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New Guardian App for Faculty, Staff, and Student Safety
The free app is available in the Apple Store and on Google Play by searching for “Rave Guardian.” You must have a cell phone number listed in IU-Notify to log in. The Guardian app offers four important features in a single app:
Consider encouraging your students to learn more about the Guardian app and download it. Faculty are encouraged to use it, too, in their classroom. In emergency situations, faculty and students can use it in the absence of panic buttons. More information about how to stay safe at IU is available on the Protect IU website. |
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2019 IUPUI Regatta Helps to Celebrate the IU Bicentennial
There was a total of 82 participants this year in the co-ed division. Four of those teams were units of the Office of Academic Affairs: The Center for Teaching and Learning, the Division of Enrollment Management, the Office of International Affairs, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. “The Center for Teaching and Learning was excited to sponsor a team in the IUPUI Regatta for the first time, especially given that it’s also the IU Bicentennial celebration. ‘It’s Aboat Time’ is looking forward to competing again next year!” – Dr. Terri Tarr, Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning. The Center for Teaching and Learning team called “It’s Aboat Time” placed 35th and consisted of Terri Tarr, director; Andi Strackeljahn, principal digital learning consultant; Doug Jerolimov, instructional design consultant; Anusha S. Rao, assistant director; and Randy Newbrough, assistant director. The IUPUI Regatta is held annually in September. Stay tuned for details on the 12th annual IUPUI Regatta next year. |
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A Look at Last Lecture 2019–Our Journey So Far: Field Notes
Dr. Robertson and Professor McDaniel presented a list of lessons they learned over their careers and the experiences they shared. They spoke about art’s important role in society while connecting this lesson to their personal lives with many different works of art. For more information, including photos and a video of the event, visit the Academic Affairs Last Lecture webpage. The Last Lecture Series is sponsored by the IUPUI Senior Academy, the Office of Academic Affairs, and the IU Foundation. It offers the university community the opportunity to hear reflections on life's lessons and meaning from a current or retired IUPUI colleague of exceptional merit. The featured speaker shares the wisdom he or she has gained through academic pursuits and life experiences; distilling a life of inquiry, reflection, and service into advice for successive generations. Nominations for 2020 Last Lecture speakers will open in January. |
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Update from IFC President John WatsonThe Test Optional Approach May be Coming to IU
At the October 2019 meeting of the IUPUI Faculty Council (IFC), the council endorsed the adoption of the test optional approach to undergraduate admissions proposed by the IUPUI Undergraduate Admissions Test Optional Taskforce. This comes with the understanding that standardized test scores will be optional only for admission to IUPUI/University College. Individual schools will continue to have the right to require test scores for direct student admissions if they so choose. The IFC also encouraged the University Faculty Council (UFC) to endorse test optional approach. The UFC will consider the proposal at its November 12 meeting. If the UFC endorses test optional, it will ask the IU Board of Trustees at their December meeting to amend policy ACA-54 (Establishing Campus Undergraduate Admission Policies) accordingly. We may soon be joining a growing list of universities who are becoming less reliant on standardized test scores for admissions.
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Students, faculty, and staff on all IU campuses can now use the 
One of the greatest IU traditions is the IUPUI Regatta. The event is hosted in the heart of Indianapolis on the canal. This year was the 11th annual race, honoring the IU Bicentennial.
On November 1, 2019, Dr. Jean Robertson and Professor Craig McDaniel, from the Herron School of Art + Design, presented a duo Last Lecture to colleagues across campus. This year’s event was uniquely exciting because it was the first time the Last Lecture has been delivered by respected scholarly partners and faculty from Herron School of Art + Design.
For many years, the score a high school student obtained on the SAT or ACT played an important role in whether that student was admitted to college. However, research reveals that standardized tests are a barrier to expanding access and opportunities for underserved students and those from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Moreover, the predictive value of measures of academic success and persistence based on high school GPA and rigor of the high school curriculum is greater than the value of SAT scores according to local IUPUI research. Indeed, there are additional problems associated with reliance on standardized tests on college admissions.