By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “The important thing for a nurse is that she knows how to be caring, to be caring, and to give the kind of care that being caring demands,” Emily Holmquist. [1] Emily Holmquist devoted her… Read more »
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Alice Fitzgerald: The First Director of the IU School of Nursing
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “When I arrived in Indiana, the Hospital seemed so lonely and small,”–Alice Fitzgerald upon seeing Long Hospital for the first time. [1] Alice Fitzgerald established a strong foundation for the IU Training School for Nurses…. Read more »
Ethel Palmer Clarke: Expanding the IU School of Nursing
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “It is very flat out here and it does look terrible, but I think there is an opportunity to do a great deal and we are going to be very happy.”–Ethel Palmer Clarke[1] As one… Read more »
Frances Rhome: IUPUI’s First Affirmative Action Officer
By Kira Zahedi, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2018, History Edited by Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant All I had wanted was to be a good scholar—to have people say they were going to IPI to take my classes. To give it up, which in essence I am doing, was a very difficult decision. But… Read more »
Florence McMaster: From Librarian to Lawyer
If there is ever a time for sheer practicality, it is in the measured planning of books and equipment to meet users’ needs.[1]— Florence McMaster By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant An individual’s impact can be felt on an institution in… Read more »
Creating The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center
By Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant We wish to congratulate the Black students of Indiana University whose persistent struggle for institutional recognition of their unique needs has resulted in the establishment of the Black Culture Center.–Herman Hudson, 1976.[1] The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center (NMBCC) is the result of several decades of student advocacy at Indiana… Read more »
Elinor Ostrom: An Uncommon Scholar
By: Alexandria Ruschman, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, International Studies and Central Eurasian Studies, IU Bloomington Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants It’s not just elected officials and top executives who are brilliant. There are many individuals who have pretty good insights. I want to enable them.[1]–Elinor Ostrom Indiana University’s… Read more »
Marjorie Leamnson Stonehill: Promoting Continuing Education
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “We have courses for fun, self-help and some that might be job-related.” –Marjorie Leamnson Stonehill[1] Stonehill joined IUPUI in 1970 as the coordinator of continuing education in the school of continuing education and retired as… Read more »
Clare Assue: Psychiatrist and Medical Director
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “I don’t think that sympathy is very therapeutic”-Clare Assue[1] Clare Assue held multiple roles at the IU School of Medicine and Larue Carter Hospital. Working as a professor, advisor, clinician, and coordinator for these two… Read more »
Lillian Yeager: Nursing Leadership at IU Southeast
By: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant Nursing education at Indiana University dates back to 1914, when the Indiana University Training School for Nurses opened its doors in Indianapolis. Since that time, Indiana University has changed in many ways, including the expansion of the university to a total of nine campuses, many of which offer… Read more »