INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND

THE UNIVERSITY THAT EDUCATES MICHIANA

Indiana University South Bend offers leading-edge instructional programs and outstanding technological facilities, laboratories, and lecture halls. With 290 full-time faculty, IU South Bend is proud of its teaching record and works to improve its teaching with ongoing assessment and professional development. IU South Bend develops new academic programs and new strengths in interdisciplinary inquiry, linking disciplines and students with professions that advance research, professional service, and learning.

The campus of IU South Bend borders the St. Joseph River and like the river, IU South Bend is a focal point for the region. Nearly a dozen north central Indiana and southwestern Michigan counties within a 50-mile radius look to the campus for academic and professional programs and for community services. Academic partnerships are in place with Ivy Tech Community College and other area community colleges to ensure smooth transitions between the two-year institutions and IU South Bend.

IU South Bend is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Individual schools and academic programs are also accredited (see page 6 for details).

IU South Bend has over 26,000 alumni and an active alumni relations program to serve IU South Bend's growing campus. Two-thirds of the alumni live and work in the Michiana area. The rest find their homes in all fifty states and in far-flung places such as Australia , India , Indonesia , Kenya , Malaysia , Rwanda , Singapore , and Thailand .

GENERAL INFORMATION

Indiana University South Bend is a comprehensive public university offering postsecondary education through the master's level. It is the third largest of the eight Indiana University campuses. The campus offers more than 100 academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Over 7,500 undergraduate and graduate students enroll in these programs. The student body is rich in diversity, including a mix of traditional and adult students and over 200 international students.

MISSION STATEMENT

Indiana University South Bend is the comprehensive undergraduate and graduate regional campus of Indiana University that is committed to serving north central Indiana and southwestern Michigan . Its mission is to create, disseminate, preserve, and apply knowledge. The campus is committed to excellence in teaching, learning, research, and creative activity; to strong liberal arts and sciences programs and professional disciplines; to acclaimed programs in the arts and nursing/health professions; and to diversity, civic engagement, and a global perspective. IU South Bend supports student learning, access, and success for a diverse residential and nonresidential student body that includes underrepresented and international students. The campus fosters student-faculty collaboration in research and learning. Committed to the economic development of its region and state, IU South Bend meets the changing educational and research needs of the community and serves as a vibrant cultural resource.

CORE VALUES AND CAMPUS PRIORITIES

Priorities for Collegiate Attainment

-Foster student learning, access, and success
-Encourage and maintain academic excellence priorities for campus-community interaction
-Enhance and expand partnerships with the community
-Heighten the recognition of IU South Bend's resources and achievements beyond the campus

Priorities for Societal Engagement

-Enhance diversity in the curriculum, classroom, and campus
-Reflect and expand a global perspective

COMMITMENTS

Indiana University South Bend, the only public, comprehensive, undergraduate and graduate degree-granting institution of higher education in north central Indiana , is committed to serving a diverse population of residential and nonresidential students by providing quality technologically-enhanced educational programming based on a strong liberal arts and sciences foundation and to promoting the economic, social, and cultural well-being of the region.

IU South Bend is dedicated to a comprehensive general education curriculum that fosters verbal, mathematical, and visual literacies; disciplined inquiry; and critical thinking across all disciplines.

IU South Bend is committed to enhancing economic development in north central Indiana by providing academic programs that meet the needs of students and by responding to unique regional economic trends and service/manufacturing employment needs. IU South Bend also serves and enriches the region as a forum for discussion and civic engagement, as a showcase for the arts, and through community partnerships and consultancies.

The university strives to respond decisively to the growing demand for graduate degree programs and to assure statewide access to IU South Bend distinctions in faculty-student collaboration, programs that enhance diversity and provide a global perspective, the arts, and in the nursing and health professions.

IU South Bend supports development of campus residential and student life programs and activities that promote a university community where students, living and learning together, have a wide range of opportunities to experience academic, cultural, and social growth. Students are also encouraged to reach beyond campus boundaries to become engaged in internships, civic programs, volunteer services, and classroom consultation projects.

The IU South Bend faculty is committed to teaching that engages students in the joy of researching and expanding the knowledge base of their academic area. The university especially values research activity as a vehicle for active learning . IU South Bend students are actively involved in group and individual research projects and field studies; collaborative faculty-student research; faculty guided independent study; and experiential, service learning projects and internships.

EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Distinctiveness in Degree Offerings

Since its founding, Indiana University South Bend has provided strong programs in the liberal arts and sciences complemented by professional education responsive to community needs. IU South Bend trains the majority of the region's teachers and many of its civic and business leaders. The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts is home to acclaimed programs in music, sculpture, and the fine and performing arts that attract world-class faculty and talented students. The combination of cutting-edge clinical facilities, faculty preparation, and unique curricular offerings at IU South Bend offers opportunities for students of nursing and the health professions from across the state to access a distinct educational experience.

Distinctiveness in Faculty-Student Collaboration

Because of its student-to-faculty ratio (14-1) and small class size, IU South Bend is uniquely able to provide active and collaborative partnerships between students and faculty in the classroom, in the laboratory, and in the field.

Distinctiveness in Enhancing Diversity and a Global Perspective

A growing population of underrepresented and international students, supported by a wide array of programs, provides an important dimension to a campus community committed to understanding diversity and world cultures.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

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Accreditation

IU South Bend is accredited for its undergraduate and graduate programs by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association (NCA), 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400 , Chicago , Illinois 60602-2504 , (800) 621-7440.

The Higher Learning Commission is a voluntary certification agency made up of member institutions in 19 states. Its credentials are accepted on an equal basis by similar agencies in other parts of the United States and in foreign countries.

The following academic programs are additionally accredited by national agencies and organizations pertinent to their respective disciplines:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The Department of Chemistry's Bachelor of Science degree is accredited by the American Chemical Society (ACS), 1155 Sixteenth Street -Northwest, Washington , D.C. 20036-4800 , (800) 227-5558.

Division of Continuing Education

The Montessori Teacher Academy is affiliated with the American Montessori Society (AMS). Montessori Teacher Academy courses hold accreditation through the Montessori Accreditation Commission for Teacher Education (MACTE), 506 Seventh Street , Racine , Wisconsin 53403-1128 , (262) 898-1846.

Division of Nursing and Health Professions

Dental Hygiene Programs

The IU South Bend Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene programs are accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation (CDA), 211 East Chicago Avenue , Chicago , Illinois 60611-2678 , (312) 440-4653.

School of Nursing

The School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), One Dupont Circle-Northwest, Suite 530 , Washington , D.C. 20036-1135 , (202) 887-6791; and the Indiana State Board of Nursing, Health Professions Bureau, 402 West Washington Street , Room W066, Indianapolis , Indiana 46204-2298 , (317) 234-2043.

Radiography Program

The Radiography Program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT), 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2850 , Chicago , Illinois 60606-3182 , (312) 704-5300.

School of Business and Economics

The School of Business and Economics is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, 777 South Harbour Island Boulevard, Suite 750, Tampa, Florida 33602-5730, (813) 769-6500.

School of Education

The School of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), 2010 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Suite 500 , Washington , D.C. 20036-1018 , (202) 466-7496. The Indiana Division of Professional Standards Department of Education has approved all IU South Bend teacher education programs.

School of Public and Environmental Affairs

The School of Public and Environmental Affairs is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), 1120 G Street -Northwest, Suite 730 , Washington , D.C. 20005-3801 , (202) 628-8965.

School of Social Work

The School of Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), 1725 Duke Street, Suite 500 , Alexandria , Virginia 22314-3457 , (703) 683-8080.