A recent Wallethub article—”Most & Least Energy-Efficient States“—reports that Indiana ranked 30th out of 48 states when it comes to auto- and home energy consumption. As the Hoosier State falls among the least energy efficient states in the country, individuals can take steps to improve energy efficiency in their own homes. SPEA assistant professor Cali… Read more »
Faculty
Managers as coaches
For more than 25 years, Indiana University Executive Education has partnered with the Indiana Hospital Association to conduct the IHA Management Institute, specifically designed for managers in IHA-member health care organizations. During the 6-month-long course, participants learn how to effectively communicate with and manage a diverse team made up of varying generations and work… Read more »
Connecting the lessons of 9/11
Many O’Neill students don’t remember when the twin towers fell. They don’t recall the brave passengers who took control of an airplane before it crashed it into a Pennsylvania field. Nor do they remember seeing the hole left in the Pentagon. After all, most of them were very young on September 11, 2001…. Read more »
Students can build employable skills with an intergroup dialogue certificate
The hardest conversations to have are often the most important. Yet it’s vital to face conflict, communicate across differences, and work through difficult situations. To help students learn how to do that, and make them more employable in the process, O’Neill’s Tamra Wright and her Intergroup Dialogue colleagues have developed the intergroup dialogue certificate,… Read more »
Community Corps: A mission of community development
If Community Corps is SPEA’s division of community development specialists, then Marshawn Wolley is its general. And the general is on a mission. His mission began after several community development stakeholders approached SPEA, worried about the number of people pursuing community development jobs, the quality of that talent, and the field’s diversity. So Wolley got… Read more »
