Solidarity in the Face of Disasters
It’s been a hard week for many in our alumni network, and we want you all to know: we care, and we’re here for you. A powerful and deadly super typhoon has devastated the southern provinces of the Philippines. Closer to home, deadly tornadoes struck in Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and in Indiana over the …
Storm Relief at IU Kokomo
Many Hoosier fans were gearing up to watch the IU men’s basketball game on Sunday afternoon while others sought cover as severe storms swept across the Midwest. A member of the IU campus family, the city of Kokomo, was hit especially hard with a 10-mile long tornado touching down, destroying about 50 homes and injuring …
Return of a Big Hit!
Last year, IUAA introduced the Game Watch in a Box program to you, our valued volunteers, and it was a huge success! Boxes were sold to chapters across the country to help provide some additional Hoosier spirit at game watch events. We received some great feedback from many of you which allowed us to make …
Greetings from the Professional Enrichment Movement at IUAA
Greetings from the new Professional Enrichment Movement at IUAA! It’s been an exciting time for me since I started my new role in September. I’ve been meeting with colleagues throughout the state and connecting with alumni around the globe who are thrilled that IUAA will be offering expanded career & professional enhancement services for members. …
What We’ve Learned About our Alumni Magazine
Greetings IUAA volunteers. We love our redesigned IU Alumni Magazine. But, we were happy to find out that alumni love it too! Last month, we asked a panel of IU alumni for feedback on the magazine. We wanted you to know how it fared (and how we’re responding). Some of the findings below, hot off …
Former Miss IU to Keynote Neal-Marshall Reunion
Nancy Streets-Lyons was the first and last black Miss IU, decades before a black woman would be named Miss America. “She is 73 now. Her eyebrows are thinner than they were in the old photos — her hair has turned gray. When she descends a staircase, she takes each step carefully. But there’s still a …
A New Approach to IU Homecoming
If you have not made plans to come back to Bloomington for IU Homecoming (October 31-November 2), make sure to do so as you will experience a wonderful weekend of great programming and events. After a year-long effort to retool and improve our approach to Homecoming, you will see a new branded look that will …
Inside the Fall Issue of the IU Alumni Magazine
The Fall issue of the IU Alumni Magazine is printed and mailed, and we hope by now you’ve dug into our latest effort to “share the spirit of IU.” With this post, we wanted to give you—our most loyal and engaged members and volunteers—a behind-the-scenes view of the magazine’s production. There’s an old saying in …
You Gotta Regatta!
Sometimes things are just a perfect fit. That’s probably the best way I can describe the IUPUI Regatta. It’s a canoe race on the downtown Indianapolis canal and has become the embodiment of IUPUI. It combines live music, food vendors, an art contest, student organizations, a dog costume contest and much more at an incredibly …
Above and Beyond: Support the programs that connect IU alumni
Thanks to the generosity of our most dedicated members, IUAA programs serve more than 570,000 IU alumni. Financial gifts “above and beyond” membership dues provide vital support for the many worthwhile programs the IUAA offers, including scholarships, the global alumni directory, the alumni community network, and community service, educational, and travel programs. Recognition for alumni …