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By JENNIFER HARRINGTON
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The School of Business moved up 30 positions in its rankings with “U.S. News and World Report,” making it in the top 15 percent of business programs in the country. “Bloomberg Businessweek” has also recently ranked IU Southeast’s School of Business 73rd out of 500 for part-time MBA programs. “These rankings show that IU Southeast’s business programs com-pare very favorably with other pro-grams in the nation,” Alan White, dean of the School of Business and assistant professor of fi nance, said. This is the highest ranking the School of Business has received from “U.S. News and World Report,” but it is not the highest it has received in “Bloomberg Businessweek.” “The rankings are prett y vola-tile,” White said, “and small changes in both our survey results and the re-sults of the comparable schools can result in large swings in the rank-ings.” The School of Business has ranked as high as ninth overall in the nation in 2009 and sec-ond for post-MBA outcomes. “In 2007, we were 18th in the nation, so it’s been a bit of a roller-coaster ride,” White said. The rankings are determined depending on which organization is conducting the survey. “For ‘Businessweek,’ a survey of our recently graduated students, as well as a detailed look at our admissions criteria, graduation rates and full-time faculty, are used to determine the rankings,” White said.
The method “Bloomberg Businessweek” uses to determine the rankings will be changed in 2013, which is when the School of Business will be ranked again by the fi rm. “Given the quality of our programs, I expect that we’ll be back in the top 25 nationwide for that rank-ing the next time around,” White said. On the other hand, “U.S. News and World Re-port” conducts a survey with the Association to Ad-
vance Collegiate Schools of Business, in-ternationally accredited business school deans and graduate directors. “This helps us in many areas includ-ing the recruitment of top students and faculty and also helps us in fundraising eff orts,” White said. White said the School of Business takes pride in how well its students are performing. “While national rankings and rat-ings are gratifying, we are more pleased with the results of our students in aca-demic performance,” White said. Undergraduate seniors in the School of Business continued their good performance on the ETS Major Field Tests in Business. The undergraduate students have also achieved the top 15 percent or bett er nationwide in 20 of the previous 22 assessments.
“Our graduates have the highest overall pass rates on the CPA exam of any public school in the state of Indiana and any school in the state of Ken-tucky,” White said. Additionally, two of the last three Investment Challenge Competitions have been won by IU Southeast student teams. “This and other great student outcomes show that we are providing a quality education and creat-ing graduates capable of competing with anyone,” White said.
By BRITTANY
POWELL
Staff [email protected]
Veteran’s Day did not pass by unnoticed for many members of the IUS community. Two events were held in honor of U.S. veterans and to remind citizens of those who fought for the country. The third an-nual IUS Veteran’s Day memorial service was held at McCullough Plaza on Nov. 10. During the ringing of the bells, marking the end of the fi ghting dur-ing World War I, stu-dents, local veterans and
members of the commu-nity circled the clock in remembrance of those who died fi ghting for the U.S. Another event — “Come to the Canteen” Veteran’s Day tribute — brought the IUS com-munity together for a
second time dur-ing the week
to honor lo-cal veterans at the Ogle Center on
Nov. 12. There were
many performanc-es, including the Motion Studio Dance and com-edy skits performed by IUS communication stu-dents and faculty. The event was spon-sored by IU Southeast, the Student Veterans
Organization and Ivy Tech Community Col-lege. “This is by far the best mix of everything,” Da-vid Tomerlin, 78, said about the music, ex-cerpts from soldier’s let-ters and the tap dancers. Tomerlin, who fought for the U.S. Army in Ko-rea, said he has att ended many IUS Veteran’s Day tributes and enjoys com-ing back each year. Diane Reid, senior lecturer of communica-tions, said she holds the Veteran’s Day tribute to honor veterans. “I think people need to recognize the veter-ans in our community, regardless of when they fought,” Reid said. “I
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GSA plans to expand unisex restrooms
Campus tribute honors Veterans Day
By HANNA WOODS
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The Gay Straight Alliance has been work-ing on a proposal that will create awareness of gender neutral restrooms and add addi-tional facilities on campus. Hunter Luthi, informatics senior and GSA president, has been working for the last six months on expanding the gender neutral rest-rooms on campus. Unlike most restrooms on campus that are denoted as either “mens” or “womens,” the gender neutral restrooms would be open for use by both sexes. Currently, there are four restrooms on campus that are designated as gender neu-tral: two in Knobview Hall near the Ogle Center and two on either side of the IUS Li-brary coff ee shop. All four of these restrooms are single stall. “We want to raise more awareness about the fact that these do exist because most members of the campus community don’t re-alize they exist,” Luthi said. Luthi said he would like to see the gen-der neutral restrooms expand to cover the campus more evenly. He has mapped out a proposal for one of the restrooms behind the IUS Bookstore to be declared gender neutral. Unlike the four restrooms that are already designated gender neutral, this restroom has multiple stalls. “People may not feel comfortable using that restroom if it is gender neutral but [hav-
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A member of the American Legion Post 204 in Sellersburg, Ind., holds a fl ag in honor of aVeteran’s Day ceremony in McCullough Plaza on Nov. 10.
Jay McTyier, program analyst for the Registrar, performs a skit for the “Come to the Canteen” tribute on campus.
Don Graf, Korean War veteran, and his wife, Helen Graf, enjoy their time during the “Come to the Canteen” tribute on campus.
A veteran rings a bell during the Bell Ringing Service for the Veterans Day ceremony in Mc-Cullough Plaza on Nov. 10.
Photo by Brittany Powell Photo by Brittany Powell Courtesy photo by IU Southeast
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In 2007, we were 18th in the nation, so it’s been a bit of a roller-coaster ride.
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dean of the School of Business and assistant
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