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• Investing in Reality
• Awards Recognize Alumni
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ur alumni and friends are an
integral part of the success of
the Miller College of Business.
Many of you share your time
by speaking in classes or serving on boards.
Others consider our students for internships
and permanent positions. Still others make
financial contributions to help us maintain
excellent programs and to support our
students and faculty.
Unfortunately, there are fewer in that
last category than you might expect, with
approximately five percent of Miller College graduates making financial contributions to our college. In addition, state
funding has decreased, and our students
are paying more for tuition.
We need your help. In this issue, you
can read about how to assist us in
supporting our students and
faculty and maintaining
our margin of excellence
by giving back $10 a
year for every year
since your graduation. Regardless
of the amount,
your gift counts.
And together we
can make a huge
impact.
Many of you met
your spouse, best
friend, or perhaps
even future business partner while a
student in the Miller
College of Business. Some
alumni have networked to
create businesses, and we are
seeing second and third generations
of Ball State business students because of
the positive experiences their grandparents
or parents had. The Miller College connection is strong, and in this issue we’re
featuring stories about a few of the many
valuable relationships that have been
formed because of it.
Also in this issue, learn more about the
efforts—and excellent results—of business
students who are managing investment
funds provided by the Ball State University Foundation. The student-managed
investment fund provides an intense,
hands-on learning opportunity for students
enrolled in an interdisciplinary course offered through our finance program, which
recently received national recognition for
teaching quality.
On September 8, the Miller College of
Business Alumni Board, led by President
Dave Heeter, hosted our third annual
Alumni Awards Dinner at the Alumni
Center. I hope you’ll read all about our
award winners—they truly represent the
best of Ball State business graduates! Plan
now to attend next year’s event, October
5, 2007, and let me know who you think
should be honored.
Our faculty and staff are committed to
providing students with the best educational experiences possible, and we thank you
for all you do to help make this happen.
You truly are making a difference. And, as
always, I’d love to hear from you. You can
reach me at lrichardson@bsu.edu or (765)
285-8192. Best wishes for a productive
fall! l
Lynne Richardson
Dean and Professor of Marketing
Miller College of Business
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Going Forward, Giving Back The Miller College of Business has experienced significant
growth in the last five years, and the support of alumni and friends
will help ensure continued advancement and excellence.
Miller College Connections Priceless connections that help build strong business networks
and nurture supportive relationships are created every day in
the Miller College of Business.
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Investing in Reality
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Alumni Achievements
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Ball State’s student-managed investment fund, part of a Miller
College of Business finance course, gives students the opportunity
to manage an investment portfolio using real dollars.
Ten outstanding business leaders were honored at the third
annual Alumni Awards Dinner of the Miller College of Business.
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Bottomline
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Connections
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Connections:
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Jacqueline and
Aaron Burton,
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Spring 2006
Briefs
Entrepreneurship program
ranks among nation’s best
For the ninth consecutive year, Ball State’s undergraduate
entrepreneurship program in the Miller College of Business is
ranked among the top 10 programs in the nation for entrepreneurship by U.S.News & World Report.
The 2007 “America’s Best Colleges” issue ranks Ball State’s
Entrepreneurship Center, under the direction of Larry Cox,
sixth in the nation—ahead of a number of notable business
schools, including those at the University of Arizona,
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of
California-Berkeley.
Founded more than 20 years ago, Ball State’s undergraduate
entrepreneurship program has become known as the ultimate
entrepreneurial experience, and the Miller College of Business
has established a solid position at the forefront of entrepreneurial
education, research, and innovation.
“We are pleased that educators around the country see the strength
and quality of our programs,” says Lynne Richardson, dean of the
Miller College of Business. “We firmly believe that entrepreneurship
faculty and students in the Miller College of Business are among the
best in the nation.”
The rankings may be found online at www.usnews.com.
Business students blog!
Three Miller College of Business students are
among 12 Ball State student bloggers who are
featured on the Experience Ball State Web site—the
university’s national award-winning, interactive
student recruitment initiative.
Throughout the academic year Zac Adkins, information systems and operations management senior;
Meagan Alexander, senior marketing major and Miller College of Business undergraduate fellow; Megan
Gaza, freshman accounting and Spanish major; and
nine other Ball State students communicate through
blogs, podcasts, and vodcasts about what it’s like to be
a Ball State student, responding to questions posted
by prospective students, parents, and others.
The unedited student blogs are true interactive,
multimedia experiences, with students posting weekly
updates of text, photos, audio, and video. For more
information, go to: www.bsu.edu/reallife
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of Business
2006 Faculty
Award Winners
faculty updates
New faculty positions
The Miller College of Business recently welcomed several new tenure track faculty members: Minna Yu and Chris Luchs, accounting; Dana Kerr, finance and
insurance; and Daniel Baack and Dheeraj Sharma, marketing and management.
Two retire from Miller College of Business
Outstanding Teaching Award
Manoj Athavale
Finance and Insurance
Outstanding Research Award
Mark Myring
Accounting
Two long-time members of the Miller College of Business faculty and staff
recently retired.
Joseph Brown served the Department of Marketing and Management and
Ball State’s business college since joining the faculty in 1968. During his 38year career, he compiled an impressive record of research, teaching, and service.
Brown’s research interests include strategic marketing for nonprofit organizations
and service quality, and he has published the book Strategic Marketing for Music
Educators. In addition, he was a consultant to many regional and national firms
and served as advisor to Ball State’s collegiate chapter of the American Marketing
Association.
Janice Replogle, who joined the university in 1985, most recently was the
director of undergraduate programs in the Miller College of Business, supervising
the college’s admission procedure, advising all sophomore pre-business students,
overseeing the coherent design of the curriculum in the college, and coordinating
the undergraduate program assessment process for the dean’s office.
New chair of finance and insurance department
Manoj Athavale has been named chair of the Department of Finance and
Insurance. Athavale joined the Miller College of Business in 2002 after teaching
finance at the Minnesota University-Moorhead from 1998 to 2002. He received
his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi. His current teaching and research
interests include management of financial institutions, workings of financial
markets, pricing of financial instruments, and personal financial planning. For the
second straight year, Athavale is being honored with the Outstanding Teaching
Award from the Miller College of Business.
Outstanding Service Award
Jim McClure
Economics
Faculty earn tenure and promotion
Several faculty members in the Miller College of Business were among those
approved for tenure and promotions for 2006-2007 by the Ball State University
Board of Trustees.
• Faculty receiving tenure: Scott A. Inks, marketing and management.
• Faculty promoted to full professor: Srinivasan Sundaram, finance and insurance
• Faculty promoted to associate professor: James R. Duncan, accounting.
Professor participates in Climate Project
Extraordinary Year Award
Cecil Bohanon
Economics
John Vann, associate professor of marketing, was one of 50 individuals from
across the nation selected to participate in the inaugural training session of the
Climate Project, led by former United States Vice President Al Gore in September in Nashville, Tennessee. The Climate Project is a nonprofit movement dedicated to bringing education, research information, and citizen action programs
about global warming to communities across the country.
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Insurance accelerator provides industry
opportunities at Ball State Indianapolis Center
Ball State is boosting Indiana’s efforts to become a national insurance hub with the development of the Miller College of Business insurance accelerator project, headquartered at the
new Ball State Indianapolis Center, which opened in October.
Associate Professor Steve Avila is coordinating the project, which calls for a three-pronged
approach to help state leaders create more jobs in the insurance industry:
• Creating a program to educate high school students about potential entry-level positions
in the insurance industry.
• Developing a program to allow young alumni from various fields to transition into similar
positions within the insurance industry.
• Providing education programs to prepare middle-management personnel for advancement into upper management.
The Ball State Indianapolis Center, located in downtown Indianapolis at the corner of
Meridian and Maryland, is a high-tech, interactive education, research, information, and outreach center. The center is bringing Ball State academic programs, professional development
opportunities, digital technology and research, and economic development and community
outreach initiatives to the heart of Indianapolis.
Dialogue Days set for spring
Dialogue Days, an initiative of the Miller College of Business Alumni Board, is scheduled
for March 6-7, 2007.
The two-day event connects students with successful alumni professionals, providing them
with opportunities to engage in meaningful dialogue with business professionals from across
the country. Last year, 61 alumni representing diverse industries and roles returned to campus
to share their expertise and experiences with business students.
For more information or to participate in Dialogue Days, contact Tammy Estep, director
of external relations in the Miller
College of Business at testep@bsu.
edu or (765) 285-8311.
Finance receives national
recognition for teaching
Ball State’s finance program in the Miller College of
Business has been ranked 11th in the nation in a new
study that gauges teaching quality.
The study, published in the spring 2006 issue of Advances in Financial Education, identified the nation’s top
finance programs by the number of financial education
research articles published from 1991 to 2005.
“This ranking underscores the quality of the finance
program at Ball State and reflects our continuing commitment to students,” says Department of Finance and
Insurance Chair Manoj Athavale.
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The nationally recognized finance program is part of the
Miller College of Business Department of Finance and
Insurance, chaired by Manoj Athavale, far left.
Miller College partners
in new Center for
School Innovation
Business students Howard Wickelman and Zac Adkins, second and
third from left, were part of a team of students mentored by Associate
Professor Fred Kitchens, second from right, who collaborated with the
Indianapolis International Airport for a Ball State Business Fellows project.
Students win with paper detailing
immersive learning experience
In September Ball State business students Zac Adkins and
Howard Wickelman joined Fred Kitchens, associate professor in the Department of Information Systems and Operations
Management, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, where the students
won best paper in the “Cooperative Projects” category of the
Business Informatics Challenge 2006.
The students presented a case study based on a 2005-06
Business Fellows project in which they were team members,
supervised by Kitchens. Collaborating with BAA Indianapolis,
LCC—the company that handles the day-to-day operations
of the Indianapolis International Airport—the team studied
the use of cluster and grid computing techniques at the airport.
The project concluded with a plan for a high-availability-type
cluster computing system that provides continuous computer
support for the airport in the event of emergencies or natural
disasters that might otherwise cause network failure. The plan
was implemented, and Adkins and Wickelman rewrote the
completed project report as a case study, which was accepted at
the international conference.
Business Fellows is part of the university’s Building Better Communities initiative. For more information, go to www.bsu.edu/bbc.
Nationally ranked programs in the Miller
College of Business, Teachers College, and the
College of Architecture and Planning at Ball
State are collaborating to establish the university’s Center for School Innovation.
The center will train school leaders through
the university’s entrepreneurship and educational
leadership program, eventually offering a degree
program.
Also, in conjunction with Ball State’s Building Better Communities initiative, the center
will export its expertise to communities interested in establishing new school options, including
traditional public, public charter, and private
schools. In addition, the center will work with
the College of Architecture and Planning and
the Center for Energy Research, Education, and
Services (CERES) to help students and clients
make informed decision regarding facilities.
