Editor’s note: Jared Robinson and Hannah Murray (above, Jared in striped shirt, Hannah next to him in tan jacket) are undergraduate students who recently attended the 75th IU Writers’ Conference on campus. In this post, they jointly reflect on their experiences as conference participants. Jared: The experience of the conference is something that, over the… Read more »
For 75 years, the Indiana University Writers’ Conference has brought together writers from diverse backgrounds for a week each summer to discuss their shared aspirations, craft, and belief in the transformative potential of writing creatively. For the past three years, I’ve been fortunate enough to experience the conference both as a participant and as director… Read more »
Little 500, “Go Big Red,” IU Dance Marathon, kicking back on Kirkwood … I was born and raised in Florida, so all of these things were completely foreign to me until the first of my three kids was admitted to Indiana University. As a parent registering my oldest son, Grant, for college in 2003, my… Read more »
I have never enjoyed teaching a class more than my SPEA V450 class. Students come to the class – a service-learning course focused on social change – with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and a vision for a better world. While their ideas about what a better world might look like vary considerably,… Read more »
Single-use plastic is banned in my Sustainability in Product classroom. On the first day of class, in addition to discussing rules for attendance, policies for late work, and grading scales, we talk about what single-use plastic means. Of course there are all of the water bottles. We in the United States consume half a billion… Read more »
In 2009, I left my full-time job in marketing to take on a new role as a graduate student in Indiana University’s Department of Sociology, because there was one thing I was absolutely sure of: I wanted to teach. When I applied to graduate schools, I knew that IU’s Department of Sociology was noted for… Read more »
When I transferred to IU Bloomington from IUPUI in the Fall of 2014, I immediately fell in love with both the town and the campus. There are always plenty of events to attend, interesting classes to take, and driven people working to better their community. Being here has also given me the opportunity to develop… Read more »
