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September 27, 2024 (Marion, IN) – Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) is excited to announce the arrival of The SPOT: Cuts + Culture, opening October 16. This brand-new barbershop, located in Barnes Student Center 123 just between Global Grounds and the Hub will serve as a place for haircuts, games, spiritual growth, and
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The Once and Acting President By Malachi Nutter Born the son of a previous acting Marion College president, Robert R. Luckey was connected to Marion College from the beginning. Growing up in Houghton, New York, Luckey later said he never remembered a time when he did not want to teach.
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September 25, 2024 (Marion, IN) – Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) is pleased to announce the Fundamentals of Integrative Healthcare Graduate Certificate program, launching this winter. This exciting certificate is for health professionals interested in learning about the possibilities of integrative healthcare. This graduate certificate consists of 4 courses over 8 months
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A Program of Progress By Malachi Nutter Born in eastern Kentucky and raised in southern Ohio, Woodrow I. Goodman was the son of a Pilgrim Holiness minister. Goodman arrived at Marion College at the age of sixteen, entering college at an early age. During this time, he waited tables in
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September 24, 2024 (Marion, IN) – Beginning October 15th of this year, Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) will offer two new online programs in the Science of Reading and Literacy Instruction for educators wishing to become reading specialists or to understand how to approach literacy learning through the Science of Reading. Both
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On To Greater Days By Malachi Nutter Following a decade of instability, upheaval, controversy, hardship, and tragedy, the title of Marion College’s official third president was perhaps a daunting one for anyone to claim. Nonetheless, one man was willing to—eventually proving to be the exact person the college
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September 19, 2024 (Indianapolis, IN) — A new partnership announced today by Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) and world-renowned and global trust expert David Horsager’s Trust Edge Leadership Institute (TELI) will provide masters and doctoral degree business students an opportunity to earn exclusive certifications in trustworthy leadership. The announcement aligns with
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A Trio of Acting Presidents By Malachi Nutter Following the departure of President Leedy, Marion College shifted the role of the presidency for the next five academic years in a way never seen before or since. During the span of these five years, three acting presidents held office, none of
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A Complicated Legacy By Malachi Nutter John W. Leedy was one of the first professors to join Marion College when it opened. While not part of any of the previous colleges which called Marion, Indiana home, he was part of the Wesleyan Church, even getting the chance to speak at
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September 12, 2024 (Marion, IN) – Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) is excited to announce the launch of its new enterprise Leadership by Design. This innovative initiative is created with the intention of revolutionizing leadership development across organizations. By breaking away from conventional methodology, Leadership by Design offers a dynamic and intentional
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The First President By Malachi Nutter The Indiana Conference of the Wesleyan Church elected Henry Bedford as the first president of its brand-new college in Marion, Indiana on July 2, 1919. At the time, this new institution was still in the planning stages, but when another college put their land
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September 6, 2024 (Marion, IN) –The School of Integrated Health at Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) is excited to announce the recent success of Dr. Robert Jesiolowski’s Game-based Learning Introduction to Sociology in Virtual Reality course. Since creating this course in July 2023, Dr. Jesiolowski has taught the course a