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Celebration of Wells' life being presented on the Web, public television and radio
April 3, 2000
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- For those unable to attend in person Wednesday's (April 5) celebration of Herman B Wells' life and legacy, Indiana University is making it possible to view the program live on television and hear or see it on the World Wide Web.
The program, "A Celebration of a Life: Remembering the Life of Herman B Wells," is open to the public and begins at 7:30 p.m. at the IU Auditorium in Bloomington.
WTIU-Channel 30, IU's public television station, will produce a live broadcast of the program and also will prepare an archived version of the event for later viewing on the Web. WFIU 103.7 FM, the university's public radio station, will simulcast the program, which can be heard live Wednesday evening on the station's Web site at http://wfiu.indiana.edu. A free player, such as RealPlayer, is needed to plug into the event from a personal computer.
WTIU's broadcast, as well as other major events such as Wells' March 22 funeral, can be located for viewing Thursday on the Web by going to http://broadcast.iu.edu
Wells, who helped transform IU into an internationally recognized center of research and scholarship and was the only person in its 179-year history to lead it three times, died March 18 at age 97.
The current and past living IU presidents, public officials, distinguished faculty, student leaders and alumni are expected to participate in Wednesday's program. Among those expected to participate are IU President Myles Brand and his predecessors, Thomas Ehrlich and John W. Ryan, and Bloomington Mayor John Fernandez.
The program also will feature a newly prepared video on the chancellor's life and musical tributes by students in the IU School of Music and one of its recent successful alumni, soprano Angela Brown. Brown, who performs with opera companies around the world, was the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions winner in 1997 and the Sullivan Foundation Grant Winner in 1998.
Free tickets are available at the IU Auditorium box office; the Indiana Memorial Union Activities Desk, located on the first floor adjacent to Alumni Hall; and the IU Visitor Information Center, which is located in the Carmichael Building, Suite 104, at the corner of Indiana and Kirkwood avenues. Tickets may be obtainable at the door, subject to availability. Should it be necessary, additional seating will be available in the Fine Arts Auditorium and in Woodburn Hall, where people will be able to watch the program live on television.
Immediately after its broadcast of the program, WTIU will rebroadcast its 1993 biographical documentary, "The Vision of Herman B Wells."
More information about the celebration and Wells' life can be found on the Web at http://newsinfo.iu.edu/OCM/releases/wellsrem.htm
(George Vlahakis, 812-855-0846, gvlahaki@indiana.edu)