Theater-by-the-Grove to Present New Stories, Ideas, and Voices in New Works Festival
IUP Theater-by-the-Grove announces three plays for the 2024 New Works Festival.
IUP Theater-by-the-Grove announces three plays for the 2024 New Works Festival.
Phillip Schnarrs, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient who is an associate professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Population Health at Dell Medical School, University of Texas–Austin, will present “The Importance of Sociologists in Medicine” at IUP on April 17.
Consuela (Chela) G. Metzger, a nationally recognized and award-winning expert in the field of book conservation, will present “Old Books, New Ideas—Transformations of a Rare Book Conservator” on April 18 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Metzger’s presentation at IUP is part of IUP’s Big Ideas: Transformative Culture and the Professions.
This program continues the Open Conversations series and is open to faculty, staff, and students. It will include President Driscoll's updates on IUP, the State System’s financial sustainability work, and progress on the Academic Restructuring and Program Review process.
Join the School of Graduate Studies and Research and the IUP Research Institute at the nineteenth annual Scholars Forum, held at the KCAC. This event celebrates student research at IUP and includes the annual Three-Minute Thesis competition.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate the connections and career successes of graphic design alumni—including a presentation by an award-winning Marvel film artist and an exhibition by a nationally known illustrator and designer, both originally from the Pittsburgh region—as part of the first, to-be-annual, “Slenkfest” April 11 to 13.
Professor of piano at Hunter College/City University of New York, Geoffrey Burleson will perform a solo recital at IUP on Monday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall. Admission is free.
The College of Education and Communications has completed its second artist residency of the year, with teacher education candidates taking a ECED/ECSP creative experiences courses.
Volunteers from around campus are leading this year’s Hawks Helping Hawks drive to provide funds that impact our students and every facet of our campus. Your participation in the Hawks Helping Hawks drive is another way to help students experience a sense of stability and a culture of caring as they earn an IUP education.
As part of IUP’s ongoing work to create efficiencies and to reduce costs, we will continue our Summer Utilities Savings Program for summer 2024.
The premier dance ensembles Nrityagram and Chitrasena, from India and Sri Lanka, will perform on Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium of the IUP Performing Arts Center, presented by the Lively Arts and the Hilton Garden Inn Indiana at IUP.
The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, in collaboration with the Chitrasena Dance Company, present a Lecture/Demonstration that is an introduction to Odissi dance, as evolved and practiced at Nrityagram, and Kandyan dance, as developed and practiced by the Chitrasena Dance School.
Do you have a story you want to share to add to the "What Were You Wearing?" exhibit? Our aim is to promote awareness about sexual violence and to combat victim-blaming.
The Minister Counselor of the Embassy of Mali will present “The Alliance of Sahel States at the Crossroads of Global Security Challenges” on Wednesday, March 27, at 7:00 p.m. in Leonard Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Yongtao Cao of the Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences will give two workshops on data analytics on March 21 and 28.
Thank you for your participation in the open conversations that have taken place this spring. To make future sessions more convenient, we have revised the schedule so that they are all available during the Common Hour and so that sessions specifically for students are in a more central location.
“Points of Pride” highlights achievements in academics, athletics, scholarships and grant awards, community services, and other areas.
"When I Put On Your Glove" is open to the public and will be presented in Waller Hall’s Mainstage Theater on March 19 at 7:30 p.m. It explores what legacy means through puppetry, dance, and spoken word. This performance is free, but it is a ticketed event.
With the prevalence of sports betting, it's important to understand the risks, rewards, and how you can engage with and support individuals.
The Indiana Area Collaborative Team, I-ACT, on behalf of the agencies and organizations that we represent, want to remind you of the following proactive safety measures we ask you to consider putting into practice, especially as we look forward to the spring and summer months.
Ramadan, observed by Muslims worldwide, will begin this year on March 10 and end on April 9. Increased awareness and further insight into student life is appreciated.
Attention IUP community! Mark your calendar for Take Back the Night 2024 on Wednesday, April 10.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Theater-by-the-Grove will present “The 39 Steps, Abridged,” a comedy-mystery based on the Alfred Hitchcock movie and adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow. This abridged one-hour production will be presented at Waller Hall’s Mainstage February 28–March 2 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance on March 3 at 2:00 p.m.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Peking Acrobats performance has been canceled due to a delay in the performers receiving their travel documents.
