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SPORTS BRIEFS Lakeview Christian High School has announced that Mike Hofer will join new head coach Michael Beck on the Lions’ staff, the school said Friday in a press release. Hofer, a 1993 Richmond graduate, has coached basketball, football, baseball and bowling at various levels. Hofer played basketball and ran track for the Red Devils before attending Indiana University on a track scholarship. He graduated from Indiana Wesleyan in 2001 after a term in the military. He currently serves as the main youth pastor at College Wesleyan Church.

 

SOURCE: http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060826/SPORTS/608260335/1006/SPORTS

Juan Galan, IWU GRADUATE

By LEE NOBLE

—    Juan Galan
Galan, 31, of Elwood, has been working with the department for about three weeks, said jail commander Andy Williams.
He grew up in Elwood and can speak some Spanish, thanks to his Hispanic parents.
He said a year spent with the 76th Brigade of the Indiana National Guard in Afghanistan from July 2004 to July 2005, helped springboard him into the job with the sheriff’s department, although he did spend some time on a waiting list, as all new hires do because the turnover rate at MCSD is very low.
“I think it was very beneficial,” Galan said. “We did a lot of military police type duties over there, convoy security and other military security.”
He also worked at Red Gold in Elwood. He had previously attended Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion where he completed about four years of a criminal justice major, also studying psychology and sociology. He came up a semester shy of graduation because of military deployment, and hopes to be able to finish his degree.

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New gallery puts spotlight on IWU students
Displays of art for sale draw more eyes in new Student Center
BY RACHEL KIPP
rlkipp@marion.gannett.com

Indiana Wesleyan University senior Eric Helvie is always looking for an opportunity to show his work. He and other students are getting the chance to expose their art to the campus and local community through the 1920 Gallery, a new addition to the school’s recently renovated Student Center. “I think any opportunity to show is great,” said Helvie, who, along with four other students, is part of the first group to have their art on display at the gallery. “To have it in the Student Center like that is good because not so many people come through the art department like that. The fact that the school is wanting to show work in the Student Center, where there is just a lot more traffic, and in the IWU community, I think it’s great.” The gallery, named for the year when the school (then called Marion College) was founded, is also being run by a student, senior Rachel Henderson. “I pretty much serve as curator, doing all the tasks that that includes,” Henderson said. “It’s a wonderful opportunity; my dream is to one day have a gallery of my own, so this fits right into what I hope to be doing in the future.” A grand opening last weekend featured acrylic paintings by Helvie and student Ben Hubbard and photographs by students Katie Collins, Ben Swygart and Chris Whonsetler. The works will be on display for three weeks before making way for a new group of artists. “We’ve gotten the word out through e-mail and posters and word-of-mouth that we’re always open for students to submit their work,” said Henderson, who also hopes to include alumni and faculty in future shows. “They can pick up information sheets and submission forms, and then there is a review process of the artwork.” Henderson said she and others choosing artwork for the gallery, which is open to the public, are looking to include a range of different mediums in each showing. The work shown is for sale with prices set by the artist and a commission going toward running the gallery. Regular hours for the 1920 Gallery are 4 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. Originally published September 21, 2006

SOURCE: http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060921/NEWS01/609210329/1002

Posted 4:19 PM September 19, 2006

Bank names manager

September 21, 2006

FISHERS — Union Federal Bank promoted Kim Way to financial center manager of its Fishers branch in the Marsh Supermarket at 116th Street and Allisonville Road.

Way has four years of banking experience and served as branch manager for Bank One/Chase Bank. She is a licensed Realtor and earned a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University. She is also a member of the National Association of Realtors and the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors.

SOURCE: http://www.topics.com/articles/4/077440-1574-091.html

HEALTH CARE

Scott Memorial Hospital, a Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare network partner in Scottsburg, Ind., has promoted Dawn Mays to vice president of nursing. She recently received her master’s degree in business administration from Indiana Wesleyan University.

