Tales of First Dates
In the Winter/Spring 2022 issue of the IU Alumni Magazine, readers submitted first-date memories from their time at IU. To say our inbox was…
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Glassy Lady
Anne Ryan Miller, ’74, is an artist whose canvases are made of glass. Miller, the owner of Anne Ryan Miller Glass Studio in Nashville,…
Excerpt: A Farewell to Arms, Legs & Jockstraps
“Unlike a lot of sports writers, it wasn’t in my mind to be a sports writer—I just wanted to be a journalist,” says Diane…
Big or Small, A Career Pivot is Within Reach
“This past year has shown me that life is too short to be stuck behind a computer for 40 hours a week,” says Emily…
Marbles, Metal, and Physics Magic
Tom Harold, BA’94, was both delighted and positively transfixed. “It was George Rhoads’s rolling ball sculpture in the [Indianapolis] Children’s Museum,” he recalls. The…
IU in Your Queue: 34 Podcasts Worth Subscribing To
Members of the IU family are standouts in every field, and podcasting is no exception. Listen to Erica Mandy, BAJ’07, deliver the news in…
Sustainable Fashion: Building an Eco-Friendly Closet
Whether on the news or in person, we have all experienced the consequences of our “throw-away culture”—overflowing landfills, smog-covered cities, and fish with bellies…
Stunts 101 with Patrick Kelly
You have Patrick Kelly to thank for the stunt choreography seen on the History Channel’s Vikings. Kelly and the Vikings stunt team, led by Richard…
How Worrying Could be Good for Your Career
Ever been told not to worry? No matter who’s giving it, that’s just bad advice, says Eric Johnson, MBA’01, executive career coach and executive…
How to be the Best Version of Yourself
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been” is an aphorism often attributed to George Eliot, the 19th-century novelist. Eric Johnson,…
Give Better Feedback: 5 Tips that Motivate
Leaders regularly deliver feedback to their team members, but how valuable are those conversations? Eric Johnson, MBA’01, executive career coach and executive director of…
Button Businesswoman
The first button Christen Carter, BA’94, ever bought was a yellow one-inch pin with an illustration of Snoopy and Woodstock on a unicycle. She…