About IUAA

A welcome letter from IUAA Executive Director J T. Forbes

Welcome to IUAA

Greetings, alumni and friends:

JT Forbes

Welcome to the Indiana University Alumni Association website. Within these pages you can stay connected to the university we all love through numerous online resources as well as a variety of events and programs in your area, from Texas to Taiwan, and everywhere in between.

By getting involved, you become part of our mission to mobilize alumni to help themselves, each other, and Indiana University. I am proud to help lead this effort.

“You have the opportunity to play a vital role in the future of IU. I want to personally invite you to take it.”

Having just reached the one-year anniversary of my appointment to this position, I am again thankful for the trust of the colleagues and mentors that helped me arrive at this place. It is with those leaders’ careful advice and support that I endeavor to move our organization from very good to truly great.

Trailblazing opera singer Marian Anderson said, “Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.” I am striving this year to listen and understand what you, our alumni and friends, need from your Alumni Association. I look forward to hearing your stories and ideas.

J Thomas Forbes, BA’90, MPA’96
forbesjt@indiana.edu