Charles R. Bantz guided the IUPUI campus through a period of unprecedented growth and transformation. Under Bantz's leadership, the campus not only underwent signficant physical alterations, but it also saw major changes to the student body, notable expansion of research and creative activities, and renewed commitments to diversity and to the health and well-being of the community. The numerous accolades that IUPUI received during his tenure demonstrate the profound impact that Bantz had on the campus.
The Bantz Era
Tremendous change in the student body
2x
The number of international students
66%
Increase in the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded
250%
Increase in students living on campus
221%
Increase in student organizations
Remarkable growth in research and creative activities
61%
Increase in external research awards since 2002
2007
Center for Translating Research into Practice established
$25 Million
NIH grant to create the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
23
signature centers founded to foster distinctive, multidisciplinary, and collaborative research
Unprecedented physical changes to the campus
Increase of 1,415 student beds on campus
Opening of the IUPUI Campus Center
Opening of nearly 1 million square feet of research and academic space
Commitment to diversity
2010
Multicultural Center established
19%
of the student body are minorities
30%
of faculty are minorities
Vastly increased the commitment to the health and well-being of the community
330%
increase in students participating in service learning classes
2012
Launched the Fairbanks School of Public Health and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
25+
twenty-first-century degree programs to enable our students to be competitive
International Recognition
- A top 200 National University by U.S. News and World Report
- “Up and Coming National University” by U.S. News and World Report for five years
- “8th Best Public University in the Midwest”–Forbes Magazine
- President’s Higher Education Community Service Award, five times honored, twice with distinction
- Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Partnerships
- Among Top 30 Best U.S. Non-HBCU Schools for Minorities–Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
- Classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a Community Engaged Campus
- Top five “Best Neighbor” college or university based on survey findings by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships