Mission 1 their colleagues in respective departments at all Indiana IU Northwest Bulletin University campuses. The faculty of IU Northwest has its own faculty 2016-18 governance body, based upon a constitution written from principles embodied in the Indiana University The IU Northwest Academic Bulletin intends to reflect Academic Handbook. Committees established by this current academic policies, procedures, degree offerings, faculty organization guide the conduct of the academic course descriptions, and other information pertinent to program at IU Northwest in a tradition that encourages undergraduate and graduate study at IU Northwest. individual faculty members to recommend policy in all Although this bulletin was prepared on the basis of the areas affecting their interests and those of their students. best information available at the time, and the information is updated regularly, users are cautioned about the Students following: The student body at IU Northwest numbers more than 1. Editorial, clerical, and programming errors may have 5800 persons working toward certificates and associate, occurred in the publication of this bulletin, and IU bachelor's, and master's degrees. Of that number, more Northwest assumes no responsibility for such errors. than 360 are enrolled in graduate studies. 2. The university reserves the right to change the The rich economic, cultural, and racial diversity of the provisions of this bulletin at any time, including, but northwest region of the state of Indiana is found on the not limited to, degree requirements, course offerings, campus. About 75 percent of the students reside in Lake fees, and listings in the calendar as necessitated by County; 20 percent reside in Porter County; and 4 percent university or legislative action. reside in Jasper, Newton, LaPorte, and Starke Counties. 3. Students are encouraged to consult with their Students, therefore, come with family backgrounds in advisors for questions related to their degree plan or steel and related industries, government agencies, service progress. industries, the professions, and farming. With respect to the rich cultural and racial composition of the region, Overview approximately 56 percent of the students are Caucasian, Electronic bulletins are updated every 2 years. 19 percent are African American, 20 percent are Latino, and 5 percent are other groups. About 85 percent of While every effort is made to provide accurate and current the students at IU Northwest work full or part time while information, Indiana University reserves the right to pursuing their education at the university. About 36 change without notice statements in the bulletin series percent of the students enrolled at the campus are 25 concerning rules, policies, fees, curricula, courses, or years of age or older. other matters. Alumni Services Indiana University The Alumni Office was established on the IU Northwest When you become a student at Indiana University, you campus in 1967 when the IU Alumni Association staffed join an academic community internationally known for the the local office with a field representative. There is now excellence and diversity of its programs. With over 1,000 a full-time Alumni Relations Director to serve the alumni degree programs, the university attracts students from and students of Indiana University. The Office of Alumni all 50 states and around the world. The full-time faculty Relations provides programming, maintains records, numbers more than 6,500 and includes members of many publishes communications, and provides services to those academic societies such as the American Academy of Arts who are members of the IU Northwest Alumni Association, and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Northwest Chapter of the IU Alumni Association, and the National Academy of Sciences. the Neal- Marshall Club. Indiana University was founded at Bloomington in 1820 Mission and is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher The mission of Indiana University Northwest, a regional education in the Midwest. It serves nearly 120,000 campus of Indiana University, is to provide a high-quality students on eight campuses. The residential campus at and relevant education to the citizens of Northwest Bloomington and the urban center at Indianapolis form Indiana, the most diverse and industrialized area of the core of the university. Campuses in Gary, Fort Wayne, the state. The institution strives to create a community Kokomo, New Albany, Richmond, and South Bend join dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and intellectual Bloomington and Indianapolis in bringing an education of development, leading to undergraduate and selected high quality within reach of all of Indiana’s citizens. graduate degrees in the liberal arts, sciences and Faculty professional disciplines. The campus is strongly dedicated to the value of education, lifelong learning, diversity, The IU Northwest resident faculty numbers 167. They celebration of cultures and opportunity for all, as well as to are assisted in their teaching responsibilities by associate participating in the sustainable economic development of faculty drawn from neighboring academic institutions, area the region and of the state. Indiana University Northwest is businesses, local government, and not-for-profit agencies. committed to the health and well-being of the communities it serves. All resident faculty at IU Northwest have academic appointments from Indiana University. Their conditions of employment, rank, salary, fringe benefits, teaching and research expectations, and promotion are the same as 2 Vision Vision to Indiana University for the purpose of establishing a We are IU in Northwest Indiana, providing personal, Gary Center campus (the present site of IU Northwest). affordable and life-changing education, to advance the In May of 1959, the first classes were held in the new social, economic and civic health of the region. Through location. our diverse working and learning environment, we help Recognizing the growth of such centers and the increasing build lives and communities. demands for higher education throughout the state, Indiana University in 1963 reorganized its various Values "extension" centers into regional campuses, and the We, the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of IU Gary Center and the Calumet Center became the Northwest, value: Northwest Campus of Indiana University. Soon after this reorganization, the first degree programs were authorized, and the Northwest Campus became a four- Our unique identity as Indiana University in Northwest year college. The first commencement was held at the Indiana; Northwest Campus in June of 1967. In 1968, the IU Board of Trustees changed the name of the Northwest Campus Academic excellence, characterized by a love of ideas to IU Northwest. and achievement in learning, discovery, creativity, and engagement; Facilities, Maps, and Directions Campus and Buildings The complete richness and dignity of the human family in all of its diversity; The campus of IU Northwest in Gary is adjacent to 240 acres of wooded park land, much of which, as currently Supporting aspirations of the individual and community; developed, includes municipal playing fields, baseball diamonds, and golf courses. The city of Gary has already given 32.8 acres of this park property to Indiana University The contributions of all of our constituencies; for the campus. The Gleason Park site is bounded on the north by an interstate expressway (I 80-94), on the east An environment conducive for learning, self-examination, by a major north-south artery (Broadway-Indiana 53), on and personal growth; the west by the Gleason Park Golf Course, and on the south by residential housing. The northeast and northwest Graduates prepared for life-long learning, ethical corners of the 240-acre tract lie adjacent to expressway practices, successful careers, and effective citizenship; cloverleaf exchanges east and west. and Seven of the buildings used by IU Northwest are located on the 27-acre main campus site. The buildings are Collaboration with other educational institutions, external Raintree Hall, a classroom/office building and the Moraine partners, and the Northwest Indiana community. student union building, which were put into operation in 1969; Hawthorn Hall, a four-story classroom/office building, which was occupied in 1976; and the John W. History Anderson Library/Conference Center completed in the IU Northwest is the result of growth and change that spring of 1980. A three-story science/laboratory building, began in 1921 when the university offered its first formal Marram Hall, opened in 1991, and the Savannah Center, classes in Lake County as part of a program sponsored by which houses an art gallery, auditorium, health club the Gary Public School System. Under various names and and bookstore, opened in 2000. In 2006, the University in various locations, Indiana University has been serving dedicated the new Dunes Medical/Professional Building. the needs of higher education in northwest Indiana ever Adjacent to the campus is a building for divisional, since. departmental, and faculty offices. Two other structures In 1932 Indiana University initiated the Calumet Center in contain university offices, research offices, and campus East Chicago; and by 1939, through funds granted by the support services. There are also a greenhouse and state legislature and the federal government, the Calumet physical plant facilities. Center was serving students in a building in Tod Park