History

• (1961) Post high school study commission studied the number of Indiana students not going to college immediately following high school
• (1963) Recommended statewide vocational-technical college (commerce, industry, agriculture, labor, education and public at large)
• (1963) Approved Ivy Tech Vocational Technical College – 13 regions approved
• (1966) First president appointed
• (1969)  Ivy Tech Foundation established
• (1988) Ivy Tech celebrates 25th Anniversary
• (1991) Ivy Tech accredited as one college
• (1993) Ivy Tech Alumni Association established
• (1995) Becomes Ivy Tech State College
• (2005) Becomes Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
• (2013) Ivy Tech celebrates 50th Anniversary

Regional founding dates

1. Northwest Region - January 1968 
2. North Central Region – September 1967
3. Northeast Region – April 1968
4. Lafayette Region – January 1968
5. Kokomo Region – early 1968
6. East Central Region – April 1968
7. Wabash Valley Region -  January 1967
8. Central Indiana Region – June 1969
9. Richmond Region – April 1968
10. Columbus Region -  June 1967
11. Southeast Region – June 1968
12.  Southwest Region – March 1968
13.  Southern Indiana Region - June 1968
14.  Bloomington Region – June 1967

College Names/Logos

Ivy Tech Presidents

• Frederic M. Hadley, 1966 – 1968
• Glenn W. Sample, October 1968 – February 1969
• Dr. Harry A. McGuff, 1969 – 1972
• W. Dwight Renner, 1972 - 1975
• Glenn W. Sample, 1975 – 1980
• John Barnett, February 1980 – November 1980
• Myron M. Eicher, 1980 - 1982
• John Barnett, August 1982 – December 1982
• Gerald I. Lamkin, 1983 – 2007
• Thomas J. Snyder, 2007 – Present