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A Ball State University Alumni Association Publication
November 2006 Vol. 64 No.3
ALUMNUS
TRADITION+INNOVATION
EDUCATION REDEFINED
Ball State ALUMNUS
Executive Publisher: Edwin D. Shipley
Editor: Charlotte Shepperd
Communications Assistant: Diane Blankenship
Alumnus Assistants: Laura Ford, Denise Greer
Graduate Communications Assistants:
Sarah Kincheloe, Katherine Tryon
Undergraduate Communications Assistant:
Allison Davis
Contributing Writers: Leslie Benson, Jo Ann M.
Gora, H. O'Neal Smitherman, Tom Taylor
Photographers: Denise Greer, Mike Hickey, John
Huffer, Ernie Krug, Don Rogers
Graphic Consultant: Huffine Design, Inc./Sego
Design Group
Front Cover: Design by Huffine Design/Sego
Design Group
Back Cover credits: Homecoming, Michael
Hickey; Joy's House, courtesy of Tina
McIntosh; other photos, Ball State Photo
Services. Design by Huffine Design/Sego
Design Group
Alumni Association Staff:
Edwin D. Shipley, Executive Director; Diane
Blankenship, Communications Assistant; Laura Ford,
Alumnus Assistant; Steve Fulton, Director, New
Media; Denise Greer, Alumnus Assistant; Michelle
Harrell, Information Coordinator; Tracy Hendricks,
Director Alumni Outreach; Michelle Johnson,
Director, Special Events; Ernie Krug, Director,
Alumni Activities; Erin Lambert, Executive/Financial
Assistant; Deborah Linegar, Director Alumni
Services; Charlotte Shepperd, Director, Alumni
Communications; Sue Taylor, Director Alumni
Reunions/Constituent Relations; Laura Waldron,
Program Coordinator; Kate Webber, Director
Alumni and Student Programs
2006 Alumni Council:
Officers: Mark A. Ervin, President; Charles E. Green,
President-Elect; Julie C. Bradshaw, Past President;
R. Wayne Estopinal, Foundation Representative;
Thomas D. Cochrun,Vice President; Thomas L.
Farris, Vice President; Jo Ann Johnston, Vice
President; Douglas W. Reddington, Vice President;
Edwin D. Shipley, Executive Director. Other
members: James A. Andrew, Thomas L. Andrews,
John H. Bowles, Jennifer J. Budreau, Terry R.
Coleman, Frederick E. Cox, Jr., Thomas L. DeWeese,
Ronald N. Duncan, Jr., Kevin J. Ervin, Jerilyn K.
Giska, Richard J. Hall, Kerry L. Hendel, Hollis E.
Hughes, Jr., Kathy I. Hutson, Jacqueline J. Johnston,
Jenell Joiner, James C. Lake, David E. Land, Holly
R. Mahnensmith, Sarah A. Maisto, Michael M.
McMillen, Philip L. Metcalf, Larry W. Metzing,
Stephanie M. Meyers, Annette A. Munoz, Robin L.
Sparks, Edward M. Sitar, III, Kimberley A. Stout,
Stephanie M. Walton, Lori K. Wean
Alumni Communications Advisory Board:
Chairman Holly G. Miller, Mark A. Ervin, Thomas
D. Cochrun, Anthony O. Edmonds, Thomas L.
Farris, Gloria Jean Hermerding, Don L. Park,
Charlotte Shepperd, Edwin D. Shipley, Marilyn
Kay Stickle
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his issue of the Ball State Alumnus is power-packed, from a thorough description of
our new tagline, “Education Redefined,” to a brief summary of a fun-filled, exciting
Homecoming week in October; from profiles of eight faculty who were honored during
this fall’s opening academic meeting to summaries of 13 alumni who are among “Indy’s Best
and Brightest”; and from an account of athletes who, reminiscing about the Ball State they
remember, reunited on campus after 50 years to a description of how current students are
utilizing portable storage devices, vital in today’s educational environment.
President Jo Ann Gora presents a detailed account of Ball State’s new branding strategy and
the programs and projects that differentiate us from other institutions within the entire higher
education landscape. She explains how the university is “redefining education by creating a
high-tech—and high touch—immersive-learning environment that allows students to engage
with learning in a new way—intense, creative, collaborative, personal.” Read how Ball State
is accomplishing the goals of providing relevant immersive learning through a university
environment that is vibrant and supportive, beginning on page 2.
While President Gora provides an in-depth description of Education Redefined, Ball State’s
vice president for Enrollment, Marketing, and Communications, Tom Taylor, explains just
how Ball State is telling its story. Billboards, television
commercials, view books for admissions, and the Web
site are among the media that will consistently carry
the tagline and the message. Word pairings have been
identified that reinforce distinctive qualities of the
university and they always will be integrated into the
message. Read Taylor’s comment, page 10.
For a group of basketball players from the 1950s,
returning to campus was “unique and priceless.” Players
from the 1955-59 men’s basketball teams reconnected
on campus in September. They shared memories as
they recaptured their days as students. Read their story,
Kendra Ellington, a royalty candidate,
hugs Charlie Cardinal on Opening Day
beginning on page 29.
of Homecoming 2006.
Eight faculty members were acknowledged during
We invite you to submit your favorite
the opening fall faculty meeting for outstanding
Ball State-related photo taken at alumni
teaching, creative endeavors, and research. Profiles of
gatherings or showing off your Ball
those honored begin on page 23.
State pride. Send us your full-color
picture with complete description
Are portable storage devices, such as flash drives,
and attribution to: Editor, Ball State
more useful than iLocker accounts? H. O’Neal
Alumnus, Ball State University Alumni
Smitherman, vice president of Information Technology
Association, Muncie, IN 47306.
and Chief Information Officer at Ball State, tells us
To submit photos electronically, first
results of research on digital storage methods of Ball
contact the editor via e-mail:
cshepper@bsu.edu.
State students. For his summary, read Faculty Spotlight,
pages 11-12.
If you were unable to return to campus for this year’s festivities, you missed an exciting
week that celebrated 80 years of Homecoming. Since 1926 Ball State has enjoyed a variety of
activities that involve the campus, Muncie community, and our alumni. Reminisce through our
Homecoming summary, pages 21-22.
It is a privilege to tell Ball State’s story. It is one of a dynamic institution in forward motion. It is
one of accomplished alumni engaged in successful endeavors.
We chose the word pair “Tradition + Innovation” for our front cover because it is upon a firm
foundation that we flourish. Our history is solid; our future, full of endless possibilities.
