Civic engagement, which you will read about in today’s edition of IU Home Pages, can also manifest in the simplest of ways—like scooping up dessert for passersby at a United Way ice cream social at IUB’s Sample Gates. John Bodnar (in foreground), chair of the IUB Department of History, took his turn at serving with grad students Caitlin Houston and Alex Ihnen. Another form of civic engagement is an IU tradition: contributing to United Way campaigns toward sustaining area social service agencies. IUPUI wraps up its campaign Oct. 29 with a campus goal of $300,000; IU Bloomington’s campaign runs through November and has a goal of $615,000; to date $602,686 has been raised. Watch for an update from all the IU campuses in the November edition.