About the Student Trustee

IU has had a student trustee for over thirty years. In 1975 the Indiana General Assembly amended the statutes (IC 21-20-3-13), enabling the governor to appoint a full-time student to the board. The first student trustee, Leslie C. Shively, was sworn in on Jan. 1, 1976.

The Current Student Trustee

Cora J. Griffin
Cora J. Griffin

Trustee Griffin, from Cass County, graduated from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis in May 2011, and is pursuing a Master's degree in Nonprofit Management through the School of Environmental and Public Affairs at IUPUI. Ms. Griffin was appointed to the board in 2011; her term runs from July 2011 through June 2013.

Former Student Trustees

  • Abbey R. Stemler
    2009–2011
    MBA / JD student
    IUB
  • Arthur D. King
    2007–2009
    Undergraduate
    Kelley School of Business, IUB
  • Casey Cox
    2005–2007
    School of Law
    IUB
  • Erin Haag Breese
    2003–2005
    M.D. / Ph.D. Student
    IUPUI
  • Sacha I. Wilsey
    2001–2003
    Graduate Student
    SPEA, IUB
  • Dean A. Hertzler II
    1999–2001
    Undergraduate
    School of Science, IUPUI
  • Rose E. Gallagher
    1997–1999
    School of Law
    IUB
  • Frank D. Otte
    1995–1997
    School of Law
    IUB
  • J Thomas Forbes
    1993–1995
    Graduate Student
    Public Administration and Philantrophic Studies
  • Eric A. Todd
    1991–1993
    School of Law
    IUB
  • Susanne P. Bair
    1989–1991
    Doctoral Candidate
    HPER
  • Joseph R. Motherwell
    1987–1989
    School of Law
    IUPUI
  • Thomas R. Haley
    1985–1987
    School of Law
    IUPUI
  • John R. Talley
    1983–1985
    School of Law
    IUPUI
  • James W. Gray
    1981–1983
    School of Law
  • William H. Mohr
    1979–1981
    School of Medicine
  • James W. Wolfe
    1977–1979
    Graduate Student
    School of Business
  • Leslie C. Shively
    Jan. 1, 1976–June 30, 1977
    Senior in accounting at time of appointment