Kyle Ramsey, an Ivy Tech Bloomington School of Computing and Informatics student, has been selected from more than 80 applicants across the United States and Canada to participate at Cisco Live, Cisco’s largest customer event, in Las Vegas in July. Ramsey will serve as a member of the Networking Academy Dream Team. He is one of only 11 students selected for the team.

Ivy Tech Community College’s Bloomington campus will host a nurse pinning ceremony for 36 graduates of the practical nursing class of 2016 and for 74 graduates of the Associate of Science in Nursing class of 2016. Dean of the School of Nursing, Pam Thompson, will preside over the ceremony on Thursday, May 12 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Shreve Hall.

Ivy Tech Community College’s Bloomington campus will hold its annual spring commencement ceremony on Friday, May 13 at 6 p.m. in the Indiana University Auditorium, where it will confer approximately 1,002 Associate degrees and certifications to graduates. “Commencement is the culminating event for our graduates and their families, and our campus looks forward to this ceremony every year,” said Chancellor Jennie Vaughan. “My son will graduate with his Master’s degree on the same da

Ivy Tech Community College has selected Sarah Cote, associate professor of biotechnology, as the 2016 recipient of the Glenn W. and Mary Catherine Sample Award for Excellence in Instruction. The award is Ivy Tech’s highest honor for a faculty member.

The Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Community College’s Bloomington campus hosted its first student business pitch competition on Friday, April 1. The Duke It Out Pitch Competition, sponsored by Duke Energy, took place at 1 p.m. in Shreve Hall at Ivy Tech.

Ivy Tech Community College’s Bloomington campus has partnered with Blue Burro, a local business process software development company, to give Ivy Tech students the opportunity to gain real world experience running an online authoring application called Yarny.

Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington student Jeffery “L.J.” Gearhart II has been named the 2014 Student of the Year by the American Council on Education (ACE). The Student of the Year Award is presented annually by ACE to an individual who has benefited academically or professionally from the use of ACE credit recommendations for workforce training.

Ivy Tech Community College’s Bloomington campus is the 2014 beneficiary of Pygmalion’s Art Supplies’ fifth annual custom-color fundraiser. Proceeds from the yearlong effort will benefit Ivy Arts for Kids scholarships. “We appreciate Pygmalion’s encouragement of youth arts,” said Susie Graham, Executive Director of Development, Ivy Tech-Bloomington. “Their gift of more than $2,000 will cover tuition costs for 12 children to participate in art camps this summer.” Each year Pygmalion’s Art Suppli

Nearly four years after the Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship opened its doors, the final piece necessary for full implementation of the entrepreneurship program has fallen into place. On Thursday, October 2 the Entrepreneurship Curriculum Committee was informed that the Technical Certificate and Entrepreneurship Certificate programs have been approved by the Department of Education for Title IV financial aid eligibility. “Entrepreneurship certification is designed to give the stude