The Rucks have given the university a $50,000 planned gift to support future educators, especially those who are studying history.

The partnership establishes Indiana State University as the academic partner for the Workplace Injury Prevention Certificate Program.

The partnership establishes Indiana Tech as an educational partner to provide IMA members with a 20% tuition discount for eligible certificate programs.

The Riverside Education Innovation District initiative seeks to expand access to education in the Near Northwest Area of Indianapolis, Indiana. 

The new program will begin with the Fall 2026 semester and is a collaborative offering between the university’s Schroeder Family School of Business Administration and School of Engineering & Computer Science.

Indiana University School of Science in Indianapolis and Indiana University School of Dentistry have partnered for the Bachelor’s/DDS Pathway to Dentistry program for students beginning in the Fall 2026 semester.

The partnership will allow medical students at WVU Medicine Eastern Regional Campus to benefit from the research expertise of Shepherd University faculty in the Shepherd University Center of Excellence for Photobiomodulation.

The college has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant. If approved, the school plans to begin offering the program in May 2028.

The $16,000 grant will fund the university’s “First-Gen Falcons: Carnival of Belonging and Success” initiative, which is a yearlong series of events aimed at first-generation college student success.

This $50 million gift is the largest gift the university has ever received and is the largest personal gift ever bestowed by a sitting university president.