Make the most of your IU experience.
IU Bucket List
Must do at IU (a bucket list for the true Hoosier). Complete this list before you graduate.
Print and complete this list before you graduate.
- Go on a late night tour of campus
- Sing the fight song at “Traditions and Spirit of IU”
- Attend a Little 500 men’s and women’s race
- Hike around Griffy Lake
- Sample different international foods at Culturefest
- Experience the Bloomington Farmer’s Market
- Dance to international music at the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival
- Watch Breaking Away in your residence hall
- Have lunch along the Jordan River
- Order freshly baked cookies during a late night conversation with friends
- Hear a lecture or see a show at the IU Auditorium
- Find your favorite brunch location in town
- Take a nap near the fireplace in the Indiana Memorial Union
- Spend a summer in Bloomington
- Try the cuisine at each of the international restaurants on 4th Street
- Experience an opera at the Musical Arts Center
- At night, lay on the ground and watch the lights change on the side of the IU Art Museum
- Learn about controversial sex research at the Kinsey Institute
- Pull an all-nighter at Wells Library
- Find your favorite local ice cream parlor
- Connect with a professor outside of the classroom
- Eat in the Tudor Room of the Indiana Memorial Union
- Attend an African American Art Institute event
- Look at the stars from the Kirkwood Observatory
- Watch the sun come up after an all-night study session
- Learn about Tibetan, Buddist, and Mongolian cultures at the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center and Kumbum Chamtse Ling Temple
- Wear IU gear to the Homecoming parade
- Rock out at a live music show
- Support the local arts at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
- Go bowling or see a free movie at the Indiana Memorial Union
- Sing along at a Straight No Chaser concert
- Get a glimpse of life in Bloomington by volunteering in the community
- Shake the hand of the Herman B Wells statue
- Score some free breadsticks
- Paint the Jordan Avenue bridges for a special event
- Play a game of bags at a football tailgate
- Paint your face for an IU basketball game
- Catch a flick at the Pride Film Festival
- Study in the Arboretum on a sunny day
- Snap a photo in front of the Sample Gates
- Kiss someone special in the Rose Well House at midnight
- Run the nearly naked mile (or at least cheer your friends on)
- Take an interesting elective course just for fun
- Request and read an old manuscript in the Lilly Library
- Play Frisbee in Dunn Meadow
- Show your IU pride at the Old Oaken Bucket Game
- Shop and dine under the holiday lights in the square in downtown Bloomington
- Dip your feet in Showalter Fountain
- Shake your groove thing at Dance Marathon
- Cheer on the Hoosiers at a free IU athletic event