The center’s first program—the Institute for
Entrepreneurial School Leadership—began this
fall at the Ball State Indianapolis Center. Twelve
school leaders from across Indiana met to explore
topics that included entrepreneurial thinking
and leadership, innovative curriculum models,
increasing student achievement, creative and
effective financing, and strategic planning.
Codirectors of the center are Rod Davis,
associate dean of the Miller College of Business;
Robert Koester, director of CERES; and Roy
Weaver, dean of Teachers College.
College reorganizes and expands student services staff
The Miller College of Business has merged undergraduate and graduate programs to create an expanded Student
Services area under the direction of Gayle Hartleroad,
who earned a bachelor’s degree in human resource management and a master’s degree in college student development
from Ball State. Hartleroad, who also earned a doctor of
education degree in higher education administration from
Nova Southeastern University, returned to Ball State last
year after working for Purdue and Indiana universities.
Emily Walter serves the college as academic advisor
for all pre-business students. Walter, who has a bachelor’s
degree in sociology, recently earned her master’s in sociology from Illinois State University, where she completed a
graduate assistantship in sociology advising.
Angie Cravens fills the college’s recently created
position of coordinator of immersion and experiential
learning programs. In her new role, Cravens coordinates
internships as well as study abroad, experiential, and other
immersive learning programs for the Miller College of
Business. In addition, she will help develop new programs
with the cooperation of faculty and Ball State’s Career
Center and Center for International Programs. Cravens,
who graduated from Ball State with a degree in marketing,
joins the college after serving as development director
for WIPB-TV, Ball State’s Public Broadcasting Service
television station.
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Feature
going
forward
giving
back
Reconnecting with
the Miller College
of Business: By giving
back, alumni will help
the college continue
to move forward.
The Miller College of Business has experienced significant
growth and change in the last five years—a new dean in 2001
and a new name in 2003, plus expanded academic programs and
immersive learning opportunities, updated technology and facilities, additional advisory boards, and a magazine especially for
alumni and friends.
What will the next five years bring?
by Carmen Siering
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Ball State Business alumnus Denny Oklak, a member of
the Miller College of Business Executive Advisory Board, says
advancement will continue, but it will take the commitment of
alumni to help make it happen.
“In the more than four decades the college has been sending
business graduates out into the world, we have never focused
on fundraising, but today it is more and more difficult for public
schools to operate without support from alumni,” explains Oklak,
who is chairman and CEO of Indianapolis-based commercial real
estate giant Duke Realty Corporation. “The total operating budget from state funding has decreased significantly in recent years,
and the key to making up that shortfall is raising private funds.”
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That reality was the focus of a recent series
of meetings among members of the executive
advisory board, Dean Lynne Richardson, and
Carl Davis, business alumnus and director of
development for the college.
“We were looking for a strategic fundraising plan that is aggressive and focused,” says
Oklak, noting that their discussions resulted
in agreement on three high-priority initiatives that will have maximum impact on the
future of the college: attracting outstanding
students by providing increased funding for
scholarships; recruiting and retaining excellent teachers by funding professorships; and
meeting the greatest immediate needs of the
college through unrestricted giving.
Attracting the best and brightest:
Merit scholarships
“The Miller College of Business has built
some great programs, but attracting the best
students and the right professors is crucial
to maintaining the level of excellence we’ve
achieved,” says Oklak. He and fellow executive board members agree with Dean Lynne
Richardson that providing merit scholarships
is the best way to attract the best and brightest future business students to Ball State.
In an era of decreasing state appropriations
and increasing tuition costs, scholarships
made possible through private giving can be
the difference between a student attending
college or not, or between a student attending Ball State or choosing another university.
“I know, anecdotally, of students who have
chosen other state institutions that provided
freshman scholarships from the business
school, and we could not match that offer,”
Richardson says.
Oklak agrees that merit scholarships are
essential to student recruitment. “Incoming
students have a lot of choices, and there is a
significant difference in what incentives are
offered to incoming students,” he says, noting
that the Miller College’s four biggest public
university competitors for students offer a
number of freshman merit scholarships dedicated to their business colleges. “We need to
build that pipeline.”
The current Lilly Endowment matching
gift opportunity makes this a particularly advantageous time to increase support for merit
scholarships, says Carl Davis. All gifts to the
Miller College of Business Merit Scholarship
Endowment Fund received by December
31, 2006, will be matched one-to-one, up to
$300,000, by Lilly Endowment Inc.
“This is our primary fundraising focus
between now and the year’s end,” says Davis.
“I hope all alumni and friends will give generously, so we can take full advantage of this
unique opportunity.”
Pay it forward: professorships
The Miller College of Business has long
been recognized for teaching excellence, and
recruiting and retaining the best business
professors is key to its continued success.
Like many Ball State business alumni,
Sarah Myers values the close connections
that she formed as an undergraduate with
faculty members who were active and supportive. Myers, who graduated in 1989 with
an accounting degree and now works for
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, says it wasn’t until
“
Attracting the best
students and the right
professors is crucial
to maintaining the
level of excellence
we’ve achieved.
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– Denny Oklak
she had graduated that she began to fully
appreciate the unique opportunity she had to
interact with outstanding business professors
while at Ball State.
“It was such a benefit to have small class
sizes and to be able to talk to professors every
day and really develop relationships with
them,” she says. “Once I left Ball State, I began to understand that everyone didn’t have
that experience in college.”
But as current faculty retire, replacing
them with scholars of equal caliber is challenging, since other universities face the
same retirement crisis and are pursuing the
best and brightest business minds with
equal vigor.
“Business is one of the most competitive
areas in which to attract and retain new
faculty,” explains Davis. “The market rate
required to attract new business faculty,
especially in areas such as accounting, has
substantially increased over the years.”
In addition, Richardson notes that many
Miller College of Business faculty members
could command greater salaries at other
universities if they chose to look elsewhere.
“Additional monies for professorship funds
would allow us to supplement their salaries
and keep them at Ball State,” she says.
Myers believes that remembering those
who made a difference in your education is
important. “You realize you want to keep
those professors, and others like them, at Ball
State so future students can have the same
kinds of quality classroom experiences,” she
says. “And when you recognize that, you
realize that giving to a professorship is a good
place to direct your funds.”
Meeting the greatest needs:
Unrestricted giving
Providing merit scholarships is essential to
recruiting good students to the Miller College
of Business.
Unrestricted funds provide the Miller
College of Business with essential flexibility,
enabling the dean to make decisions about
using the funds when and where they are
most needed—no strings attached.
Executive advisory board member Kent
“Oz” Nelson, former chairman and CEO of
United Parcel Service, is a firm believer in
the importance of unrestricted giving. As
a member of the United Way of America
Board of Governors, Nelson understands the
frustration of what he calls, “Water, water
everywhere and not a drop to drink.”
“Most of the giving I do is unrestricted,” he
says. “Perhaps this is because I have found in
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my own fundraising that we have exceeded
our goals, and yet we are short of funds.”
This can happen when donors place restrictions on funds in regard to when, where,
how, or for whom funds can be distributed,
says Nelson, noting that he prefers to let
organization leaders make those kinds of
decisions.
“The people with their hands on the problems day to day know where the real needs
are,” he says. “Unrestricted giving provides
those who run the organization the flexibility
to meet those needs.”
Richardson says she appreciates that
flexibility, noting that in the past few years,
unrestricted funds have allowed the college
to refurbish classrooms and other areas of the
Whitinger Building—replacing dated décor
and furnishings and creating a much more
welcoming interior. In addition, unrestricted
funds support ongoing expenses as they arise.
“For example, we can use the monies from
unrestricted funds to support faculty travel,
a speaker series for students, or to purchase
software,” she says. “When you give to unrestricted funds, you are trusting the college’s
leadership to spend your monies wisely, and
we pledge to do that.”
Win-Win
Denny Oklak believes that for alumni,
giving back to their alma mater is a win-win
situation. “When you give to the college,
you are investing in yourself as well,” says
Oklak. “When the reputation of the college
To maintain its reputation for teaching excellence, the Miller College must retain and recruit outstanding
business faculty, for whom competition is strong.
continues to grow, it helps all those who have
earned degrees from the Miller College of
Business and Ball State University.”
But most importantly, he says, by giving
back to the college alumni have the opportunity to return a bit of the nurturance they
received as undergraduates, making it possible for current students to learn in the best
possible environment from top-notch professors. “As those students become alumni who
value their college experiences, they, in turn,
will give back,” says Oklak, who has personal
experience with this “natural progression.”
“When I was at Ball State, I received some
financial help, and my education in the business college prepared me well,” he says. “The
success I’ve had professionally is in large part
due to my Ball State education. So I feel
it’s my duty to give back to the college that
prepared me to succeed. I think all alumni
should feel that way.” l
Carmen Siering is a Muncie-based freelance
writer.
just give ten
Ten dollars for every year since graduating from Ball State—that’s
what the Miller College of Business is asking you to give to support the college in continuing to provide excellent programs and
opportunities to outstanding students.
Miller College of Business giving priorities and goals
• $1.4 million for freshman merit scholarships
• $350,000 for professorships
• $250,000 for unrestricted giving
To make your gift to the Miller College of Business:
1. Return the gift card that is enclosed in your Annual Fund letter from the Miller College of Business, specifying the amount of your gift and the fund to which you’d like to contribute. OR
2. Go to Ball State’s secure online giving site—www.bsu.edu/
giving—and select the Miller College of Business to allocate
your gift. OR
3. Provide your gift information when a Ball State phonathon student calls.
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Your gift counts double in 2006
All gifts to the college dedicated to the Miller College of
Business Merit Scholarship Endowment Fund and received
by December 31, 2006, will be matched one-to-one, up to $300,000, as part of Ball State’s matching gift opportunity
with Lilly Endowment Inc.
In addition, corporate matching gifts are a good way to
increase support for the college. Contact your employer’s
human resource department for details about its program.
Tax-free gifts
Thanks to a new tax law, you may be able to make a tax-free charitable gift to the Miller College of Business through your IRA. Those age 70 1⁄2 and older can rollover IRA funds up to $100,000 in 2006 and 2007. For details, contact: Phil Purcell, Vice President for Planned Giving and Endowment Steward-
ship, Ball State University Foundation at: ppurcell@bsu.edu
or call toll-free (888) 235-0058.
Feature
Miller College
Connections
From classroom to boardroom—even to the family room—the Miller College
of Business creates priceless connections that help build strong business
networks and nurture supportive relationships. by Mary G. Barr
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“Networking does work. It’s important never to underestimate the
significance of being an active part of not only the larger organization
of your workplace, but also your community and organizations.”
Business network
For Ball State business alumnus Larry
Metzing, networking just comes naturally.
Among his vast business network are friends,
army buddies, fraternity brothers, and a surprising number of business people with whom
he has worked on Miller College of Business
activities over the years.
In addition, the company roster of Sunbelt
Indiana Business Resource—the business
brokerage firm that Metzing cofounded in
1981—reads almost like a page from the Ball
State University “B-book” directory. The
four senior partners of the Indianapolis-based
company, including cofounder Dick Hester,
top a list of Ball State alumni who reflect a
diverse range of backgrounds and ages.
