Bloomington, Indiana – While Indiana University's student-athletes are working to get ready to be seen in competition during the 2020-21 season, they're also planning to be heard from this fall.
Beginning this month, the Indiana University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics' Excellence Academy is offering its students monthly programming as part of the Big Ten Conference's Voter Registration Initiative. Formally launched by Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren June 15, the nonpartisan, conference-wide initiative is designed to encourage student-athletes to register to vote, become informed on local and national issues, and ultimately participate in the electoral process.
"The right to vote is one of the most important rights of our democracy," said IU President Michael A.