Brehm to be installed

Sharon Brehm joins elite company today. In a ceremony at 4 p.m. in the IU Auditorium, Brehm will be installed as Bloomington's third chancellor. She is the first woman to hold the position. \nWhile the formal induction comes in mid-October, Brehm has been on campus three months and said she already feels at home.\n"I think IU is a wonderful campus. Everyone is just terrific," Brehm said in an IDS article last week. "I've never been at any university where the combination is so powerful, and the combination is that we have a University that is very dedicated to quality and that is very open and friendly and warm."\nBrehm's resume includes serving as provost at Ohio University, dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas.\nBrehm serves as IU's vice president for academic affairs and is a psychology professor and adjunct professor in the School for Public and Environmental Affairs. \nWhen she took over the chancellor position three months ago, she replaced retired Chancellor Kenneth Gros Louis.\n"I've never been bored as an administrator," she said in the article. "I'm constantly dealing with a lot of people, who come from many different viewpoints, with many different wants."\nTo begin the historic day, students are invited to attend the Chancellor's Festival from noon to 2 p.m. in Dunn Meadow. Including 85 student groups, the festival is a celebration of IU culture and traditions. \n"There will be music, free food and booths," said Robin Gress, the University organizer for the event. "The Chancellor will be out there to shake hands and chat. She sees this as an opportunity to reach out and talk. It is a wonderful rite of passage."\nThere will also be a variety of music, with an African American, Latino and jazz band each playing on Dunn Meadow's main stage.\n"It is not just to welcome (Brehm), but to celebrate culture on campus," said Melanie Payne of the office of Orientation Programs and an organizer for the event. \nTo add to the culture, the festival will have a medieval twist. Brehm has an interest in medieval mysticism. She held a symposium Tuesday on "The Chancellor and the Mystics."\n"This is an outdoor luncheon which is fairly common for medieval times," said Bruce Jacobs, associate vice-chancellor for administrative affairs. Adding to the atmosphere, students and organizations designed flags to go on their tents.\nIU President Myles Brand and Bloomington Mayor John Fernandez will attend the events.\nAt the ceremony, there will be a robed procession of faculty. The procession will be accompanied by 50 representatives from institutions around the Big Ten and the state. The event will also feature musical and dance acts and an audio/visual presentation.