By: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “If people are different—and we know they are—it means you’ve got to match your technique to the youngster.”—Martha Dawson [1] Throughout her nearly 50 year career as an educator, Martha Dawson advocated for equal education opportunities for all students. She created ground-breaking programs to help stimulate student learning… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant Don’t you dare call me a pioneer woman doctor. There were many good women doctors before I was graduated in 1906, Jane Ketcham in a 1960 interview[1] Although Jane Merrill Ketcham worked as one of… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “There is no profession [nursing] that offers so many wonderful opportunities. It is one area where you don’t have to accept the status quo—you can effect change.”–Elizabeth Grossman[1] As an Indiana University employee for nearly… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “The important thing for a nurse is that she knows how to be caring, to be caring, and to give the kind of care that being caring demands,” Emily Holmquist. [1] Emily Holmquist devoted her… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “When I arrived in Indiana, the Hospital seemed so lonely and small,”–Alice Fitzgerald upon seeing Long Hospital for the first time. [1] Alice Fitzgerald established a strong foundation for the IU Training School for Nurses…. Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “It is very flat out here and it does look terrible, but I think there is an opportunity to do a great deal and we are going to be very happy.”–Ethel Palmer Clarke[1] As one… Read more »
By Kira Zahedi, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History Edited by Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant All I had wanted was to be a good scholar—to have people say they were going to IPI to take my classes. To give it up, which in essence I am doing, was a very difficult decision. But… Read more »
If there is ever a time for sheer practicality, it is in the measured planning of books and equipment to meet users’ needs.[1]— Florence McMaster By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant An individual’s impact can be felt on an institution in… Read more »
By Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant We wish to congratulate the Black students of Indiana University whose persistent struggle for institutional recognition of their unique needs has resulted in the establishment of the Black Culture Center.–Herman Hudson, 1976.[1] The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center (NMBCC) is the result of several decades of student advocacy at Indiana… Read more »
