By: Maclaren Guthrie, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, Anthropology, Bloomington In the past, agriculture was a much more dominant field than floriculture. Now both fields are appreciated and utilized by families everywhere, though some may argue floriculture is even more prevalent than agriculture in relation to how many people were taking part in the activities…. Read more »
By: Maclaren Guthrie, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, Anthropology, Bloomington Agriculture. When hearing that word most people think of a farmer sitting on a tractor in a big field, or something along those lines. This is a reasonable image, but when thinking back to 19th century agriculture the scene was pretty different. Agriculture is defined… Read more »
By: Michael Wilkerson, Director of Arts Administration Programs, SPEA There was a period not long after his second retirement when Ken Gros Louis talked about writing a book called The Poetry of Leadership, his response to our data-obsessed and sometimes dehumanizing 21st century. I asked him what he meant by that title, and he answered:… Read more »
By: Allison McClanahan, Collections and Cataloging Librarian, Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University “You don’t write melodies. You find them. They lie there on the keys waiting for you to find them.”–Hoagy Carmichael This year marks the ninetieth anniversary of the recording of Stardust composed by Bloomington’s own Hoagland Howard Carmichael (1899-1981), better known as… Read more »
By: Maclaren Guthrie, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, Anthropology, Bloomington Starting this fall, Indiana University’s Wylie House Museum and Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology began a joint bicentennial project that will be ongoing until 2020. The purpose is to discover more about IU Bloomington’s cultural heritage, protect local archaeological resources, contribute information to enrich… Read more »
By: Brenton Wells, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant, Doctoral Student, History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, Bloomington Indiana University’s homecoming parade is a longstanding campus tradition. It is difficult to say precisely when the tradition began, as it is not consistently mentioned in early yearbooks or other university publications. The earliest mention appears in a 1908… Read more »
By: Rinjisha Roy, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, SPEA, Bloomington The impact of a university education in a student’s life is undeniably significant. Not only is it a platform which provides opportunities for professional and intellectual growth, but it is also a crucial period that tests resilience and one’s determination to succeed in a rigorous… Read more »
By: Rinjisha Roy, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, SPEA, Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington is home to diverse schools and programs, and two such centers of academic discipline include the IU Cinema and the IU Department of Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance. Unlike other units on campus, both places are unique as both professional venues and… Read more »
By: Angel Nathan, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, Doctoral Student, Higher Education & Student Affairs, Bloomington Indiana University (IU), located in Bloomington, is an institution with a celebrated but complex racial past. Bloomington’s strong Quaker influence shaped a history with an aversion to slavery and the promotion of African American education (Wood, 2014). This may… Read more »
By: Spencer Bowman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, English and Media, Bloomington The Long Road to a Women’s Dormitory The dedication of Memorial Hall, Indiana University’s first women’s dormitory, on October 20, 1924 was a long time coming. Twelve years earlier, in 1912, Dean of Women Carrie L. DeNise researched the university’s housing at the… Read more »