Orientation and Transition

Welcome Week

Traditions & Spirit of IU

From the Little 500 bicycle races to IU Dance Marathon, which has raised millions to help sick kids, the traditions and spirit at IU will make you proud to be a Hoosier.

Show your IU spirit at this cream-and-crimson-filled event designed to keep you on your feet, moving and cheering. Wear your IU gear and come ready to yell, learn the fight song, connect with traditions and see the biggest names in IU sports. This is a Welcome Week tradition you don’t want to miss.

  • Hundreds of students outdoors are dressed with IU t-shirts and hold thunder sticks with "Indiana University" imprinted on the thunder sticks.
  • Hundreds of students standing on bleachers in the football stadium while holding up their thunder sticks.
  • The IU cheerleading spirit squad perform a routine on the sidelines of the football field while the IU Marching Hundred play a song.
  • A line of students walking to the football stadium, all holding their thunder sticks.
  • Red and white streamers fall from the cieling as hundreds of students below watch.
  • Hundreds of students seated in Assembly Hall, while the center basketball court is illuminated by spotlights.
  • A few individuals standing in the center of the basketball court speak to students seated in the stands.
  • On the basketball court, the IU cheerleading spirit squad leads the students in a cheer while the Indiana University Marching Hundred play a song.
  • On the basketball court, the IU cheerleading spirit squad leads the students in cheering "We Are IU."
  • Several students pose for the camera while holding thunder sicks.