September 2024 News
Academy Student’s Poem Published
Friday, September 27, 2024
Indiana Academy senior Jordan Heaviland’s poem “Messy Love” was recently accepted for publication in the online literary journal The Lavender Journal. The poem will be published in a forthcoming issue later this year. This is Jordan’s third successful publication as an Academy student. Congratulations, Jordan!
Dr. Donald Winslow Published in The Hoosier Science Teacher
Friday, September 20, 2024
Dr. Donald Winslow, Assistant Teaching Professor of Life Sciences, had his article titled “Birdwatching: A Field-Based Unit or Short Course,” published in a recent edition of The Hoosier Science Teacher. The article highlights Dr. Winslow’s students’ work in his 2023 Birdwatching May Term course. You can read all about their work here:
Birdwatching: A Field-Based Unit or Short Course
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
Friday, September 20, 2024
Two weeks ago, we shared the names of the 14 senior Indiana Academy students who qualified for recognition in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition. Of those 14, five have advanced to the Semifinalist stage. Congratulations to Evan Bell, Miriam Boersma, Hunter Coppernoll, Ian Forster, and Justin Lin for being named semifinalists, a group comprising just 0.46% of all high school seniors in the United States! These students move on in the competition, with finalist announcements expected in February 2025.
Academy Alum’s Jewelry Appearing in Netflix Feature
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
A jewelry company founded by 1998 Academy graduate Duane McLemore and his partner Katherine Voorhies, has a pendant worn prominently by star Joey King in the Netflix feature Uglies (premiering Friday, September 13), where it is integral to the plot.
Xover0 is a two-person small business which got its start on McLemore and Voorhies’ kitchen table in Los Angeles, but has since grown (and moved) to having a full production studio in Mississippi, using advanced computation and fabrication alongside traditional craftsmanship to create novel and compelling heirloom jewelry exclusively from precious metals – all the way from idea to shipping.
“Our jewelry being featured like this is part of a wider arc of my career which wouldn’t have been possible without the Academy,” says McLemore. “The impact the Academy had on me as a person, scholar, and creator is immeasurable – the things it fostered in me have been integral to my success as an architect and professor, and ultimately in jewelry design, and I would love to share that – and my enthusiasm to be a Academy alumnus – with the world.”
National Merit Scholarship Program Recognition
Friday, September 6, 2024
Several Indiana Academy students are recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program and compete for scholarships yearly. This year, a large group of 14 Indiana Academy seniors qualified for the program. Those qualifying are Evan Bell, Miriam Boersma, Hunter Coppernoll, Kymaia Edge, Garrett Elliott, Lily Ellis, Ian Forester, Asia Genawi, Zishan Hyder, Justin Lin, James Peters, Aleysa Rathinasamy, Xavier Salazar, and Arav Singh. Congratulations! These students join a select group of only 1.6% of high school seniors nationwide qualifying for the program!
Academy Intern Highlighted by Yale University
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Asia Genawi, Class of 2025, was recently featured on the Yale University Department of Physics news site for the work she did during her May Term internship.
Connecting Students to Careers
Thursday, May 23, 2024
IU Health Ball and the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities have been within walking distance of each other since 1988. In 2023, the organizations came together in a partnership to connect students with careers in the healthcare field.
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Courtesy of IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Indiana Academy Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 25
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
The Indiana Academy commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 25th, 2023, starting at 11:30 a.m., in the Emens Auditorium on the campus of Ball State University. Our commencement speaker this year will be Jill Peddycord Brown, Class of 1992. A native of Indianapolis, Ms. Brown a senior executive with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Parking for the Commencement Ceremony is available in the McKinley parking garage (south of Emens Auditorium), the New York Avenue parking garage (northeast of Emens Auditorium and Puris Hall), or the Student Center parking garage (south of Pittenger Student Center.) You can also refer to the campus map for building and parking locations.
The graduation events of the Indiana Academy are joyous but formal celebrations. Please do not bring air horns, cowbells, or other “noise” generating materials. Also, flash photography is a distraction to those seated nearby and a disturbance to the speaker. As a courtesy to all commencement ceremony participants, individuals who wish to videotape or take flash photographs may do so only from the balcony of Emens Auditorium.
Crabtree Photography will be taking handshake photographs as graduate receives their diploma, and a posed picture with the diploma. They will be taking the senior group photo in front of Beneficence. Graduation pictures can be ordered at crabtree-photography.hhimagehost.com/IA. Pictures will then be mailed directly from Crabtree Photography to the home address.
We believe the 2024 graduation ceremony will be a memorable and joyous occasion, and you are free to attend with as many family and friends as you would like as seating for the graduation ceremony on Saturday is unlimited. If you are unable to join us in -person, the ceremony will be live-streamed at this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2b3w9UKJq4.
2024 Academic Super Bowl Results
Monday, May 6, 2024
On Saturday, May 4, twelve Academy students competed at the state level for Academic Super Bowl in Science, Fine Arts, Mathematics, and Interdisciplinary. Fine Arts placed third, and Math placed first, with Science and Interdisciplinary giving respectable performances as state qualifiers.
The new State Champion banner is hanging in Burkhardt lounge. If you see any of these students, please congratulate them!
The team includes Alexander Bell (interdisciplinary), Theo Davis (fine arts), Hunter Dunnuck (science captain), Garrett Elliott (math, science), Sam Greathouse (fine arts captain, interdisciplinary captain), Anna Gu (math, interdisciplinary), Carson Gull (math captain, science, interdisciplinary), Christopher Holmquist (science), Sung Hoo Hong (math), Justin Lin (math), Alesya Rathinasamy (science), and Marissa Silken (fine arts)
Quiz Bowl National Tournament Results
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
On April 26-28, the varsity quiz bowl team participated in the Small School National Championship Tournament (SSNCT) sponsored by National Academic Quizbowl Tournaments, LLC (NAQT). This is the 4th consecutive year IA has competed in this annual tournament.
The team achieved a 5-5 record at the championship, which is the best finish in IA’s history. This placed the Academy team in the exact middle of the standings for the tournament (28 out of 55). One of the victories came against the team that would eventually finish 15th in the tournament, a definite signature win for the team. The team finished 3-1 in the consolation matches including a win by a two to one margin over one of the teams that defeated us in the main event.
Congrats go team members Brody Chestnut, Lily Ellis, Carson Gull, and Lily Hughbanks as well as coach Joshua Ruark.