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Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a public research university in
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. As of fall 2021, the university enrolled 7,044 undergraduates and 1,865 postgraduates, for a total enrollment of 9,009 students. The university is northeast of Pittsburgh. 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, Northpointe, and Monroeville. IUP is accredited by the
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.


History

IUP was conceived as Indiana Normal School, first chartered in 1871 by Indiana County investors. The school was created under the Normal School Act, which passed the
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on May 20, 1875. 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 ''
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''. It enrolled just 225 students. All normal school events were held within a single building which also contained a
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for model teaching. Control and ownership of the institution passed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1920. In 1927, by authority of the
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, it became State Teachers College at Indiana, with the right to grant degrees. As its mission expanded, the name was changed in 1959 to Indiana State College. In 1965, the institution achieved university status and became Indiana University of Pennsylvania, or IUP.


2013-present

IUP total enrollment peaked in the Fall of 2012 at 15,379 and has declined steadily since. This enrollment decline caused financial difficulties for the university which struggled to cover costs for its 2010 dormitory expansion. In October 2020, IUP President Michael Driscoll announced restructuring and retrenchment plans related to leadership's NextGen proposal. Retrenchment or lay-off notices were issued to 81 tenured or tenure-track faculty on October 30, 2020, with another 47 expected before the end of the academic year. Fall 2021 enrollment was 9,009. In the fall of 2022, enrollment was 8,832.


Academics

IUP offers over 140 undergraduate degree programs, over 70 minors, over 35 certificate programs and 70 graduate degree programs under the direction of eight colleges and schools: *Eberly College of Business *College of Education and Communications *College of Health and Human Services *School of Graduate Studies and Research *College of Arts and Humanities *College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics *University College Robert E. Cook Honors College was founded to offer a seminar style, discourse-based liberal studies curriculum.


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. IUP students have earned accolades including:
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, Phi Kappa Phi grants, Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Ronald E. McNair Scholar, Gilman Scholar, Finnegan Fellow, and the PaSSHE Ali-Zaidi award.


The Penn

Founded in 1924, The Penn is IUP student body's official newspaper. It has won 3 Student Keystone Media Awards in 2018 and one nomination in 2019.


Rankings

The 2020 ''Washington Monthly'' College Rankings of National Universities ranks IUP 193rd out of 388 schools.


Campus

IUP's main campus is a mix of 62 old and new red brick structures. Its original building, a Victorian structure named John Sutton Hall once housed the entire school. Today Sutton Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places."National Register Listed and NHL Properties", Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission Bureau for Historic Preservation (January 2, 2007), p. 75. 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. The Victorian mansion was once home to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice. ''Note:'' This includes The campus boasts a planetarium, University Museum, black box theater, 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
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in Punxsutawney and a police academy 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 golfing opportunities. Boat access is also made available through the Cooperative Association. Over the last five years, IUP has demolished most of the 1970 era dormitories on campus. Demolition began during summer 2006 and facilities are being replaced with modern suites. Construction is ongoing with seven new dormitories completed for Fall 2009. Two more suite-style buildings were completed by Fall 2010. That semester, the ribbon cutting ceremony at Stephenson Hall was considered to have finished the four-year-long "residence hall revival". These suite-style rooms are similar to those being built at other universities in PASSHE.