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Education
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M A G A Z I N E
features
Education Redefined
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Capturing the essence of the institution,
Ball State unveils its new marketing strategy
Joy’s House
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Tina McIntosh has established an adult day care
center, providing a safe social environment for
clientele, while giving relief to caregivers
Outstanding Faculty
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Ball State honors eight outstanding faculty
members who have achieved excellence in
teaching, research, administration, and service
departments
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Faculty Spotlight
Comment : Tom Taylor
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Faculty Spotlight: H. O’Neal Smitherman
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Beyond the Clasroom: Homecoming
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Reunion Profile : Men’s Basketball 1955-59
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Sports Feature : Cardinal Varsity Club
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news
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Mark Weaver
Alumni Connection
13
Across Campus
19
Sidelines
27
Class Notes
33
Indianapolis recognizes 13 alumni as “Best and Brightest”
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PEOPLE+
by Jo Ann M. Gora
Ball State University’s Immersive Learning: Education Redefined
In today’s competitive higher
education environment, colleges
and universities cannot be seen
as just another good institution
in a landscape littered with many
other similar choices—some a little
stronger, others a bit weaker. Today,
as branding experts will tell us, it’s all
about differentiation. But at Ball State
University, we think it goes much
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deeper than that for very compelling,
even urgent reasons.
At Ball State, we are redefining
education by creating a high-tech—
and high-touch—immersive-learning
environment that allows students
to engage with learning in a new
way—intense, creative, collaborative,
personal, and, at times, even in ways
that mirror the risk and reward of
real-life ventures. We believe this is an
essential way to help shape our students
for leadership in the 21st century and
to orient education toward the needs of
knowledge economics in the future.
By immersing themselves in a
project, students achieve much more
than simply a grade. In most cases,
they become so engrossed in the
projects that they quickly race past
Education Redefined represents more
than a new tagline for Ball State.
President Jo Ann M. Gora outlines the
exciting environment that is shaping
the university’s future.
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traditional grading scales and achieve
an unprecedented level of learning,
establish deeper connections to
their areas of study, build a greater
understanding of the relationships
between their disciplines and others,
glean key insights into their career
choices, and develop stronger ties to the
communities and industries in which
they’ve worked.
Ball State is dedicated to offering
in-depth immersive experiences in
each of the university’s seven colleges
through a number of special programs,
courses, and institutes. We define
immersive experiences as typically
worth more than three credits. These
experiences engage a group of students
(frequently an interdisciplinary one)
in collaborative work, are mentored
by a faculty member, usually establish
partnerships with one or more
community entities, and result in an
end product, such as a book, play, film,
business plan, product prototype, or
report.
In these experiences, the students
drive the learning process and play
a critical role in defining the end
product. It is “active learning” at its
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Improving learning
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pending a semester immersed in building an award-winning Web site
changed Jennifer Shea’s outlook on learning. After completing her
interdisciplinary project at the university’s Virginia B. Ball Center for
Creative Inquiry, she wanted to recreate that environment in her more
traditional Ball State classes.
The desire to change came when she and 14 other students built the Web site
Learning from the Legacy of Hate, which explored two aspects of Indiana history.
The first is a legacy of intolerance, highlighted by the Ku Klux Klan’s powerful
presence during the 1920s. The second is a desire to combat intolerance, which
is apparent in countless efforts to promote unity in Hoosier communities. The
students’ efforts won national accolades: a Best of the Web award from the
Center for Digital Education and honors from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
“My Virginia Ball experience convinced me that I thrive in collaborative
environments and learn best when I can create something of value for the
community outside the classroom,” Shea says. “The work is exhausting, but
exhilarating.” So Shea has worked to find these types of experiences—or create
them—as she continues her studies. In one global studies course, she studied
with students from Venezuela, Pakistan, and Nepal through the Internet and
videoconferencing. In another, she summarized a semester’s worth of reading by
writing and performing a play.
“This will be the pattern of my college education,” Shea says. “Whenever
possible, I’ll participate in an immersive offering. But when I find myself in a
traditional course, I will immerse myself in the material by finding creative ways
to work with the professor and other students.”
best, and the experiences connect
students to the industries in which they
want to establish their careers. ChinSook Pak, who left the setting of her
traditional classroom for one semester
to coordinate an immersive course at
our Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative
Inquiry, acknowledged that it is a
different way of teaching.
“I wasn’t the expert anymore, and that
was difficult,” she admits. “The students
had tremendous autonomy. They were
the instigators of action, and actually
in some parts, they were braver than I
because I’m always calculating the risks.”
These experiences are well beyond the
pilot program phase. Throughout the
university, we have woven a rich tapestry
of immersive learning, from dedicated
centers to capstone courses, from
community-based projects to intensive
study abroad opportunities. We are
successfully forging many models—all
adapted to fit our various colleges’ and
communities’ needs.
The focus on immersion is central
to the way in which Ball State
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conceptualizes its mission. While we
have a history of providing personal
attention and exceptional access to
professors who are outstanding in their
fields, through immersive experiences
we are fostering collaboration between
faculty and students.
We are creating ways for all
students—including freshmen—to
participate in these experiences,
putting the latest technology into their
hands, and encouraging them to take
creative risks.
“I think Ball State is a wonderful
place because the resources and the
constant support and nourishment
I received were just unparalleled—it
helped me evolve into a much stronger
storyteller,” says Jaron Henrie-McCrea,
recent graduate and winner of a
2005 Gold Student Academy Award.
“I could also get my hands on the
best equipment like high-definition
cameras or work in state-of-the-art
editing bays at any time.”
We are redefining academic
excellence by building a culture of
innovation and creativity. Through
the development of experiential
learning across our university, we are
envisioning a future in which at least
one immersive-learning experience is
available to every Ball State student,
making this our hallmark of education
redefined.
It’s a formula that is working, too.
The creativity and passion for these
experiences are prompting our students
to develop their skills outside of the
classroom while still using university
technology and receiving university
support. Henrie-McCrea was the first
student at Ball State—or any university
in Indiana—to win a Student Academy
Award. This summer, Perspective, a
short film by telecommunications
majors Travis Hatfield and Samuel
Day, also won the gold medal in the
alternative category. Both of these
projects involved interdisciplinary
teams of students—directors, actors,
writers, and technical crews—who
brought their creative visions to life in
their spare time.
Completely committing themselves
to creating these films, being able to
collaborate with telecommunications
and theatre students—all while being
supported by Ball State’s Center for
Media Design (CMD)—gave the
students a “film school” experience
without the university having an official
film school. “Without a doubt, winning
gold medals at the Student Academy
Awards in two consecutive years is an
example of the strength of our digital
cinema program, which says a great
deal about us since we don’t have a film
school,” says Rodger Smith, associate
director of the CMD and the film’s
executive producer.