“I probably have been in a dozen
businesses in my career, and in every one I
had some direct personal relationship that
got me involved and made it successful,” says
Metzing, recipient of the 2002 Ball State
University Award of Achievement and a
long-time entrepreneurship program advisor
and senior project panelist. “If I would pull
out my networking book and guess how
many names are Ball State connections, it
would be a huge, huge number.”
After successes in banking and as an
investor in a variety of endeavors, Metzing
partnered with Hester to grow their company
into one of Indiana’s leading business brokerages, specializing in the marketing and sale of
small and mid-size businesses.
Meanwhile, two other Ball State business
alumni were building their own brokerage
company. Last year Brian Knoderer and Bob
Cochrane, who became business partners
many years after meeting at Ball State,
merged their company with Sunbelt Indiana
Business Resource.
“I am surprised at how many people I deal
with in business are graduates of the Miller
College of Business,” says Cochrane, who was
a double major in accounting and finance.
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In addition to its four senior partners—also pictured on page 9, from left, Dick Hester, Larry Metzing,
Brian Knoderer, and Bob Cochrane—the Sunbelt Indiana Business team of Ball State business
alumni includes Steve Pierce, second from left, and Scott Pounds, far right.
“For me, it really pays to socialize and network in business.”
As a professional intermediary, Metzing’s
extensive network links buyers, sellers,
accountants, bankers, and other business
associates. “I literally do no advertising,” he
says. “All of my business is by referral, and I
get more calls than anyone just because in
the last 25 years I’ve done a ton of networking. I love it.”
A way of life
Look under “W” in Larry Metzing’s networking file, and you’ll find another active
Ball State business alumnus and master of
networking. Larry Wechter is managing
director, CEO, and founder of Monument
Advisors, a 10-year-old private equity fund in
Indianapolis that acquires profitable Midwest-based, micro-cap companies.
“The CEOs of my partner companies
tend to have my home phone number,” says
Wechter, who graduated with an accounting
degree in 1976. “I know their kids and they
know my kids. My work, my personal life, my
family—everything melds together.”
Wechter’s self-described “nontraditional”
work style has benefited his family, he says.
“It’s learning by osmosis in the Wechter
house. My kids have been exposed at an early
age to all aspects of my work, my partner
businesses, their leaders, and some of the
responsibilities I have in respect to that. My
kids have gained an appreciation for what being part of the business community is like.”
Son Logan—one of four children in the
Wechter household and a sophomore at Ball
State—was a summer intern with several of
his father’s partner organizations. “I’ve always
been into my father’s company. I try to take
Alumnus Larry Wechter’s son Logan, a Ball
State sophomore, has interned with several of
his father’s partner organizations.
after him,” says Logan, who is particularly
interested in business computer integration.
“I tried to get involved in all areas of business
in the different companies and got to know
people a bit more personally. It’s good to start
getting references.”
Larry Wechter stresses the importance of
developing relationships to all business roles.
“An organization by its very nature is a team
sport. You can only go so far with your own
personal skill set,” he says. “Accounting is
no different than any other profession. For
you to generate significant income for your
organization, you have to depend on other
people. The most successful accountants are
the ones who are able to work with others.”
Climate for success
When Jim Clemens relocated from
Georgia to the Muncie area to work for
Elwood-based Red Gold last November,
one of the first things he did was call Miller
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson.
The conversation was not in relation to his
two sons Chris and Tyler, who were both Ball
State business undergraduates at the time.
Instead, he was making a connection and
wanting to contribute. “I was impressed with
what the Miller College of Business had
been doing while I was out of the state,” says
Clemens, who worked with Sony in senior
finance leadership roles for 17 years, first in
Terre Haute and then in Atlanta. He also appreciated what his sons were learning in the
college and wanted to help be a part of that
climate for success.
Always an active member in CPA organizations, Clemens—who graduated from Ball
State with a double major in accounting and
finance—agrees with Larry Wechter’s view of
the importance of networking to all business
roles, even those less traditionally associated with networking. “As skillful and as
necessary as accountants are to business, I’ve
observed that as an industry we are typically
not as good at networking as areas such as
sales or marketing.”
Clemens recalls how meaningful it was
when he first arrived in Georgia and connected with fellow alumnus Gary Julian, who
is executive director of the Georgia Society
of CPAs. From Julian’s vantage point of
working with business professionals throughout the country, he observes an increased
value on the softer skills of business. “That
emphasis is being generated from the schools
of business,” he says.
“Networking does work,” says Jim Clemens. “And I think it’s important never to
underestimate the significance of being an
active part of not only the larger organization
of your workplace, but also your community
and organizations.”
His sons are good examples. After graduating with a Ball State marketing degree last
May, Chris Clemens took a job in California, where he knew virtually no one. “My
plan of action was simple—I wanted to get
involved,” says the young graduate, who got
in touch with local chapters of the Ball State
University Alumni Association, as well as his
social and business fraternities.
Making connections is not without
challenges. “It takes time and energy,” says
Clemens. “Once you settle into a new town,
you should make time each week to build
your network.”
He notes that Dean Lynne Richardson
Father and sons Chris, Jim, and Tyler Clemens share Ball State business ties and an appreciation
for the value of networking.
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“Ball State’s roots as a teacher’s college have facilitated a culture
that encourages positive relationship building. There’s a proud
sensitivity toward the student experience—working with students
one-on-one and fostering mentoring relationships.”
and others in the college do a good job of
providing students with opportunities to
interact with alumni. His brother, marketing
student Tyler Clemens, agrees: “Almost every
professor incorporates networking strategies
into class. The importance is stressed on a
daily basis.”
Culture of connections
Miller College of Business Associate Dean
Rodney Davis believes that Ball State’s
roots as a teacher’s college have facilitated a
culture that encourages positive relationship
building.
“That spirit still permeates the campus
today,” he says. “There’s a proud sensitivity
toward the student experience here—working with students one-on-one and fostering a
mentoring relationship.”
It’s a legacy that is passed from one
generation of professors to the next. “Our
reputation includes exceptional classroom
teaching, and we are very thoughtful about
the hiring process and having a good fit with
our ‘Ball State family’ culture,” he says.
Davis can look to his own family to see
how college connections have made a difference. His sons Rodney Jr. and Ryan grew up
in Muncie, with Ball State faculty and their
families. Rodney, who graduated with a
marketing degree, is chief marketing officer
with U.S.A. Swimming, the national govern-
Charlene and Rod Davis, associate dean of the Miller College of Business, value the supportive
“Ball State family” culture.
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ing body for the sport. Younger son Ryan
graduated with a minor in marketing and
works in sales for Titleist.
“If you want your children to attend the
school at which you are teaching, you’re
doing that because you think they’re going
to get a good education,” Davis says. “In
another case, my wife was working on her
master’s degree while we were married. You
have to be mindful of one’s role as a family
member versus a faculty member, or in my
case as a department chair. But without a
doubt, for my family, their individual experiences here were extremely valuable. They
have interesting careers and are doing what
they love.”
Charlene Davis has had the opportunity
to experience different university cultures.
After receiving her management degree as a
nontraditional student and her MBA from
Ball State, she went on to earn her PhD from
the University of Kentucky and currently
is a professor at Trinity University in San
Antonio, Texas. She agrees that there is
indeed something special about the culture
of supportive relationships at Ball State.
“The Miller College offers the best of both
worlds—with broad enough disciplines and
personal attention,” she says. “The professors get to know you, and they know your
aspirations. I can think of at least a dozen
professors here who helped shape not only
my education, but also my way of thinking.”
A good team
The Miller College of Business literally
brought together 2003 graduates Aaron and
Jacqueline Burton.
Although the two were acquainted as a
result of living in the same residence hall,
it was the semester they both began their
undergraduate business studies in earnest and
shared four of five classes that made the difference, they say.
“That helped seal the deal,” says Aaron
How to work
your network
Everyone can reap the benefits of making connections. Here are some tips
from Ball State business alumni:
Business alumni Jacqueline and Aaron Burton
discovered as undergraduates in the Miller
College of Business that they make a good team.
Burton, a credit analyst for First Merchants
Bank in Muncie. The Burtons, who were
married in 2003, note that in addition to
having virtually the same schedule, they often worked on projects and studied together.
“We recognized that we make a good
team,” adds Jacqueline Burton, a claimant
representative in Muncie’s Social Security
Administration office.
Aaron, who earned a management degree
and is completing his MBA at Ball State
this year, and Jacqueline, a finance graduate,
agree that their Miller College of Business
education and experience have proved valuable in their careers, as well as their marriage.
Jacqueline, who met her current employer
at a university career fair, says she draws upon
her finance background regularly in her position. And Aaron notes that the longer he’s in
the business world, the greater appreciation
he has for his business degree.
The Burtons also are grateful for the influence and encouragement of professors from
whom they say they learned not only about
business, but also about how to conduct
themselves in professional situations.
“Our professors—Dr. Sundaram especially—cared not only about the subjects they
taught, but also about us and how we’ll use
what was taught,” explains Aaron. “They’re
very accessible. In fact, I’m still comfortable
contacting former professors for advice, and
I’m glad to have those connections.” l
Get face time.
Larry Metzing believes you can’t build relationships with technology. “I
think you can enhance a relationship with technology and maintain some
level of communication but I really think it’s impossible to build relationships with e-mail,” he suggests. “If you substitute face-to-face networking
with technology, I don’t think you’ll create a true successful relationship.”
Homework never ends.
Doing a little research would seem like a basic before a networking
encounter, but Larry Wechter says it’s often forgotten. “It’s incredibly
important. You don’t know how impressive it is when someone says, ‘I was
just on your Web site’ and then they tell me what they noticed.”
Persistence pays.
Wechter recommends setting up a tickler file and every two months emailing your contacts with a personalized update about what you are doing.
Be fearless.
Don’t be afraid to show your passion for your field, says Wechter. As a
member of the panel of outside business executives who judge Ball State’s
senior entrepreneur students each year, he likes to see a student’s vision,
passion, and commitment in addition to a solid business plan. He makes
the parallel with networking: “A company is going to hire or work with you
based on your excitement, your commitment to past experiences, and the
passion you have to be part of something that is vibrant.”
Talk to everyone.
Young alumnus Chris Clemens has found in a few short months of settling
into a new environment that he talks to everyone he encounters. “No matter
who you meet, get their contact information. When you open a new bank
account or start an insurance plan, talk to your agents,” he says. “Find out
who are in their networks and then keep in touch.”
Remain in touch.
Chris Clemens also says to invest your time. “One goal for me is to contact
one person I have not talked to recently each evening—just a simple phone
call or e-mail. You never know when you may need them.”
Network with Miller.
Rod Davis suggests there are plenty of opportunities to connect at Ball
State. “Just get involved,” he says. “You can make a difference. Your alumni
involvement—large or small—is a contribution to both the school and to
yourself. Give us a call!”
