"In going around the community here, I run into so many of our students who are graduates who are now doctors and lawyers and dentists and teachers and nurses, business people and police officers, who many of whom probably would not have been able to have gotten through college if IUK were not here. So, to that degree anyways, this is a vital institution in the community because the contributions these people are making probably is a lot higher than it would have been otherwise had they not been able to go on and become teachers and doctors and lawyers and so on."
- Herbert Miller, Professor Emeritus of International Business
Students attend an IU Kokomo class at the Grissom Air Force Base. KP0000292.
Rosalyn Davis, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology, hosts Community Policing: Building Bridges and Better Relationships event on the IU Kokomo campus. IU Kokomo 45412128041
"I think [IUK] has done very well if you look at the number of people in Kokomo and the surrounding areas who got an education because IUK was here who probably wouldn't have, or, at least, it would have been much more difficult. It's really helped a lot of people. A whole generation of people have been helped here."
- Roger Boneham, Professor Emeritus of Geology
Nikki Giovanni first visited the IU Kokomo campus to attend the Enhancing Minority Attainment Conference in 1994, then taught as a Visiting Scholar in 1996. Here, Giovanni poses with IU Kokomo faculty and students of the IUK Women's Studies Network, hosted by Chancellor Emita Hill at the Kelley House, 1994. KP0001256.
Allen Safianow, Professor Emeritus of History, hosts local public school children Black History Month event in the art gallery, 2000. KP0002175.
"I think over time a number of community leaders have earned their degrees at IUK, and so, in some ways IUK has, has for them been a way of opening doors to places that were otherwise unavailable to them. And so, since it worked for them they know it will work for other people in the community."
- Robin Symonds, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Robin Symonds, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, teaches a class at the local Chrysler plant. IU Kokomo has a long history of providing on-site instruction to professionals in Kokomo and the surrounding areas.
