From inside the Latinas Welding Guild, O’Neill Sustainability major Wendy Catalán Ruano helped recreate an icon of the 2024 Paris Olympic Summer Games. Like Catalán Ruano, the students with whom she works are welders. At the guild, she helps them with course admission, scholarships, and gets them started as they enhance their skills through hands-on… Read more »
Entries by Leslie Wells
IU Executive Education builds leadership programs for Indiana Victims Assistance Training Project
In the nonprofit world, a leadership role is often something people grow into through experience rather than something they’ve been trained to do. Suzanne O’Malley says that’s something they see in the field of victim services. “People go into this field to help others,” she explains. “They don’t necessarily have management training or an educational… Read more »
Eric Grommon: Career focused on changing the criminal justice system
Paul H. O’Neill Professor Eric Grommon is always thinking about how he can contribute to solving complex problems through research. “Any time I’m in a meeting, I’m the one in the corner taking notes, trying to document any topic I can circle back on,” he says. “Seemingly small comments can open up new questions that… Read more »
RaeVen Ridgell: Civic engagement helps communities and individuals
For RaeVen Ridgell, civic engagement is both a way of life and a wonderful obligation. “I think it’s important for us to get involved because it’s our duty as members of society,” she explains. “This is our community, our state, our country, and our world. We cannot wait for others to save it; we have… Read more »
Truman Angell: 2024 Chancellor’s Scholar, Outstanding Public Affairs Student
Truman Angell was in the middle of working a lunch shift when he got the call. “The dishwasher was going in the back, the dishes were clanking, it was kind of funny,” Angell recalls with a laugh. He struggled to hear the person on the other end of the phone. It was O’Neill Indianapolis Executive… Read more »