Good news for IHCC’s Medical/Insurance Coding Program
Indian Hills’ Medical/Insurance Coding program has been approved by the Professional
Certificate Approval Program (PCAP) Council, through April of 2020. Sarah Cottington,
Health Informatics Program Director, said the PCAP Council commended IHCC for its
commitment to the development of an outstanding coding certificate program. IHCC’s
Health Information Technology program has been accredited by the Commission on the
Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education accredited
for many years. Students in the coding program complete the first four terms of the
HIT program. Cottington said holding our coding students to the same high standard
of quality and excellence was evident in the PCAP application. There are currently
28 PCAP-approved coding programs in the nation. According to the PCAP-approved school
directory, IHCC is the first PCAP-approved coding program located in Iowa.
Indian Hills sixth at Disc Golf Championships
The Indian Hills Disc Golf team has put together “back-to-back top-six finishes on
the national stage, which coach Victor Streeby says only a handful of teams in the
country can boast. The IHCC squad came in sixth in the recent National Collegiate
Disc Golf Championships in North Augusta, Ga. Indian Hills, second in the national
tourney last year, was led by Derrick Helling (Fort Madison), who finished seventh
overall in singles and earned first-team All-American status after shooting 13-under
par for his two singles rounds. The IHCC team also included Ryan Anderson (Ottumwa),
a first-team All American in 2016; Colin Poe (Wapello); and Brock Dowell (Burlington),
also a first-team All-American last year and the winner of this year’s Long Drive
Competition. Ferris State from Michigan won the 2017 championship, finishing 98-under
par for the four-day tourney, which combines both singles and doubles. “To put the
level of competition in perspective,Ferris State’s score was 16 strokes better than
last year’s winning team,” Streeby said. The IHCC coach said that Indian Hills’ ability
to compete nationally as one of the few two-year schools against major four-year colleges
and universities is a testament to the quality of the IHCC players. “While we wanted
to finish higher than we did, especially entering the tournament ranked No. 1, we
had a solid week and represented Indian Hills and our generous community of supporters
extremely well,” Streeby said. The sixth-place finish means Indian Hills has an automatic
bid into next year’s championship field, bypassing the need to qualify through one
of the many national qualifying tournaments.
Busy time for IHCC Fine Arts students
Indian Hills Performing and Visual Arts venues will be busy during the first two
weeks of May.
• The Annual IHCC Student Art Exhibit will debut on Monday, May 1, with an artists’
reception from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the art gallery. The exhibit will feature art works
of all mediums that Ottumwa and Centerville campus students have created during the
past academic year. The show will close on Thursday, May 11.
• Crop tops and bell bottoms is the theme for the Spring Pops Choral Concert on Sunday,
May 7. The concert will begin at 3:00 p.m. in St. John Auditorium. Under the direction
of Dr. Janene Sheldon, the various groups will sing music of ‘70’s and the 2000’s.
Admission is free.
• The Indian Hills Jazz Band, led by David Sharp, will host a ballroom swing dance
at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 12, in the Hills Dining Room. Those in attendance will
be able to dance the night away to classic ballroom, swing and poprock tunes. The
evening will begin with free dance lessons at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.
• There will be a Student Recital at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, in St. John Auditorium.
Indian Hills music students will perform classic, pop and world music. Admission is
free.
New employees at Indian Hills
A number of new employees have been hired recently at Indian Hills.
Paul Barnes is a full-time Security Officer. He earned his Associate of Applied Science
degree in Criminal Justice from Indian Hills and had worked in the Centerville Police
Department. Barnes previously served Indian Hills as an evening Security Officer and
returns to that position.
Dominic Murphy is a part-time Project Manager, Optical Measurement Technician. He
has a Ph.D. in Optical Interferometry from WIT in Waterford, Ireland.
Edrick Speer is working as a custodian.
Brandt Smith is an adjunct Truck Driving Instructor.
The Human Resources Department has also announced three changes in assignment.
Jennifer Diorio has started her job as a Promise Jobs Training Facilitator at the
Des Moines location. She had been working as an Administrative Assistant for Promise
Jobs.
Steve Allison will start his new role as Business Liaison with Continuing Education
and Workforce Solutions on May 30. He currently is a Business Coordinator, Customized
Learning.
Lori Reeves will begin her new duties as Coordinator, Continuing Education on May
30. She currently is the Department Chair of the Rural Health Education Partnership.
Foundation Auction this weekend
Final preparations are underway for the 40th Annual Indian Hills Foundation Scholarship
Auction that will be held on Saturday, April 29, on the college’s North Campus. Doors
will open at 8 a.m. for persons to begin shopping at the various booths, and the auction
will begin at 9 a.m. Volunteers will be setting up for the auction and the booths
beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, April 28. Anyone who would like to help in this
task is welcome.
You can still donate your treasures through Friday. Donations are tax deductible
to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Indian Hills Nearing Post-Season Play
The spring sports season is heading into its final stages. The Indian Hills men’s
golf team is competing at the District III Championship at the Firekeeper Golf Course
in Mayetta, Kan., Tuesday and Wednesday (April 25-26). The Warrior softball team will
be traveling to Council Bluffs to compete in the Region XI Tournament this coming
Friday-Sunday, April 28-30. In its first season of action, the IHCC sports shooting
team is preparing for the SCTP Iowa College Conference State Championship that will
be contested at the Stockdale Gun Club in Ackley on Saturday, April 29. The men’s
and women’s track squads will be heading to Council Bluffs a week later for the two-day
Region XI Championships on May 6-7. The baseball team will host the Region XI tourney
on May 12.