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Media Relations

McRobbie proud of first year as IU president

Bloomington Herald-Times
April 28, 2008

By James Boyd

It has been a busy year for Michael McRobbie.

This time next week, he will officially have survived his first academic year as president of Indiana University.

Looking back on a year that saw him propose several ambitious goals and projects, all while contending with what seemed to be an unending stream of athletics-related issues, McRobbie said Friday he was proud of where IU was, and where it was going.

Speaking on WFIU's "Noon Edition," McRobbie said the university is in the midst of some major construction projects, more of which will appear on the agenda at this week's Board of Trustees meeting.

"I outlined a pretty ambitious and aggressive agenda in my inaugural speech, and most, if not all, we've started to take action on," he said.

Read the entire article at: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/web/page/normal/8108.html

Learn more about President McRobbie at: http://www.indiana.edu/~pres/

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