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ICI News and Events  

• Marian College is now officially Marian University and has received an historic $6 million gift in honor of its transition to university status. 

• In June 2009, The Indiana Academy inducts six leaders for lifetime achievement and contributions to Indiana.

• The St. Joseph’s College Board of Trustees has named Dr. F. Dennis Riegelnegg as the College’s 17^th president, succeeding Dr. Ernest R. Mills III who retired at the end of this academic year.

• Martin University, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana Wesleyan and Franklin College have been selected as the 2009 winners of the Ball Brothers Foundation Venture Fund competition, sharing $76,000 in seed funding for innovative start-up initiatives.

• More than 200 students from 20 ICI campuses visit the State House to stress importance of need-based financial aid through SSACI grants.

• Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance "grows its own" through scholarship program for ICI students.

• The Russell P. Heuer Foundation provides $10,000 for scholarships to four ICI chemistry majors.  

• Six students from ICI campuses in the Fort Wayne area receive $500 book stipends from the Flora Dale Krouse Foundation.

• UPS delivers scholarship check for students at Indiana's independent colleges and universities.  

• Five ICI students awarded Edward M. and Mary McCrea Wilson Foundation Scholarships.  

• Two ICI campuses share $20,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase Foundation for "overcoming barriers and challenges to education" programs.

• ICI announces 2008 Ball Brothers Foundation Venture Fund winners.  

• The Indiana Academy inducts five Hoosier leaders for lifetime achievement and contribution to Indiana at its annual symposium in June 2008.  

• University of Evansville President Stephen Jennings has been named Chair of the ICI Board. 

• Indiana CPA Society awards scholarships to students from ICI campuses.

• Fifth Third Bank establishes new Second Wind Scholarship program with ICI for minority women on Indiana's independent campuses.

• Old National Bank awards financial studies scholarships to students on ICI campuses.

• Indiana's independent colleges and universities fare well in the 2008 America's Best Colleges rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

Perspectives in Higher Education

• ICI President and CEO Hans Giesecke provides financial tips for students and parents about making the best "college investment" (a December 2008 Indianapolis Star opinion piece).

• ICI President and CEO Hans Giesecke discusses "Finding the Right College Fit" (a September 2007 Indianapolis Star opinion piece).