The Indiana State University Board of Trustees has set tuition and fees for the next two academic years. The action on Friday (July 10) followed a public hearing earlier in the day.

Gov. Mitch Daniels has confirmed Bob Baesler of Terre Haute as alumni representatitve on the ISU Board of trustees and Matt Huckleby of Georgetown as student trustees. Baesler and Huckleby took their seats on the board Friday. In addition, gov. Daniels also re-appointed trustees Mike alley of Carmel and Ed Pease of Terre Haute.

The ISU College of Business is carving out a niche with the hiring of a faculty member to focus on sales education. Jon M. Hawes has joined the faculty as professor of marketing. A certified sales executive, Hawes will serve as professor of marketing and will teach a new course in negotiations. He will also build a training laboratory for video-recording of sales, negotiations, and other business communications and will work toward developing a new Sales and Negotiations Center.

The Indiana State University Art Gallery welcomes "Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project," an exhibition running from July 14-Sept. 9.

Art Spaces, Inc.-Wabash Valley Outdoor Sculpture Collection and Indiana State University are pleased to welcome a new sculpture by Boston artist Doug Kornfeld.

Bradford Sims has been named dean of the College of Technology at Indiana State University. Sims comes to Indiana State from Western Carolina University where served as professor and chair of the construction management department in the Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology.

The dream of a facility devoted to student recreation will come to life as Indiana State University dedicates the Student Recreation Center during ceremonies beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, July 10.

Indiana State University Associate Professor of Geology Tony Rathburn invited Brian Wrightsman, an ISU alumnus and high school science teacher, along with two ISU students on a research cruise near Costa Rica aboard the RV Atlantis.

The Indiana State University music department has its first female chair with the recent appointment of Nancy Cobb Lippens.

A public hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. July 10 in the Tirey Hall State Room on the ISU campus to receive input on proposed tuition and student fees for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic years.