Senior University improves the well-being of seniors (age 55 and better) in the Northwest Indiana region by providing a variety of engaged learning opportunities in the areas of Arts & Culture, Health & Wellness, and Computers & Technology.

Students are required in this Social Media Marketing course to carry out a social media audit of a small or a nonprofit business. 

A catalyst for growth, the IU Northwest Community Garden collaboratively builds capacity and connections. The Garden is open to all members of the campus and public and is committed to education, health, social and physical wellbeing. The Garden began as an idea for a 2010 class project, but quickly outgrew the confines of the classroom. By the spring of 2011, a campus-community partnership formally established the Garden, transforming a vacant lot on campus grounds into a blossoming array of colorful native plants and vegetables. The Garden is located on the corner of 35th Avenue and Washington, across from the Anderson Library/Conference Center.

Our shared purpose as a team is to take responsibility for effectively incorporating quality improvement across the schools and programs of the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) and to take on projects that address quality of care and social determinants of health across Northwest Indiana (NI) by organizing CHHS faculty, students, and NI communities while having fun, doing scholarly work together, and pushing forward to empower our students to drive change in their practice and personal lives by Fall 2020. This initiative will provide opportunities for:

• Co-curricular and extra-curricular inter-professional student activities
• Accomplishing scholarly activities between students and faculty
• Working together on activities related to quality improvement in healthcare
• Conducting local improvement projects within IUN's immediate communities
• Implementing curriculum enhancement at CHHS

The activity focuses on an educational program offered inside the Lake County Community Correctional Facility. Students in the program are a blended mix of incarcerated individuals and students enrolled in classes at Indiana University Northwest. The activity is of mutual benefit to both Lake County Community Corrections and Indiana University Northwest. Students, incarcerated women, and the instructor all grow intellectually, personally, and professionally because of the activity.