Dec 23, 2020 / 08:07 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Burmese students in the Upward College Program are getting extra financial backing with $64,000 in a Lilly Endowment grant that also provides some COVID-19 relief.
The Burmese American Community Institute has played a vital role in helping immigrants adapt and improving access to higher education has played a key role in getting the job done. The pandemic has created challenges, but organizers say the grant will help them power through.
Developing community is foundation for work at the Burmese American Community Institute. In recent years the Burmese community has grown, not only in population but in achievement.
Jan 12, 2021 / 05:16 PM EST
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) Sixteen nurses from Riley Children’s Health are being deployed to IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette to help with the COVID-19 pandemic relief.
According to Kayla Meeks, a nurse at the Riley Hospital for Children, nurses at Arnett Hospital are handling a lot more patients than usual, so the help is much needed.
“They’ve just been willing to change and that’s not what they’re used to,” said Meeks.
“They’re obviously not used to taking that many patients, but we have helped, so it’s just a different kind of mindset of nursing and they’ve just been incredible,” said Meeks, “They’ve just been grateful for us to be there.”