The ceremony will feature remarks from Julian Bond, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, according to the University.
The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the north courtyard of the Rose Avenue Residence Hall.
Programming and scholarships for the center are funded by a $1-million gift from the Ford Family Fund for Inspire, which will be formally recognized at the ceremony.
Ford Family Fund President Jean Ann Ford is an IU alumna.
Ford majored in education and minored in fine arts, according to the ?University.
“Education and those who choose to teach are unique,” Ford said of the Ford Family Fund gift in a University release. “Teaching is not a job, nor a career. It’s a calling, an avocation.”
The LLC started welcoming new students this ?semester.
Students in the LLC are intended education majors who are particularly driven.
The selected students participate in additional out-of-the-classroom ?experiences.
The LLC offers associated scholarships to Indiana residents.
In the case of rain, the ceremony will be moved to the Wendell W. Wright Education Building’s atrium.
Anna Hyzy