Mary G. Barr is an Indianapolis-based freelance
writer.
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Feature
investing
in reality
Ball State’s student-managed investment fund trades real dollars
W
hat Monopoly player hasn’t
at one point or another
engaged in a bold strategy,
shunning those stable but dull
utilities and lining Boardwalk and Park
Place with houses and hotels? You might
win big or you might lose your shirt, but,
after all, it’s only play money.
Using a simulation to teach college
students the ins and outs of investment can
have the same shortcomings, says Manoj
Athavale, chairman of the Department of
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Finance and Insurance in the Miller College
of Business. “People take a lot more risks
with fake money than real money,” he says.
“If you lose $500,000 in Monopoly money,
what have you really lost?”
Reality is what makes the Practicum in
Investment Analysis and Decision Making
finance course unique. It provides students
with knowledge and practice in managing
and growing an investment portfolio using
real dollars—500,000 of them—entrusted to
their management by the Ball State Univer-
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sity Foundation. The responsibility of caring
for that much real money is priceless.
First offered in the fall of 2005, the course
began as a proposal forwarded by Miller College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson on
behalf of the department to the foundation
to establish a student-managed investment
fund. “The intention was to further students’ educational objectives by providing a
practicum in financial analysis and portfolio
analysis,” Athavale says.
The foundation originally agreed to put a
‘‘
’’
I believe the fund’s biggest success is allowing students
to experience making decisions that have a real financial impact.
$250,000 fund in the hands of Miller College
of Business students, under the supervision
of Athavale and Mark Myring, Ball State
distinguished professor of accounting and
director of graduate studies in accounting.
“The students meet once a week in a
classroom setting,” Myring says. “They
consider investment ideas, look at the fund’s
performance, and attempt to identify companies to make an investment in.”
Although it is a finance course, the class
is interdisciplinary and has attracted students outside the department. Eight students
participated the first semester, and 11 signed
up when it was offered again spring 2006.
Getting into the class goes beyond
registering for it, beginning with an application process to help ensure that the class
will meet the academic needs of students
and that the students possess the level of
responsibility required to carefully shepherd
the foundation’s money. Students also are
expected to have some previous knowledge
of investments. “They are responsible for the
entire portfolio, including securities analysis
and driving the strategy that will determine
— Timothy J. Bush
the fund’s performance,” explains Athavale.
The fund presents an excellent opportunity for students, says former class participant
and accounting and economics graduate
Timothy J. Bush, who also recently earned
a master’s in accounting from Ball State.
“We were taught how to use a wide range of
stock-valuation techniques and investment
strategies,” he says. “Because most of the
stock presentations are prepared by groups,
the students are also able to improve their
team work.”
Bush views the skills honed while managing the fund as valuable for both career
advancement and personal responsibility. “I
have always been interested in money management as a career and also as a must-have
skill. People work hard to earn a living, but
too often they do not know what to do with
the money they have earned,” he says.
Getting a semester’s worth of real-life
practice was a particularly worthwhile
experience, adds Bush. “The best part of the
student-managed investment fund experience was that real money was involved,”
he says. “The most difficult thing we had
to do was not the stock
research or preparing
the presentation, but
making a decision that
could cost the university
several thousand dollars.
Dealing with that pressure is not something
you are usually exposed
to in the classroom,
but I believe it is just as
important as any other
skill that students learn
at college.”
So how has the fund
performed? Well enough
Students in a Miller College of Business finance course taught by
that the foundation
Manoj Athavale and Mark Myring are responsible for the performance
increased the amount in
of the student-managed investment fund, a $500,000 fund entrusted to
the fund from $250,000
their care by the Ball State University Foundation.
to $500,000 this fall. “The fund was benchmarked against the S&P 500. In the end, we
were pretty close to matching the performance of our benchmark,” Bush says.
The results are due in part to the fact that
the students typically implement fairly conservative investment strategies. They’re not
day trading, Myring observes: “Our philosophy is a buy-and-hold philosophy. We want
to make investments for the long term.”
With that in mind, those managing the
investments are pleased to report that there
is indeed more money in the fund than
when they started. Given the nature of the
project, that’s a victory in itself, Bush says,
noting the unique challenges of the classroom setting. “Imagine starting an investment company in which everyone is fresh
out of college, you have only a few weeks
to train them before you need to produce
results, and turnover approaches 200 percent annually,” he says. “And don’t forget
that everyone takes a three-month vacation
over the summer!”
That’s just the nature of the beast, says
Athavale, noting that he and Myring
observe the portfolio over the summer, but
hope to be able to offer the course in the
summer months as well so students can
remain at the helm all year.
The fund and the course are evolving, but
most importantly, the students involved are
learning and growing. “Students report that
it has increased their interest in the field
and improved the skill sets they will take to
the workplace,” Athavale says.
“I think the students who participated in
the fund will have a leg up on their peers
once they begin their careers,” agrees Bush.
“I believe the fund’s biggest success is allowing students to experience making decisions
that have a real financial impact.” l
Steve Kaelble is an Indianapolis-based freelance
business writer.
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Awards
Hall of Fame
Paul W. Parkison
Miller College of Business Recognizes
Alumni Achievements
Among the guests at the 2006 Alumni Awards celebration were, from left: Ball State University
President Jo Ann Gora and 2005 Award of Distinction recipient Scott Porter; Hall of Fame
recipient Anthony Smith and Miller College of Business Alumni Board President Dave Heeter;
Smith and fellow Hall of Fame honoree Paul Parkison.
A capacity crowd filled the Ball State University Alumni Center Friday, September
8, for the third annual Miller College of Business Alumni Awards Dinner.
The gala evening drew college alumni and friends—including award winners and
business and community leaders—from across the country and as far away as South
America. Special guests from Ball State University included President Jo Ann M.
Gora, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Terry King, Vice President
for University Advancement Ben Hancock, and Board of Trustee Barb Phillips. In
addition, students representing a number of business student organizations attended
the event with the support of sponsorships.
The assembly was welcomed by President Gora and Dave Heeter, president of
the Miller College of Business Alumni Board, which initiated the awards event.
Following dinner, ten outstanding alumni were recognized, including two respected
Hall of Fame recipients who have enjoyed a professional relationship and friendship
for nearly 40 years. Miller College of Business Department of Accounting Chairman
Emeritus Paul Parkison has been professor and mentor to Anthony Smith, partner
and director of SASA Capital Markets Center for Ernst & Young. Both gentlemen
expressed gratitude for the honor and sincere appreciation for the privilege of sharing
the podium.
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Chairman Emeritus, Department of Accounting
Miller College of Business
Yorktown, Indiana
BS Business Education, 1958; MA, 1961
In 1966—a year after Ball State earned its
university designation and created its business
college—Paul Parkison returned to his alma
mater as an accounting professor. Six years
later he began his 29-year tenure as department chair, playing a leading role in growing the
department, building its reputation, and helping
the college achieve accreditation.
Under Parkison’s leadership the accounting
department grew from six to 18 faculty members, and Ball State became the first public university in the state to achieve separate AACSB
accreditation for its accounting program. He
also led faculty and staff fundraising during Ball
State’s Wings of the Future capital campaign to
surpass its $1 million goal in 1992, as well as
the effort to endow a distinguished professorship in accounting.
Parkison has earned recognition for leadership in many professional and volunteer arenas,
including the Distinguished Service Award from
the Indiana CPA Society (the first educator to
receive this award); the Sagamore of the Wabash by the State of Indiana; and the Ball State
University Alumni Association’s Distinguished
Alumni Award and Benny Award.
Key to Success: “One person cannot succeed
alone. I have had great mentors, beginning with
my parents and an aunt who was a third-grade
teacher. Ball State’s Bob Bell and Virgil Herring
were important in my decision to make college
teaching my career, and I enjoyed working with
three fine deans, Bob Bell, J.B. Black, and Neil
Palomba. Equally important was the support of
faculty and my wife and children.”
Best of Ball State: “My favorite memory is the
night of October 8, 1954, when I took my future
bride to the Homecoming Bonfire on our first
date! Also, when I retired, I was overwhelmed
by the outpouring of gifts from former students
to the endowment in my name that would provide scholarships to future accounting students.”
Awards of Distinction
Anthony W. Smith
Partner, Director of SASA
Capital Markets Center, Ernst & Young
Sao Paulo, Brazil
BS Business Administration
and Accounting, 1968
In 2005—just months before retiring from
a distinguished, 35-year career with Ernst &
Young—Tony Smith accepted an unexpected,
remarkable assignment. He opened a Capital
Markets Center for Ernst & Young in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, serving all of South America.
Before accepting the post, in which he oversees Securities and Exchange Commission foreign private issuers in Brazil, Argentina, Chile,
and Peru, Smith was assigned to the national
office of Ernst & Young, managing the firm’s risk
and consulting with engagement teams.
A member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Smith has served as
president of the Indiana CPA Society and chairman of the Indiana CPA Licensing Board. He
was named a Sagamore of the Wabash and has
volunteered in a number of leadership capacities, including as chairman of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way of Central
Indiana, tournament director of the RCA Tennis
Championship in Indianapolis, and treasurer of
the Indianapolis Jazz Fest. A member of the
Miller College of Business Executive Advisory
Board, Smith also received a Distinguished
Alumni Award in 2002.
Key to Success: “I was raised in a small
town in Indiana and was instilled with strong
values by wonderful parents. I also spent 19
months and 27 days in the military and a year
in Vietnam that had a significant impact on my
drive, personality, and demeanor. My wife and
daughter also contributed to my success.”
Douglas H. Bowers
Sheryl L. Conley
President
Banc of America Leasing and Capital
Charlotte, North Carolina
BS Finance and Economics, 1979
Group President, Americas and Global
Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer
Zimmer, Inc.
Warsaw, Indiana
BS Chemistry and Biology, 1982; MBA, 1993
As president of Banc of America Leasing
and Capital, Douglas Bowers is responsible for
leading the company’s leasing and wholesale
vendor financing business.
Before being named to his current role in
2004, Bowers served as transition executive
for Bank of America Global Corporate and
Investment Banking. Previously, he was managing director of the Banc of America Leasing
and Capital Group.
Among his professional achievements,
Bowers provided leadership for the merger
integration of Bank of America and Fleet Boston; the recast of Bank of America’s European
business; and the creation of the number one
bank-owned leasing company in the United
States by combining the nation’s number two
and three leasing businesses. His volunteer
roles include chairman of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way of Charlotte
and member of the Bank of America Diversity
Advisory Council.
Key to Success: “I was always busy. At Ball
State, I worked 20 hours per week; participated in many ‘outside of classroom’ activities;
and took a full load of classes, graduating in
3½ years.”
Best of Ball State: “I thoroughly enjoyed
Sigma Chi brotherhood and friendships. Also,
more than 35 members of the greater Bowers
clan have received degrees from mighty Ball
State University, and all have flourished. There
is credit to many, but certainly, Ball State
played an important role.”