Virginia B. Ball Center
for Creative Inquiry
One of the models we’ve created is
the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative
Inquiry. Each year, three or four faculty
members are selected to participate
by proposing a topic to be explored,
and they, in turn, each recruit an
interdisciplinary team of 15 students to
be in their seminar. In these seminars,
In another
seminar, a group
of students
learned how to
write, shoot,
and produce
documentaries—
but with a
distinctive
Latin flair.
They created
Sobrevivir—four
mini-dramas
or telenovelas on DVD—geared
toward helping Indiana’s burgeoning
Hispanic immigrant population better
understand America’s laws and culture.
Once the semester was over, requests
for the telenovelas started coming in
from around the country. They were
also featured on Univision, the nation’s
largest Hispanic network. At last count,
nearly 700 copies had been distributed.
For one student, the seminar changed
his career aspirations. When Rafael
Briones first came to Ball State, he
wanted to be a constitutional law
attorney. But Sobrevivir provided him
with a new vision for his future.
“I learned about the media and
how powerful and efficient it is,” he
says. “From there, I fell in love with
it—it was a life-changing experience,
and now I want to produce videos for
a living.” Briones is now pursuing a
master’s in telecommunications with an
emphasis in digital storytelling instead
of attending law school.
Other student teams have
produced books like The Other
Side of Middletown, published by
San Franscisco-based publisher
AltaMira. The book focused on the
ethnographic study of the black
community in Muncie, Indiana, a
population overlooked in the original,
groundbreaking Middletown studies
conducted by Robert and Helen Lynd
in the 1920s. The initiative recently
earned the Margaret Mead Award for
outstanding research.
At another center on campus,
students can spend an entire semester
working in a newsroom steeped
in convergence. The NewsLink
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the professors and students work sideby-side for one semester to investigate
a subject in order to create something
new—a book, a play, a radio program,
a DVD, or a museum exhibit—that
can be shared with the community to
stimulate dialog and awareness, says Joe
Trimmer, the center’s director.
“In this process, creating leads to
more inquiry, and inquiry leads to
more creating, establishing a powerful
feedback loop that engages the mind
and the emotions and thus produces
deeper learning,” he says.
The faculty member is credited with
a full teaching load, and the seminar
is the students’ only assignment, for
which they receive a full semester’s
worth of credit. Assessment data from
surveys show how the semester affected
the students’ educational experience,
career choices, and attitudes toward
community service. One student
reported that “the center changed
my life. It helped me become more
creative and confident, helped me
develop professional and personal
skills, expanded my relationships, and
enriched my character.”
Another student said that “the center
made me realize what it is like to work
on a ‘professional’ project. It pushed me
to the limit. But I learned to survive in
a stressful environment with a team of
people I had to trust and rely upon.”
Since they are creating a product,
it’s not surprising that technology is
intertwined with these experiences. In
many cases, the technological aspect
is more intense because the students
have to learn new software program
or equipment before they can use it.
And more times than not, through
collaboration they come up with the
best way to maximize the use of the
technology.
In the case of one immersive
experience, the software students chose
to create a virtual art gallery was so
new, the students began an ongoing
dialogue with its developers and helped
the company write the users manual as
their interaction with the application
revealed glitches not yet addressed by
the programmers.
project is the cornerstone
of our initiative studying
digital journalism
convergence, which is the
practice of sharing and crosspromoting content from a
variety of media through
newsroom collaborations
and outside partnerships.
NewsLink stories and
weather reports can be seen
and heard on the Internet,
listened to on the local NPR
affiliate, and viewed on the
local PBS station.
The studio, which was
designed and built by
students from Ball State’s
College of Architecture
and Planning, is filled with
state-of-the-art telecommunications
equipment. Every day during the
academic year, students air their stories
via high-tech digital equipment. Along
with addressing daily newsroom duties,
the students, working side-by-side with
industry professionals, are also shaping
what future newscasts will look like.
We are educating the first wave
of graphic designers to work in the
interactive news industry, where the
viewer controls the newscast. As part
of our interactive television news
graphics course, students learn to create
graphic interface systems for televisions,
iPods, cell phones, and personal digital
assistants that will allow viewers to
select the news they want to see.
“All of the communications students
taking the course have had to explore
how to apply their knowledge of their
specific areas of expertise to an entirely
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new mode of information gathering
and presentation,” says Jennifer GeorgePalilonis, one of the professors teaching
the course. “There are certainly many
professional outlets exploring these
concepts, but we are the first student
group in the world to explore iTV design
in a classroom setting.”
Recent graduate Alyssa Ivanson readily
immersed herself in these technological
environs and also logged plenty of oncamera experience as one of NewLink’s
lead anchors.
“A lot of the experiences that I had
at NewsLink, I’m now experiencing at
WANE-TV, so I’ve been through this
before,” she says. “So I say, ‘OK, I know
how to handle this, I know how to go
from here and what the next step should
be.’”
Her semester on the set gave her the
credentials that prospective employers
desire. Upon graduation, she accepted a
job reporting and producing at a mid-size
market CBS affiliate in the Midwest—
leapfrogging her competition who,
without having the benefit of this type
of experience, typically must start in the
smallest markets and work their way up.
CAPAsia
Along with our centers on or near
campus, we also have developed many
international immersion experiences,
such as our CAPAsia program. During
the ten-week field study, students explore
many South Asian cities and absorb rich
experiences in world
architecture, urbanism,
and planning. The
motto of the initiative
is “building to learn,”
and that certainly rang
true during the 2005
trip.
Long after the
program had been
planned and the
itinerary set, a
devastating tsunami
destroyed the coasts of
many Asian countries.
Initially, Sri Lanka
was not on the trip
itinerary. But with
a tragedy that affected much of the
world just a stone’s throw away from
CAPAsia’s planned stops, the schedule
was altered. Rather than be a small cog
in a mammoth relief effort, CAPAsia
founder, director and Sri Lanka native
Nihal Perera partnered with the small
fishing village of Kalametiya, which had
been devastated.
The 21 students on the trip
initially thought they would build a
demonstration house—a model for the
villagers to follow. But after just a couple
of days, the villagers began to dig their
own foundations, which inspired the
students to change their goals. Once they
redirected their energies into rebuilding
homes instead of creating a model, the
project took on new meaning.
Before the students left the village,
they had restored a lagoon and a bird
sanctuary, repaired fishing boats, and
helped build 30 single-story houses.
Along with sore muscles and blistered
hands, they learned why the villagers
build the way they do.
“They learned to participate in their
processes, rather than getting the
villagers to participate in our processes,”
Perera explains.
