Media School, Ernie Pyle sculpture formally welcomed at Indiana University

“I won’t pretend it was easy to convince faculty that we belonged together,” she said.

But it’s a journey that’s over, and the final product — the Media School — was celebrated Friday afternoon with IU President Michael McRobbie’s formal inauguration of the school and dedication of the sculpture “Ernie Pyle at Work.”

“As the world changes around us … what we teach and the manner in which we teach it must also evolve,” McRobbie told the crowd in Franklin Hall, the school’s new home.

Grabe said after their resistance, faculty from the former School of Journalism and former departments of telecommunications and communications and culture learned to be patient and trust each other.

“I’m confident that we are smart enough to know now that we belong together,” she said.

Franklin Hall was built in the early 1900s and was once the university’s library. It will soon be renovated for the Media School.