Indiana State University

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Indiana State University
motto More. From day one.
founding 1865
Sponsorship state
place Terre Haute , Indiana , USA
president Deborah J. Curtis
Students 10,534
Employee approx. 1,600
including professors 436
Annual budget $ 143 million (2009)
Foundation assets $ 37 million
University sports Missouri Valley Conference
Website www.indstate.edu
ISU campus

The Indiana State University (also ISU is called) any State University in Terre Haute in the US state of Indiana . It was founded in 1865 as the Indiana State Normal School . There are currently 10,534 students enrolled here.

history

The college was founded in 1865 by the Indiana General Assembly as the Indiana State Normal School . It served as a normal school of education for elementary and high school teachers . The university awarded 1,908 her first Bachelor Accounts and 1928 the first Master . In 1929 the institution was renamed Indiana State Teachers College and in 1961, due to the expansion of the education, in Indiana State College . It was last renamed in 1965 to its current name as Indiana State University

Sports

The ISU sports teams are the Sycamores . The college is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference . The football team plays in the Gateway Football Conference .

Well-known graduates

Web links

Commons : Indiana State University  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. https://www.indstate.edu/about/administration/president/about-the-president
  2. ^ Indiana State University: Fast Facts ( Memento February 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English). Accessed March 27, 2010
  3. ^ Indiana State University: History and Traditions ( Memento of February 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English). Accessed March 27, 2010

Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′ 10.3 "  N , 87 ° 24 ′ 25.4"  W.