Sheryl Conley is the first chief marketing
officer of Zimmer, Inc., a worldwide leader
in the design, development, manufacture,
and marketing of reconstructive and surgical
orthopedic products and instruments. She is
responsible for all western hemisphere operations, including the Zimmer U.S. businesses,
Canada, and Latin America, as well as all
global marketing, including U.S. marketing.
Conley began her 22-year career with Zimmer in clinical research and received several
promotions in distribution planning through
1994. She then joined marketing as a product
manager, led the VerSys Hip development
project, and in 1997 was promoted to vice
president, marketing, hips. In 1998, she assumed the role of general manager, Zimmer
Canada and then returned to Zimmer’s corporate headquarters in 2000 with a promotion to
vice president, global brand management and
commercialization. Conley was later promoted to president, reconstructive, and, more
recently, to president, global products group
following the Centerpulse acquisition.
Key to success: “The support of my family to
pursue a very challenging career and the greatest gift from my parents—my education.”
Best of Ball State: “Too many great memories and times! The person who had the most
impact on my life was a tough chemistry
professor who gave me a ‘kick in the pants’ to
work to my potential.”
Best of Ball State: “In spring of 1968, Paul
Parkison taught the CPA coaching course I
took. Then, that spring, he went to Indianapolis
with our class and sat for the CPA exam—a
rather intimidating experience. I am humbled and
appreciative to receive this honor and especially
gratified to receive it alongside Paul Parkison, a
man who has been a mentor to me.”
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Awards of Distinction
Awards of Achievement
Kenneth J. DePaola Jr.
Terry L. Walker
Gregory S. Beyerl
Senior Vice President, Advertising
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Illinois
BS Management, 1979
President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board
Muncie Power Products, Inc.
Muncie, Indiana
BS Accounting, 1968
President and CEO
Sign Craft Industries
Indianapolis, Indiana
MS Accounting, 1983
As senior vice president of advertising for
the Chicago Tribune, Kenneth DePaola Jr. is
responsible for overall advertiser sales and
marketing. He also is president of Tribune
Media Net, overseeing national advertising for
the company’s 11 newspapers and niche publications and leading cross-media sales efforts.
A recipient of the Tribune Leadership Award,
DePaola led the Tribune’s sales organization to
the best results in the nation for four consecutive years.
In his 26-year career, DePaola has worked
in a variety of sales, marketing, and executive
management positions at the Tribune, and previously at the Chicago Sun-Times and Midwest
Suburban Publishing. His professional affiliations include membership on the Newspaper
Association of America Display Board and the
Better Business Bureau. He volunteers as a
member of the board of the Greater Chicagoland Food Depository.
Before beginning a nearly 30-year career
with Muncie Power Products, Terry Walker was
a partner in R.J. Whitinger and Company, the
Muncie accounting firm where he had worked
since graduating from Ball State.
Walker says he is fortunate to have had two
employers who encourage involvement in the
community. In addition to his membership in
the Indiana Association and American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants, he has served
in leadership positions with the Ball Memorial Hospital Board, the Muncie Symphony
Orchestra, the Community Foundation of
Muncie-Delaware County, and many other
organizations, including the Muncie Children’s
Museum advisory committee.
Walker was president of the museum during
its capital campaign to build a new facility,
serving on the steering committee that raised
$4 million, exceeding the original goal by $1
million. He received a Benny Award from Ball
State and was named Accountant of the Year
by Beta Alpha Psi, an honorary organization
for financial information students and professionals.
Gregory Beyerl became president and CEO
of Sign Craft Industries after purchasing the
company in 2001. Under his direction, the
company has advanced to become a leader
in the design, fabrication, and installation of
quality signage. Through the use of systems
and technology, the company’s culture has
improved and revenue and net profit increased.
Under Beyerl’s leadership, Sign Craft was a
Blue Chip Business Award winner, recognized
for overcoming challenges and achieving a
marked change in company performance.
In 2004, the company was named by the
Indianapolis Business Journal as one of the
fastest growing private companies in the
Indianapolis area.
Before purchasing Sign Craft, Beyerl was
vice president and controller for Bindley Western Industries. He previously was employed
by Pricewaterhouse and is a Certified Public
Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, and
a member of the Midwest Sign Association
Board of Directors. Beyerl is a member of Ball
State’s MBA Advisory Board and also serves
on the boards of Gleaners Food Bank and
School on Wheels.
Key to Success: “What contributed most to
my success is what I call getting A’s in five
areas of life—attitude, work ethic, integrity,
health, and fun. These are things I truly believe
in and practice every day of my life.”
Best of Ball State: “I finished college in four
years and played on a Ball State football team
that won two MAC conferences and championships. I am very proud to have graduated
from Ball State. I’m very proud of how the
school has grown over the years. And I’m so
proud that both my children currently attend
Ball State.”
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Key to Success: “My short career in accounting gave me a great foundation for moving to
Muncie Power Products. There, Hamer and
Phyllis Shafer, Joe Wilson, and Ken Briner
accepted me, and it was a great place to work
and socialize.”
Best of Ball State: “My wife and I both were
involved in Delta Sigma Pi. I spent many hours
creating friendships at the Tally, a mecca for
meeting all sorts of people. Joe Jackson, my
first accounting professor, made it easy to
understand accounting. He and Paul Parkison
both kept me on track.”
Key to Success: “Through swimming, teaching, and working at a large public accounting
firm, I have learned to focus on the end result.
By staying true to your goals, all is possible.”
Best of Ball State: “Being a graduate assistant
and having the opportunity to work in the
dean’s office and teach beginning accounting
were significant experiences. In addition, Ball
State gave me a chance to further my education and renew my friendship with my father.
For that, I will be forever grateful.”
Ron Brumbarger
Mary Frances Luce
James L. Stratman
President and CEO
BitWise Solutions, Inc.
Carmel, Indiana
AS Manufacturing Technology, 1987; BS
Industrial Technology, 1987
Professor of Marketing
Duke University, Fuqua School of Business
Durham, North Carolina
BS Economics and Marketing, 1989
President and CEO
Enviroplas, Inc.
Evansville, Indiana
BS Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Management, 1993
Ron Brumbarger has spent his professional
career leveraging technology to enhance
business practices, improve operational performance, and facilitate organizational growth.
He has started six companies and assisted
dozens in startup and planning phases.
In 1992, Brumbarger cofounded BitWise
Solutions and has served as its president
and chief executive officer since then. He is
responsible for advancing the company from
a start-up into one of Indiana’s most accomplished and well-respected technology consultancies. BitWise has received the Indiana
Growth 100 award for five consecutive years.
Brumbarger is involved in dozens of
business and philanthropic organizations
throughout the state, including the boards of
the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Twelve Stones Ministries. At Ball
State, he is a member of the Fellows Society
and the advisory board of the Entrepreneurship Center. In 2004, he was named Mentor
of the Year for the entrepreneurship program,
and the business community has honored
Brumbarger with a number of awards.
Key to Success: “I attended a very small
high school and was not prepared for the
independence and size of Ball State. I had a
lot of catching up do with my peers, so my
memories include lots of work, perseverance,
and stretching.”
Best of Ball State: “I believe most entrepreneurs struggle with the fear of failure. I do, but
I have learned: that failure is good, provided
you learn from it; to expect failure and hope
those around you are supportive when you
stumble; and that I have an unwavering faith
that my needs will be met, day in and day out.”
In 2004—ten years after earning her doctorate in business administration and marketing
from Duke University—Mary Frances Luce
returned to the university as a professor of
marketing. Prior to her tenure at Duke, she
was a member of the marketing faculty of The
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania for ten years.
A member of the Association for Consumer
Research, Luce has served in various capacities with the Journal of Consumer Research,
including as a member of its editorial review
board and associate editor, and was cochair of
the 2003 Association for Consumer Research
Conference. She has received several awards
for publications, including the Leo Melamed
Prize (with James R. Bettman and John W.
Payne), awarded by the editors of the Journal
of Business for the most significant business
publication in any journal by faculty not at the
University of Chicago.
Luce and her husband have spent several
years mentoring an inner-city student who is
now a college graduate.
Key to Success/Best of Ball State:“One of
the most enriching aspects of my Ball State
experience was acting as a research assistant
to Professor John Vann. I was able to see
the research process first hand and begin to
prepare for graduate school. My experiences
working with faculty on research at both
Ball State and Duke are the most important
aspects of my career success as an
academic.”
In 1994, Jim Stratman founded Enviroplas,
Inc., which provides engineering resin solutions to customers worldwide. Much of the
company’s business involves working with
engineering grade thermoplastics, supported
by a full-service quality control/research and
development laboratory.
A member of the Society of Plastics
Engineers and Ball State’s Entrepreneurship
Advisory Board, Stratman has received many
awards from the university and the Miller College of Business, including the Scholar Athlete
Award, the Emerging Entrepreneur Award, and
the Graduate of the Last Decade Award.
Stratman is involved in and supports
numerous community and philanthropic
organizations, including the American Cancer
Society, the March of Dimes, the GE Good
Neighbor Fund, and the Evansville Catholic
Interparochial Schools.
Key to Success: “Without question my success is a product of the morals, values, love,
and work ethic I gained from my parents and
siblings. Also important was the opportunity to
study and obtain a degree from Ball State and
to apply this very practical knowledge in this
great country.”
Best of Ball State: “Graduating from its
nationally ranked entrepreneurship program
and receiving the Entrepreneurship Excellence
Award in 1993. Also, the academic and athletic
experience I received in my five years at the
university was life changing for me personally
and has proven to be priceless. What a great
institution!”
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Bottomline
Keeping Good Company
R
andy Pond has a way with numbers. That became apparent
when, as an economics major
at Ball State in the 1970s, he
took an accounting course recommended
by then accounting department chair Paul
Parkison and liked it so much that he added
an accounting major.
But Pond knew how to subtract as
well. As a senior, he did the math
and determined that he was running short on funds necessary
to continue his undergraduate studies. “I went to Dean
Black and was going to
ask to drop out of school
to get a full-time job,”
he says, recalling that
the dean wouldn’t hear
of it. Instead, Pond
says, “He raised some
money from alumni to
get a small scholarship
to keep me in school.”
With the scholarship
and J.B. Black’s encouragement, Pond completed
his senior year, graduating in
1977 with a bachelor’s degree
in accounting and economics, as
well as a real-life lesson in the value
of keeping company with concerned and
caring people. “Those were four good years,”
he remembers.
Originally from Indianapolis, Pond went
to work for Arthur Andersen, but before
long the West Coast beckoned, with its appealing climate and bustling Silicon Valley
opportunities. “I moved to California in
1980 with Xerox, located in San Francisco,
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and I got caught up in the high-tech craze
in the Valley,” he says. “California has a
quick pace, especially in the business community, and that intrigued me.”
