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Indiana University of Pennsylvania (or IUP) is a public university located in the borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 of Indiana
Indiana, Pennsylvania

Indiana is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, part of the Pittsburgh DMA. The population was 14,895 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, USA
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, northeast of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a large public university system in the United States....
 (PaSSHE) and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university. It is governed by a local Council of Trustees and the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. IUP has branch campuses at Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Punxsutawney is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 84 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. In 1907, Punxsutawney and Claysville boroughs were consolidated and incorporated as Greater Punxsutawney....
, Northpointe, and Monroeville
Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Monroeville is a home rule municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 29,349 at the United States Census 2000....
.

was conceived as Indiana Normal School
Normal school

A normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose was to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name....
, first chartered in 1871 by Indiana County investors.






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Indiana University of Pennsylvania (or IUP) is a public university located in the borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 of Indiana
Indiana, Pennsylvania

Indiana is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, part of the Pittsburgh DMA. The population was 14,895 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, USA
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, northeast of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a large public university system in the United States....
 (PaSSHE) and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university. It is governed by a local Council of Trustees and the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. IUP has branch campuses at Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Punxsutawney is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 84 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. In 1907, Punxsutawney and Claysville boroughs were consolidated and incorporated as Greater Punxsutawney....
, Northpointe, and Monroeville
Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Monroeville is a home rule municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 29,349 at the United States Census 2000....
.

History

IUP was conceived as Indiana Normal School
Normal school

A normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose was to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name....
, first chartered in 1871 by Indiana County investors. The school was created under the Normal School Act, which passed the Pennsylvania General Assembly
Pennsylvania General Assembly

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The legislature convenes in the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
 on 20 May 1857. Normal schools established under the act were to be private corporations in no way dependent upon the state treasury. They were to be "state" normal schools only in the sense of being officially recognized by the commonwealth.

The school opened its doors in 1875 following the mold of the French Ecole Normale. When it opened its doors it enrolled just 225 students. All normal school events were held within a single building which also contained a laboratory school for model teaching. In 1927 it became Indiana State College. In 1965, the institution achieved university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 status and became Indiana University of Pennsylvania, or IUP.

IUP maintains a total enrollment of over 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students making it the largest school in the system and the only one elevated to doctoral granting status in PaSSHE's enabling legislation Pennsylvania Act 188 of 1982. Today IUP is classified as a Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Intensive university and is accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Universities, NCATE, and AACSB.

Colleges

IUP offers over 100 undergraduate degree programs and 40 graduate degree programs under the direction of 7 colleges/schools. The university awards the: A.A., B.A., B.S., B.S.Ed., B.F.A., M.A., M.S., M.Ed., M.F.A., Ed.D., Psy.D., and Ph.D. The highest non-degree award presented by IUP is the President's Medal of Distinction. A Pharm.D. is currently in the planning stages.

Robert E. Cook Honors College was founded to offer an even more rigorous liberal studies curriculum. The Honors College replaces standard classes with a seminar style, discourse-based "Honors Core." This college was endowed by Robert E. Cook, an IUP mathematics alumnus.

IUP's mascot: Crimson Hawks


Campus

Suttonhall
IUP's main campus is a mix of old and new red brick structures. Its original building, a Victorian structure named John Sutton Hall
John Sutton Hall

John Sutton Hall is the main building of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Constructed between 1873 and 1875, the building was the first constructed for the Indiana Normal School....
 once housed the entire school. Today Sutton Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
. It stands at the heart of campus—there was a fight to preserve it in 1974 when the administration scheduled it for demolition. Ironically, today it houses many administrative offices and reception areas. Breezedale Alumni Center is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
. The Victorian mansion was once home to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice.

The campus boasts a planetarium
Planetarium

File:Planetarium-Thursday-1-July-2008.JPGFile:Belgrade Planetarium theatre day.jpgFile:Belgrade Planetarium theatre night.jpgA planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation....
, University Museum, black box theater, recently renovated Hadley Union Building (HUB), extensive music library, and a newly remodeled Cogswell Hall for the university's music community. Stapleton Library boasts 900,000-plus bound volumes and over 2 million microform units. At the heart of campus is the Oak Grove. Many alumni recall this spot because of its centrality and the many events that occur there. In January 2000 former President Lawrence K. Pettit established a board to create the Allegheny Arboretum at IUP. This group works to furnish the Oak Grove with flora native to the region. The university also operates an Academy of Culinary Arts
Culinary art

Culinary art is the art of cooking. The word "culinary" is defined as something related to, or connected with, cooking or kitchens. A culinarian is a person working in the culinary arts....
 in Punxsutawney and a police academy
Police Academy

Police Academy is a series of comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, was released in 1994....
 at its main campus.

The university's Student Cooperative Association also owns College Lodge several miles from campus. It provides skiing, biking, hiking, and disc golf
Disc golf

Disc golf is a Flying disc games in which individual players throw a flying disc into a basket or at a target. According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, "The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc."...
ing opportunities. Boat access is also made available through the Cooperative Association.

