Rev. Bob England
On Aug. 5, the Rev. Bob England became the new pastor for Gnaw Bone Wesleyan Church, 4928 Old State Road 46.
Members of the church requested England to replace the Rev. Ernest Martin Jr., who died June 25, 2017, from injuries due to a car accident.
England was ordained in 1979 in the Wesleyan Church, Indiana South District. He has served as a pastor for two Wesleyan churches in West Virginia (10 years) and four churches in Southern Indiana (35 years).
England became director of church relations for Kentucky Mountain Bible College in Jackson, Kentucky, in 2015. He has served on the Indiana South District Wesleyan Church board for 25 years.
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BLOOMINGTON — Amy Gordon, a teacher at Sprunica Elementary School, has been chosen as a STEM Fellow. The statewide STEM fellowship program creates a network of 33 elementary teachers working to purposefully integrate STEM (science, engineering, technology and math) within their schools.
Gordon joined other STEM Fellows July 30 to 31 at WonderLab Museum to begin a yearlong leadership and teaching program to advance STEM activities in kindergarten through sixth-grade schools.Fellows are encouraged to leave not with only new lesson plans and ideas, but also an understanding of how to make connections to science, technology, engineering and math throughout the school day. They also worked to develop skills that will help them become STEM leaders within their schools, share with their colleagues and encourage other teachers to integrate STEM into curriculum.
STEM Fellows also toured Cook Polymer to learn about advanced manufacturing, and talked to an industry partner about skills needed for jobs at all levels.
The STEM Fellow program was developed in response to the Regional Opportunity Initiative’s Occupational Needs Assessment, which emphasizes the importance of having STEM-literate students to meet workforce needs and to provide a basis for continued economic growth and prosperity in the region.
Brenda Woods
INDIANAPOLIS — Brown County Clerk Brenda Woods has been chosen to participate in the first class of CEATS, a new security training program for election administrators. CEATS stands for “a certificate in election administration, technology and security.”
“I wish to congratulate those admitted to the first-ever CEATS program at Ball State University,” said Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson. “This program represents an exciting new chapter in our ongoing efforts surrounding election preparedness.”
Election administrators are expected to be proficient in a number of diverse areas including human resources, poll worker training, election and procedural law, budgets, physical space management, organizational communication, public relations, information technology and cybersecurity. This diversity is not traditionally captured in any single program. CEATS will help to fill that gap and is one of many steps being taken to enhance Indiana’s election security readiness, Lawson’s office said in a press release.
The first cohort began training on Aug. 27. A new cohort will be admitted to the program every six months. The program will proceed in three phases; participants must commit to attending each session.
