[8] As an extension center, IU Southeast's purpose was to permit freshmen and sophomore students to take classes near their residence before transferring to the Indiana University Bloomington main campus.

[10] IU Southeast is located 15 minutes north of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, in suburban New Albany, Indiana, at the edge of southern Indiana's picturesque "knobs," which is a region of rolling hills that run parallel to the Ohio River.

Several programs on the IUS campus are accredited in specific fields and/or have received regional or national recognition for the work of the students and faculty.

[13] Additionally, the Biochemistry track is the Chemistry Program is accredited by the American Chemical Society.

With the addition of residence halls, IUS is the first full-service public institution in the south-central sector of the state.

The Horizon won the Pacemaker Award in 2015, widely considered to be the Pulitzer Prize for college journalism.

[14] Also in 2015, the Horizon won the College Media Association's Pinnacle Award for Four-Year Less-Than-Weekly Newspaper of the Year.

IUS is the only university in the Louisville metro area to offer a bachelor's degree in journalism.

The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the River States Conference (RSC; formerly known as the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) until after the 2015–16 school year) since the 1994–95 academic year.

In that same year, there was an attempt to affiliate IU Southeast with the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

[17] Students who are awarded this honor must have maintained a 3.25 or higher GPA while attending classes full-time and have participated in one or more athletics programs.

In the 2007–2008 academic year, IUS won the KIAC conference championship in the following sports: baseball, basketball, softball, as well as men's and women's tennis.

In 2012, Glover led a $35,000 renovation of The Koetter Sports Baseball complex, which included a new infield surface and improved drainage.

In 2011, new upgraded seating was added to the Activities Building, and a new infield surface was designed installed at the Koetter Sports Softball complex.

Glover also spearheaded the effort for the Grenadier baseball and softball programs to create a new indoor hitting facility that now allows for the teams to practice all year.

The IU Southeast Athletic Department was also awarded the distinguished RSC (then KIAC) Commissioner's Cup in 2011 and 2012.