Our Indiana: Stories from Rural Hoosiers
Join Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement leaders as they hear stories from rural Hoosiers on topics of arts and culture, environmental resilience, health, leadership development and more.
Episodes
In this episode of Our Indiana: Stories from Rural Hoosiers, host Denny Spinner travels to Washington, Indiana, to explore the impact of Sustaining Hoosier Communities (SHC) partnerships in Daviess County, Indiana.
Guests Cindy Barber, county extension director at Purdue Extension Daviess County, and Scott Burgins, clinical assistant professor at IU’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, share how SHC has helped local...
In this episode of Our Indiana: Stories from Rural Hoosiers, host Denny Spinner travels to Vincennes, Indiana, to speak with Eunice Trotter, director of the Indiana Landmarks Black Heritage Preservation Program, and local historian Tom Bartholomew. Together, they explore the deep and often overlooked history of Black communities in Knox County and across Indiana.
They discuss the origins and evolution of the Black Heritage Preservat...
In this episode of Our Indiana: Stories from Rural Hoosiers, host Denny Spinner sits down with Jodi Routson, director of Deaconess Outpatient Behavioral Health Services at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center; Jon Agley, associate professor at the IU School of Public Health; and Amy Todd, registered nurse and program management specialist at IU, to explore a groundbreaking partnership addressing mental health needs in rural Ind...
In this episode of "Our Indiana: Stories from Rural Hoosiers," we sit down with Colleen Rose, the director of student engagement at the IU Center for Rural Engagement, and two Indiana University Bloomington students, Dayanara Alvarado and Noah Bootcheck. Join us as we explore their journeys from small-town Indiana to the bustling campus of IU Bloomington.
Dayanara and Noah share their experiences transitioning from rural h...
In this episode of Our Indiana: Stories from Rural Hoosiers, host Denny Spinner sits down with Jessica Potts, executive director of the Martin County Alliance for Economic Growth; Jon Racek, program director and teaching professor for comprehensive design at the IU Eskenazi School for Art, Architecture + Design; and Nicole Vasconi, quality of place liaison for the IU Center for Rural Engagement to discuss the transformative impact ...
Brandy Terrell and John Keesler join host Denny Spinner to discuss the evolution of developing trauma-informed care programming in Orange County, Indiana.
Brandy is the chair of Thrive Orange County under the enabling services program at Southern Indiana Community Health Care, and John is an associate professor with the IU School of Social Work.
In this episode of Our Indiana: Stories from Rural Hoosiers, Jacob Balash, Judi Epp, and Elisabeth Solchik of Spencer Pride join host Denny Spinner to discuss how the LGBTQ+ not-for-profit supports rural quality of place through its annual Spencer Pride Festival, commUnity center, cultural programming, and local beautification efforts in Spencer, Indiana.
Jacob Balash serves as the community center director, Judi Epp is the financi...
In this episode of Our Indiana: Stories from Rural Hoosiers, Jimmy Hay and Priscilla Barnes join host Denny Spinner for a hopeful conversation on the community impact of the Daviess Advances Recovery Access Consortium partnership with the Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement.
Hay is the president of REAL Recovery in Washington, Indiana. Priscilla Barnes is an associate professor of applied health science at the IU School ...
In our debut episode, Rossina Sandoval and Christian Blome join host Denny Spinner for a lively conversation on the community impact of Dubois County's two-year partnership with the Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement's Sustaining Hoosier Communities initiative.
Sandoval is the director of community engagement for Southwest Dubois County School Corporation. Christian Blome is the assistant vice president and dean of the ...
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