Photo by Chris Meyer Yu-Jen Chen (left) and Jinho Kim move in close for a picture during the commencement May 6 at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Both Chen and Kim were candidates for the master's degree in professional accountancy.
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Commencement 2006

IU South Bend said farewell to its largest graduating class in history (1,236 degree recipients), IU Kokomo had a sunny day for its traditional outdoor ceremony. The confetti on all the campuses has been swept away, the academic attire folded and stored for another day. Yet, the celebration revolving around IU's eight-campus commencement week is still reverberating with stories and pictures. And good news, Class of 2006, the National Association of Colleges and Employees has projected a healthy escalation in college grad hires, which will sustain through the autumn months.

Camps for young athletes

Basketball camps for youngsters run by IU Bloomington's new men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and by IUPUI Jaguars head men's coach Ron Hunter are just the tip of the ball in terms of the array of athletic camp experiences available to boys and girls.

 

Snuffing out tobacco

New campus regulations will have IU East smoke free and IUPUI tobacco free, effective in August. The Indianapolis campus will become one of the first large urban campuses in the U.S. to ban the use and sale of all tobacco products.

Burmafortwayne.com

Fort Wayne is home to the largest population of Burmese refugees in the U.S., and a collaboration between a local photojournalist and a team of IPFW visual communication students has led to a multimedia piece that went live on the Web yesterday.

The soul of women

A cultural series honoring the contributions of women from northwest Indiana has opened in Hammond as part of the launch of the Region Women Initiative, sponsored by the Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council. The council is sponsored by the presidents and chancellors of the six colleges and universities in northwest Indiana, including IU Northwest Chancellor Bruce Bergland.

Outrunning melanoma

The American Cancer Society projects 62,190 new cases of melanoma in the U.S. this year, and a Hoosier dermatologist has some advice on the A-B-C-Ds of early detection. On June 3, the sun will be close to setting when a walking/running fundraiser for Indiana's only non-profit organization dedicated to melanoma awareness and research begins in downtown Indianapolis.

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