Terre Haute and Indiana State University officials broke ground today for the Cherry Street Multi-Modal Transportation Facility, a key component of downtown revitalization. The $13.4 million facility will provide 628 parking spaces and a new transfer facility for city buses. Combined with other downtown developments, the project is aimed at attracting more people and businesses to downtown Terre Haute. It is the latest example of an ongoing partnership between the university and the city.

The Hoosier Folklore Conference and Hoosier Folklore Society annual meeting will be this Thursday and Friday (November 9-10) at ISU. This year's theme -- Fairy Tales and the Creative Imagination -- features a variety of lecturing scholars, including Maria Tatar, the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, and Jack Zipes, Professor of German, University of Minnesota.

Army and Air Force ROTC cadets from Indiana State University will host a Veterans' Day Wreath Ceremony at noon on Friday, Nov. 10; and a 24- hour vigil at the Vigo County Courthouse from 9 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, to 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11.

Indiana State University invites Phi Theta Kappa students and their families to find out how to continue their education at a special on-campus day Friday, Nov. 17 in Dede I, Hulman Memorial Student Union. The day's events begin at 9 a.m. EST and conclude about 2 p.m. EST.

An evening of one-act operas will be presented by the Opera Workshop of Indiana State University on Saturday, Nov. 18 and Sunday, Nov. 19 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Center for Performing and Fine Arts on the ISU campus.

Indiana State University invites Illinois high school students, transfer students and their families to find out what it means to be an ISU student and to learn more about hands-on learning opportunities available at Stateline Hospitality Day Saturday, Nov. 11 in Dede I, Hulman Memorial Student Union.

On Thursday, Nov. 16, the Indiana State University Symphony Orchestra will join the worldwide celebrations of two important musical milestones -- the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth, and the 100th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth -- with a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Tilson Auditorium.

Suellen Reed, Indiana's superintendent of public instruction, infused energy into a crowd of more than 250 teachers and administrators at Indiana State University's 10th annual Sycamore Educators Day Nov. 4 at Hulman Memorial Student Union.

Through a new student organization, Team Sycamore Racing, ISU students will operate, manage and drive a dragster at local speedways. The team is being formed as the university implements its new minor in motorsports, and is working in conjunction with the automotive technology management program, but the team is not limited to motorsports students.

Hundreds of teachers and administrators from throughout the states of Indiana and Illinois will take advantage of a wide variety of workshops on technology, best practices and leadership challenges in education during Indiana State University's tenth annual Sycamore Educators Day Nov. 4. Suellen Reed, superintendent of public instruction for the State of Indiana will give the keynote address.