News for Education
Thursday, January 22, 2026
PRESS RELEASE
Criminal justice students’ campus experience leads to law enforcement careers
KOKOMO, Ind. — Hands-on experience as Indiana University Kokomo campus police cadets led Lainey Armes and Trenton Rawls to employment at the Kokomo Police Department before they graduated.
Armes, from Tipton, and Rawls, from Kokomo, completed criminal justice degrees in December, but were sworn in as ...read more
Categories: Community, Education, Chamber
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Marion Kindergarten Roundup set for April 9Mark your calendars!
Marion Community Schools invites families of children who will be starting kindergarten next school year to attend our Kindergarten Roundup, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at Bill Green Arena at Marion High School. Please bring your kindergartner-to-be with you!
Children who will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1, 2026, can ...read more
Categories: Chamber, Community, Education
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Marion Health, in partnership with GROW: Thriving Grant County, Thriving Mill Township, will be sponsoring our first Stuffed Animal Clinic. This FREE event will take place on Tuesday, February 3rd from 10am-12noon. Spots are limited. Please register your attendance by filling out the following Google form: https://forms.gle/9NNi5niW2yJzgYdDABring your favorite stuffed animal for a check up!
Your ...read more
Categories: Art & Entertainment, Chamber, Community, Education, Healthcare
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Categories: Community, Education, Healthcare, Chamber
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens is honored to announce the opening of Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See, on view January 24 through April 12, 2026, in the Center Building, Gallery 3.This powerful exhibition examines the life and legacy of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, whose courage helped galvanize the modern civil rights movement. Through compelling images and ...read more
Categories: Art & Entertainment, Chamber, Community, Education
Thursday, January 22, 2026
A free in-person Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Gatekeeper Training is being offered by Purdue Extension and Purdue Fort Wayne’s Behavioral Health and Family Studies Institute on Monday, February 9, 2:00 – 4:00 PM at the Marion Public Library (600 S. Washington St., Marion, IN 46953). Registration is required. To register visit, http://www.bit.ly/PurdueQPR
Program Description
QPR is an ...read more
Categories: Chamber, Community, Education, Healthcare
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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Monday, January 12, 2026
Part-time students honored for academic success
KOKOMO, Ind. — This week, Indiana University Kokomo recognized part-time students who earned a place on the dean’s list for 2025. To qualify for the dean’s list, each student must maintain a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale.
Those honored, listed by hometown, are:
Alexandria
Clarissa Anne Kepner
Avilla
Jacob ...read more
Categories: Community, Chamber, Education
Wednesday, January 07, 2026
PRESS RELEASE
Learn about NASA’s return mission to the moon at IUK Observatory
KOKOMO, Ind. — In early 2026, four astronauts could take a giant leap into history as part of the first crewed flight toward the moon in more than 50 years.
Patrick Motl, Indiana University Kokomo professor of physics, will give an update on the Artemis II mission, which will circumnavigate the moon but not ...read more
Categories: Chamber, Education
Wednesday, January 07, 2026
Department of Labor Launches Project Firewall
The U.S. Department of Labor recently launched Project Firewall, an H-1B initiative that will protect America’s workers through enforcement and compliance assistance.
Project Firewall is an important part of the administration’s agenda to protect American workers. The department, including the Wage and Hour Division, will use all available ...read more
Categories: Economic, Chamber, Education
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE
Nursing graduates honored in pinning ceremony
KOKOMO, Ind. — Indiana University Kokomo’s School of Nursing and Allied Health Professions (SNAHP) honored its December 2025 graduates at its pinning ceremony on Thursday (December 18) in Havens Auditorium.
Thirty students earned the traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), while 10 completed the second-degree BSN ...read more
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