Excerpt: Planes, Canes, and Automobiles by Valerie Grubb
When planning a trip overseas, Valerie Grubb, MBA’01, realized that her mom’s physical and mental capabilities had suddenly changed. Her mom now needed a…
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500,000 Miles with Dorothy
Valerie Grubb, MBA’01, gets her love for travel honestly—her dad was a pilot. “I practically grew up in the air,” she says. Grubb’s mother,…
Contestant Chronicles
Applications, placement tests, and auditions—more than a dozen IU alums have been through the rigorous process required to become contestants on a number of…
Tips for Traveling with Aging Parents
Valerie Grubb, MBA’01, gets her love for travel honestly—her dad was a pilot. “I practically grew up in the air,” she says. Grubb’s mother,…
Jonathan Banks’s IU Roots Run Deep
Jonathan Banks’s grandfather laid the foundation of Indiana University—literally. Henry Sherman Adams, a farmer and limestone cutter, helped cut and lay the stone for…
Secret Agent Mom
Christina (Fonte) Hillsberg, BA’06, unknowingly blew off her initial interview with the CIA. “I didn’t know [the interview] was for the CIA, I just…
Excerpt: License to Parent by Christina Hillsberg
Christina Hillsberg, BA’06, was a single, successful CIA analyst with a burgeoning career in espionage when she met fellow spy, Ryan, a hotshot field…
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…
Justice Is Served—By IU Alums
Is IU a pillar of justice(s)? You bet. Allow us to make the case. Between Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law (at IU Bloomington)…
Our Cosmic Cleanup Problem—And Its IU-Led Solution
Here’s an unnerving thought: Floating miles above your head at this very moment are more than 34,000 pieces of space debris. That’s more than…
IU Geniuses And The ‘Intellectual Room To Roam’
By almost any measure, the word “genius” is overused these days. Your co-worker is a self-proclaimed “basketball genius”; your neighbor admiringly dubs you a…