IUP’s OnStage…Arts and Entertainment will offer four concerts at The Coney on Philadelphia Street’s VIP Lounge as part of its “OnStage UpTown” series starting October 2, 2009.

See which students were named 2009 Homecoming king and queen for IUP’s Indiana and Punxsutawney campuses.

IUP will host a program with coauthors Carl Peraino and James W. Sire based on their book Deepest Differences: A Christian-Atheist Dialogue on October 6, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. in the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology auditorium.

IUP will host the first “Coal Bowl” football game on October 3, 2009, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Coal Association. The winning team will receive a coal miner’s pail trophy.

IUP hosted members of the Global Spectrum leadership team Monday, September 28, 2009, for a briefing about Global Spectrum’s management of the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex’s Ed Fry Arena.

Join Gian Pagnucci, IUP’s 2009–2010 University Professor, for a series of “Open Office Hours” offered via Facebook, the popular social-networking site. The event starts on October 5, 2009.

Gealy W. Wallwork, a member of the Council of Trustees, has been recognized with the naming of a residence hall in his honor. The Sutton Suites, completed in Phase III of the Residential Revival, will be named the Gealy W. Wallwork Residence Hall.

The Memorial Field House swimming pool will be named in honor of the late John A. Pidgeon, formerly of Saltsburg and Indiana. Pidgeon established a scholarship for IUP men and women swimmers in 2004 and served as a volunteer swimming coach.

Gifts to the IUP Fairman Centre in Punxsutawney are being acknowledged with the naming of areas within the building after four donors: the Borough of Punxsutawney, Punxsutawney Area College Trust, Linda D. and C. David Deabenderfer, and KTH Architects Inc.

Athletic suites in the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex will be named in honor of Edward K. and Joanne R. Bratton, of Indiana. The Brattons made a $1-million gift for the KCAC in the spring.

The Foundation for IUP and IUP cut the ribbon September 24, 2009, for Phase III of the Residential Revival. The ceremony was held in the Sutton Suites courtyard, along Pratt Drive. Read an account of the ceremony and see photos from the event.

The Office of International Education is sponsoring several activities October 5–8, 2009, in celebration of International Education Week, which prepares Americans for a global environment and brings students from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the U.S.

IUP will host its third annual Homecoming Ball, featuring dance music by the IUP Jazz Ensemble, on October 9, 2009, at the Indiana Country Club. The event begins at 7:00 p.m.

Global Spectrum will present information about its management of the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex’s Ed Fry Arena on Monday, September 28, 2009, at 7:30 a.m. at the Crimson Events Center.

A series of lectures and programs will be offered  from September 26 through November 18, 2009, in conjunction with the exhibit “A Walk Through Time: Western Pennsylvania Coal Culture” at the University Museum.

IUP’s total student enrollment for Fall 2009 is 14,638, an all-time high for the university. The previous enrollment record was 14,620 in Fall 1991. IUP officials also said that average SAT scores of new students are continuing to rise.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for Phase III of the Residential Revival will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 24, 2009, in the Sutton Suites courtyard, along Pratt Drive. Phase III involved the completion of the Sutton Suites, opposite the east lawn of Sutton Hall, and the Suites on Pratt, at the corner of Maple Street and Pratt Drive.

A program on Tibetan Buddhist ritual music will be held October 1, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in McVitty Auditorium, Sprowls Hall.

IUP’s Small Business Development Center will present “Manufacturer’s Forum: Innovation for Survival and Profit” on October 16, 2009, from 7:30 a.m. to noon.

Completion of a $6-million renovation of the IUP Fairman Centre was celebrated September 18, 2009, with formal ribbon-cutting ceremonies. The center is a multiuse, 24,308-square-foot building with opportunities for students of IUP at Punxsutawney and the Academy of Culinary Arts.

The Department of Communications Media will host the first Laurel Highlands Communications Conference on September 24 and 25, 2009. See a full schedule of presentations.

Students and staff of the Hospitality Management Department, under the direction of faculty member Linda Sullivan, will host a spaghetti dinner to benefit the Pathway Homeless Shelter and the Alice Paul House.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will present its second annual Supplier Diversity Fair on September 22, 2009, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The program is free and open to the community.

Tickets are now available for IUP Plays Pittsburgh, a concert featuring five of IUP’s musical groups, on November 2, 2009. The concert will take place at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh at 7:30 p.m. and will be preceded by a dessert reception, open to all ticket holders, at 6:30 p.m., also at Heinz Hall. The Department of Music has chartered a bus for the community.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the IUP Fairman Centre in downtown Punxsutawney will be held Friday, September 18, at 11:00 a.m. The Fairman Centre, in the former J.B. Eberhart Building, is at 101 West Mahoning Street, at the corner of West Mahoning and South Findley.

IUP will celebrate Constitution Day on September 15 and 16, 2009, with several events free and open to the community.

The Academy of Culinary Arts has released its Dean’s Recognition List for Academic Excellence for the Summer 2009 semester. Students are named to the list when they achieve a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher.

The Department of Music will host a benefit memorial concert celebrating the legacy of Dr. Daniel DiCicco, former Music faculty member, on September 27, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium.

IUP has been selected for Washington Monthly magazine’s 2009 national rankings of schools based on their contributions to society.

IUP will host a seminar, “Best Practices: Environmental Health in the Home, Work, and Community,” on September 24, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall. Registration is requested by September 14.

Emergency Services Training will offer its basic vehicle rescue course from September 15 through October 21, 2009. The course prepares fire, rescue, and emergency medical personnel to perform safe and efficient vehicle rescue.

Registrations are still being accepted for the Emergency Medical Technician—Basic (EMT—B) Training Program, being held September 1 through December 5, 2009.

IUP’s September 11 anniversary remembrance program will be held at 8:30 a.m. Friday, September 11, 2009, at the university’s World Trade Center monument in the Oak Grove between Sutton Hall and Stapleton Library.

For the thirteenth year, the IUP Ambassadors, a student group that helps the Alumni Association with events, was honored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Affiliated Student Advancement Programs (CASE-ASAP).

The Mid-Atlantic Research and Training Institute (MARTI) will host a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders training event and community presentation on September 9, 2009.