• Thirty U.S. campuses— primarily large research institutions—awarded academic credit for study abroad last year to more than 1,000 of their students, according to a recent report from the Institute of International Education; IU Bloomington ranked ninth in number of students awarded credit. New York University sent the most students abroad (2,061), followed by the University of California-Los Angeles (1,917), Michigan State University (1,864), University of Texas at Austin (1,654), University of Arizona (1,466), University of Wisconsin-Madison (1,441), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1,426), University of Georgia (1,401), IUB (1,379) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1,377).
http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=50138<

• IU East offers an Alternative Routes to Certification program for those who have one bachelor’s degree or advanced degrees but would like to change professions and become an Indiana certified teacher. Deadline for enrollment is Feb.1.
http://www.iue.edu/departments/doe/program_highlights.shtml

• IU South Bend hosted a national conference organized by the Institute for Applied Community Research at the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs called "Confronting an American Disgrace: The Systemic Causes of Homelessness." IU Kokomo raised awareness of homeless issues last month when the campus hosted the city’s third "Grate American Sleep Out."
http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/111204/text/sleepout.shtml

• IU Kokomo historian Allen Siafanow’s Vietnam War class is profiled in this Kokomo Tribune story:
http://www.kokomotribune.com/story.asp?id=5569

• The 2004 Jam the Jaguars campaign was a tremendous success, thanks to the donations of food and money from the IUPUI faculty, staff and students. Three busloads of donations were distributed to 15 Indianapolis charities, churches and shelters.