şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř will present an honorary doctorate to one of its graduates and feature two student speakers, including an Indiana resident, at  commencement ceremonies  Dec. 14. There will be two separate ceremonies for the graduates and their families and friends. The ceremony for students earni
IUP’s production of “Violet Sharp” has been selected for regional competition at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region II, to be held at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia from January 13 to 17, 2009.
The IUP Council of Trustees on December 5, 2008, approved the naming of the Suites on Grant residence hall in honor of alumna Donna Putt for her six years of service, ending June 2006, on the  Foundation for IUP  board of directors. A 1969 graduate, Putt served as president of the Foundation board for two years an
INDIANA, Pa.—şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř Department of General Services Secretary James P. Creedon and şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř President Dr. Tony Atwater today announced that bid proposals have been awarded for the construction of the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex . Bids for the project initially came in
Naomi Tutu, daughter of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, will be the guest speaker for şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s Kwanzaa celebration on Dec. 6 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hadley Union Building’s Ohio Room. She will be joined by guest performer Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa, the IUP V
Hundreds of professional school counselors in the area will begin the new year with attendance at şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s sixth annual School Counselor Professional Development Day on Jan. 9, 2009. The free seminar is financially supported by the IUP  College of Education and Educational Technology  an
The Center for Counselor Training and Services will host Dr. Laura Riffel, of Lawrence, Kan., for a one-day workshop on functional behavior assessment December 5, 2008, at IUP’s Eberly College of Business and Information Technology Alumni Auditorium.
The premiere season of Sound Choices, presented by the  department of music  and  The Lively Arts  at şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř, continues Dec. 7 with the Holiday Music Festival at 3 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall, located on the second floor of IUP’s Sutton Hall. The concert features the IUP Chorale, IUP Cho
IUP’s Division of Emergency Services Training will offer its 2009 spring emergency medical technician-basic training program starting January 13, 2009.
IUP’s Music Theater will present "The Consul,” December 3-6, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in Waller Hall.
This recital has been postponed. More information will be released after the recital is rescheduled. The HoodleBug Brass, şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s faculty brass quintet, will present its annual fall recital on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church. The church is at Fourth and Church stree
INDIANA, Pa.—şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř broke ground for the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex  and celebrated a $1 million gift to name the 5,000-seat KCAC arena the Ed Fry Arena during ceremonies Thursday, November 13. Chad Hurley, a 1999 IUP graduate, made the gift in honor of Fry, his former
INDIANA, Pa.—Retired Air Force officer Lt. Col. Robert C. Anderson, an internationally recognized behavioral scientist and social worker, will receive an honorary doctor of public service degree at şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s December undergraduate  commencement  ceremony. Anderson is a 1967 graduate of IU
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř will celebrate the groundbreaking of the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex , as well as a seven-figure donation to the project, during a ceremony at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 13, at the convention center's site along Wayne Avenue. IUP will honor the donor, 1999 gradu
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s  Center for Family Business  will present a seminar, “Recruiting, Hiring and Retaining the Best Employees,” on Nov. 12 from 5 to 7 p.m.  in the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology auditorium. The event is co-sponsored by the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce a
The  Lively Arts  at şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř will present the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Camerata in a joint concert Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in the IUP  Performing Arts Center’s   Fisher Auditorium . The program is part of the 2008–09 Performance Plus season. This special all-Viv
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s department of computer science  will offer Information Assurance  Day, a day of programs on the topic of information assurance, on Nov. 7. The event is free and open to the community. Programs are scheduled for Johnson Hall, Room 247. Information assurance operations protect a
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s Friends of the  IUP Libraries  will present “The Golden Age of Workers’ Education and the Labor Chautauquas in West Central şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř” on Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. The program is free and open to the community. It will be held in Breezedale Alumni Center Library. IUP  history  pro
Six graduates of şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř, including a graduate from Indiana County and a Cambria County native, will be honored with the 2008 Young Alumni Achievement Award on Nov. 10.
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř will formally open its Pittsburgh office with an open house Nov. 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the community. The Pittsburgh office, located in the National City Building, 20 Stanwix St., is staffed by Pittsburgh native Debra Valentine-Gray, who serves a
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř will take over Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall on Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. for IUP Plays Pittsburgh, IUP’s second annual event at Heinz Hall. The program will showcase the talents of IUP faculty and students with performances by the IUP Symphony Orchestra and tuba-euphonium ensemble, IUP Percus
The following students are 2008 summer graduates of the IUP Academy of Culinary Arts in Punxsutawney. Â
See which students made the Dean’s List for Summer 2008 by earning a 3.25 grade-point average or higher based on at least 12 semester hours of graded coursework.
