IU BREAKS GROUND ON NEW INTERNATIONAL CENTER

A rendering of the Ferguson International Center, which will be located at
the corner of Jordan Avenue and Seventh Street. (rendering provided: IU)

BLOOMINGTON – Indiana University broke ground Wednesday on the new
40,000-square-foot Ferguson International Center, which the university says
will serve as the hub of international engagement.

It’s funded in part by a $5 million gift from IU alumni Steve and Connie
Ferguson.

The center will house programming and support services for students who have
studied or are interested in studying abroad, as well as the university’s
large international student population.

“It will bring together the IU staff members from various locations across
the Bloomington campus who do an outstanding job of supporting these
communities, as well as other staff members who support additional aspects
of IU’s international engagement mission,” said IU President Michael
McRobbie.

The facility will be located near IU’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and
International Studies, Herman B. Wells Library and Neal-Marshall Black
Culture Center.

IU says it has more than 7,600 students from 147 countries enrolled across
all IU campuses.