IU bucket list
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 Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ organization
- Join a Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ 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
More ways to make memories
IU Bloomington
Office of Orientation & Enrollment Programs
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