Students are at the heart of Indiana University’s mission.
It’s our privilege and responsibility to support the budding leaders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who will shape the brighter future that we all seek. Thank you for joining us in this pursuit and for so generously supporting IU students and their success.
5,807new scholarships and fellowships
Greater access, opportunities, and equity: In the last 10 years, bicentennial campaign donors helped create almost 6,000 new scholarships and fellowships—45% more than were created in all of IU’s previous 190 years combined!
Scholarships that cover tuition are just one way to empower IU student success.
Support may look like a stipend that allows a student to devote their time to research. Or it could be funding for travel costs to attend a conference. It can also come in the form of innovative technology, infrastructure, and materials that support learning, research, and enrichment.
Below are just a few examples of the ways in which donor support have enhanced the student experience at IU. For all who have supported this critical priority, we are truly grateful.
Carmen Zavala, BS’20, got to work with an IU professor tackling the opioid addiction crisis, thanks to an Advanced Summer Research Scholarship.
With the help of donations to the Walter Center for Career Achievement, IU students are able to take on internships with organizations around the world.
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame co-founder Mary Perry Smith donated her memorabilia and media collection to IU’s Black Film Center/Archive in 2014.
Through the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism, students learn investigative reporting techniques and create provocative, original journalism for the public in Indiana and beyond.
Funded by John and Donna Shoemaker, the Shoemaker Scholars program supports students who serve as entrepreneurship and innovation ambassadors on campus.
IU Kokomo’s KEY program enables learning through travel, leadership, and other opportunities, which are free or reduced cost thanks to donors.
Entrepreneurship is for anyone who wants to start their own way of living, whether that’s starting your own art studio, bakery or medical practice—all those people are entrepreneurs.
Ryan Evan MacDonald, a Shoemaker Scholar and international studies major in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies
For all the lives you’ve changed—for the better, and forever—we cannot say “thank you” enough. In this video, IU students share how your generosity has made a difference in their lives.
Description of the video:
[Music begins.] [Video: Aerial view from inside the Sample Gates on the Bloomington campus down Kirkwood Avenue of buildings and colorful autumn trees. [Video: View of student’s hand placing a composition notebook on a desk, and putting red backpack on floor next to chair.] [Video: Male student wearing a red t-shirt sitting in the grass typing on a laptop resting on his knees with a black backpack sitting on the ground next to him.] [Video: Two hands unzip a red backpack resting on the floor next to a chair.] [Video: View looking through laboratory equipment of a male student sitting at a desk writing in a notebook.] Male Student #1 speaks: Dear Donor [Video: Female student #1 wearing a blue plaid sweater vest with a white blouse sitting at desk writing in a notebook with a window in the background.] Female student #1 speaks: Dear Donor [Video: Left hand resting on a notebook while right hand writes in the notebook.] Female student #2 speaks: Dear Donor [Video: Shadowy side-view of female #2’s head looking down] Female student #2 speaks: I am a first-generation college student. [Video: Close-up view of a small waterfall] Male student # 2 speaks: A native of tiny Brookville, Indiana. [Video: Male student #2 wearing red t-shirt sitting next to steps on a grassy hill with laptop propped up on his knees] [Video: Close up of male student #2 wearing red t-shirt looking at his laptop] Male student #2 speaks: A town still small enough to confuse spell-check. [Video: Left hand stabilizing a small notebook on a female’s lap while right hand writes with a pen in the notebook] [Video: Female student #1 wearing red sweater sitting inside the Indiana University Gazebo writing in a notebook resting on her lap.] [Video: Female student #1 wearing red sweater looks up and gazes outside the IU Gazebo at the landscape.] Female #1 speaks: A person willing to put all my efforts toward my dream. [Video: View from the ground up of a person standing on the IU South Bend pedestrian bridge facing the rail looking at the river below.] [Video: Close-up of female student #3 wearing a blue lab coat over a white turtleneck standing on the IU South Bend pedestrian bridge gazing at the river below.] Female #3 speaks: I’m a wife, a mother of two, part-time student, hospital volunteer [Video: View looking up at the glass pyramid-shaped window at the top of the IU South Bend Schurz Library.] Female #3 continues: and a highly motivated individual. [Video: Close-up head shot of male student #1 looking down.] [Video: View expands to male student #1 sitting at a desk inside a lab writing notes in a notebook] Male student #1 speaks: I’m an only child. I live with my aunt and my grandmother [Video: Close-up of male student #1’s hands writing in a notebook. Moves to a close-up of male student #1 lifting his head in contemplation.] Male student #1 continues: due to the passing of my mother in 2008. [Video: Treetop view of Bloomington campus in the fall with the clock tower rising above all the buildings and trees.] [Video: Female student #2 wearing a red sweater and a scarf sitting at a high table next to a bank of windows with her laptop open in the IUPUI Campus Center.] Female student #2 speaks: I grew up on a farm with my mom, my dad, and my younger brother. [Video: Close-up of female student #2’s hands typing on the keyboard of a laptop. Moves to close-up of female student #2 lifting her head gazing out the window in contemplation.] [Video: Male student #1 carrying his backpack, walking along a sidewalk lined with trees and a campus building in the background.] Male student #1 speaks: My career goal is to become a cardiac surgeon. [Video: Female student #2 walking through