Current president: Tony Atwater announced an initiative to demolish many of the 1970 era dormitories on campus. Demolition began during summer 2006 and facilities are being replaced with residence halls that are more modern. Construction is ongoing with at least two new dormitories completed as of Fall Semester 2008. These suite style rooms are similar to those being built at other universities in PaSSHE.

Facilities



Academic Buildings: John A.H. Keith Hall (history, political science), Joseph Uhler Hall (psychology, criminology), Zink Hall (health, physical education), Davis Hall (journalism/education), Edna Sprowls Hall (art), Hamlin E. and Dorothy Cogswell Hall (music), Andrew W. Wilson Hall (criminology), Jane Leonard Hall (English, geography), Jean R. McElhaney Hall (economics, sociology, anthropology), Reschini House (technology education), Patrick J. Stapleton Jr Library (main library), Rhodes R. Stabley Library (media, children's library), Jeannie Ackerman Hall (fashion, family/consumer science, interior design), Eicher Hall (writing center), Eberly College of Business, Stright Hall (mathematics, computer sciences, graduate school), Sally B. Johnson Hall (safety sciences, nursing), Weyandt Hall (science), Matthew J. Walsh Hall (science), Pierce Hall (ROTC), George A. Stouffer Hall (counseling, communications, education), Walter M. Whitmyre Hall (honors college)

Administrative Buildings: Willis Pratt Hall (student activities), Campus Towers (university police, visitor center), President's Residence, Silas M. Clark Hall (bursar
Bursar

A Bursar is a senior professional finance academic administration in a school or university. According to the bursar's website at San Jose State University, ?Bursar is a term unique to higher education and means a Business Officer, or Custodian of University Funds....
, registrar
Registrar (academic)

In education outside the United Kingdom, a registrar or registrary is an official in an academic institution who handles student records....
), McClellan Gordon Hall, Samuel W. Jack Cogeneration Plant (power plant), Robertshaw Building, R&P Office Building, John Sutton Hall ("Old Main")

Public Venues: Olive K. Folger Hall (food court, Crimson Events Center), Hadley Union Building (HUB), John S. Fisher Auditorium, David J. Waller Hall, George P. Miller Stadium, Memorial Field House, Foster Hall (dining), Daugherty Field, Oak Grove, Flagstone Amphitheater, Breezedale Alumni Center

Residential Buildings: Sutton Suites(Fall 2009), Suites on Pratt(Fall 2009), Whitmyre Hall (honors college), , Campus Towers, University Towers, McCarthy Hall, Elkin Hall, Delaney Hall, Suites on Maple East, Suites on Maple West, Northern Suites, Putt Hall

Former Facilities: David L. Lawrence
David L. Lawrence

David Leo Lawrence was an United States politician who served as the United States Democratic Party Governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1963....
 Hall (Governor's Quad), William W. Scranton Hall (Governor's Quad), Raymond P. Shafer
Raymond P. Shafer

Raymond Philip Shafer served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971. He had previously served as Lieutenant Governor from 1963 to 1967....
 Hall (Governor's Quad) (Governor's Quad being demolished May 2009) Sutton Hall (dining/residence), Corrine Menk Wahr Hall (men's residence), Administrative Annex/Military Hall, Memorial Athletic Field, Stanley House, Catawba House, McGregor Hall, Mabel Mack Hall (Tri-Halls), Hope Stewart Hall (Tri-Halls), Agnes Turnbull
Agnes Sligh Turnbull

Agnes Sligh Turnbull was a bestselling United States writer, most noted for her works of historical fiction based in her native Western Pennsylvania....
 Hall (Tri-Halls), and J. Nicholas Langham Hall, Gordon Hall.

Planned Facilities: Kovalchick Convocation Center and hotel, Student Residential Revival III

Greek Organizations


Fraternities


Acacia
Acacia Fraternity

Acacia Fraternity is a Fraternities and sororities originally based out of freemasonry tradition. At its founding in 1904, membership was originally restricted to those who had taken the Masonic obligations, and the organization was built on those ideals and principles....
, Alpha Chi Rho
Alpha Chi Rho

Alpha Chi Rho is a men's collegiate Fraternities and sororities founded on June 4, 1895 at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut by the Reverend Paul Ziegler, his son Carl Ziegler, and Carl's friends William Rouse, Herbert T....
, Chi Phi
Chi Phi

The 'Chi Phi' Fraternity is an American college social fraternities and sororities that was established as the result of three separate organizations that each were known as Chi Phi....
, Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Phi

Delta Sigma Phi is a fraternities and sororities established at the City College of New York in 1899 and is a charter member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference....
, Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta

Delta Tau Delta is a United States-based international Fraternities and sororities.Delta Tau Delta was founded in 1858 at Bethany College , Bethany, West Virginia ....
, Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi

Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity is an American Fraternities and sororities....
, Phi Kappa Tau
Phi Kappa Tau

Phi Kappa Tau is a United States national Fraternities and sororities....
, Phi Mu Delta
Phi Mu Delta

Phi Mu Delta is a small, national Fraternities and sororities founded on March 1, 1918 at the Universities of University of Connecticut, University of New Hampshire, and University of Vermont....
, Pi Lambda Phi
Pi Lambda Phi

