The campus of IUPUI may only be 20 miles from the Zionsville farm where Deirdre Kelley grew up, but it’s a world away from what she knew. Kelley lived out her childhood on a property with goats and chickens, homeschooled by her mother until textbooks became her teachers. “I thought it’d be really hard to… Read more »
Student highlights
Pipeline into Policing
“I’ve wanted to work for IMPD my entire life,” Michael Graban says with a smile. “I’ve always felt the need to help the public. That’s just who I am and how I was raised.” The SPEA criminal justice major was indeed raised on the force. Graban’s father and step-father currently serve on the department. His… Read more »
Changing Course: From Law School to Criminal Justice
“I came here wanting to go to law school. That was my ultimate goal.” Antoine Burks knew his path. He knew he wanted to become a criminal lawyer. He had mapped out his course to success. To achieve his goal, Burks decided to leave Terre Haute and pursue a Criminal Justice degree from the School… Read more »
“Now is the time to consider our future”
School of Public & Environmental Affairs at IUPUI 2018 Commencement Address This is a copy of the speech made by David Lewis during today’s SPEA commencement. Lewis was selected as the school’s student speaker for the ceremony. “I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra… Read more »
First-generation grad student focused on next generation of leaders
Only about 1 in 4 SPEA graduate students are first-generation college students. Count Morgan Farnworth among them. “In my immediate sphere I didn’t know a lot of people with college degrees,” Farnworth admits. She became the first in her family to attend college. She will also become the first to earn a master’s degree and… Read more »