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Fall Semester Brings 9% Growth for Indiana Tech
August 28, 2008
Indiana Tech welcomed the fall semester on Wednesday with significant enrollment growth. Total enrollment for the university will be 4,404 for 2008-09, a 9% increase from the 4,046 of 2007.
The university’s total enrollment includes traditional students at the main campus in Fort Wayne as well as students in the College of Professional Studies at campuses throughout the state and online.
Indiana Tech’s strategic plan to become a more comprehensive university has prompted the university to add new academic programs, open new campuses, expand athletic offerings, and develop online programs in recent years. Each of these elements has contributed to the enrollment growth.
“The growth of our student body is an indication that our efforts to continuously improve the education and experience that we provide is making a difference,” said Dr. Arthur E. Snyder, president of Indiana Tech. “We’re finding more ways to blend the wants and needs of prospective students with our strengths as an institution, and that has led to more students choosing us and staying with us.”
One visible display of the university’s response to student needs is new on-campus housing. Residence halls are at 100% capacity, including Evans-Kimmell Hall which opened Sunday. The new facility on the northeast corner of campus houses 58 students in apartment-style suites.
“The need for more campus housing goes further than an increase in the number of students,” Snyder said. “It shows that our students see the university as a place to do more than take classes. We’re seeing increased involvement in campus activities, which makes the convenience of living on campus more important for students with busy lives.”
The College of Professional Studies sees growth coming from expanded offerings online and in communities such as Kendallville, Hammond, Columbus, and Marion.
“There is a need for educated workers of all ages, and we are committed to fulfilling that need throughout Indiana and beyond,” Snyder said.
The 2008 enrollment total includes 902 traditional students and 3,502 students in the College of Professional Studies.
Roger Newton Hired As Indiana Tech Athletic Director
August 19, 2008
Indiana Tech has hired Roger Newton as athletic director, and he began his new duties on July 23. Newton replaces Dan Kline, who announced his retirement earlier this spring after 28 years with the university.
Newton will enter the position with a wealth of experience, including director of athletics at Grace College from 2005 to 2007 and manager of legislative services with the NAIA national office in Kansas City, Mo. While at Grace, Newton played an important role in the design and construction phases of the recently completed Orthopaedic Capital Center on the Winona Lake campus.
“Athletics is an important facet of campus life at Indiana Tech, and I am very pleased that Roger Newton has accepted the opportunity to guide our student-athletes to success on and off the field,” said Dr. Arthur E. Snyder, president of Indiana Tech.
Newton will take on a growing athletic department. Recent years have seen the addition of women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s tennis, golf, cross country, and track and field. The 2009-10 academic year will bring the addition of men’s and women’s lacrosse.
In addition to Grace College and the NAIA, Newton has worked with NCAA Division I athletic programs at Baylor University and the University of Kentucky. He worked in the Baylor athletic department as the assistant director of the Baylor Bear Foundation, where he helped to raise more than $2 million for student-athlete scholarships in 2002. At the University of Kentucky, he worked as the central procurement manager and the director of athletic contracting from 2002 to 2004. In this position, he was responsible for assisting with contract negotiations designed to generate additional revenue streams for UK Athletics.
Newton’s early professional career included a number of teaching, coaching, and administrative positions in central Kentucky, including athletic director at East Jessamine High School and the Lexington Christian Academy. He earned national distinction in 2000 as a Certified Athletic Administrator from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Male Coach of the Year from the Kentucky Fellowship of Christian Athletes in 1998.