Pi Lambda Phi is a college social Fraternities and sororities founded by Frederick Manfred Werner, Louis Samter Levy, and Henry Mark Fisher at Yale University in 1895....
, Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi

Sigma Chi is one of the largest and oldest all-male, college, greek alphabet social fraternities and sororities and a secret society. Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon....
, Sigma Pi
Sigma Pi

Sigma Pi is an international college social fraternities and sororities with chapters in the United States and Canada. Like most social fraternities, membership is by invitation and limited to men....
, Sigma Tau Gamma
Sigma Tau Gamma

Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity or "Sig Tau" is a United States all-male college social fraternities and sororities founded on June 28, 1920 at University of Central Missouri ....
, Theta Chi
Theta Chi

Theta Chi Fraternity is an international Fraternities and sororities. It was founded on April 10, 1856 as the Theta Chi Society, at Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont, United States, and was the 21st of the 71 North-American Interfraternity Conference men's fraternities ....
, Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi

Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek alphabet Fraternities and sororities with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin....
, Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate Fraternities and sororities established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Alpha Phi Alpha has initiated over 185,000 men into the organization and has been open to men of all races since 1940....
, Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega

Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members....
 (Community Service), Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma

?S is an international fraternities and sororities with currently 216 chapters and 29 colonies in North America. There have been more than 250,000 initiates, of which more than 182,500 are living and more than 12,000 are undergraduates....
, Phi Sigma Pi
Phi Sigma Pi

Phi Sigma Pi is a national coeducational honor Fraternities and Sororities based in the United States. The fraternity is a 501 not-for-profit organization incorporated in the state of Pennsylvania, with the purpose of fostering the ideals of scholarship, leadership and fellowship....
, Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon

Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternities and sororities founded on January 10th, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent ....
, Phi Beta Sigma
Phi Beta Sigma

Phi Beta Sigma is a predominantly African-American Fraternities and sororities which was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students....
, Rho Tau Chi (Military/Community Service),

Sororities

Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Gamma Delta

Alpha Gamma Delta is an international women's fraternities and sororities founded in 1904 at Syracuse University. The Fraternity promotes academic excellence, philanthropic giving, ongoing leadership and personal development, and a spirit of loving sisterhood....
, Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Alpha

Alpha Sigma Alpha is a US national sorority founded on November 15, 1901 at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. There are now over 73 chapters of Alpha Sigma Alpha nationwide with more than 60,000 members....
, Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Sigma Tau

Alpha Sigma Tau is a national National Panhellenic Conference Fraternities and sororities founded on November 4, 1899, at Michigan State Normal College ....
, Alpha Xi Delta
Alpha Xi Delta

Alpha Xi Delta was founded on April 17, 1893 by ten women at Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, who shared a vision of an organization dedicated to the personal growth of women....
, Delta Gamma
Delta Gamma

Delta Gamma is one of the oldest, largest and prestigious women's fraternities and sororities in the United States and Canada, with its Executive Offices based in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio....
, Delta Phi Epsilon
Delta Phi Epsilon (social)

Delta Phi Epsilon is an international Student organizations in North America founded on March 17, 1917 at New York University School of Law in New York City....
, Delta Zeta
Delta Zeta

Delta Zeta is a college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Today, Delta Zeta has 158 collegiate chapters in the United States and over 200 alumnae chapters in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada....
, Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa

Sigma Kappa is a fraternities and sororities founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Sigma Kappa was founded by five women: Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn....
, Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma

Sigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma or Sigma, is a national American women?s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members....
, Theta Phi Alpha
Theta Phi Alpha

Theta Phi Alpha women's Fraternity was founded at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 30, 1912. Theta Phi Alpha is one of 26 national sororities recognized in the National Panhellenic Conference....
, Zeta Tau Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha

Zeta Tau Alpha is a women's Fraternities and sororities, founded October 15, 1898 at what used to be State Female Normal School but is now known as Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia....


Accolades


IUP faculty has won nearly 60 Fulbright Exchange Awards since 1959, enabling them to study and conduct research in 27 countries. Two faculty members have been awarded the Rome Prize
Rome Prize

The Rome Prize is a prestigious United States award made annually, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists and to 15 scholars ....
. In addition, the university's John P. Murtha Institute of Homeland Security has garnered numerous grants. It facilitates research and trains first responders and members of the military to prevent potential terrorist acts.

Arts are a big part of IUP culture as evidenced by continual theatrical appearances at venues such as the Kennedy Center and Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh. IUP's "Legend" Marching Band is known as "The Pride of Pennsylvania" and "The Beast of the East" and is well-known throughout the region.

IUP students have earned accolades including: Fulbright Scholar, Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest all-discipline honor society in the United States. It was founded in 1897, fourth after other similar academic societies: Phi Beta Kappa for the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tau Beta Pi for Engineering, and Sigma Xi for Scientific Research, chronologically ....
 grants, Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Ronald E. McNair Scholar, Gilman Scholar, Finnegan Fellow
Finnegan Foundation

The James A. Finnegan Foundation was founded in 1960 and incorporated under Pennsylvania law as a 501 non-profit organization. It is governed by an independent Board of Directors, many of whom are Finnegan Alumni....
, and the PaSSHE Ali-Zaidi award.

