Indiana State University: more. From day one.

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Founded in 1865, our school was intended specifically for the preparation of teachers. While we certainly continue to produce excellent teachers and school administrators, our graduates are also among today's most outstanding leaders and innovators in many diverse fields such as insurance and risk management, aviation technology, athletic training, the sciences, music business and education.

CHALLENGING ACADEMICS

Indiana State University empowers many of the best and brightest students to reach their academic potential in the classroom and out in the field by providing challenging academics as well as substantial scholarship opportunities. Indiana State is committed to providing our future leaders with innovative programs that will have a positive impact in Indiana and beyond.

The university's Honors Program is moving in new directions that will provide talented students numerous opportunities to learn and grow. Central to the program's new direction is a revised curriculum, currently under review, which will create a common core of classes for honors students and a choice of three theme-based tracks.

The tracks encompass three areas: GreatWorks, with roots in art, history and literature; Global Perspectives, with emphasis in international relations, language and study abroad; and Leadership and Civic Engagement, which will provide a foundation for future leaders.

Fueling these changes is funding received through Lilly Endowment.

The University Honors Program has been designated one of Indiana State's Programs of Promise, which enabled it to gain additional funding through the Lilly Endowment's Initiative to Recruit and Retain Intellectual Capital for Indiana Higher Education Institutions in conjunction with ISU's "Fulfilling the Promise" strategic plan.

HANDS-ON LEARNING

Every day, Indiana State University delivers the valuable hands-on research, lab and field experiences tomorrow's leaders and innovators need to succeed in the 21st century.

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Six current and former Indiana State University students worked alongside some of the top names in oceanography last summer during a research cruise off the California coast.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the expedition was aimed at better understanding the links between seafloor ecology and geologic records of climate change while providing hands-on...