2006 Q1
First Quarter 2006
IN THIS ISSUE:
IU Nursing lists continuing education opportunities with ICN
The Office of Lifelong Learning in the Indiana University School of Nursing is now participating in ICN, listing noncredit classes and programs for nurses and health care professionals in all settings—academic, acute care, long-term care, etc. Because the IU School of Nursing is on the IUPUI campus, be sure to select “IUPUI” as the campus when searching for these opportunities in the ICN course and program catalogs.
Teaching/Learning in Web-Based Courses: A Professional Certificate Program
Teaching and Learning in Web-Based Courses: A Professional Certificate Program from the IU School of Nursing (on the IUPUI campus), will prepare nurses and other health care professionals to develop effective online courses. The program requires 67.5 contact hours, and will enable participants to experience an online course from a student’s perspective, and to use that knowledge to develop and teach effective Web courses.
More: Teaching and Learning in Web-Based Courses: A Professional Certificate Program
TESL/TEFL graduate certificate available online
Indiana State University is now offering online graduate certificate in English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language. Courses in the 12-hour program will be offered online this summer. Graduates are eligible to teach in a variety of settings, including language schools in the U.S. and abroad.
More: TESL/TEFL Certificate Program
ISU launches online course credit transfer system
Students interested in transferring to Indiana State University (ISU) now have online access to a FREE tool that will explain how courses taken from other institutions will transfer to ISU. CAS, the Course Applicability System, will provide students with Planning Guides to help identify the remaining classes needed to complete a degree at ISU.
Initially the system is populated with the following institutions; others will follow.
Indiana
- Ancilla College
- Ball State University
- Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
- Vincennes University
- University of Southern Indiana
- IUPUI
- Saint Mary of the Woods College
In Illinois:
- Danville Area Community College
- Lake Land College
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (Frontier, Lincoln Trail, Olney Central, and Wabash Valley)
More: CAS
New Graduate Certificate in Public Personnel Administration from ISU
Along with the graduate certificate program in Public Administration, Indiana State University is now offering a graduate certificate program in Public Personnel Administration. Courses in this 12-hour program are delivered via the Internet. On-campus visits are not required. Credit earned in either certificate program may be applied toward the Master's Degree in Public Administration (MPA), offered through the Public Administration Program within the Department of Political Science.
More: Public Personnel Administration Program
More: Public Administration Program
ISU graduate nursing program offers three areas of specialization
Graduate nursing students interested in specializing in Adult Health, Community Health, or Family Nurse Practitioner can now study online; clinical courses may be arranged in your community. All three areas of specialization prepare graduates for leadership and clinical roles in advanced nursing, and serve as a foundation for doctoral studies. Graduates of the Family Nurse Practitioner specialization are eligible to apply for American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) certification.
More: Adult Health
More: Community Health
More: Family Nurse Practitioner
Pike county adult community learning center joins ICN
There are new educational opportunities for residents of Pike County at the Pike County Adult Community Learning Center in Petersburg. Located on the campus of Pike Central Middle School, the center—which has been hosting on-campus classes from the University of Southern Indiana, Vincennes University, and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana—will now have access to individual credit and noncredit college courses as well as full certificate and degree programs in hundreds of subjects for students from middle school through graduate school and beyond. Stop in and say hello to Terri Holmes, coordinator of the center at 907 Walnut Street.
More: Pike County Adult Community Learning Center
Financial aid deadline approaches
Financial aid is available to certificate- and degree-seeking students studying at a distance. As with on-campus students, it can be used to cover the cost of college attendance, including tuition, fees, room and board, books, supplies, transportation, and other personal expenses related to education.
If you are planning to apply for financial aid for the 2006-07 academic year, be sure to review ICN’s Tips for Filing a Mistake-Free FAFSA before submitting your application. Careless mistakes can be costly, and could cause a delay in processing or eliminate you from consideration. The application deadline is March 10.
Review ICN’s Tips for Filing a Mistake-Free FAFSA
Visit FAFSA on the Web
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