Celebration of Academics
Collins celebrated 47 members named Founders Scholars this year.
Fireside Chats Bring Key Visitors to Collins
The BOEP Fireside Chat program brings prominent visitors from across campus to chat with students.
Academia Week
The Pipe and The Barrow staff led a week of themed programming for the community.
Modern Metamorphs: Collins LLC Collaborates with the Jacobs School of Music
Collins LLC Collaborates with the Jacobs School of Music
In-person Dickens Dinner returns with great success
Collins LLC hosted a successful return to an in-person Dickens Dinner event this December.
A new season of theatre at Collins LLC
Find out what's been going on for the 2021-2022 theatre season at Collins LLC and what's coming up next.
Collins LLC settles in at Foster
Collins LLC has made its move to our temporary home Foster-Shea and enjoyed an eventful Welcome Week.
Collins Living-Learning Center award winners for 2020-2021
Announcing the Collins Living-Learning Center award winners for 2020-2021.
The re-opening of the Cheshire Café
Sorely missed by Collinsites during the pandemic, the Cheshire Café re-opened for business in mid-March.
Collins LLC honors Founders Scholars
At a ceremony and reception on Sunday, April 11, 2021, Collins Living-Learning Center Director Lara Kriegel congratulated the 29 Collins LLC members named Founders Scholars this year.
Taylor-Paige Guba honored with Kate Hevner Mueller Senior Award
Collins senior Taylor-Paige Guba is receiving the Kate Hevner Mueller Award.
Collins raises funds for the RISE! at Middle Way House with soup, ceramics
While adapting to pandemic precautions, the annual soup bowl benefit at Collins LLC raises over $200.
Uncovering Artists’ Books at Wells Library
Associate Director Yara Clüver was recently part of an online program through the Wells Library about the unqiue genre of Artists’ Books.
Collins Renovation to move forward in 2021-2022
Collins Living-Learning Center is on the books for renovation, starting May 2021 and lasting through July 2022. While the buildings are closed, the LLC will be hosted in Foster-Shea.
Collins LLC's Bicentennial Medal Recipients
Three members of the Collins LLC family are honored with IU Bicentennial Medals.
Arts Council Engages With New Students
Collins LLC Arts Council draws in new members and participants with programming in fall 2020.
Collins 2019-2020 Awards Night
Students and staff gathered at the IMU Jordan River Open Air Venue to celebrate our annual awards night, re-scheduled from the spring semester.
BOEP Begins Course Proposal Process
The student-run Board of Educational Programming begins review of 20 course proposals for the fall 2021 semester this week.
Student course project in time of COVID-19
Students shine in final projects for Mastro’s Collins course, Haunted and Possessed: Children in Horror.
Collins Living-Learning Center award winners for 2019-2020
Announcing the Collins Living-Learning Center award winners for 2019-2020.
Renovation update 4-20-2020
An update on Collins in fall 2020.
CollinsFest is happening!
CollinsFest is happening online this weekend!
Arts Council Meets on Zoom
Arts Council holds meetings online to handle business, and generates online programming ideas.
Collins Community Goes Virtual
The Collins community moves online amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Associate Director Yara Clüver on Earth Eats
Associate Director Yara Clüver's Food Photography class (CLLC-L210, Food Photography: Concepts & Practice, Fall 2019) was featured on a recent episode of WFIU's Earth Eats.
Medieval Play Premieres in Collins Dining Hall
The 15th-century The Second Shepherd’s Play drew an audience of students and faculty to Collins Dining Hall for two performances December 6 and 7.
New web page for Self-Governance, Sustainability, and the Arts in Oaxaca, Mexico
Check out the new web page for the Collins summer expedition course in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Students in Food Photography class visit local goat farm
Students learn about sustainable practices and exercise their photo taking abilities through a visit to Bloomington’s Goat Conspiracy goat farm.
Collins Celebrates Historical Marker
Collins received its Bicentennial Historical Marker on October 25th, 2019. The marker celebration included a reception to welcome friends of Collins from near and far, a dedication ceremony with an unveiling of the new marker, and an afterparty hosted by student historian Aaron Sizemore.
Collins Renovation Set For 2020-2021
Collins Living-Learning Center is on the books for renovation, starting May 2020 and lasting through July 2021. While the buildings are closed, the LLC will be hosted in Foster-Shea.
LLC hosts visiting scholar Alyosha Gorshkov this fall
Alyosha Gorshkov will be a scholar in residence this fall semester (first 8 weeks) at Collins Living-Learning Center, where he will teach a course (joint listed as REEI R-300) called "Russia Queer Politics and Gender Outlaws: Revolution or Devolution."
Collins LLC 2017-18 Dancing Star Wins Award
The 2017-18 edition of our literary and visual arts magazine, The Dancing Star, has won the top award for Best of Category for Novelty Books in the 2019 Great Lakes Graphic Association (GLGA) Print Competition.
Collins LLC represented on College Diversity Committee
Collins President and LLC Director named to College diversity and inclusion committee.
Collins LLC Celebrates 72 Founders Scholars
Collins LLC honored 72 Founders Scholars at the annual Celebration of Academics.
Introducing SustainCollins: Live and learn with like-minded students on Collins’ new Sustainability Floor
Beginning this fall, residents at Collins Living-Learning Center have an opportunity to live on a new sustainability floor.
Introducing the Collins Neighborhood Liaisons
Meet the student liaisons appointed to help make connections and collaborate with the cultural centers in our neighborhood.
Collins alumnus returns for Connect '19
This one day conference brings 25 distinguished alumni from the College of Arts + Sciences back to IU.
Seeking nominations for Teaching Award
Collins is seeking nominations from fall seminar students for the Annual Carl H. Ziegler Teaching Award.
New Collins internship
Collins is pleased to announce a new internship program for our students in self-governance and management, Internship in Student Self-Governance and Management (CLLC-X 273).
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