The Conrad Prebys Amphitheater at IU Bloomington hosted an eclipse viewing party in 2017. Photo by James Brosher, Indiana UniversityThe IU Bloomington Student Involvement and Leadership Center encourages student organizations to plan programming in conjunction with the total solar eclipse on April 8.

While the totality phase of the eclipse will last four minutes or less, surrounding festivities at IU Bloomington will be far more expansive.

Registered student organizations are invited to apply for a Solar Eclipse Student Grant to support eclipse-related activities and events leading up to and on the day of the eclipse. The application deadline is Jan. 28.

Student organizations can use their management tool on beINvolved to apply using the finance tool total eclipse budget request.

Email questions to sil@indiana.edu.