an enclosed pedestrian overpass on the IUPUI campus.] Female student #2 speaks: A physical therapist. [Video: Male student #2 walking on a campus sidewalk] Male student #2 speaks: A technology consultant. [Video: Female student #3 walking across the IU South Bend pedestrian bridge with the Schurz Library in the background.] Female #3 speaks: A radiologic technician. [Close up view of male student #1 walking with his thumbs tucked into the straps of his backpack and trees in the background.] Male student #1 speaks: Without your donation I would not be able to afford the cost of higher education. [Video: View of female student #3 walking across campus with IU South Bend Schurz Library in the background.] [Video: Close-up of female student #3’s hands writing in a red notebook resting on her lap] Female student #3 speaks: I had all but given up. [Video: Female student #3 sitting with legs crossed in a gray chair next to a big window with a blurred view of the IU South Bend pedestrian bridge in the background writing in a notebook.] [Video: Ground up view of colorful red-leafed tree tops with blue sky and puffy clouds in the background] [Video: Young girl climbing a rope tower in the park.] Female student #3 continues: But just when I thought we might not be able to afford the cost of attending college, [Video: Female student #3 clapping and smiling at young girl climbing the rope tower.] Female student #3 continues: you gave me a beacon of hope. [Video: Waist-down view of a woman riding a bike, wearing knee-high black boots, black tights, and a black skirt and red sweater.] [Video: View expands to show female #1 smiling and riding her bike down a street on the Bloomington campus] Female student #1 speaks: This scholarship eases my pressure, so I don’t need to find another job to support myself. [Video: Ground-up view of tree branch covered with leaves changing color in the fall from green to yellow with rays of sun shining through the branches.} [Video: Close up of male hands folded together with a watch on the left wrist] [Video: View expands to male student #1 sitting on the steps outside a building with hands folded on his knees gazing up.] Male student #1 speaks: Because of you the burden has been lifted. [Video: Ground-up view of IU: FOR ALL Who Fulfill Our Promise banner next to a tree branch of colorful red and gold autumn leaves with rays of sun shining through.] [Video: IU logo on cement pillar] [Video: Ground-up view of IUPUI Campus Center} [Video: Female student #2 riding up an escalator in the IUPUI Campus Center] Female student #2 speaks: And what makes it feel even more special is that the people rooting for me [Video: Female student #2 standing on IUPUI Campus Center rooftop patio gazing out at the campus.] Female student #2 continues: don’t actually know me, [Video: Close-up side-view head shot of female #2 on the rooftop patio looking out at the IUPUI and downtown Indianapolis horizon.] Female student #2 continues: but they still have faith in what I can do. [Video: View from the back of male student #1 carrying a backpack while he walks on a sidewalk next to a campus building. Male student #1 speaks: My ultimate goal in life is to never stop learning [Video: Close up of male student #1 walking along a sidewalk next to campus building with his thumbs tucked into the straps of his backpack gazing up to the right] Male student #1: and to do my absolute best to leave the world in better condition than I found it. [Video: Big red clock on IU Bloomington campus] [Video: Close-up of Indiana University Radiologic Technology patch on the left arm of a blue lab coat.] {Video: Expands to full view of female student #3 walking looking to the right as she walks across the IU South Bend pedestrian bridge with Schurz Library in the background.} Female student #3 speaks: Your generosity will go on to benefit the patients I will treat in the future. [Video: Student wearing a red t-shirt riding a bike through the Sample Gates next to planters filled with colorful mums and orange and red leafed trees in the distance.] [Video: Close-up of male student #1’s hands writing in a notebook. Moves to close-up headshot of male student #2 looking down as he adjusts his glasses.] Male student #1: I only hope that one day you will be able to understand what your gift truly means to me. [Video: Male student #2 wearing a red IU Crimson Guard t-shirt carrying a backpack while walking down a campus sidewalk next to a bike rack filled with bicycles and colorful trees and grassy area in the background. Male student #2 speaks: I hope that one day I can fill your shoes and help someone in a similar situation. [Video: Male student #2 walks across footbridge over stream on Bloomington campus with trees in the background.] Male student #2 continues: For now though I’ll have to settle for saying thank you. [Video: Close-up of male student #2 carrying a backpack and wearing red Crimson Guard t-shirt standing at the base of limestone steps with a blurred image of a student descending the steps in the background.] Male student #2 continues: Sincerely grateful Adam. [Video: Female student #3 wearing a blue lab coat over a white turtleneck shirt standing with arms crossed on the IU South Bend pedestrian bridge with a blurred image of Schurz Library in the background.] Female student #3 speaks: Thank you so much Ashley. [Video: Female student #1 wearing a blue plaid sweater vest and white blouse standing and smiling with arms crossed in front of three ornate windows.] Female #1 speaks: Thanks again. [Video: Close up of Female student #2 wearing red sweater and leopard print scarf] Female #2: Thank you so much Mikayla. [Video: Close up of Male student #1 smiling] Male student #1 speaks: Deepest gratitude George Patrick Hutchins. [Video: IU logo descends.] [Words appear: INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION] [Music ends.] [End of transcript]The Indiana University Foundation solicits tax-deductible private contributions for the benefit of Indiana University and is registered to solicit charitable contributions in all states requiring registration. For more information, please review our full disclosure statement. Alternative accessible formats of documents and files on this site can be obtained upon request by calling us at 800-558-8311.
