October 16, 2023
Andrea Bearman, Director of Instructional Design and Development, Melissa Brown, Graduate Advisor, and Lauren Decker, Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, were among the nine recipients of the PALSave Open Educator Award for the 2022-23 academic year.
Trine University now has more than 200 courses that use OER or free materials.
“We are pleased to celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of this year's Open Educator Award recipients,” said Amanda Hurford, PALNI’s Scholarly Communications Director and PALSave project lead. “High textbook costs continue to be a barrier to education, yet these individuals work tirelessly to make course materials more equitable and accessible to all students. With every single one of PALNI’s 24 supported institutions participating in PALSave, faculty and staff are reshaping the educational landscape, ensuring that every student, regardless of circumstance, has the opportunity to learn, thrive, and succeed. They have built a community of champions for affordable learning, and we’re excited to see their efforts benefit students now and well into the future.”
“I use OER because it not only supports diverse learning styles, it challenges learners in a more effective way,” said Brown. “PALSave is a great initiative that promotes the use of OER; I participate in PALSave to support these efforts.”
Twenty-five Trine University students, along with high school students from Angola and Kendallville, learned how learned how drones aid law enforcement during a special presentation on Oct. 20.
At an event offered as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Trine University students not only learned about the issues surrounding domestic violence today, but took away insights on how to combat it in the future.
Trine University students, employees and members of the community will have the opportunity to play, watch and create characters for video and board games at the university’s Art of Games event.