The Renovated IU Kokomo Main Building Dedication Ceremony
The Renovated IU Kokomo Main Building Dedication Ceremony
The audience applauds after IU President Michael A. McRobbie announced that IU Kokomo Chancellor Emerita Ruth J. Person (left) has made a bequest valued at approximately $3.5 million to benefit students at IU Kokomo. The gift will fund the R-M-J Scholars Program, which will promote student success and graduation within four years for the scholarship recipients.IU Kokomo Chancellor Susan Sciame-Giesecke talks about the major changes that have been made to the Main Building.The IU Jacobs School of Music Jazz Duo performs “Dolphin Dance” by Herbie Hancock during the ceremony.Carolina Anaya Pico, president of the IU Kokomo Student Government Association, talks about the impact the renovated Main Building will have on IU Kokomo students.IU President Michael A. McRobbie holds up the ceremonial key to the newly renovated IU Kokomo Main Building.Following the ceremony, IU Kokomo Chancellor Susan Sciame-Giesecke led IU President Michael A. McRobbie and the IU Board of Trustees on a tour of the Main Building, which is pictured in the background. The improvements to the building include updated classroom technology, a food and nutrition laboratory, a mathematics laboratory, a new classroom for the campus’s Master of Business Administration program, and other spaces for collaborative learning and teaching.IU President Michael A. McRobbie looks at artwork as he takes a tour through the IU Kokomo Main Building.IU President Michael A. McRobbie and the IU Board of Trustees tour the new food and nutrition laboratory in the IU Kokomo Main Building.IU President Michael A. McRobbie presided over the IU Kokomo Main Building renovation dedication ceremony. Constructed in 1965, IU Kokomo’s Main Building was the first structure on the South Washington Street campus, and it was the only building until 1980. The $14 million renovation is the Main Building’s first renovation in more than 20 years.
