sept. 10, 2012
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By AYSIA HOGLE
Staff [email protected]
The Children’s Center has been undergoing a few changes for this semes-ter. Wanda Borrego, coor-dinator of the Children’s Center, said they are currently working to-ward becoming a state-licensed facility. “The Children’s Cen-ter is governed by the university, which in it-self, is an entity,” Bor-rego said. “It was never a requirement for us to be state licensed. The university thought it would be more secure for us to have a second governing body.” Borrego said this change will benefi t students, faculty and staff . “With us being licensed, many of the students and our customers can apply for help to pay for their child care,” Borrego said. “The university can have the center itself applied for a diff erent grant.” The Children’s Center has also raised their hourly
rates by 50 cents. Fees are now $3 for students and$4 for faculty and staff members. “We hadn’t had a rate change in fi ve years, so wewere due,” Borrego said. “[The rate change] willhelp us with all the state complications we have
encountered along theway.” Borrego said becausethe Children’s Center isnow state licensed, it isopen to the public. “We are not only opento the IU Southeast com-munity, but we are alsoopen to the communityat large.” Borrego said the Chil-dren’s Center has ben-efi ts most day cares can-not off er. “We are atypical in thatmost daycares close at 6,and we stay open until8,” Borrego said.
Borrego said, each semester, the Children’s Cen-ter has a new theme. This fall the theme will bemusic. “[Children will learn] where music comes from,what makes us detect music, how we feel music and
By JEREMY EILER
Staff [email protected]
During the summer break, the IUS Graduate Center for business and education classes moved to the 300 Building, lo-cated in downtown Jef-fersonville.
The center was previ-ously situated in the Mc-Cauley-Nicolas Building and was there for more than 10 years.
Alan White, dean of the School of Business, said the move was neces-sary due to the demand for more classrooms and newer equipment.
“We need additional classroom space,” White said. “We needed bett er fi t and fi nish.”
It took IU Southeast six weeks to make the move in order to have the new building ready for fall semester classes.
The remaining item left to be fi nished is get-ting new furniture in the classrooms and in The Commons area, a project they expect to complete by mid-September. The new building has
four classrooms and one offi ce for all the staff to use. It also has a lounge area to allow students to wait or study for classes.
One of the classrooms has new equipment that allows for more interac-tion, including an 80-inch touchscreen TV.
The main reason the center moved was due to the lease ending on the previous building, which comes out of the university fund.
This will be paid for by the addition of one more classroom. The funding for technol-ogy comes from endow-ments received from do-nors, allowing them to purchase items without
using university funds. Jeff Barrick, graduate in business administra-tion, said he loves it be-cause it is closer to his home in Louisville. “[It’s my] fi rst time here, [and] it’s great,” Barrick said. Stephen Clark, gradu-ate in business, said he likes the new center be-cause it has bett er tech-nology and larger class-room size. “[The building] has more space, [it is] more open and [it has] a litt le area to kick back and study,” Clark said. Kathy Ernstberger, professor of business administration, teaches at the Graduate Center and said one advantage is the type of lighting she works in because in the former building, Ernstberger taught in the basement. “Natural light helps energy level,” Ernst-berger said. “[The build-ing is] beautiful, just as continent and [with] state of the art technol-ogy.” Ernstberger also said she thinks the move was positive for the uni-versity and appreciates how she can see more students.
By GAIL FAUSTYN
Staff [email protected]
For this school year, there will be a delay in students receiving their fi nancial aid, due to a law passed by Congress in December 2011. This new law being imple-mented by Congress will aff ect how much fi nancial aid students can receive, how long they can re-ceive it and how soon interest will begin to rack up on their loans. The new law also aff ected the Pell Grant. Now, students only can receive the grant for six years of full-time schooling, whereas previously it was nine. “[There are] 296 students [who] are close to running out
of the Pell Grant, due to the new stipulations — absolutely no one was grandfathered in,” Britt any Hubbard, director of Financial Aid, said. While all these new rules and regulations may seem like a bur-den to students, they were made to help them out. “What the government is try-ing to do is make sure that stu-dents are only receiving the amount of aid they actually need, so they don’t further themselves in debt,” Hubbard said. Hubbard said there had been a trend in students enrolling full time, receiving all the aid they were able to and then dropping down to part time. However, many students do not realize that 30 days after the disbursement, they would have
to pay back the extra aid they hadreceived in full, increasing theirdebt. In order to stop this trend, thegovernment decided to wait todisperse the loans until 28 daysafter the fi rst week, making sureall the aid they were receivingwas enabling them to obtain a de-gree. There are various factors thatare taken into consideration forthose who obtain fi nancial aid,which is why each person may re-ceive a diff erent amount. The government considers thecost of travel, supplies, room andboard, tuition and books. They look at each student’sspecifi c case and decided howmuch they should receive so they
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We need additional classroom space. We need better fi t and fi nish.
Alan White
dean of the School of Business
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Graduates relocate to modernized building
Center aims to gain license
Kaylin Miller, 4, enjoys treats during snack time at the Children’s Center. Th e center is looking to gain a state license, whichwould allow them to become open to the community outside of IU Southeast.
Photo by Aysia Hogle
Lindsey Naugle, Children’s Center employee, helps Azari-ah Calbert, 4, and Carson Riley, 4, with their snacks. Th e fees for the center increased by 50 cents, making student rates $3.
Photo by Aysia Hogle
DETAILS OF DELAY
Receive grants for six
years of full-time
schooling
Hold-up of aid until 28
days after fi rst week
Monitoring student
progress in school
through attendance
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