The IU East Alumni Oral History Project to celebrate IU’s Bicentennial in 2020 is beginning to wrap up for Spring 2017. Most recently we have been able to interview Denice Honaker, David Markley, Kara Bellew, Doris Phelps, Kimberly Schwartzel, Kraig Rose, and Rachel Rose. (Intern Cassidy Clouse and Professor of Early Childhood Education Dr. Denice Honaker, 2016, courtesy of IUE Library) Beginning in August 2016, I have immersed myself in the history and legacy of Indiana University East. From IU East’s humble beginnings in the basement of neighboring Earlham College, to the big move to our own campus in 1975, to offering advanced degrees and becoming Indiana University’s main campus for online education, we have flourished and will continue to … Continued

Indiana University’s bicentennial will take place in 2020 and Indiana University East’s semicentennial will take place shortly after in 2021. To celebrate the legacy of IU we have been collecting the oral histories from alumni; the following five interview summaries are from IU East alumni who have chosen to continue their experiences at the college through their careers. Thank you to Lora Baldwin, Ashlee Brown, Tracy Amyx, Marcia Sloan, and Tony Foster for taking the time to donate their recollections to the IUE archives! If you are an alumni who would like to share your experiences at IU East, please complete this quick form, thank you! http://iue.libsurveys.com/oralhistory Lora Baldwin Lora Baldwin, Associate Librarian for Information Technology, has worked here for … Continued

Hello! My name is Cassidy Clouse; I’m the bicentennial intern at IU East this semester. I’m an Honors student double majoring in Psychology and Human Life Science with minors in Chemistry and Neuroscience, and after graduation I will attend graduate school to obtain my PsyD. On campus I am a student ambassador, Supplemental Instructor for Physics, Treasurer of Student Government Association, Vice President of Psychology Club, and Secretary of the service-learning Circle K Club. My main purpose as the bicentennial intern is to document IU East history. Along with other student workers in the library, I’ve been indexing and categorizing archived student newspapers, The Pioneer Press, from the 1970s. The biggest way history will be documented on our campus is … Continued