The summer Dream Teen program is in full swing at IPFW. Dream Teen offers caregivers and teenagers a place to interact with other teens, as well as enrichment experiences in the community.
About 100 boys and girls, from kindergarten on up to eighth grade, spent this week learning basketball from IPFW men's basketball coach Jon Coffman, his assistant coaches, and his players.
The transfer of Bryson Scott from Purdue to IPFW gives the Mastodons a local player who coach Jon Coffman hopes can be a recruiting magnet.
• IPFW approved a tuition increase of 1.65 percent, beginning this fall, resulting in less than $5 per credit hour for Indiana resident undergraduate students and about a $10 per credit hour for out-of-state undergraduate students.
• IPFW received study abroad grant through Generation Study Abroad and created six $2,500 scholarships for students. Contact Mylrea at 481-6923 or mylreab@ipfw.edu or studyabroad@ipfw.edu or visit ipfw.edu/study-abroad for more information.
• IPFW announced all 37 2015 bachelor's graduates from the Department of Nursing passed the licensing exam on the first attempt.
• Angie Fincannon will join IPFW as vice chancellor for advancement on July 15.
Because of Pence's role with RFRA, he won't be able to avoid questions over LGBT issues during his re-election campaign no matter how the legislature may act on it next year, said Andrew Downs, director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Former Purdue and Northrop guard Bryson Scott is coming home. IPFW head men's basketball coach Jon Coffman announced Wednesday that fScott has signed to play with the Mastodons starting in the 2016-17 season.
IPFW head coach Jon Coffman is holding his annual camp at the Gates Center this week and there are plenty of fresh faces in Mastodon gear.
Lowell Beineke's career has been about asking questions and finding answers. He has been a professor in IPFW's Department of Mathematical Sciences for more than 50 years, and what he's found is that success is about finding the right balance between all the things you want to do.
Shubitha Kever, director of TRIO Student Support Services at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), is the new president-elect for the statewide Indiana TRIO professional organization.
According to IPFW political scientist Mike Wolf, when Ronald Reagan ran for president at age 69, his age was a campaign issue. But Hillary Clinton is just nine months younger than Reagan was when he became the oldest first-term president, and would be the oldest Democratic nominee ever.
Greater Fort Wayne Inc. recently celebrated the gradation of its 2015 class. Among them was Abraham Schwab, associate professor of philosophy at IPFW.