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223 GENERAL information
Making the Academic Connection Office
Administration Building 107, 108, and 111
(574) 520-4565
The Making the Academic Connection (MAC) office
consists of a team of professional counselors committed
to providing support services, programs, and advocacy
for minority students and Twenty-first Century Scholars.
The MAC office, located within student services, is
open and available to all students. However, the office
actively seeks out incoming minority students (primarily
African American and Latino, which make up the largest
percentage of the campus minority student population)
and Twenty-first Century Scholars to connect with them
and begin to build relationships early in the semester.
MAC connects with students on all levels: academic,
financial, social, and personal, and is committed to
ensuring that students persist and graduate from IU
South Bend.
Enrollment Options
Administration Building 148
(574) 520-4451
www.iusb.edu/~regr
Northern Indiana Consortium for
Education
IU South Bend is one of six institutions of postsecondary
education in St. Joseph and Elkhart counties that are
members of the Northern Indiana Consortium for
Education (NICE). The purpose of the consortium is
to share the library resources, faculty expertise, and
academic strengths of the six institutions so that course
opportunities available to students at member schools
may be broadened. In addition to IU South Bend, the
consortium includes Bethel, Goshen, Holy Cross, Ivy
Tech Community (North Central), and Saint Mary’s
colleges.
A student exchange program operates under the auspices
of NICE and is open to formally admitted full-time
undergraduate students (those enrolled in a minimum of
12 credit hours of course work). Students cannot request a
NICE course if the course is offered at the student’s home
institution during the requested semester. Permission to
take the guest institution’s course is granted on a seatavailable
basis.
IU South Bend students interested in taking courses at
another NICE institution must obtain the approval of
their academic advisor and complete the registration
requirements established by the IU South Bend Office
of the Registrar. IU South Bend fees are assessed for
classes taken at other institutions. Laboratory fees are
paid to the host school. No more than 6 credit hours
may be taken through the consortium in a semester. No
consortium classes may be taken in summer sessions.
Under a library resources agreement established by the
six schools, students and faculty members at IU South
Bend have access to the holdings of other libraries in the
consortium without cost to the borrower.
Indiana College Network
The Indiana College Network (ICN) is a cooperative
service of Indiana’s colleges and universities and their
educational partners. It is operated by the Indiana
Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS),
one of the nation’s foremost state educational technology
organizations. IHETS was established by the Indiana
General Assembly in 1967, and under its guidance
a statewide higher education leadership committee
created the Indiana College Network in 1994, making
ICN the first such virtual university consortium in the
country. All members are accredited by the North Central
Association (NCA) Higher Learning Commission. High
school programs are accredited by NCA’s Commission
on Accreditation and School Improvement.
Through the ICN, Indiana colleges and universities
work together to help students learn about and enroll
in the wide range of programs and courses available
at a distance. The ICN process has as its ultimate goal
the transfer of courses from one institution to another.
Distance learning provides a tremendous opportunity
for those whose obligations or schedules prevent them
from realizing their educational dreams. ICN member
institutions are experienced in helping distant students.
All pay close attention to assure that distant students
receive quality instruction. They offer individual courses
as well as complete certificate and degree programs for
students from middle school, high school dual credit,
undergraduate, graduate school, and beyond.
Any public or private university or college may be an ICN
member. Those actively participating include Indiana
State University, Indiana Tech, Indiana University and
its regional campuses, IPFW, IUPUI, the various Ivy
Tech Community College campuses, Purdue University,
Taylor University Online, University of Southern
Indiana, and Vincennes University.
Visit www.icn.org for additional information.