They even took the time to
acknowledge the children of the village.
Because the parents were undertaking
the monumental task of rebuilding their
village—and their lives—the children
were inadvertently being overlooked.
Using materials and debris scattered
TECHNOLOGY+
CHALLENGE+OPPORTUNITY
about the village, the students
constructed a makeshift playground.
The sight of children playing cricket
and volleyball and painting lifted
everyone’s spirits, energized the
project, and deepened the students’
connection to their work.
Building a playground was not an
item on the syllabus to be checked off
by the professors. And vice versa, the
students didn’t bemoan the fact that
extra work was “being assigned” to
them. The need presented itself as the
project progressed, and the students
enthusiastically remedied the situation.
“We do not see ourselves as
administrators who have to carry
out tasks and count and measure
everything,” Perera says. “We believe
in achieving goals—academic,
personal, experiential—and also in the
significance of the process.”
Perera philosophizes about
immersive experiences, comparing
them to journeys. “The journey is
as important as the destination or
goal,” he says. “So there is some openendedness to our field studies to be
very flexible, yet rigorous.”
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Changing career choices
afael Briones came to Ball State aspiring to be a constitutional law attorney
so he could help fellow Latinos better adapt to life in America. After a
semester-long immersive experience at the university’s Virginia Ball Center,
he has a new vision—creating documentaries that will benefit newly
arrived immigrants en masse rather than assisting them on a case-by-case basis.
“To reach Hispanics, I think the media is a very powerful and efficient channel
to transfer information in the fastest and most effective way,” he says. To that
end, Briones and a group of students wrote and produced Sobrevivir—four minidramas or telenovelas on DVD—geared toward helping Hispanic immigrants better
understand topics like driving without a license, public intoxication, seeking medical
care, and domestic violence.
While Sobrevivir was initially produced to help Indiana’s growing population of
Hispanic immigrants, the project quickly gained national acclaim. More than 700
DVDs and videotapes have been distributed to nearly 70 government agencies and
nonprofit organizations in 13 states, and the series was featured on Univision, the
nation’s largest Hispanic network.
The effect of the immersive learning experience changed Briones’ career
aspirations. “In the classroom you learn everything about books and exams,” he says.
“But at the Virginia Ball Center it’s about real life, real issues, and real problems. So,
instead of taking exams, you’re taking action.”
Working to learn
Additional immersive experiences at
Ball State have evolved from traditional
internships to faculty members
looking to bring relevant, real-world
applicability to what students are
learning in the classroom. Through the
Business Fellows program, nearly 200
Ball State students have partnered with
Indiana businesses and communities
on nearly 25 projects, including
studying the potential use of cluster
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Leapfrogging her competition
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ypically, students going into
television have to start in the
smallest markets and work
their way up. But because
Alyssa Ivanson spent a semester
working at NewsLink Indiana, Ball
State’s news source for East Central
Indiana, she leapfrogged over the
entire small-market tier and is easily
two years ahead of her competition.
Before graduating from Ball State,
Ivanson already had lead anchor
experience under her belt. “For
broadcast journalism, there really
is no better school than Ball State
to go to,” she says. “It has more
opportunities for students from day
one, and once they start as freshmen,
they can work their way up to their
immersive experience where they
can put everything together for an
experience you can’t get at other
universities.”
The experience at NewsLink allowed
Ivanson to land the job she wanted—
reporting and producing at WANETV, a mid-size market CBS affiliate
in Fort Wayne, Indiana. “A lot of the
experiences that I had at NewsLink,
I’m now experiencing at WANE-TV, so
I’ve been through this before. So I say,
‘OK, I know how to handle this, I know
how to go from here and what the
next step should be.’”
and grid computing techniques at the
Indianapolis International Airport
and creating a business plan for a
professional dinner theatre company.
Business Fellows faculty mentors
guide teams of students who work on
problem-based projects to improve
services, quality, or competitiveness. The
projects also can increase business or
develop new job opportunities. Business
Fellows, which is funded by a $1.5
million grant from Lilly Endowment
Inc., works in concert with Ball State’s
Building Better Communities initiative,
which is establishing itself as an
invaluable economic engine for Indiana,
explains Frank Sabatine, dean of the
School of Extended Education.
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“The projects have been a great success
in communities all around the state,”
he says. “The momentum from these
successes will allow us to create new
business connections in a wide variety
of disciplines that will also help increase
future job opportunities for our students
in Indiana.”
For the Indianapolis International
Airport, seven students studied the use of
cluster and grid computing techniques.
Comprising multiple personal computers
networked to harness their cumulative
power and available resources, the
enhanced system of the cluster
computer can outperform traditional
supercomputers at a fraction of the cost.
There’s also another advantage of
having networked computers distributed
throughout a facility. “If there is a
terrorist attack or natural disaster like
a major storm that wipes out a portion
of the network, the system can function
with the remaining working components
of the grid,” says Fred Kitchens,
information systems and operation
management professor and project
coordinator.
Increasing the opportunities
From our initial successes on many
fronts, we are committed to expanding
the number of immersive experiences
available to students. Our experiences
will involve a triad—students, faculty, and
industry partners—rather than relying on
the traditional structures of internships or
faculty working with students. This model
creates synergies that can accelerate
product testing and development,
provides deeper learning for our students,
and firmly connects them to professionals
within the industry in which they want to
establish their careers.
We have moved forward quickly with
this model in the key area of digital
media, a field in which the university has
already established itself as a rising star.
This digital focus is being spearheaded by
the Center for Media Design. The center
coordinates a university-wide agenda
for digital technology that involves all of
our colleges. Through its management,
research, and development leadership,
the CMD has provided a platform for
immersive-learning experiences for
students and applied research focusing on
digital media. The CMD was established
as part of a $20 million grant from Lilly
Endowment Inc. Now a second $20
million grant has funded the creation of
four immersive-learning institutes.
The first, the Institute for Digital
Fabrication and Rapid Prototyping, is
melding architecture, engineering, and
construction into a seamless digital
enterprise. It is bringing together
Indiana’s material suppliers—from
the limestone producers in Southern
Indiana to the steel mills of Gary—and
connecting them with designers and
students worldwide to expedite the
transformation of computer-generated
designs into finished products on almost
any scale.
As a forerunner to the institute,
director Kevin Klinger served as the
coordinator for Streams: Data Driven
Fabrications Connecting with Indiana’s
White River through the Virginia Ball
Center. Thirteen students designed
multiple art installations using newly
EXPERIENCE+SUCCESS
released 3-D modeling software.
Manufacturers were then able to
download the students’ plans and create
the installations to spec for sites along
Indiana’s White River, from Muncie to
Indianapolis.
