Indiana Wesleyan University - Honors

Honors

In 2007, the University was named "One of the Top Masters Universities in the Midwest" by U.S. News and World Report, ranked 62nd among 138 schools. In the 2008 edition, IWU jumped up to 31st in the rankings and in the 2009 edition, the University moved up to 28th. In the 2010 edition, Indiana Wesleyan was moved to the new "Regional Universities" category and the University was ranked 33rd out of 172 universities in the Midwest region. In the 2011 edition, IWU moved up to 28th. Also in the 2011 edition, IWU was ranked 11th among Regional Universities in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" section of the report.

The New Media Consortium recently recognized IWU as a world leader in its innovative approaches to the use of technology. IWU is the first member institution of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities to be selected. President and CEO of the New Media Consortium, Dr. Larry Johnson, identifies IWU as "a place where smart, creative people are devising innovative solutions to challenges we all face in teaching and learning. The dedication to excellence here is palpable, and students and faculty are the clear beneficiaries."

The University was one of 12 independent colleges chosen nationally to receive the Foundation of Excellence Award from the Policy Center on the First Year of College. As a result, the university is helping to develop programs and best practices that many institutions across the country will view as the gold standard for outstanding first-year programming.

The Best Christian Workplaces Institute, a research-based organizational and human resources consulting firm, recently named the University one of the three Best Christian Workplaces in America. The Institute has surveyed 400-plus Christian organizations, with more than 40,000 employees, during the last four years.

Two faculty members have recently received Fulbright research grants.

The University has been named one of the "Top Ten Conservative Colleges" in the U.S. by the Young America's Foundation five years in a row.

The University has the largest adult education program in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. In 2008, the CCCU selected IWU to establish The Research Center in Adult Learning, a joint project with the CCCU.

Dr. Shawn M. Carraher is the first professor to fill the new Hodson Chair of Entrepreneurship at Indiana Wesleyan University. He previously was the holder of an Endowed Chair at Cameron University. He also serves Cambridge and Oxford Universities as the Oxford Journal Distinguished Research Professor. Dr. Carraher has a Ph. D. in business administration from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Cincinnati and a BBA from Florida Atlantic University. He is one of few Native American (Chippewa) endowed chairs in the USA. The Hodson Chair was one of several initiatives created and funded with a $10.6 million gift from the estate of the late Arthur Hodson. He was a banker in Upland and one of the founders of STAR Financial Bank, which is based in Fort Wayne.

Dr. Roberto Ramos is the second professor to hold the Blanchard Chair in Physics and Mathematics at Indiana Wesleyan University. He succeeds Dr. Willem Van De Merwe, who retired in May of 2011. Dr. Ramos has a bachelor’s degree and a Master of Science in physics from the University of the Philippines, and a doctorate in physics from the University of Washington. Dr. Ramos also brings valuable post-doctorate work in the area of superconducting quantum computing from his work at the University of Maryland. The Blanchard Chair is endowed with a gift from Dr. David Blanchard, a 1953 IWU graduate who is retired from the aerospace industry and lives in Virginia.