Stories tagged with: Red Wolves

March 3, 2011 |

First up: Indiana Wesleyan. The Indiana University East men’s basketball team will face Indiana Wesleyan University in the opening round of the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship in Point Lookout, Mo. It’s the first nationals bid in IU East’s NAIA basketball history. The Red Wolves joined the NAIA in 2007. “This was the ...

May 15, 2009 |

Indiana University East will add men’s and women’s tennis for the 2009-10 academic year.  Local tennis professional Michael Sherer will be the program’s first head coach.  The Red Wolves will now compete in eight intercollegiate sports. Athletics director Mark Hester said that the addition of two more sports keeps IU East on its aggressive growth ...

January 9, 2009 |

Indiana University East has a name for the Red Wolves mascot. “Rufus the Red Wolf” debuted in person during the IU East/Holiday Inn Richmond Homecoming Classic basketball tournament held in November. After seeking nominations from the community for a name, the university received 162 suggestions. Rufus derives from Canis rufus, the scientific name for red ...

November 17, 2008 |

Indiana University East now has a Red Wolf on the prowl. The university debuted its new mascot during the IU East/Holiday Inn Richmond Homecoming Classic basketball tournament on November 8. And now the university is asking for the campus and the community to name the Red Wolves mascot. Nominations will be accepted online at www.iue.edu/mascot ...

November 14, 2008 |

Derrick Stump, of Pitsburg, Ohio, and Carri Pyle, of Richmond, are now homecoming royalty. The IU East Print Quality Photo (3.8MB) students were named the 2008 Homecoming King and Queen during the bonfire Thursday, November 6 after the nominees had been narrowed to three lords and three ladies. The Homecoming Royalty was also introduced during ...

April 30, 2008 |

Print Quality JPG (CMYK) [1.8 MB] 4-color EPS (CMYK) [0.8MB] 2-color EPS (CMYK) [0.7MB] 1-color EPS (CMYK) [0.7MB] Indiana University East is now the Red Wolves. The new mascot was unveiled at a press conference on Wednesday at IU East. The Red Wolves name was chosen because it represents the spirit and energy of Indiana ...

April 29, 2008 |

Indiana University East will unveil its new mascot at 11:30 a.m. in the Whitewater Hall lobby on Wednesday, April 30. The event is open to the community and will be broadcast live by WCTV. IU East announced in November that it would replace its current Pioneer mascot to coincide with the university’s transition to a ...

April 1, 2008 |

Indiana University East will add men’s cross country, women’s cross country, and women’s golf to its intercollegiate athletics program for the 2008-09 academic year. Interim Chancellor Nasser Paydar said the move is consistent with IU East’s overall growth. “With our new mission as a bachelor’s and master’s degree-granting campus, we are growing both our academic ...

January 28, 2008 |

Indiana University East is one step closer to naming a new mascot. The IU East mascot steering committee has narrowed the 165 different nominations to five finalists. The university is now inviting the public to vote for a favorite finalist. The finalists were announced today as part of the homecoming festivities during the IU men’s ...

October 1, 2007 |

For a complete listing of events for “IU East Athletics Day,” please visit /news/?p=26.  Richmond, Ind. – Today the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced that it officially accepted IU East as a member of its association at its national meeting in Kansas. IU East will now pursue conference membership in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletics ...