By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants In the decades since the early years of the women’s liberation movement, women’s and gender studies academic programs have swept across the nation’s colleges, including Indiana University South Bend. A professor of… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants On September 7, 1922, six students from the Indiana University Training School for Nurses in Indianapolis discussed a dream: to create an organization to recognize nursing merit and scholarship. The women went… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “The dream I always had, and the reason I entered medicine was to affect the health care of as many people as possible. When I think about achievement, mine has been in gaining the freedom… Read more »
By: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant The 1930s and ’40s are considered by many to be the “golden age of radio.” This golden age spread all over the United States, and reached the Indiana University Northwest campus through Romola Latchem Hicks, a professor at the school and former actress and popular radio host. Hicks… Read more »
By: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant In both academia and in the nursing profession, Hilda Richards was a trailblazer. Richards, the first African American chancellor in the entire IU system, helped to promote diversity and equal opportunities at Indiana University Northwest. Richards used her career experiences in the nursing field to expand and enrich… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “We look toward a future when feminist thought has a more profound influence on bioethics, when the voices of the socially marginalized are more fully recognized, and the needs of all social groups are integrated… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “Life is a little like slow dancing. It’s shared…but it’s also done for you.”[1] Dr. Diane Brashear left her mark on the Indianapolis, IN area through her passion for her work and connection to the… Read more »
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants In a multi-campus system such as Indiana University, each campus has a distinct identity and voice. Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) refined its identity in the 1980s with the help of Dr…. Read more »