College of Technology programs. Middlefork Hall was renamed to Tom Raper Hall, in honor of a prominent donor. Springwood Hall is home to the Office of the Chancellor, the athletics program, Office of External Affairs, Campus Life office, Music program and studios, lastly the Graf Recreation Center. The Graf Recreation Center contains a coffee bar, Brewfus, a weight facility, and half-court basketball gym. IU East campus is adjacent to another public college, the Richmond campus of the Ivy Tech Community College system. IU East also houses the Purdue University College of Technology's statewide presence in Richmond. Notable faculty Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, Professor of English and author of Angelic Airs, Subversive Songs: Music as Social Discourse in the Victorian Novel (Ohio UP, 2002) and British Hymn Books for Children, 1800-1900: Re-Tuning the History of Childhood (Routledge, 2016); Principal Investigator for Sounding Childhood website soundingchildhood.org; Director of the Honors Program, 2010-2018. Jean Harper - Associate Professor of English, documentary, 1:47, and nonfiction writer, author of award-winning memoir Rose City: A Memoir of Work. National Endowment for the Arts Fellow (Prose, 2012). T.J. Rivard - Professor of English, Associate Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs and author. Ron Itnyre, Ph.D.--Lecturer in Biology; Chair of the Sustainability Council Joanne Passet - Retired—Professor of U.S. History and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam, researcher of U.S. Women's History. Mary Fell - Retired—Professor of English, Chair of English Department and poet. Catherine Ludlum Foos - Retired—Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and researcher. Paul Kriese - Retired—Professor of Political Science, a member of Organizing for America for President Barack Obama, American Democracy Project References External links Official website Official athletics website East Public universities and colleges in Indiana Educational institutions established in 1971 Buildings and structures in Richmond, Indiana Distance education institutions based in the United States Education in Richmond, Indiana River States Conference 1971 establishments in Indiana