Legacy Initiatives

Chancellor’s Community Fellowships

IUPUI established the Charles R. Bantz Chancellor’s Community Fellowship through the IU Foundation. The fellowships will support team members, comprised of an IUPUI faculty member, undergraduate student, graduate student and a leader of a community organization, working collaboratively to address a challenge, opportunity or issue facing Indianapolis. Consider making a contribution to the fund to honor the work of Chancellor Bantz.

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Center for Translating Research into Practice

Chancellor Bantz and Dr. Petronio recognized soon after they came to IUPUI that one of its key strengths was in the faculty who were translating their research into practice. In order to better encourage, promote and celebrate this work, they formed the Center for Translating Research Into Practice at IUPUI.

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Chancellor Bantz talks with a student and Dean Davenport.

Petronio-Bantz Graduate Student Travel Award

This scholarship supports graduate students in the Department of Communication Studies at the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI who present at scholarly conferences and academic meetings.

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Bantz-Petronio Translating Research Into Practice Faculty Award

The award recognizes work that is focused on making an impact on people’s lives in Indiana and beyond. Each year’s recipient will have helped transform knowledge into practices or solutions, demonstrating innovative ways to improve the lives of people and the communities in which they live.

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