Monroe County lawmakers to serve on key House committeees
Area lawmakers recently received appointments to serve on key House standing committees at the Indiana Statehouse.
House standing committee appointments are made by the Indiana House Speaker biennially after the November election and are in effect for the duration of members’ two-year terms.
- State Rep. Dave Hall (R-Norman), elected to his first term in November, will serve as Vice Chair of the House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee, and as a member of the House Local Government Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee.
- State Rep. Bob Heaton (R-Terre Haute) will serve as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and as chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee. He will also serve on the House Financial Institutions Committee, and was reappointed as Majority Whip, a House Republican leadership position.
- State Rep. Peggy Mayfield (R-Martinsville) will serve as vice chair of the House Public Policy Committee, and as a member of the House Insurance Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee. All will begin their work with the start of the 2023 legislative session.
House lawmakers are scheduled to convene for session at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 9. Hoosiers can visit iga.in.gov to find legislation, view calendars, and watch committee meetings and session.
Mayor Hamilton Appoints new Deputy Mayor
Mayor John Hamilton announced today the appointment of Mary Catherine Carmichael to the position of Deputy Mayor and Kaisa Goodman as Public Engagement Director for the City of Bloomington. Carmichael, who currently serves as Public Engagement Director, will succeed Don Griffin as Deputy Mayor, with Goodman succeeding Carmichael. Carmichael will earn an annual salary of $120,913, and Goodman will earn $75,564.
Mary Catherine Carmichael has served in Mayor John Hamilton’s cabinet since January 2016, first as Communications Director and since 2018 as Public Engagement Director. Prior to these roles, Carmichael, who was educated at Indiana University, worked in the utility industry, education, public radio, and operated her own business, while holding positions on a wide variety of local nonprofit boards of directors. She has been serving, supporting, and engaging the residents of Bloomington for the last three decades.
In addition to these changes, Human Resources (HR) Director Caroline Shaw has resigned, effective December 27, 2022. The interim HR Director will be Emily Fields. Fields has been serving as the Assistant HR Director since November 2015. Her interim salary will be $90,071.
Ivy Tech Community College Partners with Ascendium and RAND Corporation to Conduct Three-Year Research Evaluation on Achieve Your Degree Program
Ivy Tech Community College today announced a partnership with RAND Corporation to conduct a three-year research study on the Achieve Your Degree (AYD) program. The nonprofit organization, Ascendium, is providing funding for the study.
The study, led by RAND Corporation, will provide a detailed, first look at the AYD program across Ivy Tech to inform continuous improvement in the program and other Ivy Tech programs focused on low-income working adult learners. The study will focus on learner level outcomes, including persistence from first to second year, credential completion, time to obtain a credential, and labor market success and upward social mobility.
Ivy Tech launched AYD six years ago, originally at the Evansville campus, and has since scaled the program statewide. AYD is a partnership between Ivy Tech Community College and community businesses and institutions to offer employees the opportunity to receive a community college education at minimal up-front cost, given employer tuition benefits.
Data retrieved from the study is expected to improve the AYD program and guide the implementation of similar programs for low-income learners across the nation’s community college campuses.
Project insights will be distributed to various stakeholders throughout the course of the project. Stakeholders interested in learning more about the program and its supports for low-income working adult learners in partnership with employers can visit the Achieve Your Degree webpage on the Ivy Tech website.
This Week in Hoosier History
1972 – Eugene Cernan, Commander of Apollo 17, walked on the moon, becoming the last (or most recent) person to do so. He graduated with an engineering degree from Purdue University. When he died in 2017, Purdue President Mitch Daniels called him a “pioneer in aviation and one of the greatest Boilermakers of all time.”
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