CORRECTION: Commencement is in ASSEMBLY HALL

Please note that Commencement is in Assembly Hall, not Alumni Hall, as printed in some issues of the IDS.  Congrats to those commencing!

IF YOU ARE GRADUATING: Attend Grad Fair Next Week: *new location*

what:     Spring 2010 Grad Fair
where:   IMU, State Rooms East and West
when:    Weds, Feb 24 - Friday, Feb 26, 2010 from 10:00 - 5:00 p.m. each day

http://www.commencement.iu.edu/bloomington/academic_apparel/fairs.shtml

The location of the Spring 2010 Grad Fair has been changed.  The three-day event will be held in State Rooms East and West on the second floor of the Indiana Memorial Union.

The dates and times remain the same:  Wednesday, Feb. 24, through Friday, Feb. 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.  Candidates for graduate and undergraduate degrees will be able to order caps, gowns, announcements, rings, and other items at this event.

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND: The university's licensed Commencement vendor is Herff Jones.  You can find more information about the Grad Fair at the company's website, and you can also order your apparel there if you are unable to visit the IMU during the event.  http://colleges.herffjones.com/college/iu/

More information about caps and gowns, including pricing and pictures, is available in the Caps and Gowns section.

NOTE: Graduate students who are planning on working in the field of higher education may wish to consider buying their own regalia.  Custom apparel is available for purchase from Herff Jones.

Elinor Ostrum Will Deliver Nobel Prize Lecture

IU Professor Elinor Ostrom's receipt of the 2009 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel brought a great deal of excitement to the Bloomington campus. In December, Professor Ostrom travelled to Stockholm, Sweden to accept the award. There, she and the other Nobel Prize recipients delivered lectures as part of the week of activities leading up to the Nobel ceremony.

On Tuesday, February 16, Professor Ostrom will present her Nobel Prize lecture at the Indiana University Auditorium at 4 p.m.

The lecture, which is open to the public, will be much the same as the informal lecture Professor Ostrom delivered in Stockholm. In it, she will give an overview of the research she has done during her extraordinary career.

The lecture is an opportunity for members of the campus community to learn more about her work and to celebrate her accomplishment.

(2/8/2010)

IU: How to help Haiti

IU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies collection site for Haiti relief items

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jan. 14, 2009

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Late Tuesday afternoon, Haiti was struck by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake, causing widespread damage and thousands of deaths and injuries. The quake was centered about 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince, the capital city.

Indiana University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) has announced that while monetary donations to reputable organizations will be of greatest help during the initial period of trauma relief, CLACS will serve as a collection site for Haiti relief items.  (IU News: 1/14/2010)

Read full article for complete information on how to contribute to the relief effort.

Update from the office of sustainability:

We’d like to pass along these opportunities to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti:

• Text "Yele" to 501501 to donate $5 to Wyclef Jean’s organization (www.yele.org).

• Text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross Int'l Response Fund (www.redcross.org).

• Visit one of the following sites to donate:

• Partners in Health: https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/haiti_earthquake?source=earthquake&subsource=email113donor
• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders): https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&hbc=1&source=ADR1001E1D01
• Oxfam International: https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/haiti-earthquake/index.php
• Mercy Corps: https://donate.mercycorps.org/donation.htm?DonorIntent=Haiti+Earthquake
• Bring medical supplies and non-perishable food items to IU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at 1125 E. Atwater Ave.  They need wound dressings and bandages; rehydration packets; Chloroquine (anti-malarial); non-perishable foods (peanut butter, crackers, canned items, for instance).