Greek organizations


Fraternities

Fraternities at IUP: *
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Alpha Chi Sigma Alpha Chi Sigma () is a professional fraternity specializing in the fields of the chemical sciences. It has both collegiate and professional chapters throughout the United States consisting of both men and women and numbering more than 70,000 me ...
(Professional Chemistry Fraternity) * Alpha Delta *
Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. () is the oldest intercollegiate List of African-American fraternities , historically African American Fraternities and sororities, fraternity. It was initially a literary and social studies club organized in the ...
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Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega (), commonly known as APO, but also A-Phi-O and A-Phi-Q, is a coeducational service fraternity. It is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of over 25,0 ...
(National Community Service Fraternity) (Inactive since 2017) * Alpha Tau Delta (National Nursing Fraternity) * Delta Omicron (Music) * Delta Sigma Phi * Delta Tau Delta * Kappa Alpha Psi * Kappa Delta Rho * Kappa Sigma *
Iota Phi Theta Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. () is a historically African American fraternity. It was founded on September 19, 1963, at Morgan State University (then Morgan State College) in Baltimore, Maryland, and is currently the 5th largest Black Greek Le ...
* IUPXC * Men of God Christian Fraternity (MOG) * Omega Psi Phi * Phi Beta Sigma * Phi Kappa Psi *
Phi Kappa Tau Phi Kappa Tau (), commonly known as Phi Tau (), is a collegiate fraternity located in the United States. The fraternity was founded in 1906. As of November 2022, the fraternity has 161 chartered chapters, 79 active chapters, 6 Associate chapte ...
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Phi Mu Alpha Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America (colloquially known as Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Mu Alpha, or simply Sinfonia) () is an American collegiate social fraternity for men with a special interest in music. The fraternity is open to men "w ...
(Music) * Phi Delta Theta * Phi Mu Delta *
Phi Sigma Kappa Phi Sigma Kappa (), colloquially known as Phi Sig or PSK, is a men's social and academic fraternity with approximately 74 active chapters and provisional chapters in North America. Most of its first two dozen chapters were granted to schools in ...
* Pi Lambda Phi *
Pi Kappa Phi Pi Kappa Phi (), commonly known as Pi Kapp(s), is an American Greek Letter secret and social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston i ...
* Rho Tau Chi (Military/Community Service) *
Sigma Alpha Iota Sigma Alpha Iota () is a women's music fraternity. Formed to "uphold the highest standards of music" and "to further the development of music in America and throughout the world", it continues to provide musical and educational resources to its m ...
(Music) * Sigma Alpha Lambda (Honor Organization, Community Service) *
Sigma Chi Sigma Chi () International Fraternity is one of the largest North American fraternal literary societies. The fraternity has 244 active (undergraduate) chapters and 152 alumni chapters across the United States and Canada and has initiated more tha ...
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Sigma Pi Sigma Pi () is a collegiate fraternities and sororities, fraternity with 233 chapters at American universities. As of 2021, the fraternity had more than 5,000 undergraduate members and over 110,000 alumni. Sigma Pi headquarters are in Nashvill ...
* Sigma Tau Gamma * Theta Chi *
Phi Gamma Nu Phi Gamma Nu () is a business fraternity in the United States. Currently, Phi Gamma Nu has 18 active collegiate chapters nationwide. History Phi Gamma Nu was founded on at the Chicago campus of Northwestern University. The original founders were ...
(Business) * Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology)


Sororities

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Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Gamma Delta (), also known as Alpha Gam, is an international women's fraternity and social organization. It was founded on May 30, 1904, by eleven female students at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, making it the youngest member ...
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Alpha Sigma Alpha Alpha Sigma Alpha () is a United States National Panhellenic sorority founded on November 15, 1901, at the Virginia State Female Normal School (later known as Longwood College and now known as Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Once a sor ...
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Alpha Sigma Tau Alpha Sigma Tau (known as or Alpha Tau) is a national sorority founded on November 4, 1899, at Eastern Michigan University (formerly Michigan State Normal College). A member of the National Panhellenic Conference, the sorority has 83 active colleg ...
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Alpha Xi Delta Alpha Xi Delta (, often referred to as A-''"Zee"''-D ) is a women's fraternity founded on April 17, 1893. Baird's Manual is also available online hereThe Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois, United Stat ...
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Delta Gamma Delta Gamma (), commonly known as DG, is a women's fraternity in the United States and Canada with over 250,000 initiated members. It has 150 collegiate chapters and more than 200 alumnae groups. The organization's executive office is in Columbus ...
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Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Phi Epsilon () may refer to: * Delta Phi Epsilon (professional), the professional foreign service fraternity and sorority *Delta Phi Epsilon (social) Delta Phi Epsilon ( or DPhiE) is an international sorority founded on March 17, 1917 at ...
* Delta Zeta * Gamma Sigma Sigma (Service) * Sigma Kappa * Sigma Sigma Sigma *
Sigma Alpha Iota Sigma Alpha Iota () is a women's music fraternity. Formed to "uphold the highest standards of music" and "to further the development of music in America and throughout the world", it continues to provide musical and educational resources to its m ...
(Music) * Theta Phi Alpha * Zeta Tau Alpha


Honor Fraternities

* Phi Sigma Pi (Gender-inclusive National Honor Fraternity) *
Alpha Psi Omega Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honor Society () is an American recognition fraternity for participants in collegiate theatre. History The ''Alpha Cast'' (Alpha Psi Omega's term for "chapter") was founded at Fairmont State College (now Fairm ...
(Theater)


