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IPFW Beats State and National Averages in CPA Test Scores

(Fort Wayne, November 18, 2009) -- Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne’s (IPFW) Doermer School of Business and Management Sciences is proud to announce that students who took the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam last year had the highest “All” passing percentage among state-supported schools when combining undergraduate and graduate programs in Indiana, with 48 percent. All other Indiana colleges and universities came in at 34 percent, with the national average being 31 percent. Results of the 2008 exams were recently released by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).

Honoring Native American Heritage - IPFW Hosts Native American Flutist

(Fort Wayne, November 16, 2009) -- In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) will host flutist Douglas Blue Feather.

IPFW OFFERS REWARD IN BOMB THREAT

(Fort Wayne, November 13, 2009) -- Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual who called in a bomb threat to the university earlier this week. Anyone with information about this individual should contact University Police Chief Jeff Davis at 260-481-6827.

IPFW Nursing Program Joins Consortium to Advance Education of Electronic Health Records

(Fort Wayne, November 11, 2009) -- Joining just 16 other universities around the world, the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne’s (IPFW) Department of Nursing has become a member of the Academic Education Solution (AES) Consortium.

IPFW to Offer Counseling and Resources at Free Alcohol and Drug Screening

(Fort Wayne, November 11, 2009) -- Thursday, Nov. 19, is the national Great American Smokeout. At Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) there will be a “stop smoking block party” from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Kettler Hall lobby.

IPFW Enters Into Agreement with TLC to Expand Childcare

(Fort Wayne, November 11, 2009) -- Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) has entered into an agreement with TLC Child Care Center (TLC) that will provide expanded childcare opportunities for IPFW students, staff, and faculty when TLC reopens as a licensed childcare facility by early December.

IPFW CPA Test Scores to be Released

(Fort Wayne, November 10, 2009) -- Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) Chancellor Michael Wartell, Dean of the Richard T. Doermer School of  Business and Management Sciences (DSBMS) Otto Chang, and Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Accounting and Finance Kathy Pollock,  will hold a news conference, Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 1:15 p.m., in the Fireside Lounge of Walb Union.

Philharmonic President to be Professor for a Day

(Fort Wayne, November 10, 2009) -- Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne’s (IPFW’s) Richard T. Doermer School of  Business and Management Sciences (DSBMS) will host J.L. Nave III, president and CEO of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, as its Professor for a Day, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.

Is Intelligent Design a Pseudo-Science? IPFW University Religious Forum Explores the Nature of Science

(Fort Wayne, November 9, 2009) -- The Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) University Religious Forum will host “Understanding the Nature of Science: Why Intelligent Design is Considered a Pseudo-Science” with Jeff Nowak, Ph.D., Thursday, Nov. 19, from noon to 1:15 p.m. in IPFW Walb Student Union, Room G21.

PFW Hosts Summit on Overcoming Learning Differences

(Fort Wayne, November 9, 2009) -- The Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) School of Education and the Fort Wayne Center for Learning will sponsor the Summit on Overcoming Learning Differences at IPFW. Learn United and aboutspecialkids.com are also sponsors. The summit is Thursday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Walb Student Union Ballroom.

Students to Get a Hint of What It Means to Go Hungry

(Fort Wayne, November 5, 2009) -- How would you feel if you were invited to a banquet and then weren’t allowed to have anything to eat? That’s what some of the 200 students who will take part in the annual Hunger Banquet at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) will learn Monday, Nov. 16.

Omnibus News Conference with Andrew Sullivan

(Fort Wayne, November 4, 2009) -- Journalist and commentator Andrew Sullivan is the third speaker in the 2009-10 Omnibus Lecture Series at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW).

IU Business Outlook Panel to Offer Economic Forecast at IPFW

(Fort Wayne, November 4, 2009) -- The Northeast Indiana Chapter of the IU Alumni Association and the Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) Alumni Association will host the IU Business Outlook Panel, Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 11:30 a.m. The event will be held in the Walb Student Union Ballroom on the IPFW Campus.

See and Study Rome This Summer

(Fort Wayne, November 4, 2009) -- Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is offering an opportunity to visit Rome, Italy, to anyone from the campus or community at- large. Rome, Italy: Off the Beaten Path, is a 14-day study tour sponsored by the IPFW Interior Design program.

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