Bloom Archives
Category: Community
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Jill Lees Rejoins IUPD as New Chief
Bloomington frequently has a pull on former residents, and Jill Lees, recently named Indiana University Police Department chief of police, is no exception. She’s…
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Charlie Nelms: From Picking Cotton to Leadership at Indiana University
Charlie Nelms, the first African American chancellor of an Indiana University campus (IU East, in Richmond) and a vice president at IU Bloomington, has…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: Life on the Lake
On a hot, bright summer day on the lake, three houseboats are tied together side-by-side in a cove. The occupants—men, women, kids, dogs—are gathered…
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Benefit Concert Celebrates Stone Belt’s 60 Years of Service
Sixty years ago, Stone Belt was based in a church basement and raising funds through chili suppers and yard sales. Today, fundraising for Stone…
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Parks & Rec Passport to Play Is a ‘Bucket List for Parents’
Kids will have no reason to say there’s nothing to do this summer thanks to the new City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department…
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What Are You Reading?
BY CRAIG COLEY Jo Ann Vogt Coordinator, Indiana University Writing Tutorial Services If Jo Ann Vogt, 62, could make everyone read just one book,…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: IU Campus in Spring
Wells and the IU administrators who have been stewards of the campus since his time have espoused the philosophy that the landscape is not…
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April: Autism Awareness Month School Inclusion Is a Priority
Adria Nassim is a young woman with autism, cerebral palsy, and a learning disability. She is also a self-advocate with the Indiana Institute on…
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Accessibility for All Is Goal of Local Council
Fourteen years ago, Katie Herron took a walk through her east-side neighborhood with her then 4-year-old son, Ben, who has a physical disability and…