While the IU Board of Trustees is meeting at IU South Bend on April 9, IU President Michael McRobbie and board members will be dedicating a State of Indiana Historical Marker. Located in the front of the campus along Mishawaka Avenue, the Marker will commemorate the history of IU South Bend. The same afternoon IU’s traveling exhibit, the Bicentennial Bus, will be parked nearby for visitors to experience 200 years of IU history.

IU Day is April 23 and IU South Bend community has created a time capsule to be buried on campus that day. The IU South Bend Bicentennial Committee asked the campus for ideas for items to put in the time capsule and is now collecting those selected and preparing them for their long rest.

IU South Bend Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and director of the Master of Liberal Studies program April Lidinsky has been named one of 25 IU Bicentennial Professors. They are available to travel the state delivering public presentations that describe their research or professional activities.

IU South Bend Professor Emeritus Pat Furlong was named campus historian and is co-chair of the IU South Bend Bicentennial Committee. A renowned historian, he is also available for presentations on IU’s history.

IU South Bend is awarding the IU Bicentennial Medal to deserving people on campus and in the community. The medals are made from bronze salvaged from the bells that hung in the Student Building on the IU Bloomington campus, which burned in 1990. Recipients recognized for distinguished and distinctive service by individuals or organizations in the communities the campus serves. 

 And the IU Bicentennial For All Campaign has raised more than $3 billion, already surpassing its goal as it enters its final year. IU South Bend has raised nearly $28 million in its portion of the campaign.

For information on Indiana University’s Bicentennial go to https://200.iu.edu/