In some cases, the students machined
the parts themselves in the College of
Architecture and Planning’s Digital
Simulation Lab. They created permanent
and temporary installations, such as
sculptures, platforms, and walkways in
cultural centers, a state park, and a city
park near downtown Indianapolis.
“This is exciting because digital
fabrication is such a hot topic, one
that a lot of people around the country
are experimenting with,” Klinger says.
“The process of designing, fabricating,
and building is being completely
transformed, and our students will be a
part of that transformation.”
The creation of the Institute for
Intermedia and Animation has put
Ball State at the forefront of the threedimensional animation industry. The
centerpiece of the institute will be an
animation studio that will immerse
students in the production of intermedia
art and 3-D animation.
To visually showcase the possibilities
inherent in this institute, John Fillwalk,
the institute’s director, put a new twist on
wireless technology by bringing traffic on
Ball State’s wireless network to life via an
interactive digital sculpture.
As people logged onto the network,
their activity appeared as sounds, colors,
patterns, or images. Students helped with
the outdoor sculpture, which was located
in the center of campus and consisted
of four projection screens, speakers, and
lights that broadcast interactive sound
and video produced as a reaction to the
amount of traffic on the campus’s 15
wireless zones.
“Our center is melding digital art and
music with wireless technology and
connecting students with professional
technical animators, fabricators,
presentation artists and designers, and
others,” Fillwalk says.
A third institute was shaped in part
by more than 25 students who created a
new high-definition film. Students from
theatre, music, and telecommunications
collaborated to write, act, and produce
the original work Mahd, which unveiled
the potential of the Institute for Digital
Entertainment and Education (IDEE).
Jessica Keffaber, the film’s producer
and a telecommunications student,
said working in such an advanced
environment shaped her career goals.
She was able to contribute to a highdefinition film, work with the latest
equipment, and gain a foothold on her
career.
“I was able to work with professionals
in my field like Derek Hammer of
Hammer Motion Pictures and with the
newest hi-def camera from Canon, the
XLH1—a camera that few professionals
have had a chance to experiment with,”
Keffaber says. “There’s no doubt that the
project helped me find my calling and
define my career path.”
IDEE is serving as a production house
that will bring artistic vision to life and
provide Indiana filmmakers access to a
proven infrastructure and talent pool of
students like Keffaber. The innovative
partnership will benefit our theatre and
telecommunications students, who will
be able to showcase their award-winning
talents on a daily basis to up-and-coming
filmmakers while building professional
and artistic relationships that will grow as
the students and filmmakers progress in
their careers.
“This institute is Janus-based—the
Roman god with two faces,” says Smith,
the film’s director and director of IDEE.
“One face is looking toward curriculum
and students, while the other looks
outward at commercial development and
the media world students will encounter
in the next few years.”
The fourth institute, the News
Research Institute (NRI), will identify
and offer practical solutions to issues
impacting the news industry and its
consumers. NRI also will bring together
interdisciplinary groups of students,
faculty, and industry professionals to
help the news industry prepare for an
uncertain future, as well as to educate
upcoming journalists through rigorous
immersive learning projects.
“While still relevant in today’s society,
the news industry is grappling with a
rapid rate of technological advances
that is changing how consumers access
information,” says Roger Lavery, dean
of the College of Communication,
Information, and Media. “At the same
time, the industry also faces challenges
as newspaper readership drops, television
viewing becomes more segmented, and
traditional radio programming is battling
satellite options.”
Immersive learning for all
Through relevant immersive learning
that engages students in study abroad,
research, and intense in- and out-of
classroom experiences, and through a
university environment that is vibrant
and supportive, we believe we’ve
redefined education by creating a setting
unlike any other. This defines our
priorities and our focus—a place where
undergraduates experience creativity,
energy, connections, and transformation
and where faculty are collaborators
energized by their students.
American writer, editor, and printer
Elbert Hubbard once said, “The biggest
mistake you can make in life is to be
constantly afraid of making one.” Life
is about risk and rewards, pursuing
your passion, connecting with other
people, and creating synergy to take your
dreams to new heights. At Ball State, our
faculty take creative risks and encourage
their students to do the same through
immersive, real-life learning.
If Hubbard were alive today, I believe
he’d embrace our sense of who we are
and where we’re going. I believe he’d also
find kindred spirits in our students and
■
faculty.
Jo Ann M. Gora is president
of Ball State University.
Ball State Alumnus / November 2006 9
comment
EDUCATION REDEFINED:
commitment to excellence, innovation
H
ow do you capture the essence of an institution, especially one with a rich heritage and exciting
future? How do you express its spirit and personality? How do you convey the values and vision
of a leading public university steeped in tradition yet alive with innovation?
You do so by telling Ball State’s story, past, present, and future. We have a long tradition of innovation
that has consistently shaped and reshaped the university. In the late 1800s the five Ball brothers took a
risk by moving their fledgling glass manufacturing business to Muncie. By the early 20th century, they
were so successful they bought the Indiana Normal Institute and donated
the school to the state of Indiana.
From that private act of philanthropy grew the thriving public university
we know today as Ball State. Along the way we have changed both the literal
and figurative landscape.
Today’s campus incorporates the old and new, from the Administration
Building to the high-tech communications media building that will open in
2007. From five academic programs we have grown to more than 150. And
we continue to change the academic landscape through innovative, active
learning experiences. Elsewhere in this issue President Gora discusses how
Ball State is redefining academic excellence by creating in-depth immersion
experiences that are creative, collaborative, and intense. Ball State’s story is
clearly about a university on the move.
Last month we unveiled our new marketing tagline: Education Redefined.
That tagline will be appearing everywhere, from billboards and television
commercials to admissions view books and our Web site. All of these
materials are designed to tell Ball State’s story as a different kind of
university, one that both challenges and supports its students.
We use word pairings that reinforce the distinctive qualities of the
university. “Tradition + Innovation” points both to the remarkable
past and the promising future. “People + Ideas” brings bright,
curious students together with energized and dedicated faculty who both challenge and collaborate.
“The Village + The World” connects our vibrant campus community with the global reach of our
students and alumni.
We use strong photography and cinematography to capture the beauty of the campus, the diversity
of our community, and the energy of the enterprise. Above all, we want to tell our story with authentic
voices. Our latest television spots, which may be viewed online at www.bsu.edu, feature current Ball
State students and faculty, sharing their stories of remarkable collaborative learning experiences. The
excitement and pride they project are compelling.
Marketing campaigns and publications are only some of the ways we tell Ball State’s story. In our daily
lives as faculty, staff, students, and alumni, we all represent Ball State’s story.
