Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Award-winning Connect with Southern Indiana program's 2009 class at work
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Twenty-three people – including a few from the USI community - have been selected for the fourth class of USI’s regionally-based Connect with Southern Indiana 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 strengthen their skills and opportunities for involvement in community and regional projects; meet business and civic leaders; and gain greater awareness of community and regional needs. Connect with Southern Indiana received the 2008 Program of Excellence Award for Innovations in Outreach and Engagement from the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA). Past classes implemented a project tackling childhood obesity, a prisoner-to-community re-entry program, a program providing activities for youths age 10-14, a program meant to bring history to life for young people, a regional Hispanic community survey, and programs connecting agriculture to consumers and seniors to youth. The 2009 class includes Kevin S. Axsom, sales associate, F.C. Tucker Emge Realtors; Scott A. Birk, welder, Sisson Steel; Jennifer A. Bracher, engineer, American Electric Power; Amy M. Casavant, diversity and work life specialist, Old National Bank; Virginia L. Combs, regional manager, Indiana Department of Child Services; Jennifer L. Craig, director, Southwest Indiana Area Health Education Center (located at USI); InSuk Granholm, owner, Granholm Philanthropic Services; Becky A. Hickman, training and development officer, German American Bank; Sue Hurst, curator, Santa Claus Museum; Michael P. Kern, commercial bank officer, German American Bank; Chris V. Kinnett, president and CEO of Perry County Development Corporation; Amy S. Lasher, manager and sales specialist, Kimball International; Margaret Moutseous, library manager, St. Mary’s Health Care System; Vivian Ramos, veterinarian, Banfield, The Pet Hospital; Samantha Jo Ramsey, director of cleaning/drink stations, Koch Development Corp./Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari; Katie L. Sims, economic development coordinator, Vectren Corporation; Michael J. Steffe, buyer, Kimball International; Cheri W. Taylor, executive director, Perry County Chamber of Commerce; Deborah J. Timmons, call center manager/vice president, Old National Bank; Angie Marie Valuch, substitute teacher, Greater Jasper Consolidated School Corporation; Christopher Whann, director of facilities/real estate, Kimball International; and Jacob D. Williams, research associate, USI. This year’s class also includes Omar Bibi, a B/MD Scholar at USI and the first student participant in the program. Residents of Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties are eligible to participate in the program. Applications for the 2010 Connect with Southern Indiana class will be accepted in fall 2009. For more information, click here or contact Charmaine McDowell, director of the Center for Human Resource Development, at 812/465-1629 or camcdowell@usi.edu. Wendy Knipe Bredhold News & Information Services 812/461-5259 or wkbredhold@usi.edu |
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