After awarding more than 160 scholarships worth $847,000 in student financial assistance last year, the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana (CFSI) is excited to announce the re-opening its scholarship program for the 2024-25 school year.
Beginning Monday, August 12, students throughout Clark, Floyd, and surrounding counties can begin applying for scholarships offered through the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana.
While many of these awards are available through local high schools and colleges, students may apply for specific scholarships directly through CFSI’s website – www.CFSouthernIndiana.com/scholarships – starting on Monday, August 12. The application portal will remain open until Monday, September 16.
“Scholarships established by our generous donors provide life-changing opportunities for students in Clark, Floyd, and surrounding counties each year,” said Linda Speed, President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana. “Our community has always believed in giving back, and we are thankful for those individuals, families, and businesses who have established scholarships that allow students to continue their education and pursue their future aspirations.”
The organization provides the structure and administrative oversight that allows people from across our community to establish scholarship funds that support their favorite college or university, as well as identify students who meet their own, unique criteria. Currently, the Foundation oversees 90 scholarships for students in Southern Indiana.
For questions about the CFSI scholarship program, please visit www.CFSouthernIndiana.com/scholarships – or contact Crystal Melcher, Vice President of Community Philanthropy, at (812) 948-4662 or
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (August 5, 2024) – For the 18th consecutive year, the IU Southeast School of Business has been named an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company recently named the school’s on-campus MBA program to its list of Best Business Schools for 2024.
The program has been so honored every year since 2006.
"All of the b-schools that made our list for 2024 deliver exceptional MBA programs,” said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review's Editor-in-Chief. “We commend them for their excellent academics, and we recommend them highly to MBA applicants.”
IU Southeast exists to enrich the lives of people in our community,” said Dr. Michelle Williams, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. “Our consistently strong academic programs prepare students to achieve their goals, as evidenced by 99% of graduates being employed or attending graduate school within one year of graduation. The eighteen-year ranking of our School of Business among the best in the country attests to the excellence of our faculty and staff whose commitment to training students yields wider impacts. As a regional comprehensive university, we strive to adapt to ever-changing needs of our students who are the future citizens and workforce of our region.”
The Princeton Review editors weigh more than 60 data points in making their selections for their annual Best Business Schools lists. The selections for the 2024 list took into account data from surveys the company conducted in 2021-22 of administrators at 243 schools offering on-campus MBA programs as well as surveys over the past three academic years of 20,300 students enrolled in the programs.
The administrator survey requests data on topics from academic offerings, faculty, and career services to admission and graduation rates. The student survey asks students to rate their school’s academics, professors, administrators, and career services and to report on its campus culture as well as their career plans.
The IU Southeast School of Business is accredited by the Association of Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. Only eight percent of business schools worldwide achieve that status. Additionally, IU Southeast students consistently score in the top 10-15 percent of the national Educational Testing Service (ETS) major field test exams.
The IU Southeast School of Business offers a streamlined MBA program that typically allows students to complete their studies in just 15 months. Classes are offered in eight-week sessions to accelerate completion time and are offered in-person, online, or in a hybrid format.
Furthermore, the School provides five specialized tracks within the MBA program: accounting, human resources management, management, finance, and business data analytics. Students have the option to enhance their foundational MBA with these concentrations, requiring an additional six to nine credit hours of coursework.
About IU Southeast:
IU Southeast is one of seven campuses of Indiana University. Offering more than 150 degree programs and concentrations, the scenic 180-acre campus is located less than 15 minutes from downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It currently has over 3,750 students and employs over 360 faculty members. About 400 students live on campus in five fully furnished, lodge-style residence halls. Through an agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Indiana University Southeast offers in-state tuition to students enrolled from eight counties in the Louisville region. IU Southeast has three nationally recognized, accredited schools including the School of Business, School of Education, and School of Nursing. For more information, visit www.ius.edu. IU Southeast is a tobacco-free campus.
SHS Arrival and Dismissal Procedures 2024-25
Morning Arrival
Student drivers can access parking spaces via Harrison or Shelby Street. Student drivers must obtain a parking permit, they will then be assigned a designated spot. Students will enter SHS through Door 9 (Cafe) or Door 1 (Main Entrance). Students should be aware of moving vehicles and use the sidewalks. Please arrive between 7:45 – 8:10 AM. Student drivers should not park in the Hospital parking lot at any time.
Parent Transportation (dropping off students) should use Shelby Street on the west side of the High School. Students can be dropped off at Door 9 (Cafeteria Entrance). Please avoid Harrison Street for dropping off students to facilitate the bus drivers between 7:15 – 8:15 daily. The students should use Door 9 (Cafeteria Entrance) to enter the building. Please arrive between 7:45 – 8:10 AM. Note the doors will be locked at 8:15 AM. Late arrivals will have to use Door 1 (Main Entrance) on Harrison Street.