Athletics

IUP's athletic department (The Crimson Hawks) sponsors 19 varsity sports, including 8 for men and 11 for women. IUP competes in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is a list of college athletic conferences that participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II....
 (PSAC) of NCAA Division II.

Men's Sports: football, basketball, baseball, cross country, golf, swimming, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field

Women's Sports: basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, cross country, volleyball, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field.

Club Sports (not sponsored by the University): men's ice hockey, women's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, equestrian, men's rugby, women's rugby, water polo, and paintball, co-ed ultimate frisbee.

IUP annually produces teams and individuals that compete for championships on the conference, regional and national levels. The 2004-05 school year saw 12 sports either send their teams or individuals to NCAA postseason competition.

The IUP football team is considered one of the best year-to-year teams in NCAA Division II. IUP has been to the NCAA Division II National Title game twice (1990 and 1993). In both cases, IUP came up short, finishing the season as runner-up. While Division II teams rarely appear on TV, IUP has appeared on regional telecasts in 1968 at the Boardwalk Bowl and 2006 against California University of PA. The team has also been on national TV while playing in the Division II National Title games in 1990 and 1993. On November 2, 2006, a game against Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is a public, master's-level university that offers some doctoral programs in cooperation with Indiana University of Pennsylvania....
 was nationally televised on the TV channel, CSTV.

Conference champions

  • Baseball - 1960, 1973, 1980, 1988, 1990
  • Men’s Basketball - 1960, 1974, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004
  • Women’s Basketball – 1988, 2007, 2008
  • Men’s Cross Country - 1972, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983
  • Women’s Cross Country - 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990
  • Women’s Field Hockey - 2007
  • Football - 1986, 1987; Division Titles - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
  • Gymnastics - 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
  • Golf - 1957, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004(Spring), 2007, 2008
  • Women’s Soccer – 1995, 2004
  • Women’s Swimming - 1999
  • Women’s Outdoor Track – 1988
  • Volleyball – 2002


Mascot

IUP originally dubbed its sports teams the "Indians", So it then became a nod to the town and school's name, and used a costumed student as mascot. The Indian mascot was eliminated in the 1990s and later replaced by Cherokee, a black bear
Black bear

Black bear may refer to:*American Black Bear*Asiatic Black Bear, including its subspecies *Maine Black Bears, the athletic teams representing the University of Maine...
. In December 2006, the Council of Trustees acquiesced to NCAA pressure and adopted the new nickname and logo. The university was also later forced to change the mascot. After a campus poll in 2002, in which the student body voted in favor of the "Fighting Squirrels", it was decided by the school's administration that the new mascot would be called the IUP "Crimson Hawk", a scarlet fowl who hatched out of an egg on IUP's 2007 opening season football game against Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public, co-educational historically black university that is a part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education....
. In 2008, the name for the mascot was revealed at a men's basketball game. He was dubbed, Norm, in reference to the school's previous name, Indiana Normal School.

Alma mater

To our noble Alma Mater's name, we, her children sing a joyful lay,
and to her a new allegiance pledge, that lives beyond a day.

Chorus:

Sing, oh sing! Our Alma Mater's praise. Hail, oh hail! Her color's gleaming hue.
Give to her our homage and our love, and to her name be true.

A pray'r for her who sheltr'd us, a hope no child her name will stain,
a cheer thrice giv'n with hearty voice, and now the sweet refrain.

Of loyalty are symbols twain, her colors crimson and the gray,
"Dear Indiana Mother Fair," the burden of our lay.

People

Clearfield County
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Clearfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population was 83,382.Clearfield County was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Counties but was administered as part of Centre County, Pennsylvania until 1812....
 native Jane E. Leonard, the normal school's first preceptress, played a pivotal role in overseeing students in the early years. She maintained an apartment in John Sutton Hall until her death in 1924; she devoted nearly 50 years to the institution. Her funeral was held in the school chapel, now Gorrell Recital Hall.

Role of Presidents


IUP's executive has changed names and roles with the evolving institution. The original title for the chief executive was principal whilst president was reserved for Mr. John Sutton as presiding officer of Indiana Normal School's Board of Trustees.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1965-)
  • Dr. Tony Atwater
    Tony Atwater

    Tony K. Atwater, AAS, BA, MA, Ph.D., is president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania , a public university in Indiana, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
    ; President, 2005-Present
  • Dr. Diane Reinhard, Interim President, 2004
  • Dr. Derek Hodgson; President, 2003-2004
  • Dr. Lawrence K. Pettit; President, 1992-2003
  • Dr. Charles Fuget; Interim President, 1991-1992
  • Dr. John D. Welty
    John Welty

    Dr. John Welty is the president of California State University, Fresno. He was appointed president on July 29, 1991. Before coming to Fresno, he had previously served as president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania for seven years....
    ; President, 1984-1991
  • Dr. John D. Welty
    John Welty

