By: Kathy Lopez, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Journalism, Bloomington This summer I had the privilege of researching and piecing together the history of the Groups Scholars Program, an initiative dedicated to providing financial resources and academic support to first-generation, low-income students at IU. In a sense, I became part of the Groups Scholars Program… Read more »
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington I was after a story that would show me what life was like for former students at IU, how they related to the University, and how they related to each other. When I first proposed my topic to the IU Bicentennial department, the Mini… Read more »
By: Alexis Burr, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, Community Health, Bloomington In 1923 Herman B Wells (a student at the time) was photographed curiously peering over the shoulder of a painter by the name of Theodore Clement Steele. Theodore or T.C. Steele was a usual sighting on the Bloomington campus from 1923 to 1926 and… Read more »
By: Ellen Glover, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, Journalism, Bloomington As a journalism student, I never thought I was going to spend my summer knee deep in research at Indiana University’s Archives, investigating my school’s past. Sure I like history, but how is this supposed to help me with my dream of becoming a magazine… Read more »