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Selected Ideas Congratulations to our winners!! These ideas have been “selected” by the Review Committee of the “What’s Your Idea Campaign” and are going to be posted here.

Each winner will receive gift certificates and a certificate presented by Chancellor J. Guadalupe Valtierra at a special presentation.

Ideas Submitted for Summer 2007
Winning Idea Submitted by the East Chicago Campus
Joe Joniec	Annual full Scholarship to worthy high school graduates to attend ITCC.
Winning Idea Submitted by the Gary Campus
Trina Jackson	Etiquette series, Dress for Success and Dining
Winning Idea Submitted by the Michigan City Campus
Melanie Shebel	Cooking competition at Marquette Mall featuring Ivy Tech Community College.
Winning Idea Submitted by the Valparaiso Campus
Joe Arredondo	Promote additional sales for new Ivy Tech license plates for students and staff, with reward of reserved parking spot for a month at each campus.

Ideas Submitted for Summer 2006
Winning Idea Submitted by the East Chicago Campus
	Campus Renovation
Winning Idea Submitted by the Gary Campus
Elisha Culver	New Student Orientation
Winning Idea Submitted by the Michigan City Campus
Paul Neithammer	Encourage faculty to video tap and review at least one class
Winning Idea Submitted by the Valparaiso Campus
Arthur Hershman	Picture map of the Community to help form car pools

Ideas Submitted for Spring 2006
Winning Idea Submitted by the East Chicago Campus
Carlos Hernandez	Provide students an invitation to attend Ivy Tech that they can hand out to prospective students, friends and family.
Winning Idea Submitted by the Gary Campus
Trina Lynch-Jackson	Provide critical and tactical thinking games for check out in the library for students to use.
Winning Idea Submitted by the Michigan City Campus
Christine Rehbein	Provide a student study lounge that is a comfortable quiet area where students can go to study between classes
Winning Idea Submitted by the Valparaiso Campus
Denise Mann	Partner with an outside organization to provide recycling bins thoughout the region

Thank you for your contribution to the “What’s Your Idea Campaign.”

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O'Merrial Butchee, Director [Bio]
obutchee@ivytech.edu
(219) 981-4942 John Davies
jdavies8@ivytech.edu
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