In developing our new tagline, we met with a cross section of all of these groups. “Education
Redefined” clearly resonated with them. These two words distill much of what is distinctive about Ball
State and provide an opening line in telling our story.
Education Redefined is more than our tagline; it is our ongoing commitment to a tradition of
excellence and innovation.
Tom Taylor
Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing, and Communications
Ball State University
10 Ball State Alumnus / November 2006
faculty spotlight
Digital Storage
by H. O’Neal Smitherman
“Portable storage devices, such
as flash drives, and fixed storage
like iLocker that can be accessed
in immediate and flexible ways are
vital for a student’s advancement in
today’s educational environment.”
—H. O’Neal Smitherman
T
he economy of the world is changing as we move from an
industrial society to an information society. The evidence of
the shifts is touted in popular books like The World is Flat and
Long Tail
Tail. These shifts are built upon the digital infrastructure of the
Internet and digital communications. A major component of the
infrastructure is storage. In this world, we all must have what George
Carlin calls “a place to keep my stuff.” Carlin was talking about a
home, but today we keep our “stuff ” in digital storage devices.
We need Web storage as a place to display our personal pages and
keep information, media, and other assets. In a digital world, we do
not exist without digital real estate. But in these early stages, we do not
know which kind of storage best suits our purposes. Is it online storage
or is it personal hardware that we carry with us and protect?
To answer this question, Ball State developed a research project that compares the use that our students make
of two different types of digital storage. In the fall of 2005, all new incoming students were given one gigabyte
USB flash drives for their personal use. Further, all students were given two gigabytes of personal online storage
(iLocker) that is easily accessible from any Internet-connected device.
During the fall 2005 semester, e-mails with a link to a Web-based survey were sent to all Ball State students,
and more than 2,400 freshmen and upperclassmen responded. Around 80 percent of new and current students
reported that they first came to campus without a USB flash drive. Because new students were given a flash drive,
their ownership became nearly 100 percent, but almost 70 percent of the upperclassmen said they had purchased
one since arriving on campus. If their flash drive was lost or broken, 86 percent of freshmen said they would
replace it, indicating the devices have become an important part of campus life.
Ball State Alumnus / November 2006 11
faculty spotlight
The most common uses of the flash
drive reported by students were to
store course-related papers, files, and
research. More than half also used the
flash drives to move files from one
computer to another and store personal
papers and photos.
One student wrote
in a comment
section: “I didn’t
have a computer
of my own until
my last year in
school, which
was unfortunate
considering how
much the faculty
rely on not only
computers but the
Internet. My flash
drive saved my
life, or at least my
grades and sanity.”
USB flash drives
are physical objects
students can carry
around with them, but Ball State also
offers students the option of a “virtual
flash drive” with iLocker. When a
student with an iLocker account logs
in to a computer in a Ball State lab, the
personal iLocker storage account will
automatically appear as an additional
computer drive. When not in a Ball
State computer lab, the student can
access the account using a Web
browser, such as Internet Explorer or
an FTP program.
The iLocker accounts are password
protected, so files are secure. However,
the account user can choose to allow
files to be viewed or downloaded by
others by moving the files to one of
two special folders: one available only
within the Ball State community, while
a second folder allows outside access.
By the end of the first semester the
accounts were offered to the students,
more than 3,600 students were storing
439,000 files containing 352 gigabytes
of information. This huge amount of
data represents just the potential of
iLocker.
12 Ball State Alumnus / November 2006
Despite efforts to publicize it, only
two-thirds of the students said they
had even heard of iLocker, on the
survey, and less than half of those
students had tried opening an account.
For the students using their iLocker
accounts, the most common
uses were similar to the USB
flash drive: storing courserelated papers and files, moving
files from one computer to
another, and storing personal papers
and photos. One student commented:
“I love the use of iLocker. It allows
me not to have to carry any sort of
disk or have to worry about leaving it
somewhere.”
Although we don’t know the exact
content on the files being stored
on iLocker, looking at the trends in
the types of file extensions shows a
tremendous growth in the storage of
media type files over traditional text
documents.
As shown in the graph, over the
course of the semester, document files
showed a much slower level of growth
than common media files containing
photos, movie clips, and sound. An
equally dramatic rise happened for
files that have extensions related to a
very diverse and expanding group of
new software applications.
Portable storage devices, such as flash
drives, and fixed storage like iLocker
that can be accessed in immediate and
flexible ways are vital for students’
advancement in today’s educational
environment, which heavily depends
upon mass media, the transfer
of media content, and the
manipulation of media content
for presentations and the
sharing of knowledge.
We are currently in the early
stages of the use of mass media in
daily educational activities, but the
trend is clearly in the direction of more
dependence on electronic storage of
“stuff ” in portable devices or easily
accessed virtual space (e.g., iLocker)
without the limitations of time and
place. At the university level, we need
to continue to provide the large digital
storage spaces available in products like
iLocker while encouraging our students
to purchase and experience the benefits
and possibilities found in portable
devices like flash drives. ■
H. O’Neal Smitherman
is vice president of
Information Technology
and Chief Information
Officer at Ball State.
Photos by Ball State Photo Services; graph
courtesy of H. O’Neal Smitherman.
alumni
CONNECTION
Professional societies
plan meetings, events,
honor ceremonies
assistant product manager of
the Far East division for
Chicos.
Board members have
convened to plan events
from an internship day to
upcoming award ceremonies.
Journalism: The Journalism
Alumni Society board of
directors met September 30.
New officers were elected and
a new board member
introduced.
Officers for 2007 are Brian
Hayes, ’96, president; David
Knott, MA71, vice president;
and Sarah Maisto, ’96,
Alumni Council
representative. Sarah
Swan, ’03MA05, is a new
board member.
The board is working on
plans to initiate recognition,
professional development,
and mentoring activities. A
reunion is in the planning
stages for 2008 and there are
CAP: The College of
Architecture and Planning
hosted Continuing Education
Day, October 19, at the BSU
Indianapolis Center.
Robert Koester, William
Hill, and Bruce Frankel spoke
at the event.
FCS: The Family and
Consumer Sciences Alumni
Society hosted its ninth
annual Career Mentoring
Day in October. Candie
Allen, ’02, delivered the
keynote address. Allen is the
POST-ITS
Black Alumni Society: The Black Alumni Society board
of directors will meet Saturday, December 2, at noon in the
Alumni Center. The agenda will include planning for their
next reunion, set for Friday through Sunday,
August 3-5, 2007.
Nominations for Outstanding Black Alumni are being
accepted by the Alumni Association.
