IU President McRobbie outlines “principles of excellence” in annual State of the University address

IU President McRobbie delivered the State of the University address today (Sept. 28) on the IUPUI campus.

Sept. 28, 2010

INDIANAPOLIS -- Following a year of record-breaking progress, Indiana University will rededicate itself to the "principles of excellence" that have helped the university position itself as one of the state's most successful enterprises in spite of continuing financial challenges.

In his annual State of the University address, delivered today (Sept. 28) on the IUPUI campus, IU President Michael McRobbie outlined six core principles that will guide the university over the next decade leading up to the university's bicentenary in 2020: ensuring an excellent education; recruiting and retaining a great faculty; maximizing research; increasing international engagement; supporting the health sciences and health care; and strengthening the university's efforts in engagement and economic development.

McRobbie also reflected on the university's mission statement, approved by IU Trustees in 2005, and the vision that grew out of that statement: for IU to be one of the great research universities of the 21st century and the preeminent institution of higher education in Indiana.

For the complete text of McRobbie's State of the University address, go to http://www.indiana.edu/~pres/vision/state-of-university/index.shtml or watch an archived broadcast at http://broadcast.iu.edu.

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IU President Michael McRobbie's State of the University address online

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie.  Courtesy of Indiana University.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie delivered the 2010 State of the University address today (Feb. 23) at 2 p.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union Building's Alumni Hall on the Bloomington campus.

In his speech, he addressed faculty and colleagues about the financial situation of the university, key university priorities that include the academic core and infrastructure, international initiatives, economic development and university advancement. For the complete text of President Michael A. McRobbie's 2010 State of the University address, go to http://www.indiana.edu/~pres/speeches/022310.shtml, or, watch an archived broadcast at http://broadcast.iu.edu/ceremon/sou2009/index.html.

(IU News: 2/23/2010)

Putting the 'MC' in McRobbie: IU president to host rock radio show on WFIU

Learn more about WFIU.  Courtesy of Indiana University.

WHAT: IU President McRobbie hosts "Just You and Me with Joe Bourne"
WHEN: March 5, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: WFIU studios, 1229 E. Seventh St., IU Bloomington campus

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University president Michael McRobbie will guest host the WFIU radio program "Just You and Me with Joe Bourne" March 5 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WFIU

The president will play his favorite rock songs from his days as a college student. All of the music will be from groups formed and famous before 1970.

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(IU News: 2/23/2010)

State of the University address to be broadcast live online

IU President Michael McRobbie.  Courtesy of Indiana University.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Members of the Indiana University community and the general public will be able to view this year's State of the University address live and in its entirety online at http://broadcast.iu.edu.
At the invitation of the University Faculty Council, IU President Michael McRobbie is scheduled to deliver the address on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. in Alumni Hall of the Indiana Memorial Union at IU Bloomington.
All members of the university community and the public are invited to view the address in person at Alumni Hall, on the Web or in the following ways:

• live on IU Bloomington Campus Cable (Channel 32);
• on tape delay on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. off-air on Digital Multicast Broadcast Channel WTIU-World  30.2 or on Comcast Cable channel 17 in Bloomington and repeated later on Feb. 23 at 11:30 p.m. off-air on Digital Multicast Channel WTIU-HD 30.1 or on WTIU Comcast Cable channel 5 in Bloomington; or 
• via archived broadcast, available soon after the address at: http://broadcast.iu.edu.

McRobbie, who became IU's 18th president in July 2007, is expected to discuss current issues at IU, progress made on several of his key strategic initiatives and how IU expects to meet the challenges of the current economic situation facing Indiana and the nation.

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(IU News: 2/19/2010)