By: Arielle Pare, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies, French, Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants “When we open ourselves to face and deal with the realities of life, no matter how distasteful, we disarm our… oppressors.”—Goldie Ivory Goldie Ivory, an adjunct faculty member in Indiana University South… Read more »
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 »
By: Spencer Bowman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, English and Media, Bloomington Indiana University has a long tradition of commemorating its past, present, and future with time capsules. Capsules inserted into the cornerstones of Wylie Hall, Student Building, Memorial Hall, Indiana Memorial Union, and Bryan Hall demonstrate this commitment to preserve the past for future… Read more »
By: Regine Vincent, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2019, Chemistry, Bloomington The purpose of this project is to generate a time capsule to celebrate IU’s bicentennial. The aim of the project is for the capsule to be buried in 2020 as part of the bicentennial celebration and to mirror the capsule that was buried somewhere on… Read more »
By: Natalie Mongarella, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington My project is working on a team to plan and design a time capsule for the IU Bicentennial to be opened in 2120. The time capsule is a signature project of the bicentennial. The experience thus far has been fun but at times frustrating. Part… Read more »
By: Spencer Bowman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, English and Media, Bloomington The bicentennial time capsule team’s look back in history helped to give us the background and context necessary for our planning and implementation of the bicentennial time capsule, to be buried in 2020. Firstly, we now understand and appreciate just how important is… Read more »
By: Spencer Bowman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, English and Media, Bloomington In April of 1922, then president of Indiana University William Lowe Bryan spoke at the dedication ceremony for the university’s centennial time capsule: “The people of 1822 could not dream the greatness 100 years would bring to the school they were founding. They… Read more »
By: Ellen Glover, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Journalism, Bloomington I’ve never really been interested in history. I always enjoyed hearing about cool things that have happened in history; but as a journalism student, I never really thought about researching and covering history all that deeply. This changed, however, when I was hired as an… Read more »
By: Gabby McLemore, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Journalism and Education, Bloomington I applied for the Bicentennial internship because I wanted to gain new experiences, meet new people, and learn new skills. Well, I also needed to be able to pay rent, but you know what I mean. All of those things have happened already,… Read more »