The Indiana County Highway Safety Project, part of Indiana University Pennsylvania’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety, is working with PennDOT for an awareness campaign about safe driving and traffic safety laws during the Highway Safety Law Awareness Week, observed February 18 through 24.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Cejka Planetarium, in the university’s newly opened John J. and Char Kopchick Hall, will host three shows during the spring semester, all free and open to the community.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Peking Acrobats performance has been canceled due to a delay in the performers receiving their travel documents.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will receive $17.6 million in funding for two projects—the Academy of Culinary Arts long-range facilities plan and the health sciences cluster and proposed college of osteopathic medicine—as part of the 2023–24 State System of Higher Education capital allocations budget.
Join us at this Allenwood Lunch and Learn for a fascinating look into Pennsylvania history.
Learn more about the changes coming to the MyIUP portal during the spring semester.
As we work together to serve our students and prepare for IUP’s future, please plan to attend “A Conversation about Academic Restructuring and Program Review with Provost Luetkehans” in Sutton Hall’s Blue Room from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (the Common Hour) on Wednesday, February 7.
The slides presented during the financial conversation event and a recording of the presentation are now available. A university login is required to access them.
The IUP Math Club is for students with an interest in mathematics. The club schedules social activities for students and faculty members.
The Center for Teaching Excellence—in partnership with the Office of the Provost, Office of Social Equity and Title IX, and the University College—will launch a multi-year initiative to support student success through professional development training for faculty and staff on inclusive practices.
If you are seeking a new or updated professional headshot for the website or a conference program, MarCom has scheduled headshot sessions during the spring semester.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has selected its second student cohort of Justice Research Fellows at the Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center at IUP.
President Driscoll invites the IUP community to attend the public meeting of the IUP Council of Trustees on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room 6/7 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
President Driscoll invites the IUP community to attend the public meeting of the IUP Council of Trustees on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room 6/7 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
The late Dr. Patricia Hilliard Robertson, a 1985 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and 2000 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, has been honored with the naming of a Cygnus spacecraft. The naming was announced by Northrop Grumman, the company that built the spacecraft.
Our team of tutors and staff has expanded. Find out who is serving students and helps to improve their writing plus follow our new Instagram page and Facebook for inspiration, information, and writing-related content.
Preparation for demolition work for five buildings on Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Indiana campus is currently underway.
The Social Equity and Title IX Office is pleased to present the latest issue of their newsletter, which highlights notable DEI groups and programming on our campus.
On Tuesday, November 28 at 7pm in the Indiana Theater in downtown Indiana PA, local electronic musicians Rapid Uncontrolled Disassembly partners with the IUP Student Film Association in presenting a series of music videos. Over the course of six songs and six videos we’ll follow a number of characters that stretch into liminal dimensions and experience absurd activity. These realms appear familiar, yet otherworldly. The songs will be performed live and the music videos will be projected on the big screen behind them.
Do some holiday shopping for the children in your life at the Scholastic Book Fair!
It’s a Wonderful Life holiday cheer has spread to the IUP Police Department this winter! Stop by our lobby, check out our holiday décor, and drop off a donation for the Homeless Heroes Stocking Project.
The Indiana County Highway Safety Project, part of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety, is working with Armstrong County Commissioner Pat Fabian, District Attorney Katie M. Charlton, Armstrong County Sheriff Frank Pitzer, the Pennsylvania State Police, and Margy Gray from State Farm Insurance for an awareness campaign about safe driving during the Thanksgiving Day holiday.
The Writing Center tutors and staff members presented at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing in Pittsburgh.
In the next several months, messages and information about emergency preparedness planning will be shared with you. Thank you, in advance, for your careful review of this information and for your participation in upcoming training and drills.
After 56 years of being a window to the stars for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania community, IUP will say goodbye to its Weyandt Hall planetarium and Spitz A3P projector with a final show on November 18 and November 20.
