Biddle Conference Center
The POETIC 2012 Meeting venue is the Biddle Conference Center, located in the Indiana Memorial Union on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. The Biddle Hotel and Conference Center has nearly 100 years of special event experience, about 50,000 square feet of meeting space, and hosts more than 15,000 functions every year.
The Indiana Memorial Union, known on campus as the IMU, is a vibrant gathering place for students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests of the University. The original "Student Union" was founded in 1909 and construction of the present building began in 1931. IMU is one of the largest student unions in the world. A magnificent landmark, the IMU is the heart of IU, an educational institution, home away from home, and a gathering place. The Biddle Hotel and Conference Center was added in 1960. All rooms in the Conference Center are nonsmoking.
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Indiana University
Founded in 1820, Indiana University Bloomington is the flagship campus of Indiana University´s eight campuses statewide. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including more than 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus. IU Bloomington is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world. Time named IU Bloomington its "2001 College of the Year" among major research universities. Indiana is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities, the leading American research universities. Additionally, IU has over 110 academic programs ranked in the top twenty nationwide.
Thomas Gaines called the IU Bloomington campus one of the five most beautiful in the nation. Abundant trees, flowers, and Indiana limestone buildings dating back to the late nineteenth century cover the nearly 2,000 acres of campus.
