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Executive Council Leaders for FY 2025 Needed!

My office has barely started the new fiscal year, but recruitment is all year-round! Please think about your IU community members who would be excellent Executive Council members. It’s important to get a wide variety of races, ethnicities, genders, campuses, backgrounds, and locations in our pool. You could nominate yourself, a leader you know, or …

Posted in the following categories: Events, IUAA Policies

Alumni Spotlight: A Duet with Anders Hui and Andrew Ling

Anders and Andrew met while attending the Jacobs School of Music back in 2001. Sharing a commonality of being from Hong Kong, they quickly turned friends and are now colleagues in the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Currently, Anders serves as the second associate concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and Andrew serves as principal …

Posted in the following categories: History and Inspiration, Spotlight

Emerging Alumni Leaders: Meet Courtney Robb

“The opportunities were so incredibly endless,” said Courtney Robb, BA’18, on her time as a student at Indiana University. As an Emerging Alumni Leader, Courtney has continued to take advantage of the plentiful opportunities that IU offers to its alumni. During her time as a student, Courtney became heavily involved in the sports media and …

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Alumni Spotlight: George Woo

A distinguished and accomplished academic, Dr. George Woo, shares his drive to become a better clinician and practitioner after working for Canada Red Cross drove him attend the Indiana University School of Optometry to pursue his MS and PhD in Physiological Optics. After spending time at Indiana University, Dr. Woo taught at the University of …

Posted in the following categories: History and Inspiration, Spotlight

2023 IU Alumni Census is Live

The count is IN! As of this month, Indiana University has 774,828 unique graduates, an increase of more than 14,000 alumni, year over year. This makes IU’s one of the largest living alumni bodies in the world. Learn more about the Alumni Census, including census counts for graduates by school, campus, and geographic area. We …

Posted in the following categories: History and Inspiration, Notes from the CEO

Emerging Alumni Leaders – Meet Brooklin Sims

Brooklin Sims, BS’20 and MJ’22, serves on the Board for the Groups Alumni Association. Her involvement in the organization stems from the immensely positive and impactful experience she had as a Groups Scholar on the IU Bloomington campus. During her time as a student, she served on the Groups Conduct Board and participated in IU …

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Emerging Alumni Leaders: Meet Rudrani Angira

As an international student and professional, Rudrani Angira, MS ’17, holds the Asian Pacific Islander Community close to her heart. She came to IU from Delhi, India. Rudrani knew she wanted to further her studies in computer science, and she was impressed with the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering’s reputation and the research …

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Congratulations to the Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Awardees

Neal-Marshall Alumni Club is pleased to announce this year’s awardees for both the Alumni Achievement Award and the Rising Star Award. 2023 Alumni Achievement Awardees: Brian A. Burt, BA’04 Alum of IU School of Education https://brianaburt.wordpress.com/ “Dr. Burt’s research has pushed the education field by introducing a new voice to student identity research by focusing …

Posted in the following categories: Events, History and Inspiration

Know Before You Go to Alumni Leaders Weekend 2023

We’re excited to welcome everyone back to Bloomington for Alumni Leaders Weekend. We cannot wait to celebrate you and have a lot of fun! First time attendees We recently hosted a 30-minute “Know Before You Go” webcast (here’s the link) that offers more in-depth information about the weekend, who will be there, and what to …

Posted in the following categories: Events, Tips and Tools

Celebrate Alumni Volunteer Excellence

The Indiana University Alumni Association values service, loyalty, and volunteer leadership. During Alumni Leaders Weekend, June 23—24, the IUAA will honor nine alumni volunteers who exemplify these qualities. 2023 IUAA President’s Award honorees IUAA’s highest award, the President’s Award. Established in 1990, President’s Award is the highest award for alumni volunteers and is for outstanding …

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Emerging Alumni Leaders: Meet Thrasher Carmichael

This week’s Emerging Alumni Leader is Thrasher Carmichael, BA’17, MHA’19, and MPH’19. He discusses the various facets of his IUPUI education and alumni involvement with IUAA Student Fellow Kaitlin Scott. Thrasher grew up a triplet in Greenwood, Indiana and was grateful that his parents instilled in him the value of education. When it came time …

Posted in the following categories: Spotlight

Emerging Alumni Leaders: Meet Zoe Berensztein

Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Zoe Berensztein, BA’22, oozes with IU pride. Her family relocated to Bloomington, Indiana when she was 13 years old, making her familiar with IU’s presence in the community. “The thing when you grow up in Bloomington is that you know how great IU is, and you’re very familiar with everything …

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