These days, vaccines are on everyone's mind. With a lot of information out there regarding COVID-19 vaccines, I wanted to bring two special guests to the podcast today to discuss vaccines and what these mean for the college.

Our guests today are:

Julie Lorton-Rowland, Sr. Vice President of Human Resources, Systems Office

Kyle Giles, Interim Vice President of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Systems Office

Continue to practice all of the safety protocols such as social distancing, good hand hygiene, and use of facial coverings. If it is the right choice for you, get your vaccine. Indiana residents can access appointments for vaccines at ourshot.in.gov or you can call 211. If you want to know more about 211 and its many services, be sure to check out episode 133 of the podcast where we met the IN 211 director and deputy director.

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This is the first in our series of Thought Leader interviews. This special series of interviews is designed to help prepare college leaders for a future visioning activity taking place in Summer 2021. We are adding all of these interviews where the participants have allowed it for our entire College community to hear.

In this episode, futurist Alexandra Whittington discusses the role of a futurist and some of her ideas for the future. I absolutely loved this conversation and am so excited to work with Alexandra through our series of upcoming leadership events. I'm off to research biophilic design after I re-listen to this episode.

Connect with Alexandra

Twitter: @alexandra4casts

Medium: https://medium.com/@alexandramontgomery_46188

Alexandra on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-whittington-futurist/

Partners in Foresight on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/partners-in-foresight/

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Thanks to my guests Ryan Blastick and Phil Kindrick who introduced ServiceNow to us. Keep on the lookout for additional communication about ServiceNow and be sure to try out the helpdesk portal at https://helpdesk.ivytech.edu.

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A team from the Indianapolis campus including Dr. Andrew Buckle and Stephanie Hopper wanted to help faculty reengage with their course content.

Hear from them and one of the certificate program participants, Charity Bowling, about the Curriculum Designer Certificate they launched in 2020.

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Dr. Tracie Addy is the Associate Dean of Teaching & Learning at Lafayette College and co-author of "What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching". In today's episode, Kara talks with Tracie about her new book as well as the practice of inclusive teaching. 

As a special thank you to our Ivy Tech faculty and staff podcast listeners, we will be giving away Dr. Addy's book, "What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching" to the first 80 individuals to complete the google form found in today's Thursday email.

If you are not one of the first 80 to sign-up and receive a free copy, you can get the book from at least three sources:

1. Publisher website: https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781642671933/What-Inclusive-Instructors-Do. Book is due for release April 15, 2021. Use the discount code: "INCL20" for 20% off + free shipping. Offer expires 12/31/22.
2. Head over to Amazon to pre-order Dr. Addy's book or 
3. Order from our Bookshop at https://bookshop.org/a/16624/9781642671933. 

Watch the Book trailer: https://youtu.be/i1EJrNBKgtE

Also, connect with Dr. Addy:

• Personal website: https://sites.lafayette.edu/addyt/
•  Email address: [email protected]
•  LinkedIn account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracie-addy-ph-d-057478104/
•  Twitter account: @TracieAddy

For more information about her work, view her Center's website (https://citls.lafayette.edu/).

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Lesley Bradley and Dr. Cory Clasemann join the podcast to discuss IvyAchieves. Ivy Achieves, a new program rolling out for Fall 2021, is the college's promise to students.

We are promising that when students commit to their goals here at Ivy Tech, we will support them throughout their journey. It consists of two elements. First, an incentive program that will reward students when they engage with their campus, instructors, and other staff through activities that lead to student success. Second, we're promising students that if they embody the five Student Success Commitments, and ultimately aren't successful in a class, they will be able to retake the course for free.

As we mentioned in the episode, here is the list of the nine programs eligible for the Free Course Retake. 

• Business Administration
• Education (excluding Early Childhood Education)
• Industrial Tech
• IT Support
• Network Infrastructure
• Practical Nursing
• Software Development
• Advanced Automation & Robotics
• Pre-Nursing CT

For any questions, or to talk further, contact Lesley at [email protected].

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Dr. Mia Johnson joins us this week to talk about Ivy Parents Achieve Success with Support, also known as I.PASS. It is a free Ivy Tech 8-week virtual course being offered to single parents, predominately single moms. This course is designed to help students gain tools such as note-taking techniques, how to get aligned with the workforce, recognizing their strengths and career options, financial literacy, and networking. This course is currently a pilot at four campuses - Lafayette, Indianapolis, Muncie and Sellersburg. 

If you are a faculty or staff member interested in getting involved, please reach out to Mia. If you are a student and want to know more about services available for Single Parents reach out to your campus. Campus email addresses and info on how to make appointments with campuses is available athttps://www.ivytech.edu/34293.html. 

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This is the third episode in our series on Transfer. This week, we'll hear from statewide and Ivy Tech leaders about their future goals and aspirations for transfer success in Indiana.

Thank you to today's guests:

• Teresa Lubbers, Commissioner, Indiana Commission for Higher Education
• Dr. Sue Ellspermann, President, Ivy Tech Community College
• Dr. Jake Docking, Director of Policy and Research, Independent Colleges of Indiana
• Dr. Russ Baker, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ivy Tech Community College

If you'd like to learn more about the resources mentioned in today's episode, you can check those out here:

Independent Colleges of Indiana - https://www.icindiana.org/

CHE Strategic Plan - https://www.in.gov/che/strategic-plan/reaching-higher-in-a-state-of-change/

CHE College Readiness Report - https://www.in.gov/che/college-readiness-reports/

Ivy Tech Guaranteed Admissions - https://www.ivytech.edu/guaranteedadmissions/ 

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At Ivy Tech we have many "helper" programs whose graduates serve in our communities. On the Evansville campus, one of those is the Paramedic Science Program.

Program Chair Chuck Dietrick and program alumni Matt Kohl will share more about the Paramedic Science program and the career fields in Emergency Medical Services.

To learn more about the Paramedic Science program offered at many Ivy Tech campuses, visit https://www.ivytech.edu/paramedic-science/.

To learn more about Ivy Tech Evansville, visit https://www.ivytech.edu/evansville/index.html.

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LevelUp is an exciting new program that Ivy Tech is offering to high school students throughout the state. It is a free, web-based program that students in grades 8-12, can use to be successful in their math and English/language arts classes. We are excited to share information about LevelUp with students, parents, and high school teachers and administrators.

To get started with LevelUp, students or high school teachers or administrators should visit http://www.ivytech.edu.

In the search box at the top of the page that says "Start your journey here" type LevelUp all one word. Or, you can visit directly using this link: https://www.ivytech.edu/35549.html

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