    Dr. John Welty is the president of California State University, Fresno. He was appointed president on July 29, 1991. Before coming to Fresno, he had previously served as president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania for seven years....
    ; Interim President, 1984
  • Dr. John E. Worthen
    John E. Worthen

    John E. Worthen is the 11th President of Ball State University and the 20th President of Indiana University of Pennsylvania....
    ; President, 1979-1984
  • Mr. Bernard J. Ganley; Interim President, 1979
  • Dr. Robert C. Wilburn
    Robert Wilburn

    Robert C. Wilburn is the first and current president and Chief Executive Officer of the Gettysburg Foundation. He served as president and CEO of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh and as president of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation....
    ; President, 1975-1979
  • Dr. William W. Hassler; President, 1969-1975


Indiana State Teachers College (1927-1965)
  • Dr. Willis E. Pratt; President of the College/University, 1948-1968
  • Dr. John Davis; Acting President, 1962
  • Dr. Ralph E. Heiges; Acting President, 1948
  • Dr. Joseph M. Uhler; President of the College, 1942-1947
  • Dr. Leroy A. King; President of the College, 1939-1942
  • Dr. Samuel Fausold; President of the College, 1937-1939
  • Mr. Charles R. Foster; President of the College, 1927-1936


Indiana Normal School (1875-1927)
  • Dr. John A.H. Keith; Principal/President of the College, 1917-1927
  • Dr. James E. Ament; Principal, 1907-1917
  • Dr. David Jewtt Waller; Principal, 1893-1907
  • Dr. Charles Deane; Principal, 1891-1893
  • Mr. Z.X. Snyder; Principal, 1888-1891
  • Mr. Leonard H. Durling; Principal, 1881-1888
  • Mr. John H. French; Principal, 1878-1881
  • Mr. David M. Sensenig; Principal, 1876-1878
  • Dr. Edmund B. Fairfield; Principal, 1875-1876


Notable alumni

There are more than 80,000 people around the world who call IUP their alma mater. The list below features distinguished alumni alphabetically within their field. Notable alumni include: - valign="top" |
Business
  • Gregory Booth (1971); president and CEO of Zippo
    Zippo

    A Zippo lighter is a refillable, metal lighter manufactured by Zippo Manufacturing Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Thousands of different styles and designs have been made in the seven decades since their introduction....
     Manufacturing Company
  • Albert T. (Tim) Cejka (1973); Executive VP of Exxon Mobil Exploration
  • Robert E. Cook (1969); computer industry
  • Terry Dunlap (1981); president of Allegheny Ludlum
  • Lorraine E. Hricik (1973); VP JP Morgan Treasury Services
  • Kim Lyttle (1972, M1974); VP National City Bank of Pennsylvania
  • Raymond Parker (1972); President, Pitney Bowes
    Pitney Bowes

    Pitney Bowes Inc. is a Stamford, Connecticut-based manufacturer of software and hardware and a provider of services related to documents, packaging, mailing and shipping, collectively referred to as mailstream....
     Management Services, International
  • Marla Sabo (1979); former president and COO of Christian Dior
    Christian Dior

    Christian Dior , was an influential France fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses. He was born in Granville, Normandy, a seaside town on the coast of France....


Politics
  • J. Bracken Burns Sr. (1970); Washington County (PA) Commissioner (1996-present)
  • Shawn Fox; Chief of Staff, Allegheny County (PA) Chief Executive
  • John Stuchell Fisher
    John Stuchell Fisher

    John Stuchell Fisher was Pennsylvania's 28th Governor, a Republican Party .Fisher graduated from Pennsylvania's Indiana University of Pennsylvania and began his career as a teacher; he then served as principal for schools in Plumville, Pennsylvania and Indiana, Pennsylvania....
     (1886); Governor of Pennsylvania 1927-1931
  • Marc Gergely
    Marc Gergely

    Marc J. Gergely is a Democratic Party member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 35 and was elected in 2002....
     (attended); PA State Representative, 35th District
    Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 35

    The 35th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and includes the following areas:* Duquesne, Pennsylvania...
     (2003-present)
  • Summers Melville Jack
    Summers Melville Jack

    Summers Melville Jack was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Summers M. Jack was born in the Pittsburgh DMA town of Summersville, Pennsylvania....
    ; U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1899-1903)
  • John Murtha
    John Murtha

    John Patrick ?Jack? Murtha, Jr. is an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democratic Party , has represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 1974....
     (attended); U.S. Congressman (1974-)
  • Dave Reed (2000); PA State Representative, 62nd District
    Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 62

    The 62nd Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located within Indiana County, Pennsylvania includes the following areas:* Armagh, Pennsylvania...
     (2003-present)
  • Edward Everett Robbins
    Edward Everett Robbins

    Edward Everett Robbins was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward E. Robbins was born at Robbins Station, Pennsylvania....
     (attended); U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1897-1899, 1917-1919)
  • Brig. Gen. Rodney Ruddock (1965, M1975); Indiana County (PA) Commission Chairman; retired U.S. Army; retired educator
  • Howard William Stull
    Howard William Stull

    Howard William Stull was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
    ; U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1932-1933)
  • Jack Wagner
    Jack Wagner (politician)

    Jack Wagner is the present Pennsylvania Auditor General of Pennsylvania. The statewide elected office is charged with serving as the commonwealth?s independent fiscal monitor....
     (1974); Pennsylvania Auditor General, former state senator, former president of Pittsburgh City Council
  • Vicki Iseman
    Vicki Iseman

    Vicki L. Iseman is a Washington, D.C.-based Lobbying working for the firm Alcalde and Fay.She gained national media attention in February 2008, due to her involvement in the John McCain lobbyist controversy....
     (1990); lobbyist alleged to have had an "improper relationship" with John McCain
    John McCain

    John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
     resulting in a 2008 political controversy.


