By Kyle Fassett, Doctoral Student, HESA Attention to pedagogy, or the craft of teaching practice, has been considered an invaluable study by educators for centuries.[1] As faculty members transmit knowledge from one student to another, teaching stands at the heart of North American education. By delving into the past, one gains a thorough understanding of… Read more »
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The Road to the Asian Culture Center
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 »
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 »
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 »
Daisy Beck on the IU Auditorium Organ
By: James H. Capshew, University Historian Many people, in ways both large and small, have contributed much to the writing of the history of Indiana University over the years, and Daisy Beck is a fine example. In 1899, Daisy Woodward received her Bachelor of Arts degree and married Frank O. Beck (AB 1894, AM… Read more »
The First Women of the Business School
By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Journalism, Bloomington “Full-time women were practically nonexistent in the early history of the school, with exceptions such as Lulu Westenhaver, who was hired in 1920, and Esther Bray, hired by Herman B. Wells. Both were teachers of shorthand and typing.”—Indiana University Kelley School of Business: The First… Read more »