The funding was awarded to Professors of Computer Science Dr. Guangming Xing and Dr. Huanjing Wang for the project called “Improving Conceptual Understanding in Introductory Programming through an Interactive Flowchart-to-Code Environment.”

The $4.2 million will go toward student scholarships, part of the Robert and Mary Tincher Charitable Foundation’s final $19 million in giving before it dissolves.

The college’s Laurel Campus will be home to the new $36 million Technical Building, which will become a central hub for technical education.

The James A. and Martha R. Brown Charitable Foundation has given the college a $2 million gift for the development of its new workforce and healthcare education facility.

The anonymous $5 million gift will support the university’s work with Indiana Women’s Prison.

The initiative will launch a readiness program that will seek to improve the care received by mothers and children in rural emergency rooms.

The new service, operated by the university’s College of Health, will be located in the Healthy Lifestyle Center at the university’s Interprofessional Community Clinics.

William H. Hawker, John G. Gauthier, and Elizabeth L. Beck were recently added to the Northern Michigan University Foundation.

The university is partnering with K-12 schools for a type of “Grow Your Own” initiative that will support schools facing teacher shortages.

The gift comes from Randall and Cheryl Alsman and will support the UEvansville Fund and the university’s Strategic Reserves Fund.