By Jenna Fattah, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History and Media Management, Bloomington The Asian Culture Center celebrates 20 years at IU Bloomington in October 2018. As stated on their website, their goals are to inform and promote awareness, to support coalition building and unity, to build a more inclusive and welcoming community, and to… Read more »
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Diplomacy, Diversity, and Dollars: How the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement Shaped International Student Policy at Indiana University, 1950-1970
By Asher Lubotzky, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2022, Doctoral Student, History Part I: The Rise of International Students at IU 1950s-1970s The 1950s and the following two decades signified Indiana University’s transformation into a cosmopolitan hub. IU became a home for a broad and diverse population of international students from all over the world. The… Read more »
The Transition of Kokomo Junior College to Indiana University Kokomo
By: Hannah Bourne, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History & Political Science and Communication, Kokomo For part one of this blog, please visit: https://blogs.iu.edu/bicentennialblogs/2018/07/05/the-creation-of-kokomo-junior-college/ The Merger In 1945, Indiana University purchased the Kokomo Junior College and established the Kokomo Extension Center at 508 West Taylor Street. The merger was a bittersweet affair. Within his correspondence,… Read more »
The Creation of Kokomo Junior College
By: Hannah Bourne, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History & Political Science and Communication, Kokomo The dream of accessible higher education for a small, struggling town in the midst of the Great Depression found its beginning in a house located at 508 West Taylor Street in Kokomo, Indiana. The Kokomo Junior College, founded by John and George… Read more »
Indiana University and the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: The Creation of the Riley Hospital for Children
By Melissa Dombrowski, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History Since 1924, Riley Hospital for Children has treated hundreds of thousands of children as part of the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. From 1921 onward, Indiana University’s Board of Trustees has worked in collaboration with the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association (known today as the… Read more »
A History of the OVPDEMA Overseas Study Programs: Part 2
By Marissa Moss, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History Read the first part of this blog post here: https://blogs.iu.edu/bicentennialblogs/2018/05/17/a-history-of-the-ovpdema-overseas-study-programs-part-1/ Each customized overseas trip through OVPDEMA runs for two or three weeks with each day planned out with activities related to the culture of the travel destination. In the case of Ghana in 2002, this trip… Read more »
A History of the OVPDEMA Overseas Study Programs: Part 1
By Marissa Moss, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History In recent years, Indiana University has made a conscious effort to improve the study abroad experience for students from underrepresented populations through the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs (OVPDEMA) overseas study programs. Since the very first trip in 2002, these… Read more »
“Introductory Chronicle” by Dorothy Collins
By: James H. Capshew, University Historian Following the publication of the massive four volume history of Indiana University: Midwestern Pioneer, by Thomas Clark, completed in 1977, the idea of a pictorial history of the university slowly took shape. Although commercial picture books of the campus had been produced occasionally, no attempt to visually document the… Read more »
The 1968 Little 500 Sit-in Podcast
By: Noni Ford, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Media, Bloomington Listen to the podcast here: Many protests occurred at IU Bloomington in the 1960s, but one in particular helped catalyze a great deal of change for African-Americans on campus and contributed to the development of the Neal Marshall Black Culture Center: the Little… Read more »
Paul V. McNutt: Student Leader, Future Governor
By: Duncan King, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, Tibetan Studies, Bloomington In his life of sixty-three years, Paul V. McNutt was known for a great many qualities worth emulating. In the November 1930 edition of The Vagabond, McNutt, then dean of the law school, is described as a man who “walks with an impressive stride,”… Read more »