Tom DeCoster was there for the first Indiana Hospital Association Management Institute cohort in 1990. At the time, he was the founding director of IU Executive Education and helped create and teach the Management Institute. Thirty-three years later, the core lessons he taught then still ring true for leaders today. DeCoster now serves as professor… Read more »
Vernise Estorcien is a long way from her hometown of Nassau, The Bahamas. After earning her Ph.D. in Florida, she’s now even farther north—1,138 miles from home, to be exact—and will join the O’Neill School faculty for the 2023–24 academic year. Estorcien says she came to the O’Neill School in Indianapolis because she knew it… Read more »
When Kathy Koehler (MPA’98) came to O’Neill, she was already entrenched in the working world. She had earned her undergraduate degree in psychology because she wanted to help people. “I started out wanting to help children,” she says. “In learning more about what kids were going through, I saw issues in the educational system and… Read more »
Learn more about the Association for Cultural Economics International’s annual conference through the Center for Cultural Affairs. Academic research can influence laws, how organizations and communities operate, and the decisions people make each day. But that only happens if the research is relevant and relatable, connecting people to the topic in ways they understand…. Read more »
When O’Neill lecturer Tamra Wright was a child, she wanted to become a lawyer focused on civil rights and helping others. “My parents’ upbringing involved socioeconomic challenges,” she says. “They were always very open with me about their lived experiences and never hid it. But they also emphasized the support and love they had from… Read more »
