2 Columbus students hailed as heroes
A Columbus East High School student suffered a potentially life-threatening injury late last week while tossing a football around during a school break. The sophomore student accidently ran into a window and the arm he used to brace himself went through the glass, leaving his brachial artery severed. Two female peers ran toward the injured student and created a makeshift torniquet, which was used to slow the bleeding until medical professionals arrived. The two that intervened are credited with being heroes in accident setting which could have had much more serious consequences had they not acted quickly. The injured student is believed to be on the mend.
*while names of the students are circulating with other publications relating to this story, it is the policy of The South Central Indiana News Network to avoid using the names of minors without direct parental permission.
Indiana University trustees to meet Aug. 12 and 13 in Bloomington
The Indiana University Board of Trustees will meet Thursday and Friday, Aug. 12 and 13. Meetings will take place in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union on the IU Bloomington campus. The meeting will also be streamed on broadcast.iu.edu. A schedule and an agenda for the meeting are available on the Board of Trustees website. The Board of Trustees is Indiana University’s governing board, its legal owner and final authority. The board holds the university’s financial, physical, and human assets and operations in trust for future generations. Its membership, terms of office, responsibilities, powers, and electoral procedures are governed by the Indiana Code.
City Supports Nonprofits’ Efforts to Bridge Digital Divide with Second Year of Digital Equity Grants
The City of Bloomington invites nonprofit organizations to apply for funding to support their efforts to bridge the digital divide and increase digital resources for residents. The Digital Equity Grants program will award $50,000 in funds to Bloomington-based nonprofits, with proposals for 2021 award funds accepted Monday, August 16 through Friday, September 10 at 5 p.m. at a submission form available at https://bloomington.in.gov/digital-equity. The program, now in its second year, is funded through Mayor John Hamilton’s Recover Forward initiative. An informational meeting about the Digital Equity Grant application process will be held on Tuesday, August 24 at 10 a.m. via Zoom and can be accessed using the link and information below:
https://bloomington.zoom.us/j/92576400152?pwd=bXJ6aGp6bzBpL0pIQ2ZPZmMxZS9lQT09
Meeting ID: 925 7640 0152 / Passcode: 508429
The Digital Equity Grants program will accept proposals from nonprofits for projects that build capacity in the community to address digital equity challenges by:
- Facilitating access to broadband service, especially affordable options;
- Increasing access to computing devices to effectively use the internet;
- Cultivating the knowledge, familiarity, and digital skills needed to secure the benefits of the internet and computers;
- Improving skills needed to use the internet safely, securely, and confidently to engage in digital life;
- Mitigating community digital equity gaps identified in the City’s digital equity survey; and
- Aligning with initiatives recommended in the city’s Digital Equity Strategic Plan.
The Digital Equity Grant program is part of the City’s larger plan to improve digital equity in our community and address challenges and pursue solutions identified in the City’s 2020 Digital Equity Strategic Plan. More information about the City’s efforts to increase digital equity, including answers to frequently asked questions about the Digital Equity Grant program, is available at https://bloomington.in.gov/digital-equity.