Time to get on the bus

The Alumni Association is inviting all students and community members to Get on the Bus and take a trip to the Indiana state house to meet and thank legislators for supporting IU South Bend.

For the 19th Annual Hoosiers for Higher Education Statehouse Visit, all eight IU campuses visit the statehouse and thank legislators for keeping IU in mind and for helping fund campus needs.

This year, IUSB representatives will thank the legislators for approving funding for a new, updated Education Arts building. They will also be asking legislators to consider not cutting any more of the state appropriation for IU as a whole.

Students, alumni, and other community members are encouraged to “tell legislators what IU South Bend has meant to you, your family, [and] your future,” said Julienne Turner, assistant director of alumni affairs.

The Alumni Association will be taking two or three charter buses to the statehouse on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 8 a.m. Attendees are asked to meet in the lobby of the Administration building. Coffee will be available and a free lunch will be served on the bus.

After hearing IU President Michael McRobbie speak and visiting with the legislators, all attendees will attend a reception at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. Attendees should expect to return to IUSB around 8 p.m.

Turner feels this is an experience any attendee will never forget.

“For many students, they’re like ‘Oh, I just go to IU South Bend, it’s just a commuter school’ or whatever they want to call it. And you are part of the big IU and you see the influence when you sit in a room with representatives from all eight IU Campuses. It kind of gives you that sense of being part of IU, the big IU,” she said.

The Alumni Association is hoping for 140 participants, and any person in the community is welcome to sign up. If anyone is interested in attending, e-mail Julienne Turner at jukturne@iusb.edu with a full name, full and complete address including zip code, and a phone number to register. The last day to sign up is Friday, Jan. 29.

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