Class of 1957: The Class of 1957 social committee will meet
Thursday, November 2, at the Alumni Center. The committee
will discuss plans for their 50th Anniversary Reunion, set for
Thursday and Friday, June 14-15, 2007.
Chicago Area Alumni: Alumni from the Chicago area
will gather for the annual Rock Bottom Brewery outing in
Chicago, Monday, December 11, from 5:30–8:30 p.m. Cost is
$10.00 per person.
Men’s Basketball: A pre-game outing will be Monday,
November 27, for the game against Georgetown. The outing
will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Clyde’s of Gallery Place,
located in the Verizon Center, in Washington, D.C.
Navigators: A reunion is scheduled for Navigator alumni,
Friday and Saturday, June 22-23, 2007. The planning
committee includes Patrick Daniels, ’80; Robin Tyner, ’77;
Gary Burriss, ’78; and Keith Luers, ’80. More information
will follow.
Alumni join Bluffton parade
The Adams-Wells Alumni Chapter participated in the Bluffton
Street Fair Parade, September 19. Charlie Cardinal joined in
the festivities.
plans to participate in Alumni
Association regional outings
in the coming months.
Dean Roger Lavery
presented an update on the
College of Communication,
Information, and Media. The
new communication and
media building, joining the
Art and Journalism and
E.F. Ball buildings as part of a
complex, will be finished next
summer.
Journalism graduate
assistant Doug Blemker gave
an update on Phoenix, the
alumni tabloid, and on the
department Web page.
The next board meeting
will be Saturday, January
27, 2007, at the Alumni
Center. Nominations for the
Journalism Hall of Fame,
Outstanding Journalism
Alumni, and Outstanding
Young Journalism Alumni
awards are being accepted.
The agenda will include
the expansion of the board’s
membership and initiatives
for 2007.
MCOB: The Miller College
of Business Alumni Society
board of directors will meet
Thursday, November 16, at
3:30 p.m. in Indianapolis.
Nursing: The Nursing Alumni
Society board of directors will
meet Tuesday, December 12,
at 5:00 p.m. at the Alumni
Center. A dinner will follow at
6:00 p.m.
NREM: The Natural
Resources and Environmental
Management Alumni Society
board of directors will meet
Wednesday, November 8, at
the Alumni Center.
Following the meeting a
reception for NREM alumni
and friends will take place in
Williams Lounge on the lower
level of Emens Auditorium.
The reception will begin at
5:30 p.m. and conclude at
6:45 p.m. for the Jack Hanna
program in Emens. The
program begins at 7:00 p.m.
The NREM Internship Day
is scheduled for Tuesday,
January 23, 2007. Alumni who
are interested in representing
their employers can contact
the Alumni Association.
Ball State Alumnus / November 2006 13
The society has elected
board members for the
2006-07 academic year.
They are: Mary Buckley, ’94,
president; Kathy Hutson,
’80MA82AS92, vice president
and Alumni Council
representative; and Mario
Contreraz, ’04, secretary.
Connie McIntosh, ’89, is past
president.
Need more event
information?
Visit us online or
contact the
Alumni Association
See the Alumni Upcoming
Events Calendar on page 33 for
a complete list of events or
go online to
www.bsu.edu/alumni/events
Alumni Association
Contact Information
phone: (765) 285-1080
toll free: 1 (888) I-GO-4-BSU
fax: (765) 285-1414
e-mail: alumni1@bsu.edu
Web: http://www.bsu.edu/alumni
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The fall Nursing Pinning
Ceremony is set for Saturday,
December 16, at 7:00 p.m.,
in Emens Auditorium.
Thirty-eight graduates will be
honored.
In August, the society
officially changed its title
from the Nursing Alumni
Association to the Nursing
Alumni Society.
Alumni chapters
attend meetings,
prepare for events
Chapters have kept busy
with plans for fall and winter
events. Schedules include a
bowling event, a shopping
trip, and the annual TGIF and
Science Central outings.
Alumni Association honors
spring sports coaches
The Alumni Association has announced seven spring sports
high school Coach of the Year awards. The award is presented
to Indiana high school head coaches in all IHSAA-recognized
sports.
Recipients are recommended and selected by colleagues
throughout the state and Ball State athletics representatives.
This year’s recipients are: Ken Hittson, ’88; Tom Knudson,
’81; Kathy Kinghorn, ’77; Paris Seibold, ’78; Bill Mattingly,
’76; and Robert Shinkan, ’75.
With a career coaching record of 115-35, Hittson, boy’s
track coach at Richmond High School, led his team to an
undefeated dual meet season. Prior to coaching at Richmond,
Hittson coached at Shenandoah High School for 15 years and
was selected as White River Coach of the Year five times.
Fort Wayne Northrop High School’s girl’s track coach,
Knudson, has led his team to six Indiana State Track and
Field Championships in a row, from 2000-05, including
being named the 2006 State runners-up. He was voted
national coach of the year and state coach of the year by the
Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association and the Indiana
Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches.
With a 10-4 season record, Kinghorn, girl’s tennis coach at
Indianapolis Arsenal Technical High School, led the Titans
to the IPSAC conference title for the sixth year in a row. She
coached the number-one singles player, Kelly Fritz (21-1).
Seibold, softball coach at Huntington North High School,
was honored as the NCC softball coach of the year and
coached the North All-Star team this season. With a 23-1
win-loss record, the Vikings won conference and sectional
championships.
Indianapolis Cathedral’s boy’s golf coach, Mattingly led
the Fighting Irish to a 123-17-2 overall record, and to the
state tournament. The team garnered five tournament wins,
including the Indianapolis City championship, and advanced
to the state finals.
Shinkan, baseball coach at Munster High School, led his
team to a 23-11 record. The team became sectional and
regional champions and won the first game of the semistate tournament, advancing to the final four in Class 4-A
competition.
Adams-Wells: The AdamsWells Alumni Chapter
board of directors will meet
Wednesday, November 15, in
Bluffton.
Chapter members and
their families participated
in the Bluffton parade in
September and a highway
clean-up in October.
A new family bowling
event is scheduled for
Sunday, February 11, 2007
at the Bowling Center in
Bluffton. Fred Hoffman,
’87, will coordinate the event
with Holly Mahnensmith,
’92MAE96; Bob Goulet, ’81;
and Stan Kunkel, ’78. More
information will follow.
Michiana: The Michiana
Alumni Chapter board of
directors will meet Monday,
November 13, in Elkhart.
The chapter will host its
annual Woodfield Shopping
Trip Outing Saturday,
December 2.
Northeastern: The
Northeastern Alumni
Chapter will form a
scholarship committee in
January.
