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Video: Happy holidays from IU Kokomo!

Monday, December 19, 2022

KOKOMO, Ind. — As we wrap up 2022 and look ahead to 2023, there is much to celebrate and anticipate at Indiana University Kokomo.

Just a few of the highlights of the year — we welcomed more than 700 new alumni at Commencement, provided a welcoming, inclusive environment with numerous multicultural events, sent students to destinations near and far through the KEY program, cheered for our men’s basketball team, women’s soccer team, and cross country teams as they represented us at NAIA national championships, and welcomed Mark Canada as our new chancellor.

We’re just getting started. We expect 2023 to bring even greater achievements, as we continue to implement changes made by the campus community in Chancellor Canada’s 100 Ways in 100 Days challenge.

On behalf of Chancellor Canada, Lisa Canada, and the campus community, we wish you happy holidays!

Education is KEY at Indiana University Kokomo.

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Description of the video:

2022 IU Kokomo Holiday Video Transcript

 

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Snowy visuals of campus are on screen as Chancellor Mark Canada begins to speak. He sits at a desk in the Kelley House in front of a bookcase. Images are shown on screen matching is comments as he speaks,

 

[Happy, holiday-themed music is playing.]

 

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Greetings from Indiana University Kokomo.

 

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As IUK’s new Chancellor,

 

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I want to thank you for the role that you play in our success.

 

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Whether you were one of our students, a colleague making transformative

 

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learning experiences for these students, or a friend of IU Kokomo,

 

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you're part of something truly special.

 

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As we wrap up 2022 and look ahead to 2023,

 

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we have much to celebrate and to anticipate.

 

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Indiana University Kokomo continues to be a builder of community on and off campus.

 

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We are providing mentoring and wellness programing for local educators.

 

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We continue to offer a platform for the marginalized,

 

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misunderstood, and underrepresented populations around us to help shine

 

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a light on issues that many of us might not normally encounter.

 

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That's the IU Kokomo culture of care.

 

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We're providing a

 

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welcoming and inclusive home for our students, faculty and staff.

 

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A place where we celebrate and share rewarding cultural experiences.

 

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And our faculty, they continue to be recognized for their research

 

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and excellence and teaching, as well as for their work to find common ground

 

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and bring our diverse communities together.

 

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Our students continue to benefit from the KEY.

 

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At the KEY Summer Institute many of them get a head start on their college

 

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experience, networking with their peers and faculty before the first day of class.

 

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Later, they get to see for themselves the world of possibilities

 

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they can unlock with their IU degree through conducting research

 

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and immersing themselves in different cultures and exploring

 

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their disciplines in office settings, natural environments and more.

 

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The Office of Sustainability is enhancing our campus with plantings,

 

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signage for native plants, and even four new beehives.

 

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Athletics continues to develop students of character and excellence.

 

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Cross-country produced two national qualifiers.

 

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The men's basketball team ranked nationally and made the NAIA sweet 16.

 

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My wife, Lisa and I were there to enjoy it.

 

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Our women's volleyball team has built a reputation of dominance,

 

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making its eighth straight NAIA national championship appearance,

 

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and our women's soccer team enjoyed a record-breaking season

 

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and its first NAIA championship appearance.

 

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Last spring,

 

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we celebrated the achievements of nearly 700 graduates at commencement.

 

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Our favorite time of year

 

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and our first commencement with IU president Pamela Whitten.

 

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Finally, I

 

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can't begin to express the gratitude that Lisa and I share

 

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following my installation as IU Kokomo's eighth Chancellor

 

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and our first major initiative, my colleagues and I here at IU Kokomo

 

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set out to improve this campus and our community in 100 ways in 100 days.

 

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And we did it.

 

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But we're just getting started.

 

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One of my top priorities as Chancellor is to take this

 

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already extraordinary campus to even greater heights

 

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to make IU Kokomo a destination campus known around the state and the Midwest

 

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for next-level learning experiences, an extraordinary culture of care,

 

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and an engine for positive change in our community.

 

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We can do it with your continued engagement and support.

 

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On behalf of all of us here at IU Kokomo,

 

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I wish you a wonderful holiday season as well as a new year

 

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in which we all thrive together.

 

The video comes to an end as a Happy Holidays ornament is on screen and

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