By: Arianna Koppen, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Management, and Public, Nonprofit, and Community Recreation, Bloomington “No child who is willing to work hard, sacrifice, and make the grade should be denied the dream of a college education” – Governor Evan Bayh, 1990 [1] Before I began my internship with the… Read more »
By: Caroline Wickes, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History and Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Bloomington I grew up in a small farming community in central Indiana. I didn’t feel particularly connected to nature, perhaps because the vast swathes of corn seemed hardly natural. Once a month, my family of five would pack into our station… Read more »
By: Alexis Morales, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, Business, Northwest At the end of every oral history interview, I ask the question: “What does IU mean to you?” Here are some of my favorite answers: “It’s my second love.”—Eva Mintz “. . .Acceptance.”—Anthony Partacz “When I think about IU, I think of the spirit of… Read more »
By: Rachna Chaudhari, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Biology, Bloomington My research for the IU Bicentennial has focused on the life of Andrew Wylie, the first president of Indiana University. Researching so far back in time proved to be more difficult than I expected. A lot of records exist, which was fantastic but also overwhelming…. Read more »
By: Rachna Chaudhari, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Biology, Bloomington Andrew Wylie was born in 1789 and was the son of an immigrant Irish farmer. He grew up in Washington County, Pennsylvania where he was a licensed Presbyterian minister. In 1812, he was unanimously elected the president of Jefferson College. In 1813, Andrew Wylie married… Read more »
By: Kayla McCarthy, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, American Studies, Bloomington I thought this project would look a lot different. I expected more of a linear, step-by-step chronological history where one clue leads to another in sequential order. Instead, it’s like a game of one-way Battleship. You know, the one with the laptop-like boards, the… Read more »
By: Kayla McCarthy, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, American Studies, Bloomington Hello worldwide web! My name is Kayla and I am a spring-semester intern researching how IU has experienced, interacted with, and participated in U.S. presidential happenings since IU’s inception in 1820. This could mean elections, campaigns, inaugurations, presidential visits to IU, you name it…. Read more »
By: Scott Jauch, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2016, International Studies, Bloomington My work for the Indiana University Bicentennial Internship Program centered on the history of IU’s buildings. The first interesting piece of information that I discovered is that IU has not always been on its current campus, which is marked symbolically by the Sample Gates… Read more »
By: Alison Stankrauff, Archivist and Associate Librarian, IU South Bend The Indiana University South Bend Archives holds many, many interesting things… More keep getting uncovered and “discovered” each week, in fact! In 2007, Archives Student Intern Scott Sandberg found a particularly exciting bit of IU South Bend history. Scott had been working with the papers… Read more »
By: Kristin Leaman, Bicentennial Archivist The IU Libraries and the Office of the Bicentennial hosted an event on Thursday, January 19 2017, where several civil rights documentaries were screened in the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive new Screening Room in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. These rare documentaries were made during and just after Dr. King’s life,… Read more »