On Tuesday, November 28, IUP will join the global fundraising campaign, Giving Tuesday. This is your chance to make an impact on IUP students now and in the future.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Dessy-Roffman Myth Collaborative will continue its lecture series with “Intersections Between Myth, Imagination, and Literature” on November 17 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in IUP’s Jane Leonard Hall room 305. The program is free and open to the community and will also be offered via Zoom.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been selected as one of the top public universities in Pennsylvania by the Military Times for its 2023 Best for Vets: Colleges list. IUP is ranked highest on the listing of the state and region’s public universities selected for the honor.
IUP’s Music Theater, Theatre-by-the-Grove, Symphony Orchestra, and Chorale will present a production of the popular classic comic operetta, “The Pirates of Penzance,” with libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan, on November 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium.
As part of ongoing work to create efficiencies and to reduce costs, IUP will continue its Winter Utilities Savings Program during the 2023–24 winter break.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Indiana Regional Medical Center will present the second annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on November 16 in celebration of National Rural Health Day. The program is open to the community, and preregistration is required.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate the opening of John J. and Char Kopchick Hall, the university’s new $90-million, 142,536-square-foot science and mathematics building, with a ribbon cutting ceremony on November 2 at 4:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the community.
The IUP Post Office continues to follow the operating guidelines for department mail/package pickup and drop-off, which were put in place in 2020.
"Pieces from the Collection," an exhibit by the University Museum at IUP, features artists that shared an important background of working and creating art for the Federal Arts Project, a division of the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, often referred to as the WPA.
IUP’s Institute for Cybersecurity, in collaboration with the PC4A Project and Information Technology Support Center, will host the sixteenth annual Cybersecurity Day on October 31. This annual event features nationally recognized security experts as well as speakers from government, the security industry, and academia. It is free and open to the community.
Dana Driscoll (English, Writing Center) and Omar Yacoub (August 2023 graduate from the Composition and Applied Linguistics Doctoral program and former assistant director of the Jones White Writing Center) won a major article award for their 2022 article, “Threshold Genres; A 10-Year Exploration of a Medical Writer’s Development and Social Apprenticeship through the Patient SOAP Note.”
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s STEAMSHOP, an Innovation Accelerator featuring digital fabrication tools and entrepreneurship resources, will host a Future Makers Forum with Kalamazoo, Michigan-based product designer and entrepreneur Michael Nashef on October 18 with a hands-on 3D printing and mold-making workshop on Oct. 19.
Students working with Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Office of Annual Giving have organized Indiana Scares & Cares: A Spooktacular IUP Student Aid Screening, at the Indiana Theater, 637 Philadelphia St., on October 14 to raise funds to support IUP students and collect donations for the IUP Food Pantry and Help Center and the IUP Crimson Closet.
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries will host local writer Jolene McIlwain, an English Department graduate of IUP, for a lunch and learn event on October 20, in celebration of the National Day of Writing.
One of the legacies of the Jones White Writing Center has been to help open new writing centers and consult on writing centers globally. In fall 2023, Dana Driscoll (English, Writing Center) traveled to the Czech Republic to help open the first Writing Center Support Centre at VSB Technical University of Ostrava in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Now in its thirteenth year at IUP, the Crimson Court will take part in all university Homecoming activities, including the parade. The Crimson Court consists of students chosen by a university-wide vote to represent each of the colleges at IUP.
This news item contains the procedures utilized by IUP personnel when creating and/or participating in an official Education Abroad activity.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences will host Linda Gojak, past president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, as the Serafini Distinguished Lecturer at IUP on October 12 to 14.
Author of Sidle Creek shares her journey from IUP student to published author at the Allenwood on Wednesday, October 20, at 11:30 a.m.
Dana Driscoll (English, Writing Center) offered a series of five half-day workshops on teaching writing for universities in the Czech Republic. In partnership with VSB Technical University of Ostrava, the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Charles University, she offered workshops to support teaching writing in the disciplines and offered support for dissertation writers.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s annual Homecoming celebration on October 6 through October 8 is expected to draw thousands to Indiana for alumni reunions and events for the entire community, including the annual parade and football game.
Dan Greenstein, chancellor of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education, will join us for an open forum on Wednesday, October 4, from 2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Gorell Recital Hall on the second floor of Sutton Hall. There is no RSVP required for this session.
Every year, the IUP Libraries hosts several events recognizing the American Library Association's Banned Books Week.
