History
A seminary beginning
Indiana's legislature established a state seminary in 1820. Classes began in 1825 with ten students.
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History
Becoming Indiana University
The institution became Indiana College in 1828 and adopted the Indiana University name in 1838.
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Football's campus beginning
Indiana University's official timeline dates the founding of its men's football team to 1886.
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An early graduate milestone
Sarah Parke Morrison became Indiana University's first woman graduate in 1869, two years after IU began admitting women.
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The Rock arrives
Coach Terry Hoeppner had a limestone boulder installed inside Memorial Stadium in 2005, beginning a football tradition.
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Remembering Coach Hep
The Rock was renamed Hep's Rock in 2010 to commemorate Terry Hoeppner.
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A tradition changes location
After nearly two decades inside the stadium, Hep's Rock moved outside the east entrance, where it remains part of the team's arrival tradition.
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