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Six community leaders are joining the IU South Bend Advisory Board. Their terms began on September 12, and each will be serving a three-year term on the board.  In 1972, the IU Board of Trustees formally established advisory boards at each of the regional campuses. The boards are comprised of leaders from the region, and they assist the Chancellor in responding effectively to the educational needs of the region.  Levon…

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Indiana University South Bend’s enrollment remains strong, continuing a rebound from historically reduced college attendance rates and the impact of the pandemic. Fall 2023 enrollment showed gains in overall number of full-time students, including transfers and new beginning students, for the first year-over-year increase since 2009. Furthermore, there are continued growth trends in the diversity of the student population that more accurately represents the community.   The number of first-time undergraduate…

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IU South Bend is taking a proactive approach to prepare the campus for a strong future in response to declining college going rates and the effect of the pandemic. In 2020, the rate of Indiana high school students going to college was 53%, the lowest in a generation. This is 6 percentage points lower than the past year, and 12 percentage points lower than five years ago. Despite this, IU…

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Chancellor Elrod is pleased to announce that Kory Vitangeli has been hired to serve as IU South Bend’s Vice Chancellor for Student Engagement. Vitangeli will begin her new role on June 20. She comes to South Bend after serving as Dean of Students and Vice President for Student and Campus Affairs at the University of Indianapolis, and her entire career has been centered around similar work.  Vitangeli received her B.A.…

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Laura Harlow was appointed the Interim Dean of Students at the start of 2023. Students may also recognize her from role as Director of Institutional Equity and Inclusive Excellence, in which she serves as the campus's Deputy Title IX Coordinator , where she responds to any institutional compliance needs or concerns of discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status,…

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