to our continued growth and success,” said Chancellor Ann M. Valentine. “Their willingness to serve our region, our students and our faculty is a testimony to their belief in the value of a strong community college to strengthen and build the health and vitality of our community.”
Board, Carmichael, and Lorick join two other 2012 board additions. In February Lori A. Danielson, vice president of Clabber Girl Corp., and Dr. Carolyn Milner, superintendent of schools in the Cloverdale School Corp., joined the Wabash Valley Board to serve two-year terms.
“We welcome our new members and look forward to working together with the Ivy Tech team to provide an attainable college education for those in our community,” said Regional Board Chair Ken Baker. “We especially want to thank past board members for their leadership and dedication to Ivy Tech.”
Ed Carmichael of Carmichael Farms resigned in June after 10 years of service. Daniel Tanoos, superintendent of Vigo County School Corp., resigned in August after more than 12 years, followed by David Doerr, CEO of Union Health System, after nine years of service.
“It has been a privilege to serve the Ivy Tech family for the last nine years,” said Doerr. “I was honored to be asked and truly thankful for the opportunity to have a part in the tremendous growth Ivy Tech has experienced.”
Carmichael, Board and Lorick, along with Danielson and Milner, will work with these Wabash Valley Board members: Kenneth Baker, Applied Extrusion Technologies; Brock Blinn, PolyOne Corp.; Norman Lowery, First Financial Bank; and Donnie Ritter, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 157.
Schools
Newsmakers: Jan. 10, 2013
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BRUCE’S HISTORY LESSONS: Montgomery Meigs establishes Arlington National Cemetery
This week (June 15) in 1864, Brig. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, who had been appointed Quartermaster General of the Union Army in 1861, established Arlington House, the former home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, as a cemetery for the Union’s soldiers. Today Arlington National Cemetery is America’s national military burial ground.
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- Goals, Pride & Achievements: June 13, 2013
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BRUCE’S HISTORY LESSONS: This week in 1944: D-Day and the Airborne assault on Normandy
This week (June 5) in 1944, with the D-Day invasion of the Nazi-occupied Normandy coast set to begin, the man in charge of that invasion, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, paid a special visit to members of the U.S. 82nd and the 101st Airborne.
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Terre Haute North, South African-American clubs taking educational journey to Washington, D.C.
Students and teachers from Terre Haute North and South Vigo high schools saw three years of hard work pay off Monday afternoon as they lined up eagerly at the doors of a school bus to start a long ride to Washington, D.C.
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BRUCE’S HISTORY LESSONS: A woman’s voice of moral clarity
This week (June 1) in 1950, Margaret Chase Smith, the Republican senator from Maine and the first woman ever to serve as both a U.S. senator and member of the House of Representatives, gave a speech that, looking back, was a voice of moral clarity amidst a cacophony of madness and vilification.
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Education-technology grants given to Valley
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz has announced the 2013 Technology Resource Grants, awarded to help organizations purchase technology resources for student instruction in career and technical educations classrooms.
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Turkey Run presents academic awards
Turkey Run High School freshmen, sophomores and juniors were honored at an awards program on May 16.
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Goals, Pride & Achievements
Laci Pethtel of Oblong is the 2013 recipient of the Lincoln Trail College Professional Assistants Group scholarship.
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VCSC to offer summer meals
Sarah Scott Middle School will offer free breakfast and lunch for people 18 years old and younger Monday through June 20.
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Road Runners name scholarship winners
The Wabash Valley Road Runners have named Anne Mullican and Justin Clapp as the recipients of the 2013 WVRR scholarships.
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South student blazes competition with research
Ryan Chung, a junior at Terre Haute South Vigo High School, placed first at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the computer science category.
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Indiana State University Dean’s List
Indiana State University has announced its dean’s list for the spring 2013 semester. Area students recognized for their academic achievement include:
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RP recognizes outstanding students
Riverton Parke High School’s class of 2013 was honored on May 15 at the annual senior awards night in the school’s cafetorium.
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Student blood donors receive scholarships
Roche Diagnostics and Indiana Blood Center are recognizing 81 high school seniors in Indiana who participate in community service.
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Bruce’s History Lessons: Morse’s telegraph and its impact as a ‘game changer’
This week (May 24) in 1844, Professor Samuel F.B. Morse sat in the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., surrounded by members of Congress, who had come to witness history.
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High schoolers attend automotive, welding skills competitions
Area high school students put their skills to the test at the annual Automotive Skills and Welding Skills competitions on April 18 at Ivy Tech Community College—Wabash Valley.
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Riverton Parke presents concert, music awards
The Riverton Parke Jr.-Sr. High School Music Department presented its annual Spring Concert on May 13 in the school gymnasium.
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Turkey Run senior awards and honors
Turkey Run High School seniors were honored at an awards program May 13. Scholarships and departmental and activity awards were presented.
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South earns national yearbook design honor
The Terre Haute South yearbook, Uaxactun, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2013 Gotcha Covered Look Book, Volume 11 celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage.
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Vincennes University Dean’s List
The Vincennes University Dean’s List for Spring 2013 includes students from the Vincennes campus, Jasper campus, Aviation Technology Center in Indianapolis, military bases, and other extended sites.
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4 more honored as Four Star Schools
In addition to the three Vigo County schools (Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Dixie Bee Elementary and Fayette Elementary schools) that were announced earlier, four more Wabash Valley schools were recognized as Indiana Four Star Schools.
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Bruce’s history lessons: Truman’s decision to recognize Israel
This week (May 14) in 1948, at the direction of President Harry Truman, the United States recognized the existence of the newly formed state of Israel, which had declared independence earlier that day. It was, Truman later stated, among the most important decisions of his presidency.
- Reunion listings: May 16, 2013
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Chances and Services for Youth to participate in food program
The Chances and Services for Youth recently announced plans to participate in the Summer Food Service Program.
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South Latin students compete at convention
Terre Haute South Vigo High School Latin students competed with other Indiana schools at the recent state convention at ISU.
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Southwest Parke School Corp. receives eLearning grant
Southwest Parke Community School Corp. has received an Imagining and Creating eLearning grant for the 2013-2014 school year through the Indiana Department of Education.
- Newsmakers: May 16, 2013
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Otter Creek competes in regional Academic Super Bowl
The Otter Creek Academic Super Bowl teams competed in the regional Academic Super Bowl competition on April 27 at Sarah Scott Middle School.
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Riverton Parke FFA teams compete at April 16 contest
Two Riverton Parke FFA Parliamentary Procedure Teams competed at the section competition for the Parliamentary Procedure Demonstration Contest on April 16 at the Indiana FFA Center in Trafalgar.
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