Pond began working on the financial side
of a couple of business startups, including
a company that was developing high-speed
data-communications technology. Networking hardware giant Cisco Systems was
so enamored with the technology that it
bought the company and absorbed all 85 of
its employees, including Pond.
Turning heads from the start, he was part
of a team that reengineered Cisco’s awardwinning supply chain strategy and was
coleader of an enterprise resource planning
implementation project. Three years ago,
Cisco named him senior vice president of
operations.
When not at work, Pond, who is married
and has two daughters, makes good use
of his West Coast location—enjoying
snowboarding, golfing, and boating. And the one-time recipient
of a helping hand now spends
a lot of time helping others,
including working with
Habitat for Humanity,
participating in Knights
of Columbus activities,
and leading the board of
the Children’s Discovery
Museum of San Jose.
Pond acknowledges
that his more recent
corporate roles are a step
removed from the numbers
that once intrigued him
so. But he says his Ball State
experience, grounded in strong
faculty relationships and small
classes, sent him into the world
with indispensable professional training—plus an invaluable understanding of
how one generous person can have a big
impact on another. l
by Steve Kaelble
Randy Pond is a member of the Miller College
of Business Executive Advisory Board.
Honor Roll
of Donors
Making a difference in the
Miller College of Business
2005-2006
T
he Miller College of Business proudly
recognizes and thanks all those individuals,
corporations, and foundations who have
contributed to the college in the past year. Your gifts
are helping us make a difference in the lives of Ball
State business students—providing much-needed
scholarships and first-rate academic programs and
facilities; and supporting active, expert faculty who
engage, create, and collaborate with students.
This Honor Roll of Donors represents contributions made
to the Miller College of Business from July 1, 2005 through
June 30, 2006. Every effort has been made to ensure its
completeness and accuracy. To make a gift to the Miller College
of Business, please contact Carl Davis at (765) 285-7053.
DISTINGUISHED
PARTNER
Anonymous - 1
Cisco Systems
City of Washington
Davies County Growth Council
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Ernst & Young Foundation
Estate of Frances Johnson
Estate of Isabella Legg
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Gaylor Group, Inc.
Mr. Carl R. George
H. H. Gregg Company, Inc.
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Dr. Robert H. Myers
Ontario Corporation Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Smith
Mr. Umit Taftali
EXECUTIVE PARTNER
Mr. Thomas B. Bryan
Mr. Niel C. Ellerbrook
Mr. Thomas R. Ertel
First Merchants Bank, NA
Lumina Foundation for Education
Mutual Federal Savings Bank
Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company
Terrance A. Smith Distributing, Inc.
Whitinger & Company LLC
PARTNER
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Albright
Amerisure Insurance
Mrs. Katherine A. Arbuckle
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Arnott
Auto Owners Insurance Company
George B. Baccash
Mr. Richard L. Baker
Ball State Federal Credit Union
Mrs. Nora A. Bammann
Mr. Robert Beauchamp
BKD, LLP
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Black Jr.
Blue & Co. LLC
Blue Ridge Limo & Tour Service
Mr. Douglas E. Born
Dale Bottom & Elaine McAuliffe
Dr. Betty J. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Brown
Brown Associates
Wayne & Connie Campbell
Central Indiana Chapter CPCU
Mr. Carl L. Chapman
Chicago Chapter, Risk Insurance
Management Society, Inc.
Mr. Scott D. Cotherman
CPCU–Harry J. Loman Foundation
Crowe Chizek and Company
Mr. Richard Cutter & Mrs. Helen
Casey
Drs. Rodney and Charlene Davis
Deloitte Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Dumoulin
Dunn and Bradstreet Foundation
Mr. Michael E. Earley
Dean’s Distinguished Partner
$10,000 and above
Dean’s Executive Partner
$5,000–$9,999
Dean’s Partner
$1,000–$4,999
East Central Indiana Estate Planning
Council
Ent & Imler CPA Group, PC
Estate of George Terry
Farm Credit Services of
Mid-America, ACA
GE Foundation
Mr. Troy J. Gilstorf
Independent Insurance Agents of
Central Indiana
Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance
Group
Indiana Workers’ Compensation
Institute, Inc.
J. Robert and Joanne N. Baur
Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Mehmet Karafakioglu
Katz, Sapper & Miller LLC
Mrs. Dorothy J. Kelly
Ms. Debra L. Ladyman
Liberty Mutual
Dr. & Mrs. Martin Limbird
Mr. & Mrs. James Lintzenich
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Metzing
Mr. James E. Morris
Mr. & Mrs. William Moser
Ms. Jennifer Motz
National City Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Neff
New Castle Community School
Corporation
Old National Bank Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Parkison
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Peckinpaugh
Penn Meridian Foundation
Praxis Consulting, Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Republic Services of Kentucky
Richard E. Ross, Inc.
Drs. Woodrow & Lynne Richardson
Mr. Steven J. Riddle
Mr. & Mrs. David Schmitt
Mr. Charles E. Schwyn
Mr. Michael M. Sherck
Mr. & Mrs. Van P. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Sollars
Somerset Marketing, Inc.
Spencer Educational Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Staton Jr.
The Community Foundation of
Muncie & Delaware County
Ms. Cynthia S. Troyer
Mr. & Mrs. Jan Umbaugh
Union Federal Bank
Vectren Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Wadman
Mr. Gary A. Wadman
Mr. Jeffrey L. Wadman
Mrs. Melba M. Wadman
Mr. Robert J. Wagner, II
Drs. Winfred & Kathleen Wagoner
Terry & Cheryl Walker
2005–2006
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$500-$999
$250-$499
Accenture Foundation, Inc.
AIG
Vincent Akers & Lisa Green
Mr. Joseph Allardt
Mr. & Mrs. James Andrew
Ball Corporation
Mrs. Elisabeth Battle
Mr. Paul S. Bell
Mr. Dana J. Berghorn
Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Beyerl
Mr. Robert W. Bottom
Mr. Derrick Burks
Mrs. Jeanne L. Clarkson
Mr. Roderick B. Clouse
Comcast Spotlight
Consolidated Products
Foundation
Dana Corporation Foundation
Inci I. Dersu
Mrs. Joyce A. Dulworth
Dr. & Mrs. J. Lee Dye
Mr. Kevin J. Ervin
Farm Bureau Insurance
Federated Mutual Insurance
Company
Dr. & Mrs. John Fitzgerald Jr.
Howard Hammer
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Hays
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Heeter
Ice Miller
Indiana Michigan Power
Company
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Irish
Mr. & Mrs. Darwin Keyton
Mr. James S. Laudick
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McFadden
Miss Charlotte Miller
Ontario Systems Corporation
Peckinpaugh and Beasley
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Pendel
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Perry
Mr. Bill E. Pershing
Mr. Bradley S. Rodeffer
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Sachtleben
Dr. & Mrs. James Schmutte
Schwab Fund for Charitable
Giving
Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Slaven
Mr. David V. Smith Jr.
Strategic Marketing and
Research, Inc.
Todd Andrew Johnston
Revocable Trust
Mr. Edward J. Wainscott
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Wilson
Ms. Barbara A. Younkes
Ms. Carol L. Abner
Alcoa Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Allison
Mrs. Phyllis J. Amburn
Arlington/Roe and Co., Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Ramon A. Avila
Mr. Paul R. Baker
Dr. M. Erdal Balaban
Ball State University Alumni
Association
Bank of America Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Barkey
Mr. David L. Bartlemay
Mr. Michael E. Bauer
Mrs. Gayle A. Behm
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Bond
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Botts
Mr. David L. Boyer
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Browning
Ms. Sara A. Bull
Mr. James E. Burgess
Mrs. Tracy A. Calhoun
Mr. & Mrs. David Charles
Mr. James D. Clemens
Coldwell Banker Lunsford
Mr. & Mrs. Terrence Collins
Ms. Nancy J. Conelley
Dannon Company
Mr. S. Joe DeHaven
Mr. Douglas A. Dugger
Duke Realty Corporation
Mr. Brian P. Elliott
ExxonMobil Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. James Fields
David & Wauneta Fischmer
Mr. Douglas Forker
Mr. James L. Frain
Mr. & Mrs. David Gawthrop
Mr. Andrew C. Gladden
Global Impact
Mr. Robert K. GloYeske
Ms. Carla J. Green
Ms. Linda S. Griffith
Mr. Merrill L. Grile
Mr. David A. Groover
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hagan
Ms. Tracy A. Haines
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hanlin
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Harris
Mr. & Mrs. R. Hermann
Dr. Inga J. Hill
Dr. & Mrs. James Hoban
Mr. & Mrs. R. Stephen Hoyt
Mr. & Mrs. James Huber
Mr. & Mrs. John Hunter
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hutchison
IBM International Foundation
Ingersoll-Rand Company
Mr. Jerry J. Johnson Jr.
Mr. Thomas J. Kellen
Mrs. Phyllis L. Kennett
Mr. Jang-Shik (Jay) Kim, CPA
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kline
Dr. & Mrs. William LaFollette
Mr. Thomas Lambert
Mr. Jeffrey J. Lathrop
Mr. Daniel D. Laycock
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Lehman
Mr. Derek R. Leitner
Mr. Jeffrey O. Lewis
Mr. Max A. Loudenback
Mr. Patrick MacVeigh
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Mansfield
Mr. David J. Marijanich
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Martin
Mr. Edward S. Matthews
Mr. Richard L. McCauley
Mr. David A. McDaniel
Mr. Phil McDonald
Mr. Roderick J. McKinney
Mr. James A. Merten
Ms. Stephanie F. Moster
Mr. Paul R. Nash
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Parkison
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Patterson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pfeiffer, II
Mr. Donald A. Piggush
Ms. Carolyn M. Ponder
Mr. Daniel T. Prickel
Dr. R.S. Rathinasamy
Remy International, Inc.
Mr. Donald W. Robertson
Roche Diagnostics
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ruthig
Mrs. Iris K. Sessions
Mr. Robert Smith
Mrs. Sandra J. Snearly-Vosberg
Mr. Edward N. Spreen
Mr. Stephen P. St. Clair
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sursa
Mr. Dale E. Theurer
United Technologies
Corporation
Dr. Lucinda L. Van Alst
Mr. Joseph E. VanDevender
Verizon Foundation
W W Grainger, Inc.
Mr. Gregory L. Ware
Dr. & Mrs. Grant Wells
Mr. & Ms. Brent Wente
Mr. David C. Wietfeldt
Mr. David G. Wihebrink
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Workinger
Dr. William T. Wrege
Mr. & Mrs. David Zimmerman
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Zolman
Ball State University
$100-$249
Anonymous - 7
Mr. Albert L. Adell, III
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond
Adrianson
Mr. Alan J. Adwell
Mr. Alan S. Alderfer
Dr. Kemal Altinkemer
American United Life Insurance
Company
Ms. Kathleen K. Arford
John & Janet Arnold
Mrs. Florence G. Atkins
Mr. Gregory R. Ayers
Mr. & Mrs. David Bahlmann
Mrs. Barbara A. Bailey
Ms. Beverly S. Baird
Mrs. Rachel Baird
Baird Farms
Mr. & Mrs. John Ball Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Barlow
Mr. Derek A. Barrett
Mr. Philip V. Barry
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Bartlett
Mrs. Teresa A. Bartman
Ms. Maria T. Baseggio
Dr. Michael N. Baur
Mr. Patrick D. Beaty
Rev. Johnson A. Beaven, III
Miss Pamela J. Beckman
Mrs. Beth A. Behrmann
Mr. Steven E. Beier
Mr. Larry M. Bey
Mr. George D. Bickford
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bieghler
Ms. Shirley W. Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Blaker
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Blevens
Mr. David Bloch
Mr. Jason B. Blythe
Dr. Cecil Bohanon & Dr.