Students are named to the Dean's Recognition List for academic excellence at the  Academy of Culinary Arts  when they achieve a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher. The academy, located in Punxsutawney, is one of only 112 programs in the United States fully accredited by the American Culinary Federation. Programs
Educator and author Arthur Kelly will open IUP’s Southcentral şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř Writing Project Fall Conference on November 8 in the Hadley Union Building.
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř will host a free panel discussion, “Financial Markets in Crisis: What This Means for You,” on Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s Eberly College of Business and Information Technology  has been included for the fifth year in a row in the The Princeton Review’s “Best 296 Business Schools.” The Princeton Review’s guidebooks program accepts no advertising dollars and uses independent surveys from current st
Call them “suites” or “residential communities,” but don’t call them “dorms.”
The Foundation for şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř and IUP formally cut the ribbon on September 26 for the Phase II buildings of the $270 million Residential Revival, the largest project of its kind in the nation.
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s  Council of Trustees  on Friday approved the naming of a conference room in IUP’s  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex  in honor of the PNC Foundation. The PNC Foundation made a $300,000 gift to the KCAC in July. The donation will be used for construction costs for the
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř will formally break ground for the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex  at 10 a.m. on Nov. 13 at the site along Wayne Avenue, adjacent to campus. The facility is a 150,000-square-foot building that will offer a 4,000- to 6,000-seat arena, the 500-seat Christine Toretti Aud
Enrollment at şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř is at 14,310 students for fall 2008, which includes two all-time highs: freshman and other new-student enrollment of 3,204 and graduate enrollment of 2,382. Enrollment in 2007 totaled 14,018, which included 2,673 freshmen and new students and 2,294 graduate students.
IUP's chapter of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society has received its second Silver Torch Award for overall excellence.
IUP will officially cut the ribbon to open the IUP Performing Arts Center at 7:00 p.m. on September 18, 2008. The PAC, a $12-million project, includes extensive renovations of Fisher Auditorium and Waller Hall and joins these two buildings with a 20,000-square-foot addition and grand atrium lobby.
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř will formally break ground for the  Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex  on Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. along Wayne Avenue adjacent to campus. The ceremony is open to the community. It will include şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř Gov. Edward G. Rendell along with community and university dignitaries.
The University Museum at şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř will hold its annual fundraising gala, “Indiana Bones: An Evening at the Explorers' Club,” on Sept. 6.
With the receipt of $351,400 from the şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř Department of Education, IUP will continue its Act 101 Higher Education Equal Opportunity Program initiatives at the Indiana campus and add programming at  IUP at Punxsutawney  to assist qualified first-year students in making a successful transition to university lif
şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř is included in the 2009 edition of The Princeton Review’s “The Best 368 Colleges.” This is the eighth consecutive year IUP has been selected for this annual guidebook.
The PNC Foundation has announced a $300,000 contribution to şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Center.
IUP recently called on James Watkins, 80, of White Township, a retired stonemason, to lay mortar for the final stone atop a seven-by-50-foot wall in the courtyard of the suite-style student-housing buildings along Grant and Maple streets.  Stones used to build the wall were taken from the landmark retaining wall, com
Bolstering their public-private partnership and commitment to the development of the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex , the Foundation for IUP and şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř announced today the selection of The Horizon Team to develop the hotel property connected to the KCAC. The Horizon Team, a
Thousands of patrons have enjoyed performances in  Fisher Auditorium  over the years, and during the renovation and construction of the breezeway that now connects it with Waller Theater, cultural events have taken place in other locations. The new IUP Performing Arts Center is scheduled to open this fall, and the
IUP students Michael “Fred” Frederick and Dan Esten are bicycling from Indiana, Pa., to Anchorage, Alaska, as part of the Tour for the Cure they established to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
After a successful three-year stint at Anderson University, Jeff Dow has been named the head coach of the IUP women’s basketball program.
The health and physical education department’s Exercise Science program recently was awarded initial five-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Â
Megan Bond was the nation’s only recipient of the Lambda Alpha Charles Jenkins Scholarship.
The Foundation for şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř and IUP will break ground Thursday, May 8, for Phase III of the Residential Revival project.
The inaugural presentation in IUP’s First Commonwealth Endowed Lecture Series on Oct. 1 will feature political commentators James Carville and Mary Matalin.
Dr. Jack Stamp, chair of the Department of Music  and director of band studies at şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř, has been selected as IUP’s 2008–2009 University Professor. This award—presented to an IUP faculty member who demonstrates an outstanding record of teaching, research and scholarly activity and ser
Robert E. Cook Honors College student Theresa Huber was honored for sound design.
