IUPUI Department of History News Archive

Spring 2008

> NEW WEBSITE for British and Irish Studies at IUPUI.
http://www.iupui.edu/~british

Fall 2007

> Bienvenidos a Talapolis by Michael Snodgrass.
How a small town in Mexico came to call Indianapolis home. Nuvo, (11.28.07)

> IUPUI Signs Exchange Agreement with Newcastle University (UK) (10.30.07)

> The History Dept. welcomes Modupe Gloria Labode, Assistant Professor of History and Museum Studies; Adjunct Professor of AAADS; Public Scholar of African American History and Museums (8.13.07) Continue

> A new book by History Professor Nancy Marie Robertson explores the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA). (7.30.07) Continue

> Magazine Features Professor Barrows’ History of Lockefield Gardens
In the June 2007 issue of Indiana Magazine of History , Robert G. Barrows, chair of the Department of History in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, meticulously reconstructs the local origins of the Indianapolis neighborhood that came to be known as Lockefield Gardens.

Past News

> TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY

The IUPUI Department of History received two Teaching American History grant awards from the U.S Department of Education in partnership with two Indiana school districts. The Teaching American History program was created to assist teachers through professional development to improve the teaching of Amerian History in K-12 grade classrooms. With funding provided by the grants IUPUI provides historical content expertise and resources through a series of seminars, field trips, guest speakers, and partnerships with the Indiana Historical Society, The Polis Center, Center for Economic Education, Eiteljorg Museum, Frederick Douglass Papers Project, Conner Prairie, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, and President Benjamin Harrison Home. Teachers earn graduate credit or continuing education renewal credit for participating in seminars. Brown County School Corporation received the first of these grants in 2003. In June of 2006, the Department received its second award in partnership with Metropolitan School District of Martinsville.

> National Council on Public History (NCPH) Student Project Award

On April 21, 2006, Public History graduate students Nancy Germano, Amanda Jones, and Bethany Natali received the National Council on Public History (NCPH) Student Project Award for their work on the "Cultural Heritage Trail Project: The West Street Corridor" at the NCPH annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The award is given for contributions of student work to the field of public history. Their project incorporated public history into the city of Indianapolis' plan to create recreational trails in each of its cultural districts. Students conducted research to identify four themes that characterized the history of the West Street corridor and influenced the cultural history of Indianapolis: diversity, community spirit, entrepreneurship and social change. These themes served as the basis for their interpretation. Their proposal to the Metropolitan Planning Organization included plans for kiosks, an oral history book, a compact disk music compilation and a walking tour. The students also created a powerpoint presentation for use by the Indianapolis Arts Commission to distribute to public artists as they develop proposals for consideration to ensure that the historical themes are an integral part of the public art to be displayed along the trails. The Award Committee noted that this well-conceived and carefully researched project, is one that is designed to have an important and lasting impact on the citizens of Indianapolis.