Welcome to the Groups Alumni Association!

Chapter Activities

The Groups Alumni Association is committed to creating opportunities for local alumni and friends of the university to reconnect with IU. In addition to social activities, we have a unique opportunity to help shape the future of the university's community relations.

40th Anniversary Reunion, Oct. 24 to 26, 2008

Information & Registration

All alumni, former staff, and friends are invited to attend our highly anticipated 40th Reunion! Please come and celebrate with us from Oct. 24 to 26. This page will help guide you with links below for more information.

Please note that because of the events scheduled for the weekend we are not able to accept registrations after the deadline date of Oct. 17.

Checks should be made payable to: Groups Alumni Association, please write 40th reunion in the memo. Checks should be mailed to:

Groups Student Support Services,
Maxwell Hall 200, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN 47405
Attn.: 40th Reunion registration

Official Lodging

A Summer House Inn is the official lodging for the Groups Program’s 40th Anniversary Celebration. Please state that you are with Groups Programs when reserving your room. There are two special Groups options, below:

  • Option One: Fifteen rooms have been reserved for Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, at the rate of $134.
  • Option Two: There are 40 available rooms for Friday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. The daily rate is $159.

All rooms have two double beds. Free continental breakfast and bus transportation to and from the Homecoming football game is available for Groups alumni who stay at A Summer House Inn. Please note that lodging is not included in the price of registration: Lodging accommodations and costs are the responsibility of the attendee. A Summer House Inn is located at 4501 E. Third St., Bloomington, Ind., (800) 371-0934.

Group 43 Scholarship Fund

The Groups Alumni Association has established a scholarship fund to generate scholarship assistance for undergraduate African American and Latino students. The fund derives its name from the 43 African American and Latino students who started Indiana University’s Groups Student Support Services Program in the fall of 1968. This scholarship fund’s mission is to carry on the can-do spirit of Group 43 and all other students who have come through the Groups Program.

Our goal is to raise $43,000 dollars between now and the Groups Program’s 40th Reunion scheduled for Oct. 24 to 26, 2008. The method for reaching this goal is simple: We are asking alumni, parents, and friends of the Groups Program to each make a pledge to contribute $43 dollars to this fund before the reunion. All we need is 1,000 pledges from the 9,000 plus students who have matriculated through the Groups Program to reach our goal.

An announcement of the funds raised will be announced by Groups Director Wiggins and GAA President Smith during the 40th Reunion Banquet on the night of Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.

Instructions on how to contribute will be published on this Web page when available.

Additional information

  • Campus has changed over the years. View a current map.
  • Child care is not provided during any of the weekend’s event
  • Any parking tickets are the responsibility of the attendee
  • Transportation not provided to all events, only to a few events.

Please check back after the weekend’s events are over to help us plan the 50th Reunion!

If you have questions, please contact .

Membership Matters!

Join or renew your IU Alumni Association membership today at (800) 824-3044 or online.

Also, please make sure to update your information with the Groups Alumni Association.