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In the Summer/Fall 2022 issue of the “IU Alumni Magazine,” we asked readers to recall their campus shenanigans.

Eleanor Cox Riggs, BA’55, MA’82, began cheering for Indiana University before she could spell it. As a little girl in Terre Haute, she sat on the living room floor, listening…

Richard Antoine White, MM’99, DM’12, discusses growing up on the streets of Baltimore before being adopted and finding his passion for music.

Connor Hitchcock, BS’16, printed T-shirts and stickers from his apartment while a Kelley School of Business student. Now a successful premium collegiate clothing brand, Homefield Apparel sells vintage-inspired gear for IU alumni across generations.

Sarah “Mili” Milianta-Laffin, BA’06, a middle school STEM teacher, helped her students advocate for free period products in Hawaii schools.

Second-generation international alumna, Waed Athamneh, PhD’14, returned to her native Jordan to gather heart-wrenching stories from women who escaped civil war in Syria.

Read the story of Fatima, a mother who escaped a war zone, in an excerpt from Defiance in Exile: Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan by Waed Athamneh.

In 2006, Christina (Fonte) Hillsberg, BA’06, joined the Central Intelligence Agency. She spent nearly a decade uncovering intimate details about world leaders and meeting with assets to collect confidential information. In this story, Hillsberg offers a small peek behind the CIA curtain.

In 2011, Deborah Rooney, BS’89, MS’91, founded Power Links 2 Success—a global coaching business that teaches clients how to master LinkedIn. Read her five favorite LinkedIn profile tips.

In 2021, four IU alumni launched East Third Collective—an online gift shop where customers can build their own gift boxes.

Emily Lines, BA’10, has been living in Berlin since 2011. She shares her favorite Berlin haunts in this Q&A.

In 1997, Time Out crowned Rayman Boozer, BA’82, the “color guru.” And nearly 30 years later, that title still suits the IU alum, who, as you might expect, calls white…