The Office of Marketing and Communications has created a beautiful tour of IUP that shows off the splendor of the campus and tells some of the stories that have helped shape the last 150 years. Take to the skies and learn more about the university鈥檚 history, traditions, and folklore, and see what makes this place so special.
For Roger Briscoe, college is about more than classes and term papers. It鈥檚 about finding your people and your places. And as the executive director of Student Inclusion, he makes sure every student has that opportunity.
For Francisco Alarc贸n, math isn鈥檛 just numbers and equations. It鈥檚 a language that can solve problems in many ways, and it has infinite possibilities. Learn more about him in this week鈥檚 Meet Our Faculty feature.
This past week, we welcomed the Class of 2029 to campus! We鈥檙e excited to see how our newest Hawks will make IUP their home over the next four years. Here鈥檚 a look at some of the moments that made Welcome Week so special.
Nearly 1,500 new graduates were honored during three commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 10, at the Kovalchick Complex. Experience Spring 2025 Commencement through the photography of Brian Henry.
Each of the three commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 10, 2025, will have a graduate and undergraduate speaker. Find out what they say representing their graduating class means to them.
For Karen Scarton, interior design isn鈥檛 just about making a space look nice. It鈥檚 about the feelings and emotions that result from good design. Learn more about her in this week鈥檚 Meet Our Faculty feature.
The IUP Swim Club is for both casual and competitive swimmers. Most members swam in high school but didn鈥檛 want to compete at the varsity level. Being in the Swim Club is a great way to make friends, get exercise, and just have that time in the pool that swimmers love.
If you have a story, Tanya Heflin would like to hear it. As a faculty member in the Department of Language, Literature, and Writing, she loves to exchange stories. Learn more about her in the week鈥檚 Meet Our Faculty feature.
During the Western Pennsylvania Regional Rural Health Summit on April 16, hosted by 糖心vlog, IUP President Michael Driscoll announced that an anonymous donor who is a first-generation college graduate of IUP from Indiana County has gifted $1 million to IUP for its proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Had Holly Branthoover stayed in law school, her life certainly would have taken a different turn. Instead, she found her true passion in counseling and has never looked back. Learn more about her in this week鈥檚 Meet Our Faculty feature.
Alan Luckey 鈥87, M鈥89 and his wife, longtime IUP administrator Rhonda Luckey, wanted to do something to honor their decades-long connection to IUP. Find out how they transformed a hand-crafted tool that Alan had invented for Rhonda, an avid weaver, into a gift to complement the university鈥檚 celebration of its 150th anniversary.
What amazes Curt Porter the most about English, and languages in general, is how they are critical to every facet of human life. Learn more about him in this week鈥檚 Meet Our Faculty feature.
Chemistry explains a lot of the mysteries of our world, and that鈥檚 one of the things Avijita Jain likes most about it. Learn more about her in this week鈥檚 Meet Our Faculty feature.
When Sean McDaniel graduated from college, he didn鈥檛 know what he didn鈥檛 know. But a chance to teach English in Spain led him down a path he never expected to travel. Learn more in this week鈥檚 Meet Our Faculty feature.
For IUP faculty member Sean Derry, finding innovative ways of making things is part of the challenge and the appeal of art. Learn more about him in this week鈥檚 Meet Our Faculty feature.