Jerry Salandro M'76 and his wife, Leslie, have donated equipment to the College of Education and Educational Technology that was inspired by research Salandro conducted as an IUP graduate student. Â
Cook Honors College Student Gina Russo is the tenth IUP student to earn this prestigious award in the last twelve years.
The John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security at IUP established the program to enhance and promote research and teaching capabilities in the homeland security field.
Seniors Brittany Pikur and Sean Strauman were honored at the All-American and Athletic Banquet.
Takes place in Memorial Field House on Wednesday, April 16 at 9:15 a.m.
The şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř State System of Higher Education has approved IUP's tenth doctoral degree program.
The program will be the first of its kind in şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř and will be offered beginning in fall 2009.
John Kopchick ’72, M’75, an internationally recognized leader in the growth hormone field, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Science degree and serve as keynote speaker at next month's university Commencement. The ceremony will take place May 10 at 11:00 a.m. at Miller Stadium. More than 1,600 graduates are expect
Four faculty members received Distinguished Faculty Awards for teaching, research, community service, and creative arts.
Jennifer Haigh, author of Baker Towers, a New York Times bestseller, will serve as the Schafer Distinguished Speaker April 15 at 8 p.m. in McVitty Auditorium, Sprowls Hall.
As part of an initiative to provide a fair comparison between the institutions, IUPÂ has joined the national Voluntary System of Accountability.
Women's Basketball Coach Cindy Martin was selected East Region Coach of the Year by her peers in the WBCA.
The şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř Women’s Commission with the IUP Center for Student Life , Health AWAREness, and the Haven Project will observe domestic and sexual violence awareness month in April with the annual “Take Back the Night” event April 16. The program will take place starting with an awareness
In conjunction with şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s Eighth Festival of Women Composers International , March 27 – 29, seven special concerts will be offered free to the community. “The Festival of Women Composers International’s mission is to provide gender balance in the curriculum through generating info
Daniel Shively, a librarian at şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř, has donated a deed dated 1808 to the  IUP Libraries Special Collections and University Archives . The deed was issued to his great-great-great-grandfather Daniel Shively and is signed by President Thomas Jefferson and future President James Mad
IUP alumnus Steve Pasierb and professor John McCarthy will present the program April 4 at IUP’s Eberly Auditorium.Â
Twelve IUP alumni will be honored at the Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner in April, sponsored by the IUP Alumni Association.
While the university’s new website was launched January 31 and departments and offices continue to contribute to it, one page in particular is receiving special attention. “The web team is monitoring the traffic of the new site, and they’ve found one page in particular to be a standout,” said Robert Davies, vice pr
This event honors students, Distinguished Alumni Award winners, and Distinguished Faculty Award winners.
This forum, in which undergraduates present original research, scholarly activities, or creative endeavors, takes place April 1 on the IUP campus.
While Residential Revival construction rumbles on, it is becoming evident that the project is more than bricks and mortar. The end results afford study lounges, conference rooms, multipurpose rooms, and resource rooms that facilitate out-of-classroom learning experiences. Each suite-style building becomes a focal po
IUP’s games in this weekend’s NCAA Division II East Region Women’s Basketball Tournament will be available by webcast.
Fresh off its second straight PSAC championship, the IUP women’s basketball team has been selected to host the NCAA Division II East Region tournament beginning Friday.
For the second straight year, IUP's women's basketball team heads into the PSAC championship.
Suites on Grant--Lower named for Susan Snell Delaney '64, a member of the IUP Council of Trustees.
Stacey Hanson was selected to receive the K. Leroy Irvis Undergraduate Scholarship, while graduate student William (Corey) Burnett was selected for the John S. Shropshire Graduate Scholarship.
IUP downed Shippensburg 55-48 in the quarterfinal round of the PSAC tournament Tuesday.
IUP Magazine won the Gold Award in the External Publications category of the Twenty-third Annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report.
From IUP Reporter, a monthly newsletter published by the Communications Office.     Four IUP students have been selected for a competitive international scholarship to study abroad during the spring 2008 semester. Recipients of the Freeman Awards for Study in Asia are Chad Buckwalter, an international bu
From IUP Reporter, a monthly newsletter published by the   Communications Office.     Brigadier General Rodney Ruddock ’65, M’75 and Ellen Sylves Ruddock ’65 will receive the 2008 President’s Medal of Distinction at the 2008 Leader’s Circle event on March 13 at Rustic Lodge. The Ruddocks will be recogn
FirstEnergy Foundation has made a $20,000 contribution to the Foundation for IUP for the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.