Linda Gojak, past president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, will deliver the 2023 Serafini Distinguished Lecture "Everything You Do in Mathematics Should Make Sense!" on Thursday, October 12, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in Leonard Hall.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Council of Trustees approved four resolutions on September 7 in honor of members of the IUP community, including two retired faculty members and two retired administrators.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 starting at 11:10 a.m. in front of the 9/11 memorial in the IUP Oak Grove. The program is open to the community.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is addressing a need for trained professionals in the biosafety and biosecurity fields through its specialized Biosafety/Biorisk Management Certificate program.
IUP Office of Human Resources to Host a Retirement Symposium for Employees
The IUP Libraries now offers access to several new databases and online resources in genealogy, news, and psychology, including titles such as Ancestry.com and Annual Reviews.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is committed to ensuring that our campus is a safe place for learning, living, and working. In accordance with the IUP Protection of Minors policy, all events involving minors, both on the IUP campus and those that occur off campus but are sponsored by IUP, must be registered with the university.
President Driscoll invites the IUP community to attend the public meeting of the IUP Council of Trustees on Thursday, September 7, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room 6/7 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is one of only two universities in the United States chosen to host students participating in the Secretariat of Research, Innovation, and Higher Education State of Yucatan scholarship, a short-term, intensive English language and American culture program.
Waleed Farag received the Senate 2023 Distinguished Faculty Award for research.
After hearing suggestions from across the State System and in light of this year’s keynote speaker, Heather McGee, for the 2023 DEI Summit, PASSHE has decided to launch “Overbooked,” a series of sessions set up to discuss McGee’s book, “The Sum of Us.”
The PASSHE 2023 DEI Summit is November 8–10. Proposals are being accepted until September 7.
The Adopt a Game program has expanded beyond basketball and is now accepting sponsors for the Women’s Volleyball season. Students and staff groups, organizations, and departments from IUP are all welcome to participate in this free sponsorship opportunity.
Join the SGSR and Office of Undergraduate Research in celebrating the culmination of a summer-long research project undertaken by students at this free event open to the public.
What does the IUP Post Office do, you may ask? Here's what you need to know.
IT Services must complete Banner maintenance on Saturday, July 29, 2023. Please review services and their availability during this maintenance.
The IUP Food Pantry and Help Center will hold a summer food drive from Wednesday, July 5, until Friday, August 4. Donation bins will be stationed across campus at Sutton Hall (first floor), Elkin Hall, Zink Hall, and the library.
Cybersecurity Advisory From FBI, NSA: North Korea Using Social Engineering to Enable Hacking of Think Tanks, Academia, and Media
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is committed to ensuring that our campus is a safe place for learning, living, and working. In accordance with the IUP Protection of Minors policy, all events involving minors, both on the IUP campus and those that occur off campus but are sponsored by IUP, must be registered with the university.
On May 4, 2023, President Michael Driscoll shared several “IUP Points of Pride” at the May Council of Trustees meeting.
In April, IT held two informational sessions on OneSIS or One Student Information System, the Ellucian Banner Managed Cloud Shared Technology platform being adopted by PASSHE. A recording of the information session and a copy of the presentation are available on the IUP OneSIS website for reference.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold commencement ceremonies for 1,446 graduates on May 5 and 6 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. Students graduating in May and August are eligible to participate in the ceremonies.
President Driscoll invites the IUP community to attend the public meeting of the IUP Council of Trustees on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room 6/7 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
Attention IUP faculty, staff, coaches, and administrators, this training is geared toward you.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania students and faculty are working with Indiana Borough on a national pilot program to help create stronger and more informed community health, especially in rural areas.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Celebration Weekend honored alumni and friends for philanthropic support, volunteerism, service, and professional excellence.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s STEAMSHOP (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) will host a Future Makers Forum with Pittsburgh-based maker Nina Barbuto on April 25. The presentation will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Robertshaw STEAMSHOP, room 25. It is free and open to the community.
Saturday, April 22, in Indiana will bring Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the Indiana community together for a day of service, a celebration of the arts, live music (including by several local musicians), and downtown shopping by IUP students.
All members of the IUP community—faculty, staff, and students—are invited to participate in the development of IUP’s Long-Range Facilities Master Plan Update.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will be celebrating special members of the IUP community as part of 2023 Celebration Weekend planned for April 21 and 22.
