Laurie Burns McRobbie
Hello and welcome, I’m Laurie Burns McRobbie and I am honored to serve Indiana University as first lady. Since July of 2007, I have had the good fortune to meet and interact with faculty and staff, students and alumni, donors, and community leaders across IU’s seven campuses and beyond. This website showcases some of the organizations I’ve engaged with and through which I’m able to contribute to IU and the surrounding community. You’ll also find a history of IU’s first ladies who have served before me, as well as highlights of the many programs and events that have helped shaped the university leading up to its bicentennial in 2020. As we move into IU’s third century, I hope you find this site useful in your own exploration of this great university.
Read the First Lady's biographyCelebrating Women’s Equality Day
In honor of Women’s Equality Day and the 100th anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie details the trials and tribulations faced by women as they led the suffrage movement. We need to remember these women and thousands of others who, for more than 80 years, simply did not stop advocating and agitating to be able to exercise that most basic of rights in a democracy – the vote. Read the full essay