By: Ryan Piurek, Assistant Vice President, Presidential Communications and Special Projects The Indiana University Bicentennial is mourning the passing of Leon Parker Taylor, son of Carrie Parker Taylor, IU’s first female African-American student. Leon passed away on Oct. 25, 2019 at the age of 103. An obituary for Leon Taylor is available online. In 2015,… Read more »
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Carrie Parker Taylor Scholarship
https://supportdiversity.iu.edu/index.html Go to the GIVE page Select Scholarships, scroll down a bit and note the Carrie Parker Taylor Scholarship. Here are some ways gifts can be made online: Option 1: Recurring Gift at myiu.org/recurring-gift Select: Campuses Select: IU Bloomington Select: Carrie Parker Taylor Scholarship (I380012187) Option 2: Online at give.iu.edu Select: Campuses Select: IU Bloomington… Read more »
The Invisible Figures of Indiana Memorial Union History
By: Alexandria Ruschman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies and Central Eurasian Studies, IU Bloomington No matter where you look in history, at any time period or within any group, there are the people who are known. Their names are recognizable; they are the individuals who are remembered. IU history is no exception—everyone knows… Read more »
Behind the Scenes: The Unknown Black Women of the IU Libraries and Archives
By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington The documentation of history is a powerful and necessary responsibility for any community that wishes to reflect on its past. Within the Bloomington campus resides vast amounts of information chronicling the individuals, organizations, and events that made IU the school it is today…. Read more »
The Lengthy Creation of Student Government at Indiana University
By: David Marvin, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History and Economic Consulting/Public Policy Analysis The history of student self-government at Indiana University is circuitous, complex, and confusing. Before the 1944 ratification of the first official student government constitution, many attempts to establish a student government fell short. Despite faculty, administrative, and student support the initiative… Read more »
Lynton Keith Caldwell: Professor, Legislator, and Environmentalist
By Emily Vetne, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History, Bloomington Breaking news on October 8, 2018 stated that the world has until 2030 to correct climate change before the changes become irreparable.[1] While the majority of the scientific community are aware of the environmental changes forecasting the climate shift, this latest news came as a… Read more »
Will Counts: Photojournalist, Professor, Life-Changer
By Emily Vetne, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History, Bloomington If you went through middle and high school in America from roughly the 1970s until now, chances are that you’ve seen a photo by Will Counts in your history textbook. The photo is of a Black high school student, Elizabeth Eckford, walking into Central High… Read more »
Edwin H. Sutherland: The IU Scholar Who Revolutionized the Study of Criminology
By Asher Lubotzky, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2022, Doctoral Student, History, Bloomington Edwin Hardin Sutherland was born in 1883 in Gibbon, Nebraska, to a deeply Protestant family of seven children. He graduated in 1904 from the Grand Island College in Nebraska and received his PhD in 1913 from the University of Chicago. Witnessing poverty, criminality… Read more »
Daniel Kirkwood: The “American Kepler,” Beloved Professor, and Bloomington Icon
By Jenna Fattah, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, History and Media Management, Bloomington Origins IU students will recognize the name Kirkwood from Kirkwood Hall, Kirkwood Avenue, and Kirkwood Observatory, but not many know the story of astronomer and IU professor Dr. Daniel Kirkwood.[1] Daniel Kirkwood was born on September 27, 1814 in Hartford County, Maryland… Read more »
The Enduring Legacy of Esther Bray: Educator and Civic Leader
By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Journalism, Bloomington Over the course of the past year, I have taken a deep dive into researching the roles women played in the early days of the School of Commerce and Finance (what is now known as the Kelley School of Business) at Indiana University. I’ve researched… Read more »