Barbara Alvarez
Dr. Jennifer P. Bott
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Bousman
Mr. Brian P. Bowers
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Boyer
Mr. James L. Braun
Mr. David M. Brewer
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Bright
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Brock
Dr. & Mrs. Blaine Brownell
Mr. Bernard C. Bruno
Mr. Richard E. Brunson
Mrs. Carolyn K. Bullard
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Burkhart
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Buroff
Mrs. Martha S. Butler
Ms. Christi L. Butt
Dr. Alice M. Butterworth
Mr. Dale E. Buuck
Mr. George E. Caldwell
Mr. Lawrence E. Caprous
2005–2006
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Catron
Mr. Alfred J. Cedeno
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Celie
Miss Deborah S. Chenoweth
Mr. & Mrs. Michele Chiuini
CINergy Foundation, Inc.
Mr. David R. Claerbout
Mr. & Mrs. John Collins
Mrs. Kathleen S. Conway
Cooper Tire & Rubber
Company
Mr. James G. Cox
Mr. Ronald L. Cox
Mr. Billy L. Craigie
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Craig
Mrs. Brenda L. Crane
Brian Cranor & Jamie FisherCranor
Mr. Donald E. Crites
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Culp
Mr. Richard S. Currie
Mr. Kyle C. Cusson
Mr. Ramesh Dangol
Mr. & Mrs. Richard DeCraene
Mr. David S. Dedinsky
Mr. & Mrs. David Deer
Mrs. Kelly S. Delaney
Mr. George E. Demos
Mr. Christopher E. Denney
Mr. Steven M. Dennis
Dr. Norman C. DePillo
Mr. Robert A. Deutsch
Mr. Ronald E. DeWitt
Mrs. Pamela R. Diedrich
Mr. Kenneth E. Diggs
Mrs. Monica M. Dill
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Dinius
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Dixon
Mr. Scott A. Doehrman
Mrs. Carol J. Donahue
Mr. Kevin T. Dougherty
Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard
Douglass
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Downey
Ms. Carolyn S. Dunteman
Mr. Paul B. Durham
Mr. & Mrs. William Durnal
E.C. Medical Products
Mr. Mark L. Eades Jr.
Miss Carol A. Edgar
Mr. Ilan D. Eframian
Mrs. Shelly R. Eicher
Miss Phyllis A. Elkins
Mr. Joe O. Eller
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Elliott
Mr. Brent L. Emerick
Emerson Electric Company
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Enders
Mr. Duane F. Engle
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Ervin
Mr. Wayne L. Feltman
Mrs. Virginia C. Felts
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Ferguson
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Mr. Michael D. Fields
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Fike
Ms. Mary A. Findling
Mr. Daniel R. Fischer
Mr. Ronald W. Fleming
Drs. Dale & Tonya Flesher
Mr. Daniel F. Foland
Mrs. Deborah K. Frazier
Miss Joyce L. Freeman
Miss Beulah M. Frogge
Mr. Wayne M. Frushour
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Furlin
Mr. Alberto A. Garcia
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Gatton
Mrs. Trudy J. Germain
Mrs. Paula R. Gibbs
Mrs. Shirley L. Gibbs
Mrs. Judith A. Gillen
Mr. & Mrs. David Gilliam
Mr. Vincent J. Granieri, II
Mr. Michael A. Grant
Mr. Howard L. Green Jr.
Mr. Ronald D. Griffith
Mr. Gregory J. Griswold
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Gross
Mr. & Mrs. John Haack
Mr. Max E. Haag
Mrs. Carol J. Hadley
Mr. Daniel F. Haire
Mrs. Eileen A. Hallissey
Ms. Kristin J. Hall-Whitacre
Mr. Charles E. Hampel
Mr. John C. Haney
Ms. Jan M. Hank
Mr. Matthew D. Hanna
Mrs. Tracy A. Harding
Dr. Alan L. Hargrave
Mr. Joseph A. Hartleroad
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hartzell
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hatcher
Miss Rose H. Hedrick
Mr. & Mrs. David Hensley
Mr. & Mrs. J. Mark Hess
Mrs. Jane Higgins
Ms. Mary L. Hinkle
Mr. & Mrs. Tony Hocker
Mr. Michael D. Hogg
Mr. & Mrs. Kim Hollingsworth
Mr. & Mrs. James Holstein
Mr. Robert L. Honchell
Mr. Ryan A. Hornaday
Houghton Mifflin Company
Scott Houser & Tammy Shatto
Houser
Ms. Susannah K. Huntzinger
Mr. Dean R. Inman
Intel Foundation
Irwin Union Bank
Mrs. Paula M. Jackman
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Jackson
Mr. Thomas B. Jackson
Mr. Warren T. Jeffers
Mrs. Sarah G. Jenkins
Mrs. Junuetta Johns
Mr. & Mrs. Garth Johnson
Mrs. Josette M. Johnson
Mrs. Lynn A. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Johnson
Judith A. Gilbert Trust
Mrs. Leisa I. Julian
Mr. & Mrs. Darrell Jutte
Miss Jennifer E. Jutte
Mr. & Mrs. Ned Kammeyer
Mr. Wray S. Kappes
Mr. Curtis G. Kays
Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Keil
Mr. John D. Kellar
Mr. Scott A. Kelso
Mr. Louis A. Kessler
Ms. Ruthann C. Kidd
Ms. Claire L. Kilbourne
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Kilty
Mr. Thomas S. Kindell
Mr. Chester D. King
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kinghorn
Mrs. Lydia J. Kolbas
Mr. Jack T. Kowal
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Krill
Ms. Maryann Kriner
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kuehl
Rep. & Mrs. Robert Kuzman
Mr. & Mrs. David Lacey
Miss Margaret E. Lacey
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas LaFave
Mr. Jack P. Lamberson
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Lamberson
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Lang
Mr. Donald L. Lange
Larry Jacobs Accounting
Mr. Scott W. Larsen
Mrs. Bonnie R. Lasco
Mr. Greg Lasonde
Mrs. Louise C. La Warre
Mrs. Sally L. Lee
Mrs. Kara Y. Lenox
Mr. John C. Lines
Dr. Tung Liu
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Logan
Mr. Christopher S. Logan
Mr. John J. Lombardo Jr.
Mr. J. Mark Love
Mr. Jeffrey W. Love
Dr. & Mrs. James Lowry
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Luellen
Mrs. Barbara J. Macer
Mrs. Cindy L. Malayer
Mr. Brad N. Malott
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Manwaring
Mrs. Jo A. Manwaring
Mr. Bradley E. Martin
Mr. Daniel L. Martin
Mr. & Mrs. John McCabe
Mr. Claude S. McCorkle
Mrs. Sarah McCreery-Wappes
Mr. Steven A. McCue
Mr. & Mrs. Harold McGary
Ball State University
McGraw-Hill Companies
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert McKean
Mr. James V. McKibben
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McKnight
Mrs. Angela J. McLean
McNeal and Company, Inc.
Ms. Vicki L. McPherson
Mr. Ted Meek
Mrs. Karen D. Meeker
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Menges
Ms. Wendy L. Meredith
Mr. David R. Merrell
Mrs. Elaine K. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
Mr. John Mogush & Dr. Kay
McNitt
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Moll
Dr. & Mrs. Ray Montagno
Mr. Arthur D. Moore, II
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Morris
Mr. Robert L. Morris
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Morrow
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Mount
Mr. Anthony J. Krupinski
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Muckerheide
Mr. Brian S. Mustard
Mr. Eric Myers
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Myers
Mr. Tere W. Mynatt
Mr. & Mrs. John Naab
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Naffziger
Mrs. Barbara K. Nay
Mr. Douglas J. Naylor
Mrs. Lesley D. Neal
Neely Funeral Home
Mr. Terry W. Neville
Mrs. Barbara A. Niezer
Mrs. Pamela A. Norris
Mr. Robert E. Norris
Northwestern Mutual
Foundation
Mr. Monte J. Nuckols
Mr. Richard B. Ohrn
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Oklak
Mr. Ray E. Oswald
Mr. & Mrs. James Parise, II
Dr. & Mrs. Don Park
Mr. William W. Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Jan Passmore
Pepsico Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Martin B. Peters
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Philips
Mr. Donald A. Pilch
Mr. Richard L. Pittenger
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Pond
Miss Carolyn R. Powers
Mr. Carl R. Quinn
Mr. Douglas Rademacher
Mrs. Alicia J. Rajghatta
Mrs. Sally J. Raver
2005–2006
Mr. Ralph D. Ray Jr.
Mrs. Linda L. Rea
Ms. Donna S. Reed
Ms. Donna J. Reeg
Mr. Tom Reichart
Mr. & Mrs. Gayle Replogle
Mr. & Mrs. Clifton Reynolds
Richard W. Hutson Trust
Mr. Lamar Richcreek
Mr. Robert A. Ridgely
RJ Pohl and Associates, PC
Ms. Jean S. Robbins
Mr. W. LeRoy Robbins
Mr. Edwin D. Roberts
Mrs. Linda L. Rohrman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ross
Mr. & Mrs. William Roth
Mr. James N. Rudhman
Mr. Thomas J. Ruocco
Pamela J. Rusk
Mr. Steven A. Russell
Mr. John F. Sabens
Mr. Peter J. Sakon
Mr. William L. Scheidler
Mr. Joseph F. Scher
Mr. Frederick E. Scherle
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher
Schlenker
Mr. Vernon J. Schmaltz
Mr. Jonathan L. Schmidt
Mrs. Beverly D. Schuster
Mr. Howard H. Scott
Scott Marketing, LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Selby
Mr. Scott S. Selvey
Mr. Kirk W. Shafer
Mr. Kirby J. Sheets
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Shipley
Mel and Usha Shivaswamy
Mrs. Ruby Sills Miller
Mrs. Cynthia J. Simmons
Ms. Denise Simon
Mr. Larry T. Sims
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Skaggs
MG John D. Slinkard
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Slipher
Dr. & Mrs. Brien Smith
Mr. Larry D. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Somers
Mr. Robert J. Sperka
Mr. John E. Spiggle
Mr. Michael Springer
Mr. Philip H. Sprowl
Mrs. Cathi J. St. John
Gary & Sandra Stanley
State Farm Companies
Foundation
Mrs. Catherine A. Stephen
Mr. Michael J. Stesiak
Mr. & Mrs. David Stevens
Mr. David A. Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Stewart
Mr. Mark R. Stiffler
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Mrs. Patricia Stites
Mr. Harold T. Stout
Mrs. Janet S. Stout
Mr. John L. Streu
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Strzelecki
Mrs. Holly A. Summers
Ms. Patricia Summitt
Mr. Kent A. Supancik
Mr. Bradley R. Swick
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Swim
Swiss Re Life and Health
America, Inc.
