Bloom Archives
Category: Our Town
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Monika Herzig: Jazz Musician & Educator
Jazz has always welcomed female vocalists, but instrumentalists like Monika Herzig struggle for recognition.
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Michelle Moyd: Historian
Before she moved to Bloomington in 2008, Michelle Moyd, the Ruth N. Halls associate professor in the Indiana University Department of History and the…
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Brad Kimmel: New Head of WFIU & WTIU
Brad Kimmel says he has long been drawn to mission-oriented public media, and “everything lined up” when he was offered the job of executive…
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Alain Barker: IU Music School Career Development Director
The Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University’s world-renowned conservatory, has traditionally prepared students for careers in performing, composing, or teaching music. But in recent…
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David Brent Johnson: WFIU-FM Jazz Director
David Brent Johnson was in his early 20s and unsure of what he was going to do with his life until one day he…
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Scott Dolson: Director, IU Intercollegiate Athletics
On March 17, five days after the NCAA canceled its Division I basketball tournaments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Indiana University announced that…
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Elaine Monaghan: Journalist
As a foreign correspondent, Elaine Monaghan witnessed Northern Ireland’s 1998 Good Friday Agreement, covered the Kosovo War, and traveled with two U.S. secretaries of…
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Rahul Shrivastav: IU Dining Director
Restaurants, cafés, cafeterias, concession stands, catering—they are all under the purview of Rahul Shrivastav, executive director of Indiana University Dining.
