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Anthony Gray, Anthony Gray '98, Rae Rein 2011
Anthony Gray, Anthony Gray '98, Rae Rein 2011
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Anthony Gray, Class of 1998, who majored in International Studies and minored in Political Science, discusses student diversity. This was recorded during the weekend of Homecoming 2010 at IWU.
Clonda Bohn Ellis, Clonda Bohn Ellis '47, Meg Miner
Clonda Bohn Ellis, Clonda Bohn Ellis '47, Meg Miner
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Clonda Ellis, Class of 1947, who majored in Piano and minored in Band, was a member of Sigma Alpha Iota. This was recorded during the weekend of Homecoming at IWU.
Claudia Brogan, Claudia Brogan '77
Claudia Brogan, Claudia Brogan '77
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Claudia Brogan, Class of 1977, who majored in Theater, Education, and English, reflects on her time at IWU. This was recorded during the weekend of Homecoming at IWU.
Carol And Barry Beaman, Carol Gray Beaman '66, Barry Beaman '65, Meg Miner
Carol And Barry Beaman, Carol Gray Beaman '66, Barry Beaman '65, Meg Miner
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Carol Beaman, Class of 1966, majored in Mathematics and minored in Accounting, and Barry Beaman, Class of 1965, majored in Physics. This was recorded during the weekend of Homecoming 2010 at the Ames library.
Deon Hornsby, Deon Hornsby '97, Rae Rein 2011
Deon Hornsby, Deon Hornsby '97, Rae Rein 2011
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Deon Hornsby, Class of 1997, majored in Business Administration, and was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon and Black Student Union. He has been a part of the executive board of the Alumni Relations Office and chair of the Minority Alumni Network from 2003-2010. This was recorded during Homecoming 2010 at IWU.
Joshua Butts, Joshua Butts 2001, Rae Rein 2011
Joshua Butts, Joshua Butts 2001, Rae Rein 2011
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Joshua Butts, Class of 2001, who majored in English and History, reflects on his time at IWU, how embracing diversity on campus prepares one for life, about being out as a gay man to friends only on campus, and how his perceptions changed since then.
Helen Geneva Harbison, Helen Geneva Harbison '47, Meg Miner
Helen Geneva Harbison, Helen Geneva Harbison '47, Meg Miner
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Mrs. Harbison majored in History with a minor in English. She was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority.
De'andre Hardy, De'andre Hardy 2000, Rae Rein 2011
De'andre Hardy, De'andre Hardy 2000, Rae Rein 2011
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Mr. Hardy double-majored in Business Administration and Sociology with concentrations in Race and Ethnic Relations and Human Sexuality. He was chairperson of Black Men in Action, created the Anti-Discrimination Coalition, and started Wesleyan's chapter of the NAACP.
Helen Mcnicol Sheldon, Helen Sheldon '40, Meg Miner
Helen Mcnicol Sheldon, Helen Sheldon '40, Meg Miner
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Helen McNicol Sheldon, Class of 1940, majored in Sociology. This was recorded at Sheldon's home.
Chet Sheldon, Chet Sheldon '43, Rae Rein 2011
Chet Sheldon, Chet Sheldon '43, Rae Rein 2011
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Chet Sheldon, Class of 1943, was a member of Beta Kappa fraternity, which is now Theta Chi. He majored in Sociology. This was recorded at Sheldon's home.
Jane Rea Norris, Mary Jane Rea Norris '44, Meg Miner
Jane Rea Norris, Mary Jane Rea Norris '44, Meg Miner
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Mary Jane Rea Norris was a Kappa Delta and would have been a member of the Class of 1944 but left after World War II started. She worked for IWU's Administration and State Farm, and her four children are IWU alumni. This interview was conducted at Westminster Village in Bloomington.
Margaret Davidson Watson, Margaret Davidson Watson '46, Ann Harding
Margaret Davidson Watson, Margaret Davidson Watson '46, Ann Harding
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Margaret Davidson Watson is a Sigma Kappa and graduated with a degree in English Literature in 1946. She was interviewed at Westminster Village in Bloomington by the Director of Alumni Relations.
Bill Wright, William Wright '53, Meg Miner
Bill Wright, William Wright '53, Meg Miner
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Bill Wright is a graduate of the 1953 Business Administration program and is a member of Theta Chi. This interview was conducted at Westminster Village in Bloomington.
Lynn Bertholf Westcot, Lynn Bertholf Westcot, Meg Miner
Lynn Bertholf Westcot, Lynn Bertholf Westcot, Meg Miner
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Lynn Bertholf Westcot was an IWU School of Nursing faculty member from 1969-1978. Her father was President Lloyd Bertholf, and in this interview she relates memories of him and her mother as well as other events throughout her career.
Dennis Watson, Dennis Glenn Watson '50, Meg Miner
Dennis Watson, Dennis Glenn Watson '50, Meg Miner
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Mr. Watson was a Business major and a Political Science minor in the Class of 1950. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta. This interview was conducted at Westminster Village in Bloomington.
Ruth Ghilain Luhring, Ruth Ghilain Luhring '43, Ann Harding
Ruth Ghilain Luhring, Ruth Ghilain Luhring '43, Ann Harding
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Mrs. Luhring is a member of the class of 1943 and graduated from the School of Music. She was interviewed at Westminster Village in Bloomington by the Director of Alumni Relations.
Ruth Hunter, Ruth Hunter '51, Meg Miner
Ruth Hunter, Ruth Hunter '51, Meg Miner
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Ruth Hunter graduated from the former Brokaw Hospital School of Nursing, which is now Advocate BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal, IL, in 1951. She then continued to work at the hospital for 28 years after obtaining her RN's license in 1952.
Maxine Lebkuecher Drexler, Maxine Lebkuecher Drexler '46 And '57, Amy Uden '11
Maxine Lebkuecher Drexler, Maxine Lebkuecher Drexler '46 And '57, Amy Uden '11
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Professor Drexler received both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Music from IWU. She was an adjunct faculty member, specializing in Voice, at IWU for 32 years.
Lynn Nichelson, Lynn Nichelson, Rachel Kagan '10
Lynn Nichelson, Lynn Nichelson, Rachel Kagan '10
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Lynn Nichelson started his career at IWU in 1962 and retired in 2009. He served the University as Director of Financial Aid, Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management, and Assistant Dean of Students.
Dwight Drexler, Dwight Drexler '34, Amy Uden '11
Dwight Drexler, Dwight Drexler '34, Amy Uden '11
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Professor Drexler's association with IWU began in 1929 and he officially retired from the faculty in 1979. He returned to teaching on campus several times afterwards as a sabbatical replacement. Professor Drexler also served as Acting Director of the School of Music three times.
Caretakers Of The Garden Of Delight And Discontent: Adirondack Narrative, Conflict, And Environmental Virtue, Eric Richard Holmlund
Caretakers Of The Garden Of Delight And Discontent: Adirondack Narrative, Conflict, And Environmental Virtue, Eric Richard Holmlund
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
This dissertation concerns a widely recognized natural area, New York's Adirondack Park, that serves both as an international model for conservation and as a context for persistent conflict over natural resources, space, wealth and esthetics. It employs narrative inquiry as a method to examine the sources and the function of narratives or stories explaining the history and the present status of social groups in the Park. Narrative theorists maintain that we borrow from such socially circulating narratives to craft our own identities, and then repeat them until we believe them, almost without regard for the factual basis in history or …