Bus Transportation will drop all bus riders at the crosswalk in front of Door 1 (Main Entrance). Students are reminded to use the crosswalks. The buses arrive between 7:30 – 8:05 AM.
Students will be allowed to have a free breakfast beginning each day from 7:30 – 7:55. Students will eat in the cafeteria.
Afternoon Dismissal
Buses will be parked on Harrison Street with all traffic stopped/blocked in front of the High School from 2:55 until buses depart. The buses will depart the High School after everyone has been safely loaded on the bus.
Student drivers will be able to leave the parking lots with access on Harrison Street or Shelby Street. Please be patient in the dismissal process and expect delays.
Parent Transportation- students being picked up will exit Door 9 and meet their ride. The parking lots, Harrison Street and Shelby Street will be a very congested area. Thanks for your cooperation and assistance.
*Daily Class schedule 8:15 – 3:00 pm
*Students arriving before the 8:00 am bell will sit in the cafeteria (will not be allowed in the hallways, gym or classrooms) until the bell rings.
Being able to offer free breakfast and lunch to every student at Salem Community Schools is important to SCS Food Director Karen Libka. When she recently got word thatit was going to happen next school year, she was thrilled!
This past school year, breakfast and lunch was free at Bradie Shrum Elementary and Salem Middle School.
“In the past, the high school didn't qualify for the CEP program because their direct certification percentage wasn't high enough,” she said. “This percentage is based on students who have at least one person in their household that receives benefits from SNAP, TANF or Medicaid Free.”
She said there are other qualifications, too, such as a homeless student, foster student, or migrant worker.
“To qualify to participate in the CEP program, at least 40% of your students had to be directly certified,” she said. “So students that fill out an application and qualify for free meals that way don't count in this percentage. And no student that qualifies for reduced meals, either through direct certification or an application count in the percentage necessary, do either.”
Libka said congress did change this requirement about a year ago to 25% and said some states are providing funding by making up the difference. In other places funding is coming from large organizations that have money and want to support the local schools making sure every child can eat for free.
“Otherwise schools have to make up the difference and this money has to come from the school corporation budget,” she said. “It cannot come from the USDA school nutrition fund. Again, most schools cannot afford that.”
Libka explained that the high school still has a low direct cert percentage and is currently only a little over 41% and if it was the only school that qualified SCS couldn't afford to do it.
“But the direct cert percentage continues to rise a little at BSE and the SMS percentage jumped up about 3% this year,” she said. “This helps offset the numbers at the high school. None of the schools are fully funded, but we watch our spending, we have great procurement and are always looking for ways to save and a committed staff working hard to make this happen for our students. So we decided to give it a try at the high school this next year.”
Libka said offering the free meals is important to her because it is difficult for hungry students to learn, grow and mature.
“Study after study shows that students that start with school breakfast in the morning have higher test scores, less behavior problems, lower absenteeism and overall better health,” she said. “School lunch helps get them through the rest of the day. When we had free meals during Covid because of the national waiver, I saw first hand what a difference providing free meals made for our students. And it was one less stress for their families as well. For so many of our students school meals are the most nutritious meals our students receive and for some, the only meals they receive.”
Libka said that on average, the cafeteria serves between 575-600 breakfasts a day at all three schools.
With the new school year, she said they are looking forward to going back to free meals for all students like it was during Covid.
“This is a big cost savings for our families and less worry about needing lunch money for both the parents/guardians and the student,” she said.
When discussing menus for the upcoming year, Libka said they are always looking at new things for the school menus.
“We go to food shows, talk to other schools in our co-op (the school nutrition program belongs to a cooperative with several other schools to do some procurement together, share ideas, problem solve, share recipes, etc,), we look at trade magazines and articles, belong to the both the State and National School Nutrition Association, attend conferences and workshops, etc. looking for new ideas,” she said. “In addition we talk to students themselves and ask what they like, don't like, what they want. If we can afford it and can make it fit into the USDA guidelines, we try to make it happen.”
Libka said the school nutrition staff is required to have a certain amount of professional development training hours each year depending on their position. She said the staff has made a tremendous effort in going above and beyond in completing professional development this year.
“Most of the staff have tripled the amount of hours that is required and several staff members have gone beyond that,” she said. “We have several staff members attending workshops and conferences this summer as well. The school nutrition staff is working hard to learn and grow and be the best they can be. Honestly, I am so proud of them!”
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