DePauw graduate Bill Rasmussen, who co-founded ESPN, dies at 93
Rasmussen and his son Scott, who both graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, came up with the idea of a network carrying sports around the clock.
Read MoreRasmussen and his son Scott, who both graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, came up with the idea of a network carrying sports around the clock.
Read MoreVázquez turned his street art beginnings into a fine art career, studying at IU’s Herron School of Art and Design along the way.
Read MoreHigher education continues to benefit from both quantity and amount when it comes to Indiana donations, according to data submitted to IBJ. Only two of the 13 gifts of $10 million or more did not go to universities and college.
The funding commitment from a DePauw alumnus will fund the construction of a new, 70,000-square-foot athletic stadium and sports performance center.
The funding includes $150 million from a single donor, marking the largest gift ever given to the university.
The university first announced plans for the business school in March as part of the five-year “DePauw’s Bold & Gold 2027” strategic plan.
The new business school is included in a five-year strategic plan the Greencastle-based university unveiled this week called “Bold & Gold 2027.”
The University of Notre Dame rated among the top 20 national universities in the annual college rankings, while Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology finished top of its class for the 22nd straight year.
Lori White will be the first woman and the first person of color to serve as president of the 183-year-old school. When she begins her job in July, White will be the only black woman leading a university in Indiana and one of just a few in the nation doing so, the school said.
For most of the school year, the DePauw Investment Group oversaw only about $160,000. But the stakes skyrocketed in April when DePauw’s board of trustees added $1 million from the university’s $731 million endowment.