UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA
Transcript: Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus.[ Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion "recognizes individuals who are shining examples of the values of IU and the universal academic community." President Ryan was the first to award this honor. It was first awarded to the president of Nanjing University on July 21, 1986. It honors individuals for distinction in public office or service, a significant relationship to Indiana University or Indiana, significant service to IU programs, students, or faculty, significant contribution to research or support for research. 3.Explorers Lewis and Clark set out from Fort Vincennes on their exploration of the Northwest Territory. 4.The movie "Hard Rain" was filmed in Huntingburg. 5.During WWII the P-47 fighter-plane was manufactured in Evansville at Republic Aviation. 6.Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis created the Raggedy Ann doll in 1914. 7.The first professional baseball game was played in Fort Wayne on May 4, 1871. 8.James Dean, a popular movie star of the 1950s in such movies as "East of Eden" and "Rebel without a Cause", was born February 8, 1941, in Marion. He died in an auto crash at age 24. First constitution of Indiana adopted, providing for a general system of education ascending from township schools to a state university. 1818 State legislature established Monroe County and appointed commissioner to locate and name town where courthouse could be situated. 1820 Legislative act adopted establishing a state seminary, January 20 (Founder's Day). In July, Board of Trustees choose location for seminary. 1822 Construction begun of Seminary building and professor's house. 1823 Baynard Rush Hall hired as first professor to teach in the Seminary. 1824 Classes begin with an enrollment of ten men, though Seminary building not yet complete. 1825 Seminary building completed. Teaching & Learning Academics Excellence in Education and Research Diverse Options for Learning IU offers incredible choices and unique opportunities—such as living communities, research, study abroad and other programs—that extend learning beyond the classroom and support student success. Education and research are the core missions of Indiana University Bloomington. Our prestigious faculty constantly strive to expand human knowledge, and they share what they learn with our talented students. In the process, IU has become a leading university in such diverse areas as music, business, the arts and humanities, the life sciences, law, library and information science, technology, education, journalism, nursing, and public affairs. All students in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete CASE English Composition (which can be satisfied by completing one of the courses approved for GenEd and Intensive Writing (IW). The purpose of the IW requirement is to provide students with practice in writing, preferably with a focus on the kinds of responding, analyzing, and evaluation appropriate to their major field, with substantive feedback provided by an instructor well-acquainted with the standards of good writing in that discipline. Departments have considerable latitude in defining what sorts of writing experiences are most appropriate for their majors; consequently the sorts of IW courses offered by different departments will vary. Indiana University and Bloomington squeeze a city's worth of culture into a college town, bringing together a wealth of cultural resources and the perspectives and talents of students from all 50 states and more than 125 countries. Indiana–Purdue rivalry, also referred to as the Purdue–Indiana rivalry, the IU–Purdue rivalry, or the Purdue-IU rivalry, is a fierce rivalry between the Indiana Hoosiers athletic teams of Indiana University and the Purdue Boilermakers athletic teams of Purdue University. It is regarded as one of the most intense collegiate rivalries in the United States, and one of the strongest and most followed collegiate rivalries in the Big Ten Conference The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers have played their home games at Memorial Stadium since 1960. The team has won the Big Ten Championship twice, once in 1945 and again in 1967. The Hoosiers have appeared in nine bowl games, including the 1968 Rose Bowl. The school's official colors are cream and crimson. The official IU Crimson is Pantone® 201.[1] However, in the 1970s former basketball coach Bob Knight and football coach Lee Corso started using uniforms that were more scarlet or bright red.[2] During the same time, cream gave
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