Wednesday, September 18, 2024 

Meet an international journalist turned Communications Media professor; learn about the second clinical training site for IUP’s proposed medical college; and more

Anna Dinger ’13 and Lauren Summers ’14 were just acquaintances at IUP, even though they had the same major. It was when they began working together as interior designers that their friendship started to grow. Learn more about them in this story and video.

FIND OUT ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS, INCLUDING RAINN DAY, THE BANNED BOOKS READ-OUT, INTO THE STREETS, AND MORE, ON THE IUP NOW WEBSITE, UPDATED EVERY WEEKDAY.

Like many people, Nurhaya Muchtar found herself in a career she never expected—first as an international journalist, then as a Communications Media professor. Learn more about her in this week’s Meet Our Faculty feature.

IUP and Indiana Regional Medical Center have signed a clinical training affiliation agreement, allowing students in IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine to train under IRMC physicians. The first affiliation agreement, with Punxsutawney Area Hospital, was signed in June. Learn more about progress on the proposed medical college.

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