By: Sarah Kissel, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Political Science, Religious Studies, English Literature, Bloomington “Racism and Race-Awareness at Indiana University – Bloomington: An Ad Hoc Study by the Board of Aeons. February 23, 1982.” Thus reads the title of the iconic report on race relations at Indiana University, a decades-long conversation among members of… Read more »
By: Sarah Kissel, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Political Science, Religious Studies, English Literature, Bloomington One of the most valuable campus resources finds its roots in a conversation that occurred among Board members in the fall of 1987 and spring of 1988: the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Student Support Services Center. The Board… Read more »
By: Grace Shymanski, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, French and History, Bloomington The inventor of basketball Dr. James Naismith once said: “Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport”. Hoosiers have loved basketball since it was brought to the state by Nicholas McKay in 1892, a year after its… Read more »
By: Victoria Morales, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Psychology, Northwest For a little over a month now, I have been gathering research on the history of Indiana University Northwest. The research has helped me to gain a better understanding of IU Northwest’s journey—dating back to its onset in the 1920’s—and how it has since grown… Read more »
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington After spending the first few months of my Mini 500 project deep in primary sources, at the start of the fall semester I decided to work toward placing my story in its larger context. This included reading about women’s experiences in American colleges since… Read more »
By: Lee Eubanks, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History, Bloomington History provides a precedent. By journeying through archives, perusing historical texts, or experiencing the latest exhibit at a museum, one can discover a place of belonging among the past. For LGBTQ+ individuals, an understanding of queer history is vital. Often faced with marginalization and discrimination,… Read more »
By: Kristie White, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History, Southeast My name is Kristie White, and I was chosen as an intern for the Indiana University Bicentennial Oral History Project. The point of the project is to celebrate the bicentennial of Indiana University by collecting research and oral histories from people who have been affiliated… Read more »
By: Kevin Schascheck, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, International Business and German, South Bend Permanent, unchanging, forever—these are the words that describe the view many students have of the university which they attend, fundamentally understanding that their institution has gone through change, yet being acutely unaware of the exact details of those changes and occurrences… Read more »
By: Kathy Lopez, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Journalism, Bloomington This summer I had the privilege of researching and piecing together the history of the Groups Scholars Program, an initiative dedicated to providing financial resources and academic support to first-generation, low-income students at IU. In a sense, I became part of the Groups Scholars Program… Read more »
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington I was after a story that would show me what life was like for former students at IU, how they related to the University, and how they related to each other. When I first proposed my topic to the IU Bicentennial department, the Mini… Read more »