On Tuesday, April 18, IUP will celebrate Day of Giving, a 24-hour day of giving bringing together alumni, parents, friends, and the IUP family to support students and celebrate philanthropy.
The Haven Project at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host the annual Take Back the Night event on April 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the IUP main campus. Take Back the Night is designed to raise awareness and support survivors of sexual violence, domestic and dating violence, and stalking.
In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), the Holocaust Remembrance Committee at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will host Holocaust Survivor Solange Lebovitz at 5:00 p.m. on April 18 at IUP’s Eberly Auditorium.
Elizabeth Kinney, a senior at Cambria Heights Senior High School and daughter of Mike Kinney and Pauline Kinney, of Dysart, is a 2023 recipient of an IUP Dean’s Merit Scholarship to study safety sciences at IUP based on her research project, “Slip Resistance,” sponsored by New Pig, of Tipton.
As part of ongoing work to create efficiencies and to reduce costs, a Summer Utilities Savings Pilot Program has been developed for summer 2023.
Sean Daugherty will present a lecture on "Airspace Applications of Machine Learning."
“Points of Pride” highlights achievements in academics, athletics, scholarships and grant awards, community services, and other areas.
We are grateful for the difference you make every day in the lives of our students through your good work. Participating in the Hawks Helping Hawks campaign gives you the chance to advocate for student success in another way.
In its continued focus to prioritize meeting the needs of students, Indiana University of Pennsylvania will reduce the cost of tuition for international undergraduates taking between 12 to 18 credits a semester, effective for the fall 2023 semester.
Yongtao Cao will offer two workshops on using the free statistical software R on March 30–31.
Following a national search, Timothy Stringer, a police and public safety professional with 27 years of experience, has been selected to serve as Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s director of public safety and university police.
Spring means romance is in the air. IUP’s Theater-by-the-Grove in co-production with Music Theater will present a new musical written by IUP alumnus Joe York (2012) and his writing partner Hali Alspach opening March 29 at 7:30 in Waller Hall’s main theater.
President Driscoll invites the IUP community to attend the public meeting of the IUP Council of Trustees on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room 6/7 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
Sheetz, Inc. President/CEO Travis Sheetz and Executive Vice President of People and Culture Stephanie Doliveira will present “People and Culture: A Panel Discussion” at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on March 22. The presentation, free and open to the community, will be held in the Eberly Auditorium in the Eberly College of Business.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Pan-African Studies program is sponsoring a free public presentation by the Ambassador of Mali to the United States, Sekou Berthé, on March 21 at 7:00 p.m. in Jane Leonard Hall B-11. The presentation, “West and Central Africa at the Crossroads of Global Security Challenges,” is free and open to the community.
The Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania has organized several events to celebrate National Nutrition Month in March, including a smoothie sale, a crockpot cook-off competition, and a program with a nationally known speaker. This year’s theme for National Nutrition Month is “Fuel up for the Future.”
Volunteers from around campus are leading this year’s Hawks Helping Hawks drive to provide funds that touch almost every facet of our university—from supporting academic programs and departments and bolstering our student-athletes to keeping the campus looking its best and purchasing industry-specific technology and equipment.
In accordance with the IUP Protection of Minors policy, all events involving minors, both on the IUP campus and those that occur off campus but are sponsored by IUP, must be registered with the university using our Event Registry web page.
Join Janet Blood for "Changing Fashions, Changing Times" on April 14 at 11:30 a.m. in the Allenwood Restaurant in Ackerman Hall.
Sarah Gann, a student in IUP’s clinical psychology doctoral program, is launching a study designed to determine how a virtual pet game application can affect adolescent mental health. She is looking for adolescent participants (children between the ages of 13 and 18). Her presentation of this proposed study won IUP’s 2022’s Three-Minute Thesis competition.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Theater-by-the-Grove’s association with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company (PPTCO) begins with the March 2, 3, 4, and 5 presentations of Mark Clayton Southers’ Nine Days in the Sun at IUP.
The IUP community is invited to celebrate donor generosity during Thank a Donor Week, February 27–March 3. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to celebrate their generosity. You will have the opportunity to write a thank-you note to an IUP donor to tell them what their generosity means to you and to our students.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is in the process of implementing a common Student Information System across the State System schools. IUP is scheduled to begin implementing OneSIS in January 2024.
