24 Friday Jan 2014
Posted in Scholarship Updates
We just received the Nov/Dec Scholarship updates and have learned that the Dr. Joan Iversen Memorial Scholarship fund is now at $13,245 — we are more than halfway there! Our goal of $25,000 minimum is clear sight (and we have 4.5 years more to get there).
Thanks to all the donors — your vision & generosity has made this possible.
If you’re interested in paying forward what you received from Joan Iversen through supporting the scholarship, you can make a gift here. Continue reading
18 Saturday Jan 2014
Posted in Reflections
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This gallery contains 11 photos.
I remember watching my mom lecture — she often had amazing images displayed using 35 mm slides long before we …
10 Friday Jan 2014
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The Iversen-Smyth Family (1976)
Top left to right: Terry Smyth, Jack Iversen, Joan Smyth Iversen; Bottom left to right: Tod Iversen, Kristen Iversen, Nancy Smyth, Jill Iversen
An earlier version of these reflections was read by Nancy Smyth, Joan’s oldest child, at Joan Iversen’s Memorial Service, September 20, 2013.
My mother was a force of nature–a force for the universe to reckon with — we once jokingly called her “Hurricane Joan” not because she destroyed things, but because she was such a big presence, making her own path in the world, with such a large impact. If she decided that your life needed fixing or organizing, you didn’t stand a chance of resisting. Continue reading
05 Sunday Jan 2014
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Textbook used in a course that Susan Healy took with Dr. Iversen
She was the most influential educator in my life. There isn’t a day in my US History classroom that I do not invoke her presence.
She came into my life my freshman year (1976). I never let go. I took everything she offered but somehow I could never fit History of the 60s into my schedule. In 1990 when I started my masters in secondary ed, it was the first course I registered for. It was worth the wait. I will be forever grateful.
~Susan Healy
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