Bicentennial intern projects showcase IU history
Interns for the Office of the Bicentennial have been researching IU's history since its founding in 1820.
Interns for the Office of the Bicentennial have been researching IU's history since its founding in 1820.
One hundred ninety-six. That’s how many years since IU was founded in 1820, and today’s campus is greatly transformed from that first version.
A Kokomo native’s artwork is on display at Indiana University Kokomo until early next month. A collection of Misch Kohn’s prints will be on display at IUK until Dec. 10 in celebration of his 100th birthday. Kohn passed away in 2003. Kohn was born in Kokomo in 1916. He attended Kokomo High School and earned a scholarship to the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis.
From humble beginnings in Kokomo, Misch Kohn built a career as a pioneer in printmaking, with his work exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide. Now, he will inspire a new generation of artists, as the IU Kokomo Art Gallery hosts Misch Kohn: Beyond the Tradition.
The Indiana University GLBT Student Support Services Office kindly donated their wonderful collection of scrapbooks to the Indiana University Archives as a “Bicentennial gift."
To kick off a spirited weekend of homecoming activity, the IU Bloomington Homecoming parade will take a new route this year, running north from the Indiana Memorial Union on the newly renovated Woodlawn Avenue to 17th Street. IU President Michael A. McRobbie will formally dedicate the new route at the beginning of the parade.
Bold efforts continue to preserve IU's heritage and bolster its future.
In 2007, IU President Michael McRobbie brought together a group of historians, archivists and librarians to discuss plans to document history for the bicentennial. Today, more than 400 oral histories have been recorded.
IU Bicentennial archivist Kristin Leaman-Morris joins Michael Glab on today’s Big Talk to discuss her role in collecting recordings of faculty, alumni, and support staff members talking about life on campus, including both everyday descriptions and extraordinary stories and personalities.
Indiana University South Bend will host a campus open house Tuesday. It's all to celebrate Indiana's bicentennial celebration.
A new website and a series of campus open houses will spread the word and engage faculty, staff, students and alumni in the Indiana University Bicentennial celebration, which is underway and will continue through the university's bicentennial year of 2020.
A new website and a series of campus open houses will spread the word and engage faculty, staff, students and alumni in the Indiana University Bicentennial celebration, which is underway and will continue through the university's bicentennial year of 2020.
IU President Michael McRobbie gave the annual State of the University speech Wednesday.
Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie reported today on a record-setting year for the university as it continues to strengthen its commitment to student success, world-class research and scholarship, as well as service to the civic, cultural, economic and social life of Indiana.
Indiana University President Michael McRobbie officially announced the launch of four programs that are part of IU’s bicentennial celebration during his state of the university address Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis.
IU’s historic calliope is being brought back to life to help celebrate the university’s bicentennial, thanks to an IU Bicentennial Grant for a restoration project by the IU Alumni Association.
Plans for celebrating the Indiana University Bicentennial are well underway, especially with the incoming Class of 2020 arriving this fall. Many Signature Projects have been designed for IU’s Bicentennial, one of which is the Bicentennial Oral History Project.
Planning is underway for IU’s bicentennial celebration that won’t officially commence until the 2019-20 academic year.
Ideas are being tossed around to celebrate Indiana University's bicentennial in 2020.
IU’s bicentennial steering committee presented some ideas for celebrating the university's bicentennial to the IU Board of Trustees at its meeting last week in Indianapolis.
Though the historic event won't officially commence until the 2019-20 academic year, planning is well underway for Indiana University's bicentennial celebration.
IU President Michael A. McRobbie has announced the creation of a Bicentennial Steering Committee to plan and organize activities celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the university’s founding, and the appointment of the first University Historian.