Spotlight on Achievement: IUAA Volunteer Leadership Award
In this new world situation, Indiana University and the IUAA seeks to pivot toward what we can do – rather than what we cannot do. We regret that we are not able to honor our President’s Award, Volunteer Leadership Award, and Gertrude Rich Award recipients this June in person in the typical fashion. However, we …
Spotlight: LGBTQ+ Celebration Weekend
The LGBTQ+ Celebration Weekend is a wrap! In those two days I was honored to watch our staff and volunteers, led by LGBTQ+ Alumni Association President Cindy Stone, in outstanding engagement and positive momentum. In case you didn’t know, the IU LGBTQ+ Alumni Association is an active and vibrant organization of IU alumni and friends …
IU Sports Network: Part of IUAA’s History, Too
Today’s blog post was written by former CEO of IUAA, Ken Beckley, BS ’62. A short selection appears below, and the full story of the IU sports network, along with many more historical pieces about WTIU’s 50th anniversary in 2019, can be found here. Indiana University owned and operated its own radio sports broadcasting network …
Spotlight: Cristina Goodenough, BA’06
Our Volunteer Spotlight this week is Cristina Goodenough. Cristina graduated from the Media School at Indiana University Bloomington in 2006 where she majored in telecommunications and minored in business. She is the Social Media Lead for the Nashville, Tennessee, IUAA chapter. Cristina shared that she was a “social media gal” so it was only right …
Spotlight: Ramon Hill, MS’06
Ramon is a lifetime member of the IU Alumni Association and he is currently the Membership Chair for the IUAA Washington D.C. chapter. While in Washington D.C., Ramon had the opportunity to play three seasons of Big Ten Alumni softball in the National Mall, how cool! After taking some time off from IU activities, he …
Volunteer Spotlight: Alex Tapnio BS’98, BA’99
Meet Alex Tapnio! Alex is the co-president of the Metro NY chapter of the IU Alumni Association and graduated from IUB with a double major in Biology and Art History. He first became involved with IUAA when he connected with Wes Erwin at an alumni affairs conference, who asked if he wanted to get involved …
Spotlight: Joan Lemoine and the Hilton Head Chapter
The small but mighty Hilton Head Chapter of the IU Alumni Association has been doing big things in their small Alumni Community. For about ten years, they’ve been partnering with the Big Ten Coalition. According to Joan Lemoine, BS’68, MS’69, Ed.D’85, “Everyone in Hilton Head is categorized as ‘been here’ or ‘come here’, and all …
Student Takeover in Bloomington
My name is Lanie Trotter, and I am one of the 2019-2020 IUAA Student Fellows. I’m taking over the blog today to introduce you to myself and my fellow fellows. My friends say I love to talk about myself, so naturally I’ll start with my own introduction. I am a senior from Memphis, TN majoring …
Spotlight: Remembering Jim Justus
Timothy Long, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at IU, wrote this remembrance. I was lucky enough, when I came to IU in 1969, to make the acquaintance, almost immediately, of Charles Forker of the English Department. Charles was better than any Spartacus Guide for acclimating yourself to Bloomington gay life. Through Charles I then met …
Spotlight: Jason Sprinkle, BA’12, JD’15
Jason Sprinkle is an IUAA Volunteer Leader in our IU LGBTQ+ affiliate group. I interviewed Jason recently and am thrilled to highlight his involvement as an Alumni Volunteer. The IU alumni body represent thousands of individuals from all walks of life. Our alumni invest their time and resources to help fulfill the IU promise and …
Spotlight: Jimmy Grimes, BA‘06
Jimmy Grimes is an IUAA Volunteer Leader based out of San Diego, CA. I interviewed Jimmy recently and am excited to share a spotlight and his great work as an Alumni Volunteer. Keeping up with our incredible alumni body would be impossible without our alumni leaders and I am thrilled to highlight one of our …
Spotlight: Sia Nyorkor, BAJ’00
Sia Nyorkor is a multimedia journalist based in Cleveland, Ohio. She was interviewed by Baindu Bayon, PhD, Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Board Member. When did you attend Indiana University? Why did you choose IU? Which dorms did you live in and to which clubs did you belong? I attended IU from 1996-2000 and graduated in 2000. …