The deadline to make your reservation for the annual Homecoming Ball is Friday, October 2, 2009. Reserve your spot today by registering on line or by calling the University Events office at 724-357-2145.

All members of the IUP community are invited to attend the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours event on Thursday, October 1, 2009, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the University Museum.

Community members are invited to attend the public meeting of the Council of Trustees on Friday, September 25, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall. The meeting will include action on resolutions for naming the Sutton Suites and recognition of professor Sally McCombie and student athlete Nafee Harris.

Photographs of the ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of the IUP Fairman Centre renovation are now available on the President’s office website.

Experience a fun evening of dinner and dancing to kick off Homecoming. The Annual Homecoming Ball takes place Friday, October 9. Proceeds benefit scholarships.

IUP marked the eighth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States during a memorial ceremony September 11, 2009, in front of the World Trade Center monument in the Oak Grove. President Tony Atwater’s delivery of the poem “Flight 93: Paradise Found” is available on line.

The text and audio of the State of the University Address “Through the Storm and Bound for Greatness” is now available on the Office of the President website. President Tony Atwater delivered the speech on Thursday, August 27, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. in Fisher Auditorium.