Experience the best of being a Hoosier

Your IU bucket list

Traditions

• Attend Little 500 men’s and women’s races
• Cheer on the Hoosiers at a free athletic event
• Have lunch in Ostrom Commons
• Learn the fight song at Traditions and Spirit of IU
• Look at the stars from the Kirkwood Observatory
• Make and keep the Indiana Promise
• Shake the hand of the Herman B Wells statue
• Show your IU pride at the Old Oaken Bucket Game
• Wear IU gear to celebrate homecoming 

Get involved

• Chalk for an event or student organization
• Join a student organization on beINvolved
• Register to vote
• Volunteer in the Bloomington community

Explore Bloomington

• Experience a summer event in Bloomington
• Explore a local farmers market
• Find your favorite ice cream shop
• Go on an outdoor adventure in or near Bloomington
• Walk under the holiday lights on the square in downtown Bloomington

Experience the arts

• Attend a live concert in Bloomington
• Catch a movie at the IU Cinema
• Dance to international music at the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival
• Experience an opera at the Musical Arts Center
• Experience the arts at First Thursdays
• Support the local arts at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater
• Visit the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
• Watch the film Breaking Away and look for places you recognize on campus

Learn beyond the classroom

• Ask a librarian at Wells Library for help with a research project
• Attend a cultural center event
• Connect with a professor during office hours
• Experience the special collections at the Lilly Library
• Explore the cultures of IU, starting with Welcome Week
• Explore the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center & Kumbum Chamtse Ling Monastery
• Have a meaningful conversation with someone from a different culture
• Hear a lecture or see a show at the IU Auditorium
• Take an interesting elective just for fun
• Taste new cuisine at an international restaurant

Make memories

• Go bowling or see a movie at IU Late Nite in the IMU
• Go on a late-night tour of campus with friends
• Lie on the ground and watch the lights change color on the side of the IU Eskenazi Museum of Art
• Order cookies during a late-night conversation with friends
• Play a game in Dunn Meadow
• Relax near the fireplace in the IMU
• Score some free breadsticks
• Share a moment with someone special in the Rose Well House at midnight
• Snap a photo in front of the Sample Gates
• Study in the Cox Arboretum
• Take part in a Rec Sports activity
• Take a photo with the brain by the Psychology building
• Take a picture of an IU squirrel
• Graduate from IU with pride