Bob Woodward, of the Washington Post, will be the speaker for the second annual First Commonwealth Endowed Lecture on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium. The program is free and open to the community. Woodward has won nearly every American journalism award, including a Pulitzer Prize for his report on the Watergate scandal.

A campus preservation plan, which addresses the preservation, conservation, and continued use of IUP’s historic landscape and buildings, is now complete.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has earned another top honor this year.

A host of programming is planned to celebrate the new academic year and to welcome new students into the community, including the university’s annual State of the University address, Freshman Convocation, and the Common Freshman Reader program.

President Tony Atwater has selected G. Patrick Williams as vice president for University Relations and executive director for the Foundation for IUP. Williams brings thirty-one years of experience in the fundraising, development, and advancement field. He will begin work at IUP on September 21, 2009.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania is part of the 15 percent of colleges and universities in the nation selected by G.I. Jobs magazine for its 2010 list of Military Friendly Schools.

See a corrected list of May 2009 graduates. International students and other non-Pennsylvania residents were inadvertently left off the original post.

The Sutton Chapter of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society has received a Gold Torch Award for overall excellence and a Project Excellence Award from the national organization.

Presented by the University Museum, the Black Diamond Jubilee, a fundraising gala, will be held September 11, 2009, in Sutton Hall’s Blue Room.

May 2009 graduates, with degree information included

IUP will conclude its weekly picnics in the Oak Grove season on August 5, 2009. Picnics are open to the community and are held on Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., weather permitting.