Author and academic Roosevelt Montás will present “Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation” at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Sutton Hall’s Gorell Auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the community.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Theater-By-The-Grove will present Mark Clayton Southers’ “Nine Days in the Sun” at IUP. This initiative begins Theater-By-The-Grove’s association with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, where Southers is the founding artistic director. The play explores a world where dark skin is the desired tone, so the racial balance is shifted and the social order in America is turned upside down.
IUP will continue the 2022–23 planetarium shows during the spring semester with “Winter Wonders” on February 28. The program, exploring the winter constellations of Orion and Taurus, also will include information about the Orion nebula and the fact that a supernova remnant is up in the sky every winter evening.
Laurie McNeil, a nationally recognized condensed matter-materials physicist, will be at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on February 9 and 10 to present three programs as the spring 2023 IUP Sigma Xi distinguished speaker.
The Office of Graduate Admissions at IUP will host its Spring Virtual Open House on Thursday, March 23, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
IUP faculty and staff members are invited to register for a timeslot to get a new or updated headshot to be used on the website or for other professional endeavors.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement (MSCLE) will celebrate Black History Month in February with a number of events. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the community.
The Crimson Youth Choir will present a semester-ending, cabaret-style winter concert at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 17, in the Blue Room of Sutton Hall on the IUP main campus.
Information on CMS workflow and the schedule for IUP Now over the winter break.
Just a friendly reminder, as we enter the winter and holiday seasons, we are asking for your help in efforts both on campus and when working remotely from your office and classroom areas.
On Tuesday, November 29, IUP will join the global fundraising campaign, Giving Tuesday. This is your chance to make an impact on IUP students now and in the future.
IUP Lively Arts announces its 2022–23 season by opening with Lively Arts & Ideas inspirational guest speaker and ultra-marathon runner Dion Leonard, and his dog.
The IUP Libraries is again hosting the Scholastic Book fair from November 14 through November 17, 2022.
The Social Equity and Title IX Office is pleased to share the latest issue of their newsletter, published on November 1, 2022. The newsletter highlights the great diversity, equity, and inclusion work being done on campus.
Three organizations at Indiana University of Pennsylvania—UBORA Men of IUP, the Haven Project, and the University College—will present “Redefining Masculinity” on November 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room. The event, free and open to the community, is designed to offer male-identifying and masculine-presenting individuals at IUP an opportunity to examine the role masculinity plays in society, both negatively and positively.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Dance Theater, along with devised theatre students from the Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance; guest artists; community members; and the Mahoning Valley Ballet, will premiere Ordnung, An Amish Ballet, on November 10, 11, and 12.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Holocaust Remembrance Committee will welcome Holocaust survivor Oscar Singer of Pittsburgh for a presentation on November 10 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.
Debra Evans Smith, a 1981 IUP criminology graduate who received the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2022, will be honored on November 4 during the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit for her longstanding contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at IUP.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cybersecurity, in collaboration with the Information Technology Support Center, will host the fifteenth annual Cybersecurity Day on October 18. This annual event features nationally recognized security experts as well as speakers from regional law enforcement, government, the security industry, and academia. It is free and open to the community.
The Anthropology Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold its annual Archaeology Open House on October 15 from noon to 3:00 p.m.
The Herbert Street Trio will present a recital of piano trio music on Tuesday, October 11, at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Hall. The program will feature works by British composers Charles Villiers Stanford, John Ireland, and Samuel Coleridge Taylor.
IUP’s Office of Graduate Admissions will host a Virtual Open House on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. The event is open to all those interested in learning more about the graduate programs at IUP and resources available for graduate students.
Upcoming changes for the month of October to publishing and access in the CMS in preparation for the relaunch of the website.
IUP’s Music Theater will present the comic opera "The Elixir of Love" on October 13–14 in Fisher Auditorium. The opera will be sung in Italian with English dialogue and projected English supertitles.
Two internationally known civil rights and diversity advocates will present programs at IUP in October 2022. Anouar Rahmani, a journalist, author, and law expert from Algeria, will be at IUP on October 12; and professor, author, and comedian Javier Ávila will present his one-man show on October 18. Both programs are free and open to the community.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s annual Homecoming celebration, September 30 through October 2, is expected to draw thousands to Indiana for alumni reunions and events for the entire community, including the annual parade and football game.
