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IU Alumni Association will launch a yearlong celebration
December 8, 2003
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University Alumni Association will launch a yearlong celebration of its 150th birthday at a gala event in Indianapolis on Dec. 12. All eight IU campuses, alumni clubs around the world, constituent societies, and affiliate groups will host events to commemorate the anniversary during 2004.
Former Alumni Association Chairwoman Sandy Obremskey, of Lebanon, Ind., coordinated a committee of alumni volunteers and staff that planned the celebration.
Throughout 2004, the association's Web site, www.alumni.indiana.edu, will feature weekly alumni profiles. The Indiana Alumni Magazine will publish articles related to IUAA history. The January/February issue will contain a pullout timeline, based on research conducted by retired Alumni Association Associate Executive Director Janet Shirley. Shirley spent more than a year writing a book about the IUAA's service since 1854. The book will be published in mid-2004.
The IUAA will ask Indiana's governor and the mayors of all major cities in each of the 92 counties of Indiana to proclaim Aug. 2, 2004, as Indiana University Alumni Association Day, and IU alumni worldwide will be asked to wear the color crimson on that day.
For the past 150 years, countless alumni volunteers, led by 11 association chief executives, have served Indiana University and its alumni. During its century-and-a-half existence, the association launched the IU Foundation, IU Varsity Club, IU Sports Network, and Hoosiers for Higher Education.
As one of the nation's largest alumni organizations with more than 450,000 living graduates, IUAA strives to connect and engage alumni through programs, services, and communications. For information, visit www.alumni.indiana.edu or call (800) 824-3044.