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: 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 »
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: Jessica Ivetich, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Journalism, Bloomington Hi, everyone! My name is Jessica Ivetich, and I am working with the Office of the Bicentennial as an intern this fall. I’m a senior majoring in Journalism with a focus in public relations, and I’m in complete denial that I’m almost done with my… Read more »