The grant was awarded to the college by the Paducah Area Community Reuse Organization.
Martin Williamson donated a six-figure amount to the college for the project. In recent years, he has also donated money for lights for the football and soccer field.
The funding comes through the Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development grant program.
Dan White, Ph.D. earned the Michael V. Carano Teacher Excellence Award from the IPC Education Foundation.
The program is the first of its kind in the state of Indiana.
Building on the concept of Little Free Libraries for books, the new Little Art Gallery on Indiana University South Bend’s campus offers miniature art and art supplies for free.
Green2Gold will combine an associate degree in engineering from Ivy Tech and a bachelor degree in engineering from Purdue.
The cobots were feasible to introduce thanks to a grant from Lilly Endowment and a partnership with Telamon Robotics.
Former University of Southern Indiana faculty member Dr. Maria R. Shirey will be the conference’s keynote speaker.
The grant totals more than $70,000 and will cover the costs for approximately 100 high school students and 10 teachers to attend the Summer Institute.