The most current COVID-19 bivalent Omicron BA.4 and BA.5-specific booster has been received at IUP Health Service and is available for free to students and employees. IUP Health Service is located in the Center for Health and Well-Being in the Suites on Maple East.
Author and voice actress Jorjeana Marie presents techniques for a playful approach to writing, courtesy of the IUP Libraries and Center for Teaching Excellence.
The Department of Music and College of Arts and Humanities at IUP are proud to announce a week-long residency of two internationally acclaimed artists: conductor Leonard Slatkin, and composer Cindy McTee. Thanks to the generosity of the Dr. Edward R. Sims Distinguished Artists fund, these two artists will be giving lectures, rehearsals, and performances with IUP students and faculty from September 26 through September 29.
Anouar Rahmani, writer and human rights activist from Algeria, will visit campus on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. He will hold an informal meet and greet during the Common Hour in the Folger Student Center and will present to the greater IUP community at 4:00 p.m. in Leonard Hall, room 225.
Every year, the IUP Libraries recognize Banned Books Week with events and presentations that celebrate our freedom to read.
Effective fall 2022, graduate students will now have more time to finish their degrees, with master's program students now having six years instead of five and doctoral students having eight instead of seven.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Sept. 12 starting at 11:40 a.m. in front of the 9/11 memorial in the IUP Oak Grove.
Explore the newly renovated IUP Libraries during a grand opening on Wednesday, September 14, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and enjoy food, fun, and giveaways as you tour the new areas. Everyone is welcome to participate!
In accordance with the IUP Protection of Minors policy, all events involving minors, both on the IUP campus and those that occur off campus but are sponsored by IUP, must be registered with the university.
This event will include more than 40 vendors, who will offer health education, free medical screenings, demonstrations, giveaways, and more. The fair is free to all IUP employees and students!
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will celebrate Constitution Day on September 12, with two events free and open to the community: the traditional public reading of the Constitution by members of the IUP community, and the Six O’Clock Series event, “What Would Our Founding Fathers Say?” with Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Charles Pinckney, and James Madison.
Students and employees can pick up, at no cost, COVID-19 home testing kits at the IUP Health Service, located in the Center for Heath and Well-Being in the Suites on Maple East, during regular business hours. Free testing is available to all IUP students, regardless of whether you feel sick.
President Driscoll invites the IUP community to attend the public meeting of the IUP Council of Trustees on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room 6/7 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
Join us for our onsite Retirement Symposium on September 14, 2022, in the HUB from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.—a free, all-day event open to all IUP/PASSHE employees who are approaching this phase of life. This event is exclusively focused on one thing: helping you retire without feeling overwhelmed.
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Police Academy will host an Active Attack Integrated Response train the trainer course at the IUP Police Academy in Robertshaw September 12 through 16 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Last fall, Professor Stephanie Jozefowicz was elected to serve as the chair of the Department of Finance amd Economics in the Eberly College of Business.
A revision for master's and doctoral students on their time limitations to complete their degree, and information on the previous time limitations that were in place.
President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the US Department of Education have announced a three-part plan to help working and middle-class federal student loan borrowers transition back to regular payment as pandemic-related support expires. This plan includes loan forgiveness of up to $20,000.
Serve the IUP community by becoming a board member to help adjudicate alleged violations of university policy.
Learn about some key events this fall—from the IUP Day student involvement fair to Homecoming to Winter Commencement.
Did you play in your high school band? Are you looking for a place to reconnect with your love of music? Look no further! Please consider joining the IUP University Band this fall.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will welcome the majority of new students to campus for the fall semester on August 13 and 14 with a week-long schedule of events, including a new one-stop check-in process.
If you are seeking a new or updated professional headshot for the website or for a conference program, MarCom has scheduled headshots sessions on these days.
Seniority lists have been posted electronically on the HR Seniority Reports web page.
Following a national search, a professional with extensive and progressive financial aid experience has been selected to serve as director of Financial Aid at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Tiffany Potts, who most recently served as associate director of Financial Aid at IUP, was chosen for the position. Potts has been a staff member of the Office of Financial Aid since April 2010.