Education

  • Robert T. Davis (1976); supervisor of music education, Miami-Dade Public Schools
  • Charles Kupchella
    Charles Kupchella

    Charles E. Kupchella was the 10th president of the University of North Dakota which is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He began his presidency in 1999 retired in 2008....
    , Ph.D. (1964); University of North Dakota President (1999-2008)
  • Donald Mash, Ed.D. (1964); Univ. of Wisconsin Vice President (2005-)
  • Hon. Sally Stroup (1978); Asst. Sec. US Dept of Education
  • Nancy Suttenfield (1971); VP at Wake Forest University (2006-)
  • Dr. Jack Thomas (Ph.D.1990); Provost, Western Illinois University
  • Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak (M1986); Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
     Secretary of Education


Entertainment and Media
Jimmy Stewart
*Jimmy Stewart
James Stewart (actor)

James Maitland Stewart , popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an United States film and stage actor best known for his self-effacing persona....
 (Keith Laboratory School); actor
  • Ed Bouchette; Pittsburgh Post Gazette sports journalist
  • Nellie Bly
    Nellie Bly

    Nellie Bly was an American journalist, author, industrialist, and charity worker. She is most famous for an undercover Expos? in which she faked insanity to study a mental hospital from within....
     (attended); journalist
  • The Clarks
    The Clarks

    The Clarks is an American rock band from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region, originating at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Over the course of twenty years, they have produced a total of 12 studio, live and solo releases, selling near a quarter of a million copies....
     (attended); recording artists
  • Jodine Costanzo
    Jodine Costanzo

    Jodine M. Costanzo is an American television news reporter in Pittsburgh and a former television news anchor in Cleveland, Chicago and Pittsburgh....
    ; television news reporter for WPXI
    WPXI

    WPXI channel 11 is the NBC television affiliate based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It's owned by Cox Enterprises. Its transmitter is located on the north side of Pittsburgh....
    -TV and former television news anchor
  • Bruce Graham
    Bruce Graham

    Bruce Graham is an American architect. Among his most notable buildings are the Sears Tower, the Inland Steel Building, and the John Hancock Center....
     (1979); playwright, screenwriter (Disney's Anastasia)
  • Chad Hurley
    Chad Hurley

    Chad Meredith Hurley is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the popular San Bruno, California, California-based video sharing website YouTube, one of the biggest providers of videos on the Internet....
     (1999); YouTube
    YouTube

    YouTube is a Video hosting service website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005....
     co-founder and CEO
  • Matthew Knisely
    Matthew Knisely

    Matthew E. Knisely is an United States photojournalist known for professional standards and his vivid film editing and use of depth of field in his photography....
    ; American TV Photojournalist
  • Agnes Sligh Turnbull
    Agnes Sligh Turnbull

    Agnes Sligh Turnbull was a bestselling United States writer, most noted for her works of historical fiction based in her native Western Pennsylvania....
    , novelist and short story writer
  • Lindsey Vuolo
    Lindsey Vuolo

    Lindsey Eve Vuolo is an United States Model best known for her appearance in Playboy as the November 2001 Playmate. She graduated from Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, in 2000 and later attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania....
    ; Playboy Playmate
  • Jim Krenn; WDVE
    WDVE

    WDVE is a Classic rock music formatted radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States at 102.5 Megahertz. It is often referred to by Pittsburghers as simply "D.V.E." WDVE's transmitter is located on Pittsburgh's North Side....
     morning show


Sports
  • Raymond Bernabei
    Raymond Bernabei

    Ray Bernabei was a US. soccer defender who played eleven seasons with the Harmarville Hurricans. He was also a long time collegiate and professional referee....
    ; National Soccer Hall of Fame
    National Soccer Hall of Fame

    The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum is a hall of fame in Oneonta, New York which honors the achievements of soccer in the United States....
  • John Brallier
    John Brallier

    John Kinport "Sal" Brallier became nationally acknowledged as the first openly paid professional football player when he was paid $10 to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association for a game against the Jeanette Athletic Association in 1895 in sports....
     (1894); first paid football player, Latrobe Athletic Association
    Latrobe Athletic Association

    The Latrobe Athletic Association was a professional American football team located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, from 1895 until 1909. The team is most famous for being the first team made up of professional players to play a full season of football....
    , Pittsburgh Athletic Club
    Pittsburgh Athletic Club

    The Pittsburgh Athletic Club or Pittsburgh PAC was a professional hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from around 1899 until 1910....
  • Frank Cignetti, Sr. (1960); former West Virginia Mountaineers
    West Virginia Mountaineers