TABC, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Tapy
Teledyne Charitable Trust
Foundation
Temple-Inland Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Theurer
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Thomas
Mr. William C. Thomas
Mr. Michael W. Thompson
Mrs. Mary A. Titkemeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Todd
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Mr. Patrick A. Weigel
Mr. Kent E. Weinberg
Mrs. Cecelia E. Weiss
Mr. Stephen S. Welch
Mr. & Mrs. James Wellman
Wells Fargo Foundation
Mrs. Caroline J. Welsh
Mr. Lincoln J. Wertenberger
Mrs. Kimberly S. Wesley
Mrs. Deborah K. Wessling
Mr. Bryan M. West
M. Lee West, CPA, PA
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Westerfeld
Mr. James A. Westfall
Ms. Sally N. Wetzel
Miss Karen L. Wever
Mr. Jeffery K. Whisler
Mrs. Kathryn M. Whitaker
Mrs. Berta M. White
Drs. Michael & Gwendolen
White
Mr. Gregory A. Whitehead
Mrs. Karen D. Whitmore
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wickens
Mrs. Cara A. Widmeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Wilber
Mr. Sheldon L. Wilde
Mr. & Mrs. Andy Williams
Mrs. Dawn A. Williams
Mr. Jack E. Williams
Mr. Roy S. Williams
Mrs. Julie H. Williamson
Wil-O-Way Farms
Mr. James E. Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. John Wilson
Mrs. Sandra J. Wilson
Mrs. Nancy L. Wimmer
COL James J. Winters
Ms. Marsha A. Wise
Terrance Woods & Monica
Miller Woods
2005–2006
Mrs. Diana K. Woodworth
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wooldridge
Mrs. Lisa A. Wooten
World Reach, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Wright
Mr. E. Ned Yaney
Mr. Eric M. Yates
Mrs. Shelley J. Yoder
Ms. Traci A. Yohler
Mr. Jerome F. York
Mrs. Margo E. York
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Yust
CORPORATIONS,
FOUNDATIONS, AND
ORGANIZATIONS
Abbott Laboratories Fund
Accenture Foundation, Inc.
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
AIG
Alcoa Foundation
American Electric Power Service
Corporation
American United Life Insurance
Company
Amerisure Insurance
Aon Foundation
Arlington/Roe and Co., Inc.
ArvinMeritor, Inc. Trust
Auto Owners Insurance
Company
Baird Farms
Ball Corporation
Ball State Federal Credit Union
Ball State University Alumni
Association
Bank of America Foundation
Beta Gamma Sigma BSU
Chapter
Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc.
BKD, LLP
Blue & Co. LLC
Blue Ridge Limo & Tour
Service
Boston Foundation
Brown Associates
Caterpillar Foundation
Central Indiana Chapter CPCU
Chicago Chapter, Risk
Insurance Management
Society, Inc.
CINergy Foundation, Inc.
Cisco Systems
City of Washington
Coldwell Banker Lunsford
Comcast Spotlight
Consolidated Products
Foundation
Cooper Tire & Rubber
Company
Miller College of Business Honor Roll of Donors
CPCU–Harry J. Loman
Foundation
Crowe Chizek and Company
Dana Corporation Foundation
Dannon Company
Davies County Growth Council
Deloitte Foundation
Donselman Heating and
Cooling
Draga Corporation
Duke Realty Corporation
Dunn and Bradstreet
Foundation
E.C. Medical Products
East Central Indiana Estate
Planning Council
Eli Lilly and Company
Foundation
Emerson Electric Company
Ent & Imler CPA Group, PC
Ernst & Young Foundation
Estate of Frances Johnson
Estate of George Terry
Estate of Isabella Legg
ExxonMobil Foundation
Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Credit Services of MidAmerica, ACA
Federated Mutual Insurance
Company
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
First Merchants Bank, NA
Gaylor Group, Inc.
GE Foundation
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Global Impact
H. H. Gregg Company, Inc.
Helping Hands Home-Ec Club
Houghton Mifflin Company
IBM International Foundation
Ice Miller
Independent Insurance Agents
of Central Indiana
Indiana Farmers Mutual
Insurance Group
Indiana Michigan Power
Company
Indiana Workers’ Compensation
Institute, Inc.
Indianapolis Life Insurance
Company
Ingersoll-Rand Company
Intel Foundation
Irwin Union Bank
J. Robert and Joanne N. Baur
Foundation, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
James R. May and Cheryl K.
May Living Trust
JGR Enterprises, Inc.
Jim Bertch Agency
Judith A. Gilbert Trust
Katz, Sapper & Miller LLC
Larry Jacobs Accounting
Liberty Mutual
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Lincoln Financial Group
Foundation
Lockwood Family Foundation
Irrevocable Trust
Lumina Foundation for
Education
M.W.M. Incorporated
Marathon Oil Company
Foundation
Marsh & McLennan Company
McGraw-Hill Companies
McNeal and Company, Inc.
Merrill Lynch and Company
Foundation, Inc.
Mike Woelfel, Inc.
Mir Trust UTD
Motorola Foundation
Mutual Federal Savings Bank
Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Mutual of Omaha Foundation
National City Corporation
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company
Neely Funeral Home
New Castle Community School
Corporation
Northwestern Mutual
Foundation
Old National Bank Foundation
Ontario Corporation
Foundation
Ontario Systems Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Peckinpaugh and Beasley
Penn Meridian Foundation
Pepsico Foundation, Inc.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International,
Inc.
Praxis Consulting, Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
R.O. Forster and Associates,
Inc.
Remy International, Inc.
Republic Services of Kentucky
Richard E. Ross, Inc.
Richard W. Hutson Trust
RJ Pohl and Associates, PC
Roche Diagnostics
Ronald and Linda Blake
Revocable Living Trust
Routzahn Agency
Saint-Gobain Containers
SBC Foundation
Schwab Fund for Charitable
Giving
Scott Marketing, LLC
Somerset Marketing, Inc.
Spencer Educational
Foundation, Inc.
Ball State University
State Farm Companies
Foundation
Stevens Family Revocabale
Living Trust
Strategic Marketing and
Research, Inc.
Stutesman, Inc.
Swiss Re Life and Health
America, Inc.
TABC, Inc.
Teledyne Charitable Trust
Foundation
Temple-Inland Foundation
Terrance A. Smith Distributing,
Inc.
The Community Foundation of
Muncie & Delaware County
The Stanley Works
Tipton County Embroidery
Circle
Todd Andrew Johnston
Revocable Trust
Tom Atha Lawn Care
Turner Insurance Services, Inc.
Union Federal Bank
United Technologies
Corporation
Vectren Foundation
Vera Mae’s Ltd.
Verizon Foundation
W W Grainger, Inc.
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Wells Fargo Foundation
Whirlpool Foundation
Whitinger & Company LLC
Wil-O-Way Farms
World Reach, Inc.
Connections
Jeff Brown, BS Management-Entrepreneurship, 1990, is president of Two Men and a
Truck-Northwest Indiana in Valparaiso and is
opening a satellite office in the St. John-Cedar
Lake area. The company is the nation’s largest
local moving franchise.
Michael Burroughs, BS Insurance and Financial Planning, 2000, accepted a promotion in
2005 to a position as the workers’ compensation unit leader with Montgomery Insurance
Company in Charlotte, North Carolina, a sister company of Indiana Insurance—a member
of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group—where he
was employed previously.
Rich Bursek, BS Management Information Systems, 1997, has been promoted to
chief operating officer, EVP of Lydian Bank
and Trust in Palm Beach, Florida. In his
new position, he oversees marketing, public
relations, shareholder relations, operations,
technology, and branch expansion efforts for
Lydian, which provides customized financial
services throughout Florida and is Palm Beach
County’s second largest bank by market share.
Britt Callison, BS Marketing, 1999, is the
facility manager of the Fitness and Wellness
Center at Briscoe Quad at Indiana University
in Bloomington, where she is working toward
earning her master’s in kinesiology with a
focus on fitness management.
Shirelle Chew, BS Finance, 1989, is a global
resourcing integration trainer for HSBC, an
international bank with offices in 76 countries
and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific
region, the Americas, the Middle East, and
Africa. She works in the learning and development area, which is responsible for training
U.S. processes overseas. Chew, who is based in
Indianapolis, has spent several months working in India and Sri Lanka.
James Jones, BS Accounting, 1995, has
accepted a new position as the vice presidenttax at Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP in
Owensboro, Kentucky.
Michael Keasling, BS Finance, 1977, recently
was named senior vice president-leasing for
CIT in Chicago, Illinois. He is responsible
for both product management and sales
management.
J. Wayne Leonard, BS
Accounting, 1973, is chairman and CEO of Entergy
Corporation, an integrated
energy company that was
selected recently for listing
on the highly regarded
Dow Jones Sustainability
Index—World (DJSI-World). Entergy is the
only United States utility to be selected for
the list five years in a row. The DJSI is a listing
of companies whose overall environmental,
social, and economic sustainability performance scores were in the top 10 percent for
their sector.
Teresa Mahin, BS Business Education, 1971,
was honored recently as the 2006 Indiana
PTA Outstanding Teacher of the Year. She
is completing her 35th year of teaching at
Southport High School in Indianapolis, where
she is chairman of the business department.
Virgil Neaman, BS Business Education, 1963,
was named Business Person of the Year for
2005 by the chamber of commerce of Rising
Sun, Indiana. Neaman, who also earned a
master’s degree in education from Ball State,
taught business at Rising Sun High School
until he retired. He continues to own and
operate Neaman Floral Shop in Rising Sun.
Rostyslav Pavlovskyy, MBA, 2004, is managing director of Zootechnology Ltd. in Kherson,
Ukraine.
Thomas Wagley, BS Marketing, 1958, is
president of Wagley Investment Advisors in
Muncie.
Eugene Wallingford, BS Accounting, 1986,
has been appointed head of the Department
of Computer Science at the University of
Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Wallingford, who also earned a bachelor’s degree in
computer science from Ball State, joined the
UNI faculty in 1992. The associate professor
also currently serves as chair of the university’s
graduate faculty.
Aliguma Young, MBA,
2005, is a retail sales representative for the Hershey
Company and is based in
O’Fallon, Illinois.
Dennis Young, BS Marketing, 1972, is general
manager of Nautilus Inn in
Daytona Beach, Florida. He and his wife are
proud grandparents of three boys, including
twins born in February.
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