UIndy News

Eli Lilly & Co. executive Bart Peterson will speak on campus Tuesday in the winter installment of the UIndy MBA Leadership Development Series. The former Indianapolis mayor and UIndy trustee now serves as senior vice president for corporate affairs and communications with the locally based pharmaceutical giant. His talk, “Private Sector to Public Service to Private Sector [...]

Gov. Mike Pence and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz are scheduled to speak Friday at the inaugural Indiana Education and Workforce Innovation Summit, co-hosted by the Indiana Education Roundtable and UIndy’s Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning. The 200 attendees at the downtown Hyatt Regency will include civic leaders and policy makers [...]

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development has released a new Hoosier Hot 50 Jobs ranking, and once again, the future looks bright for graduates of UIndy’s top programs. Physician, registered nurse and physical therapist top this year’s list, corresponding nicely to UIndy’s programs in pre-medicine, nursing and physical therapy. Other UIndy-related disciplines in the Top 20 [...]

A new option for students seeking a Master of Business Administration degree will debut next year at the University of Indianapolis.  UIndy’s School of Business – which already offers evening, Saturday and off-campus MBA options — is rolling out the only full-time, daytime, one-year MBA program in the Indianapolis area, aimed at: Undergraduates seeking to boost [...]

On-site degree program will address growing gap in primary care As demand for primary healthcare services exceeds capacity, the University of Indianapolis and Franciscan St. Francis Health are expanding their educational partnership to help more nurses advance their careers and become family nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners can counteract the growing shortage of primary care physicians [...]

UPDATE: Watch the interview here. Viewers around the state will learn more about UIndy and its future this weekend when President Robert Manuel appears on Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick. Dr. Manuel spoke with host Gerry Dick this week about current issues facing higher education, the role UIndy plays in the broader community, and our Vision 2030 strategic planning [...]

UIndy alum Andy Jackson has been named vice president of finance and chief financial officer/controller for the city’s IndyGo public transit system. Jackson, who earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from then-Indiana Central in 1974, brings nearly 40 years of public finance experience to the post. Previous positions have included controller and operations director [...]

The UIndy football team extended its string of victories and broken records Saturday with a 45-14 romp over the Panthers of Kentucky Wesleyan. Junior quarterback Chris Mills, a finance major from Lafayette, threw for four touchdowns, becoming UIndy’s all-time career leader in TD passes with 56. His hometown newspaper has a story here. The Hounds have now won [...]

The UIndy community is playing a central role in an upcoming Indianapolis appearance by Cambodian activist Somaly Mam, who works to generate attention about the global issue of human trafficking. Local entrepreneur Kelly Campbell, who earned her master’s degree in International Relations from UIndy in 2006, is a key organizer behind Mam’s visit, which she discusses in a column in [...]

Good news for students and graduates from UIndy’s schools of Education, Nursing, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy: A new statewide study indicates that professionals with education or healthcare-related degrees are the least likely to lose their jobs in a weak economy. The Indiana Business Research Center study, Major Unemployment: How Academic Programs of Study Affect Hoosier Unemployment [...]