Honor Societies

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Gamma Theta Upsilon Gamma Theta Upsilon ( or GTU) is an international honor society in geography. History On May 15, 1928, a local professional fraternity by the name of Gamma Theta Upsilon was formed at Illinois State University under the guidance of Dr. R. G. Buzz ...
(Geography) * Lambda Alpha (Anthropology) * Phi Kappa Phi (All-discipline Honor Society) * Rho Sigma Kappa (Safety Sciences Honor Society) * Beta Gamma Sigma (Business) *
Kappa Delta Pi Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, () is an honor society for education. It was founded in 1911 and was one of the first discipline-specific honor societies. Its membership is limited to the top 20 percent of those entering ...
(Education) * National Society of Leadership and Success * Golden Key International * Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology) *
Psi Chi Psi Chi () is a college student honor society in psychology with international outreach founded in 1929 at the University of Kansas in the United States. Psi Chi is one of the largest honor societies in the United States, with more than 1,150 ch ...
(Psychology) *
Alpha Phi Sigma Alpha Phi Sigma () (Phi is pronounced "fi") is the only Criminal Justice Honor Society accredited by the Association of College Honor Societies. Traditionally a national organization serving United States universities, recent expansion into Canadi ...
(Criminology) *
Phi Alpha Theta Phi Alpha Theta () is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. It has more than 400,000 members, with new members numbering about 9,000 a year through its 970 chapters. Founding Phi Alpha The ...
(History)


Athletics

IUP's athletic department sponsors 19 varsity sports, including 8 for men and 11 for women. There are also club sports teams such as ice hockey and rugby. The Crimson Hawks, formerly known as the Indians, compete in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) of NCAA Division II. 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 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 television, IUP has appeared on regional telecasts in 1968 at the
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and 2006 against California University of PA. The team has also been on national TV while playing in those Division II national title games from 1990 and 1993. On November 2, 2006, a game against Slippery Rock was nationally televised on the TV channel,
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. Additionally, on September 15, 2011, a game against Bloomsburg was nationally televised on the TV channel
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as the NCAA Division II game of the week. The IUP men's basketball team likewise lost the NCAA Division II national title game twice in 2010 and 2015. The IUP rugby team finished 3rd in the Division I national championship in 2000, finishing behind California and Wyoming and ahead of fourth-place
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. The IUP Men's Ice Hockey ( ACHA Division 1) team won the CHMA season championship in 2018–2019, the CHMA playoff in 2019-2020 awarded a bid to the ACHA National Tournament as the 19th seed, but the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic The IUP Men's Lacrosse Team were the 2018 and 2019 Three Rivers Conference Champions and are currently ranked number 13 in the nation in division two by the NCLL for the 2020 season.


People

* Gawdat Bahgat; political scientist, author, professor * Duncan Black ("Atrios"); blogger *
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(1879); journalist * Tim Burns (1990); businessman, politician *
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(1987); United States House of Representatives (2010–2012) *
Dana D. Nelson Dana D. Nelson is a professor of English at Vanderbilt University and a prominent progressive advocate for citizenship and democracy. She is notable for her criticism—in her books such as '' Bad for Democracy—''of excessive presidential powe ...
(1984); literature professor, author, advocate for citizenship and democracy * John Stuchell Fisher (1886);
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(1927–1931) *
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(1999); Co-founder and CEO, YouTube * Summers Melville Jack; United States House of Representatives (1899–1903) * Matthew Knisely;
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; United States House of Representatives (1974–2010) * Farah Quinn; Indonesian
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* Patricia Robertson (1985); NASA Astronaut *
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(1920); founder of the
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*
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(Keith Laboratory School); actor * Jack Wagner (1974); Pittsburgh City Council (1984–1994), Pennsylvania Senate (1994–2005), Pennsylvania Auditor General (2005–2013) *
Jim Haslett James Donald Haslett (born December 9, 1955) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the head coach of the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL. He played college football for the IUP Crimson Hawks before being drafted by the Buff ...
(1979); National Football League player (
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) and coach (
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,
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); member of the
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* Steve Wolfe (Johnny Sins); male adult film star


References


Further reading

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


External links

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IUP athletics website
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