Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Connect with Southern Indiana participants chosen
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Twenty-five people from eight counties in southern Indiana have been chosen to participate in Historic Southern Indiana’s second annual Connect with Southern Indiana (CSI) program. Funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment and sponsored by USI, the program is intended to boost Indiana’s retention of intellectual capital by helping participants learn about and strengthen their skills, options, and opportunities for involvement in regional and community projects. The core of the program is to help participants to strengthen their skills, options, and opportunities for involvement in community and regional projects; meet business and civic leaders; and gain greater awareness of community and regional needs. Residents of nine counties (Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties) are eligible to participate in the nine-session program that starts in January and ends in August. “The ultimate goal of the project is the enhancement of the quality of citizenship in southwestern Indiana,” said Dr. Darrel Bigham, director of Historic Southern Indiana and USI professor of history. “Strengthening participants’ critical thinking is the chief means whereby that goal will be pursued. Developed after almost a year’s discussion and review by an advisory committee of area business, civic, and professional leaders, CSI offers a distinctive collaborative effort between the University and the people of the region.” The 2007 participants are: Dubois County John Collins, associate attorney, Bingham McHale, LLP. Theresa Criss-Hartwig, project administrator specialist, grant writer, and administrator of community and economic development grants, Indiana 15 Reg. Planning Commission. Sue Habig, human resources manager, Kimball International. Lisa Kieffner, marketing director, Jasper Seating Company, Inc. Terry Seitz, president, InterComm Group LLC. Gibson County Margo English, CT-MRI technologist, Good Samaritan Hospital. Knox County Sheri Phillips, director of healthy aging programs, Generations, Area Agency on Aging. Perry County Debra Beavin, executive director of the Business Enterprise Center, Inc. Pike County Stan Keepes, director, Pike County Area Rehabilitation Center. Maria Restrepo, agriculture and natural resources extension educator, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Services. Posey County Mark Funkhouser, chief probation officer, Posey Superior Court Probation. Vanderburgh County Glenna Bower, USI assistant professor of physical education. Barbara Dicken, foundation coordinator, Vanderburgh Community Foundation. Dan Gardner, president/CEO, Solutions Unlimited. Deborah Grace, family childcare provider, Happy House Learning Center. Tara Grace-Ruiz, co-owner/publisher, La Palabra Latina. Rachel Greene, publications assistant, University of Evansville. David Hitchcock, USI assistant professor of Spanish. Vicki Nelson, development director, Lampion Center. Kim Ottilie, office manager, David J. Ottilie, DDS, PC. Steve Schaefer, vice president public policy, Metropolitan Evansville Chamber of Commerce. Stephanie Terry, deputy director, Carver Community Organization, Inc. Warrick County Rosanna Clayton, owner/operator, Client’s Choice, Ltd. Advertising and Marketing. Linda Negro, managing editor, Evansville Courier and Press. Susan Sublett, Foundation Coordinator, Warrick County Foundation. They will participate in nine meetings, as well as some collaborative research between meetings. Topics include an overview of program goals and structure; thinking critically and creatively; community overview; interpersonal influence; leading organizational development; project management in community organizations; skills practice and application planning; public skills; and program outcomes. Each meeting will be coordinated by an instructional team comprised of facilitators, USI and other faculty, and community leaders. Locations of the programs will be spread throughout the region. The first and last meetings will be held in Evansville. The program is sponsored by Historic Southern Indiana, an outreach program through USI Extended Services. For more information, call HSI at 812/465-7014. |
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