    The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams of West Virginia University. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference....
     and IUP football head coach
  • Frank Cignetti, Jr. (1988); NCAA and NFL assistant coach, currently offensive coordinator of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers
    University of Pittsburgh Panthers

    The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly referred to as the Pitt Panthers, are the athletic teams of University of Pittsburgh. The university is a member of the Big East Conference, Eastern Wrestling League, East Atlantic Gymnastics League, and Eastern College Athletic Conference....
  • Lawson Fiscus
    Lawson Fiscus

    Ira Lawson Fiscus was one of the first professional American football players. He attended Princeton University, where his outstanding play at offensive guard earned him the title Samson of Princeton, before going on to play professionally with the Allegheny Athletic Association in 1891 and the Greensburg Athletic Association in 1893....
     (1880s); one of the first professional football players, Greensburg Athletic Association
    Greensburg Athletic Association

    The Greensburg Athletic Association was an early organized American football team, based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, that played from 1890 until 1900....
  • Kris Griffin
    Kris Griffin

    Kristofor Lawrence Griffin is an American football linebacker for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2005....
     (2005); current NFL
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
     linebacker
  • Mel Hankinson
    Mel Hankinson

    Mel Hankinson is a men's basketball coach and author. Hankinson has written a number of books and starred in videos on techniques for coaching basketball....
     (1965); former NCAA head basketball coach
  • Jim Haslett
    Jim Haslett

    James Donald "Jim" Haslett is an American football coach, specializing in defense. He is a former head coach of the NFL's New Orleans Saints; also, he was the St....
     (1979); former NFL player and coach, College Football Hall of Fame
    College Football Hall of Fame

    The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, Indiana, USA, is a Hall of Fame and museum devoted to college football. It is situated in the renovated downtown district, near convention centers and not far from the campus of University of Notre Dame....
  • Jack Henry
    Jack Henry

    John "Jack" Henry is an offensive line Coach for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers. After a disappointing playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Chargers organization announced that Henry's contract will not be renewed when it expires in February 2009....
     (1969); NFL offensive line coach, San Diego Chargers
    San Diego Chargers

    The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  • Billy Hunter
    Billy Hunter (baseball)

    Gordon William Hunter is a retired United States shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball.A slick-fielding, light-hitting shortstop, the righthanded-batting Hunter was originally signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers....
     (1948); former Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     player and manager, 1953 All-Star
    Major League Baseball All-Star Game

    The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of Fan , players, Coach , and Manager ....
  • Rich Ingold
    Rich Ingold

    Richard Ingold is a former Arena Football League quarterback who played with the Washington Commandos, and the Massachusetts Marauders. He is currently the head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers....
     (1985); former Arena Football League
    Arena Football League

    The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
     player, current coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers
    Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers

    The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers are a minor league arena football team playing in the af2. The team is part of the East Division in the American conference....
  • Mike Jemison
    Mike Jemison

    Mike Jemison is an American football player who last played running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League and running back for the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe ....
     (2005); NFL running back
  • Leander Jordan
    Leander Jordan

    Leander Jordan is an American football offensive tackle currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft....
     (2000); current NFL offensive tackle, Atlanta Falcons
    Atlanta Falcons

    The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia . They are currently a member of the NFC South division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  • Bob Ligashesky
    Bob Ligashesky

    Bob Ligashesky is a special teams coach for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers....
     (1985); Pittsburgh Steelers
    Pittsburgh Steelers

    The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. They are currently a member of the AFC North of the American Football Conference in the National Football League) ....
     special teams coach
  • Diane McCormick (1972); 1979 Pan American Games
    Pan American Games

    The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations in America. The last edition was held in 2007 Pan American Games, Brazil and the next will be in 2011 Pan American Games, Mexico....
     U.S. women's volleyball team
    United States women's national volleyball team

    The United States women's national volleyball team represents the United States in international volleyball competitions and friendly games, and is governed by USA Volleyball....
  • LeRon McCoy
    LeRon McCoy

    LeRon Terrell McCoy is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft....
     (2005); current NFL wide receiver
  • Mike Menosky
    Mike Menosky

    Michael William Menosky was a professional American baseball outfielder for the Federal League and Major League Baseball. Born in Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania, he was known as "Leaping Mike" for his daring, fence-crashing catches....
    ; former Major League Baseball player
  • Tom Modrak
    Tom Modrak

    Tom Modrak is an American Football executive who was the General Manager for the Philadelphia Eagles and is currently the Assistant General Manager for the Buffalo Bills....
     (1964); Director of Player Personnel for the Buffalo Bills
    Buffalo Bills

    The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the metropolitan area of Buffalo, New York. They sold out every game in 2008....
  • Frank Mount Pleasant
    Frank Mount Pleasant

    Frank Mount Pleasant was an United States Athletics who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He died in Buffalo, New York.In 1908 he finished sixth in the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump and sixth or seventh in the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump....
     (1913); track and field athlete, 1908 Summer Olympics
    1908 Summer Olympics

