BIG Ten Women’s Basketball Conference schedule announced
Big Ten to feature an 18-game women’s conference schedule, highlighted by five home-and-away opponents
The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday a full breakdown of its 126 women’s basketball conference matchups for all 14 member institutions for the 2022-23 season, as revealed live on the Big Ten Network. Each Big Ten Conference member institution will play an 18-game conference schedule for the fourth time in five seasons, facing five opponents both home and away and playing the eight remaining member institutions once. Of the single-play opponents, member institutions will play four at home and four on the road.
The Big Ten Conference season tips off Saturday, Dec. 3, when Penn State visits Minnesota, with 13 conference games scheduled between Dec. 3-11. Following a break in conference play through the Christmas holiday, Big Ten Conference action resumes on Wednesday, Dec. 28, tipping off a nine-week slate of conference games. The schedule culminates March 1-5 with the 30th Big Ten Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, which will be played for the first time at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
Iowa and Ohio State are the defending Big Ten Conference champions, having shared last year’s title with identical 14-4 conference records. Iowa also won the 2022 Big Ten Tournament championship.
9/11 Ceremony at Ivy Tech this Sunday
Ivy Tech Community College’s Bloomington campus will host a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 9 a.m., in coordination with the City of Bloomington and Bloomington Metropolitan Fire Fighters Union Local 586. The event is open to the public and the community is invited to attend. It will be held outdoors at Ivy Tech’s Cook Pavilion entrance with limited seating available. The rain location is inside Shreve Hall.
The City of Bloomington’s beam from the structure of the World Trade Center is on permanent display in a 9/11 Memorial on Ivy Tech’s campus, in front of the Cook Pavilion. The late Captain Robert Loviscek, of the Fire Fighters Union Local 586, personally traveled to New York City and brought the beam from the structure of the fallen World Trade Center back to Bloomington. A tree dedication will take place in honor of late Captain Loviscek, who passed away in July. The keynote speaker for the ceremony will be Shelli Yoder, State Senator District #40. Bloomington Deputy Mayor Donald Griffin, Jr. will also make remarks.
Ivy Tech’s Cook Pavilion entrance is on the northwest side of the building, located at 200 Daniels Way on the west side of Bloomington.
Bloomington recognized as 2022 Digital Inclusion Trailblazer
The City of Bloomington has been recognized by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance as a 2022 Digital Inclusion Trailblazer (https://bton.in/~HIVp). First launched in 2016, Digital Inclusion Trailblazers is a public inventory of local government initiatives promoting digital literacy and broadband access for underserved residents. The City was commended for its continuing efforts to bridge the digital divide, including conducting a scientific survey on broadband equity, developing a Digital Equity Strategic Plan, establishing a Digital Equity Grants Fund for nonprofit organizations, and efforts to make high-speed broadband more available and affordable.
Bloomington’s distinction as a Digital Inclusion Trailblazer was determined by its fulfillment of the following criteria:
- Your local government has a digital inclusion plan or is in the process of developing a plan.
- Your local government has conducted or plans to conduct and publish survey research on Internet access and use by your residents.
- Your local government directly funds community digital inclusion programming.
- Your local government is taking steps to increase the affordability of home broadband service.
In April 2020, the City of Bloomington conducted a Digital Equity survey assessing how residents use internet services. Sent to a randomized sample of 6,500 Bloomington households, the survey was completed by 1,080 respondents. The survey’s results–available at https://bton.in/mE_-Q –helped to inform the City’s Digital Equity Strategic Plan (https://bton.in/-NQkR), released in December 2020.
Bloomington is the smallest city recognized as a 2022 Digital Inclusion Trailblazer. The other cities recognized this year are Austin, San Francisco, Boston, Portland, Long Beach, San Antonio, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Louisville, Provo City, Salt Lake City, Detroit, New York City, Kansas City, Baltimore, and Chattanooga.
More information about the City’s activities and investments to promote digital inclusion and equity is available at bloomington.in.gov/digital-equity .
This Week in Hoosier History
1929 – “Speedway” opened at Lowe’s Palace Theater in Indianapolis. The silent movie, filmed downtown and at the track, starred popular actors William Haines and Anita Page and included scenes from the actual 1929 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, captured by 14 MGM cameras positioned around the racing oval.
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