Indiana University Kokomo
Public university in Kokomo, Indiana
Indiana University Kokomo (IU Kokomo or IUK) is a public university in Kokomo, Indiana, United States. It is a regional campus of Indiana University serving north central Indiana.
History
In 1932, John and George Beauchamp opened the Kokomo Junior College in the downtown YMCA. The Junior College offered a basic two-year collegiate program. It maintained an average enrollment of approximately 75 students. In 1945, it moved to 508 West Taylor Street, which was Indiana University's first building in the city of Kokomo. Indiana University Kokomo was officially established in 1945 as one of several extension centers of Indiana University (2012).
In 1947, students moved to a new location, West Sycamore Street, known as the Seiberling Mansion. The mansion, an adjacent home, the Elliot House, and its two carriage buildings served as the IU Kokomo campus for nearly twenty years. In 1965, IUK moved to its current location, south of historic downtown Kokomo, on Washington Street. The Main Building, the first building on campus, opened with classrooms, a library, administrative offices, and a 908-seat auditorium.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11287623. VIAF identifies the subject as 123446720. The Library of Congress control number is no94007189. Authority coordinates are 40.460, -86.132. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1932, 1945, 2012 and 1947.
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