By Sarah Jacobi, Office of the Bicentennial Office Manager and Administrative Assistant The inaugural Bicentennial Intern Open House was held on December 9th 2016 and was a great success. Twelve interns participated in the event and faculty and staff stopped by to learn more about the projects they have been working on throughout the semester…. Read more »
By: Kevin Schascheck, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, International Business and German, South Bend At our founding, Indiana University at South Bend was more comparable to a Bloomington colony rather than being emblematic of the South Bend community. Today, we see a very different story. IUSB has three buildings dedicated to classes and offices, a… Read more »
By: Lee Eubanks, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History, Bloomington The importance of collecting narratives from those who have experienced history can be summarized in this quote by Elizabeth J. Grace; “One elder is a whole library.” As a Bicentennial intern working with the Bicentennial Oral History Project, my goal is to record the histories… Read more »
By: Grace Shymanski, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, French and History, Bloomington The WRA Era, Extramural Era, and Association Eras Women’s Basketball continued to progress as a game and as the preferred pass time for collegiate women at Indiana. Organizations such as sororities, dormitories, and other unorganized groups of women continued to compete in basketball… Read more »