    The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London....
  • Dan Radakovich
    Dan Radakovich

    Dan Radakovich is the Athletics Director at Georgia Tech. He has held that position since February 22, 2006, beating out former Tech player and head coach Bill Curry and former Tech baseball and football player and baseball assistant coach Cam Bonifay for the job....
     (1981); Georgia Tech
    Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

    The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia....
     Athletic Director
  • Art Rooney
    Art Rooney

    Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr was the American founding owner of the Pittsburgh Boners franchise in the National Ass Fucking League.Early life...
     (1920); founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers
    Pittsburgh Steelers

    The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. They are currently a member of the AFC North of the American Football Conference in the National Football League) ....
  • Dave Smith
    Dave Smith

    Dave Smith is the name of:*Dave Smith , former Texas A&M quarterback and SMU coach*Dave Smith , former American collegiate and Houston Oilers football player...
    ; retired NFL player
  • Chris Villarrial
    Chris Villarrial

    Chris Villarrial is an American football Guard who was formerly with the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills in the National Football League. He played college football at Indiana University of Pennsylvania....
     (1996); retired NFL player


Miscellaneous
  • Edward Abbey
    Edward Abbey

    Edward Paul Abbey was an United States author and essayist noted for his advocacy of natural environment issues and criticism of public land policies....
     (attended 1947); author and environmentalist
  • Rob Boston
    Rob Boston

    Robert Boston has been Assistant Director of Communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Assistant Editor of Church & State magazine since 1987....
     (1985); author, Assistant Director for Communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State
    Americans United for Separation of Church and State

    Americans United for Separation of Church and State is a group which advocates separation of church and state, a legal doctrine interpreted by AU as being enshrined in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution....
    .
  • Glenn Cannon; FEMA
    Federal Emergency Management Agency

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is an agency of the United States United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Order on April 1, 1979)....
     Assistant Administrator for Disaster Operations (2006-2008)
  • Col. Alan W. Halliday, M.D. (1976); Neurologist
  • George Hood Jr, Guinness World Record
    Guinness World Records

    Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing an internationally recognized...
     holder for spinning
    Indoor cycling

    Indoor cycling is a form of high-intensity exercise that involves using a stationary exercise bicycle in a classroom setting....
  • Dr. Phil Laboon, Internet Marketing Specialist and inventor of the keychain breathalyzer
    Breathalyzer

    A breathalyzer is a device for estimating blood alcohol content from a breath sample. "Breathalyzer" is the brand name of a series of models made by one manufacturer of these instruments , but has become a genericized trademark for all such instruments....
    .
  • Lance Rautzhan
    Lance Rautzhan (artist)

    Lance Rautzhan is an Abstract art. Rautzhan moved to Baltimore in 1999 where he started painting. He currently lives in Brooklyn.Rautzhan graduated from Blue Mountain High School....
    , abstract artist
    Abstract art

    Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world....
  • Patricia Robertson
    Patricia Robertson

    Patricia Consolatrix Hilliard Robertson was an United States physician and a NASA astronaut....
     (1985); NASA Astronaut
  • Dr. Brian Stoltz BS (1993), noted organic chemist at the California Institute of Technology
    California Institute of Technology

    The California Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering....
    , did Ph.D at Yale
    YALE

    RapidMiner is an environment for machine learning and data mining experiments. It allows experiments to be made up of a large number of arbitrarily nestable operators, described in XML files which can easily be created with RapidMiner's graphical user interface....
     and postdoc'ed under E.J. Corey at Harvard


Roll of University Professors


President Tony Atwater re-instituted the title "university professor" during the 2007-08 academic year. The recognition is granted annually to a faculty member who has an outstanding record of teaching, research and scholarly activity, and service.

  • Dr. Jack Stamp; Music, 2008-09
  • Dr. Steven Hovan; Geosciences, 2007-08


Notable professors

  • Eileen Glisan
    Eileen Glisan

    Eileen Glisan is a professor of Spanish language and Spanish language education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She was elected as the President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages for 2009....
    ; Spanish, 2009 President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
    American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

    The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is an United States organization aiming to improve and expand the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction....


Notable other faculty

  • Chuck Klausing
    Chuck Klausing

    Chuck Klausing is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He was head coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, in Indiana, Pennsylvania between 1964 and 1969....
    ; head football coach 1964 to 1969, College Football Hall of Fame
    College Football Hall of Fame

    The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, Indiana, USA, is a Hall of Fame and museum devoted to college football. It is situated in the renovated downtown district, near convention centers and not far from the campus of University of Notre Dame....
  • Lou Tepper
    Lou Tepper

    Lou Tepper is an American football coach. Tepper has been the head coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Edinboro University , and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania ....
    ; head football coach since 2006, formerly head coach at Illinois and Edinboro
    Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

    Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is a public liberal arts university located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States and one of 14 schools associated with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education....


Further reading

  • Juliette, Ron and Dale E. Landon. Our Homage and Our Love, 1991.
  • Merryman, John Edward. The Indiana Story 1875-1975: Pennsylvania's First State University... 1976.
  • Stewart, Grace. A History of the Indiana State Normal School.


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