SOURCE: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060919/BUSINESS/309190007/1003

Lewton earns award

Olivia Lewton, graduate of Lakeview Christian High School, received a $1,000 college scholarship from the publisher of Who’s Who Among American High School Students, a national publication.

Lewton, who is attending Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, was selected for her academic achievements, participation in school and community activities, and her essay.

She is one of 130 students selected from 90,000 applicants to receive financial awards for college expenses this year by Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation. The Foundation, funded by the publishers of Who’s Who, has awarded $171,000 for high school scholarships this year and over $4,000,000 to date.

Annually, the publication recognizes more than 750,000 high-achieving high school students for their leadership in academics, extracurricular activities, community service and athletics.

September 15, 2006

A ‘way cool’ teacher

3rd-graders in Fishers cheer Indiana‘s pick for Teacher of the Year

By Melanie D. Hayes melanie.d.hynes@ carmelstar.com

FISHERS, Ind. — Taking a test while lying on the floor is nothing unusual for students in Anna Shults’ third-grade class at Fall Creek Elementary School.

Sometimes they sit on a windowsill during exams, or rest on a pillow.

Indiana‘s 2007 Teacher of the Year believes a relaxed atmosphere eases students’ minds so they can do their best.

Shults’ creative ways — she also makes up rap songs to help students remember spelling words and organizes scavenger hunts for geometrical shapes — helped propel the 31-year-old educator to the status of Indiana’s top teacher Thursday.

Students and colleagues, however, also cited Shults’ caring ways.

“Sometimes she gives us extra recess when we are good,” said Haley Butler, 8. “She is pretty and the best teacher in the world!”

Shults is now Indiana‘s nominee for the National Teacher of the Year honor, to be presented in the spring in Washington.

Shults was chosen from 47 educators from public and private schools across Indiana. The award was presented during a surprise assembly in the school gym.

Shults went to the gymnasium with other teachers and students, thinking she’d hear a seminar by an education expert.

But the program quickly turned into big cheers for Shults as Suellen Reed, state superintendent of public instruction, presented $1,000 from Indiana Farm Bureau and scholarship offers from Ball State, Indiana and Indiana State universities.

“For this teacher, teaching is not just a career or a job — it’s a passion,” Reed said.

“At the end of the school year, she has her students write a letter to the students who will be in her class next year. Some of the letters said she is ‘way cool.’ They said she is flexible, caring, energetic, accepting of all students. Some said she was ‘goofy,’ ” Reed said, then chuckled.

Shults joined Fall Creek Elementary as a student teacher in 1996 and has been there ever since.

The Chicago native said she likes to be creative so children will make the most of their lessons and want more knowledge.

“Every student learns in his or her own little way, and it’s my job to tap into that,” she said. “I try to make each activity meaningful.”

Shults cannot recall a dull moment as a teacher.

“Every day is different. I feed off the enthusiasm and excitement of kids and just the ability to do what I love,” she said. “It’s an everyday passion that is extremely rewarding.”

Shults’ husband, Brian, teaches science at Fishers High School in the Hamilton Southeastern district. While he likes teaching teens, she prefers instructing third-graders.

“Their minds are like little sponges,” she said. “They are on fire to learn. And they are not into cliques and popularity.

“And, selfishly thinking, they still think their teacher is cool.”

Call Star reporter Melanie D. Hayes at (317) 444-2613.

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Age: 31.

Job: Third-grade teacher at Fall Creek Elementary in Fishers. She’s been there since 1996, starting as a student teacher.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in 1997 from Anderson University; master’s degree in 2000 from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Family: Married husband, Brian, in 1997. He teaches science at Fishers High School.

Teaching tips

Three tips from Anna Shults, Indiana‘s 2007 Teacher of the Year, on teaching children:

• Know what makes students tick, their likes and dislikes.

• Convey to students that they are most important to you.

• Accept the fact that each student learns differently.

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