Bloom Archives
Tag: Martin Boling
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Dov-Ber Kerler: Yiddish Scholar
Dov-Ber Kerler relishes Yiddish. “It’s a very different language,” says the Indiana University professor of Jewish studies and Germanic studies. “It’s the only other…
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Asian Culture Center Celebrates 20 Years
Twenty years ago, as an IU student, Ellen Wu watched the ribbon-cutting marking the opening of the Indiana University Asian Culture Center (ACC).
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Belinda Johnson-Hurtado: Attorney
The 2018 Women in the Law Recognition Award sits on Belinda Johnson-Hurtado’s desk at the Bloomington law firm Clendening, Johnson & Bohrer (CJB). The…
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The Mill—An Incubator for Entrepreneurial Start-Ups
In 2015, when Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton took office, Dimension Mill, the century-old former Showers Brothers factory building at 642 N. Madison St., was…
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Jacky Comforty: Documentarian
Jacky Comforty is a documentary filmmaker and oral historian with two seemingly disparate subjects: Holocaust studies and inclusive education.
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Gene Shipp: Veteran of Three Wars
Gene Shipp, who turned 100 in March, is an Army veteran of three major wars: World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam…
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Ivy Tech ‘Day in the Life’ Program Added at Bloomington Campus
Lillian Lyle knows she wants to go into nursing, but the Eastern Greene High School junior wants to get a better feel for the…
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City’s Barbara McKinney Wins Statewide ADA Award
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted in 1990, cities across the country were faced with compliance issues. Barbara McKinney had been…
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Mary & Morris Hickman Foster Parents
In 29 years of foster parenting, Mary Hickman and her husband, Morris, helped raise 54 foster children alongside their own four children. Some of…