Over Memorial Day weekend, the IUP Men’s Rugby team traveled to New Orleans for the 2022 May Madness Rugby 7s National Championship matches, the largest US Collegiate Rugby Tournament. The IUP Men’s Rugby team went 6-0 and paved their way to the program’s first-ever national championship.
Changes to the COVID-19 Community Level classification of Allegheny County by the Centers for Disease Control are announced, along with reminders about respecting the use of masks and face coverings for IUP employees, students, and visitors.
The IUP Food Pantry and Help Center is holding a campus-wide food drive from Monday, June 6, through Friday, July 1, to help restock its shelves in preparation for the fall semester.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is committed to ensuring that our campus is a safe place for learning, living, and working. In accordance with the IUP Protection of Minors policy, all events involving minors, both on the IUP campus and those that occur off-campus but are sponsored by IUP, must be registered with the university using our Event Registry web page.
On campus this summer? North Dining will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for lunch and 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. for dinner.
On April 28, 2022, the IUP Student Accounting Association set another attendance record of 200 at its annual Recognition Dinner held at the Rustic Lodge in Indiana, Pennsylvania. The 200 people in attendance included 92 accounting professionals (81 of whom were IUP alumni) from 50 companies; 12 finance majors and 70 accounting majors; seven high school students; and 19 faculty and administrators.
IT Services must complete Banner maintenance on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Please review these services and their availability during this maintenance.
As part of ongoing work to create efficiencies and to reduce costs, a Summer Utilities Savings Pilot Program has been developed for summer 2022.
Employees and students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania celebrated raising more than $84,000 through the 2022 Hawks Helping Hawks campaign at a donor and volunteer appreciation event on April 25.
President Michael Driscoll talks about the success of recent events, a major gift to advance the IUP Academy of Culinary Arts building project, and the Unity Ball, a reinvented initiative focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Psychology Department invites you to the 2022 Psychology Day. Since the 2016 spring semester, the last Friday of classes is our collective expression of enthusiasm for psychological science, featuring invited speakers along with psychology students and their mentors presenting their scholarship activities.
Student Support and Engagement is proud to begin recruiting efforts for its Guide program for the 2022–23 school year. Guides will function as support and contact points between students and campus and community resources. Each Guide will be assigned a group of incoming students who they will “follow” through their first year at IUP.
On Monday, May 2, starting at 10:30 p.m. the Division of Student Affairs will host our end-of-semester Late Night Pancake meal in North Dining Hall. All students are welcome, whether or not they have a meal plan. The event is free of charge.
Celebrating Latino culture and intersectionality, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Latino Student Organization (LaSO) will host the inaugural IUP Unity Ball on April 23 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the IUP Hadley Union Building Ohio Room. The event will include refreshments catered by Casa Jaliso and dancing. Formal attire is requested. It is free and open to the community.
IUP President Michael Driscoll, members of IUP leadership, IUP professors, and student leaders will lead an open discussion on the topics that matter most to our students on April 18, 2022. The event will take place during the Crimson Common Hour from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Folger Student Center.
President Michael A. Driscoll invites the IUP community to a State of the University Address on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium.
If you are seeking a new or updated professional headshot for the website or for a conference program, MarCom has scheduled headshots sessions on these days.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will be celebrating some special members of the IUP community—including IUP’s nationally ranked athletic teams—as part of the 2022 Celebration Weekend planned for April 8 and 9.
Andrew Yim, second-year Composition and Applied Linguistics student and assistant director of the Jones White Writing Center, discusses his experiences with tutoring international students and strategies in the academic job market.
Join this Zoom event to connect with fellow scholars to discuss research projects, find fellow researchers, and more.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Haven Project invites your organization to show support to survivors of sexual assault with your participation in Take Back the Night 2022.
President Michael Driscoll talks about the successes of IUP student-athletes and Day of Giving and offers reminders about important upcoming university events, including Research Appreciation Week.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will showcase research collaboration and cutting-edge student and faculty research and creative activities during Research Appreciation Week at IUP from April 4 to 8, 2022. Traditional events continuing this year include the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Women’s Summit on April 4 and the Scholars Forum and Three-Minute Thesis competition on April 6.
IUP celebrates employees who completed 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 years of service to the university during the Employee Service Awards luncheon in the Blue Room.