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Snyder withdraws name from Florida job
INDIANAPOLIS — Ivy Tech Community College President Thomas Snyder has withdrawn his name as one of the four finalists for the position of chancellor of the State University System of Florida, according to a press release from Ivy Tech Community College.
“People (from Florida) approached me and thought I might be a good fit with what we’ve done at Ivy Tech,” said Snyder. He said Florida had 11 universities and boards compared to the 14 in Indiana.
Snyder was named Ivy Tech’s president in July 2007, said he thought about it for a week and decided to stay in Indiana.
“It seemed like a critical time for Ivy Tech,” he said. “I continue to be dedicated to leading the nation’s largest statewide community college. Ivy Tech is increasingly looked upon across the country as an example of an efficient and effective statewide higher education system. During these economic times, the college will become more visible as the future model for higher education,” said Snyder.
He said the college expects a spike in enrollment due to 162,000 Hoosiers unemployed.
Also, Ivy Tech received more funding under the last state budget, including $20 million for the Anderson campus. Jim Willey, head of the Anderson campus, and Gail Chesterfield, who directs the regional Ivy Tech campuses, will get together and draw up a plan as to how the money is spent.
Snyder said the Anderson campus will be expanded, and that will probably include a second campus along Interstate 69. Anderson Community Schools’ Ebbert Center will be utilized for Ivy Tech classes. Snyder said renovations are currently being done to the building.
Also, $500,000 of the money is being used immediately to set up dental hygiene classes at the Anderson campus. Those classes are on schedule to begin this fall.
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Wisehart enters plea, avoiding retrial for 1982 murder
Mark Allen Wisehart on Wednesday put an end to the 27-year-old murder case against him. He pleaded guilty to the 1982 murder of Marjorie Johnson after he gave a statement saying a man who wasn’t charged in her killing stabbed to death the 61-year-old Anderson woman.
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Rash may be bedbugs
Anthony Wilcox and his girlfriend Britney Polisky planned to stay at a local hotel for only a couple of weeks until they could find more permanent housing.
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Operations at Elwood health center going well
When the Madison County Community Health Centers opened their Elwood center in 2001, their biggest concern was finding patients to keep it afloat.
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Overturned murder conviction case bounces through three prosecutors
Christine Goudy says she hopped an early Wednesday flight from Las Vegas to finally pick her son up from a prison that he should have never been in, but news of a last-minute court filing put their reunion on hold.
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Eight more prison employees positive for drugs, deny usage
An additional eight Pendleton Correctional Facility employees were added Wednesday to a list for further drug analysis in a facility-wide shakedown, according to a prison spokesman.
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Pendleton police search for suspected attacker
Pendleton police are looking for a man from a Monday attack on a 16-year-old girl who claims the suspect attempted to assault her in Falls Park.
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Accident reported at Indiana 9 and County Road 600 North
An accident at Indiana 9 and County Road 600 North just after 3 p.m. Thursday has apparently injured two people, according to a caller to The Herald Bulletin.
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Woman dies, 4 hospitalized after rural Anderson crash
ANDERSON — A woman died Thursday afternoon and four others were taken by ambulance to local hospitals after a pickup hauling a trailer and a minivan collided at the intersection of 38th Street and Layton Road shortly before 2 p.m.
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Cold front coming
A cold front will approach the state today and bring scattered showers and storms.
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Thursday, Sept. 2 poll question
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