The chapter has elected
Russ Hire, ’88, as president,
and John Martin, ’90, as vice
president for the 2006-07
academic year. The following
have been elected to the
board: Karen Francisco, ’82;
Cal Lee, ’60; Matt Momper,
’83; Eric Olson, ’83; Jeff
Smith, ’81MPA85; Kaylene
Smith, ’90; and Mike
McMillen, ’67, who will
serve as the Alumni Council
representative.
Plans are underway for
the group’s annual TGIF and
science central outings in
February.
don’t miss these
UPCOMING E VENTS
Greater Indianapolis alumni take
part in wine tasting at the Marriott
downtown, August 10.
Chicago Area alumni enjoy a game at
U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago,
August 12.
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Men’s Basketball Ball State vs. Georgetown Pre-game Outing, Monday,
November 27, Washington, D.C.
Michiana Alumni Shopping Trip, Saturday, December 2, Chicago, IL
Rock Bottom Brewery Outing, Monday, December 11, Chicago, IL
NREM Internship Day, Tuesday, January 23, 2007, Alumni Center
Adams-Wells Family Bowling, Sunday, February 11, 2007, Bluffton
Earl Williams and Bill Canada
converse at the Half-Century Club
Revisit, August 23. The gathering
honored the classes of 1941, 1946,
and 1951.
Alumni gather for a reception and concert
by Flash Cadillac at the Symphony on the
Prairie Outing in Fishers, August 26.
2006-07 Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship Recipients
The Ball State Alumni Association selected 50 students to be recipients of this year’s Legacy Scholarship. The scholarships are
awarded to students who are the children or grandchildren of Ball State alumni, to show appreciation to alumni who have
contributed to the enrichment and growth of Ball State through active membership in the Alumni Association. Legacy
Scholarship recipients for 2006-07 are (Front row): Gwen Hess, Steve Kuepper, Michelle Armand, Jessica Probst, Josh Jones, Pete
Schaffner, Erika Kroening, Erika Martin, Elizabeth Childress, Sarah Kanyer, Sarah Davis, and Alexandra Fouts. (Middle row): Ryan
Robertson, Bryan Shipley, Derek Wilson, Dane Wilson, Nicole Irvin, Ben Karwoski, Stacy Cary, Janelle Hobson, Amanda Boger,
Sarah Rodman, Priscilla Ervin, Ashley Schultz, Stephanie Hamilton, Keaton W. Wooden, and Erin Whitfield. (Back row): Drew
DeHaven, Alli Hilles, Michael Niezer, Jay Weeks, Jon Broyles, Kendra Prather, Sarah McColley, Sam Morris, Andrew Gibson, Carinne
Sitler, Wesley Scott, and Ellen Gilmer.
Ball State Alumnus / November 2006 15
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1300 W. McGalliard Rd., Muncie
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3012 S. Hoyt Ave., Muncie
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14141 W. McKnight Dr.,
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10% off boarding
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1505 N. Wheeling Ave., Muncie
Thomas Framing & Art
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American Drycleaners
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4101 N. Wheeling Ave., Muncie
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728 S. Tillotson Ave., Muncie
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on the scene
Creating Joy
compiled by Leslie Benson and Denise Greer
“O
ur guests love karaoke and dancing,” says Tina McIntosh,
founder and CEO of Joy’s House, an adult day center for the
elderly and disabled. “There’s something magical about music.
Even people who can’t remember their name often remember a gospel
song from church.”
Many of the guests at Joy’s House suffer from Alzheimer’s disease,
the progressive brain disorder that now affects more than four
million Americans.
Mental and physical health issues make life more challenging
for the elderly, leaving families to make difficult decisions
concerning care. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are
not the only option. Joy’s House is one of 37 adult day centers
in Indiana supplying a safe haven and a sense of community
for individuals while their full-time caregivers are at work.
Located in Indianapolis’ Broad Ripple Village, Joy’s House
has been open since 2000. With three full-time employees,
seven part-time employees, and 100 volunteers, the facility
plays host to as many as 50 visitors who can relax and
socialize in a comfortable environment and engage in
activities that include reading, playing bingo, learning the
art of decoupage, a therapeutic horseback ride, or strolling
through a well-kept garden.
Ball State Alumnus / November 2006 17
on the scene
“We all had a journey before we came here. We try to get to know the
people they’ve been all their lives, not who they are when we meet them.”
—Tina McIntosh
McIntosh realized the importance of adult day centers
during her freshman year at Ball State as a member of
Delta Zeta sorority. She volunteered at Muncie’s Alpha
Center, one of Indiana’s elderly care facilities, where she
worked one-on-one with Alpha Center participants.
The experience, McIntosh says, opened her thoughts to
new perspectives on life and friendship. “I felt a strange
connection with the population there,” she says. “I was
drawn to adult day care.”
Serving as president of Delta Zeta during her senior
year, McIntosh learned leadership skills that would later
assist her in creating and managing Joy’s House. After
receiving her bachelor’s degree in English in 1994 and her
master’s in college student personnel in 1995, from Ball
State, McIntosh began working as an event coordinator
for Easter Seals Crossroads Rehabilitation Center in
Indianapolis. Events in her personal life ultimately drew
McIntosh back to adult day services.
In 1998,
McIntosh’s
father, Frank
Prather, was
attacked and
beaten. “We
had to put my
dad, at age 49,
in a nursing
home,” says
McIntosh,
the eldest of
three children.
The incident
resulted in
Tina McIntosh shares memories
McIntosh
with guests at Joy’s House.
putting her
career as an event planner on hold and establishing Joy’s
House. It was a spiritual awakening for her. “We all feel gut
instincts. I finally started listening to mine,” she says.
To help her vision become reality, McIntosh first formed
what she refers to as a “circle of friends,” people in her
life willing to offer their time and support. She secured
financial backing from individuals, creative corporate
partnerships, and foundations.
McIntosh spent the next year laying the groundwork for
the facility, including finding an appropriate name. After
conducting a focus group, McIntosh knew that “house”
should be part of the name but was unsure about the rest.
“The word ‘joy’ came to mind one day and it was perfect,”
McIntosh says. “It encompasses the exact emotion that we
enjoy bringing to others.”
Joy’s House is in its seventh year of operation and today,
McIntosh’s father, who has fully recovered from his injuries,
attends special events there. He also conducts a support
18 Ball State Alumnus / November 2006
group for people who, like himself, suffer from Ankylosing
Spondylitis, a form of arthritis that affects the spine.
McIntosh fills her workday focusing on the business
side of Joy’s House. “We host a handful of special events
throughout the year which help us share the mission of
Joy’s House, introduce new people to our service, and raise
funds,” she says. She also serves as vice president for the
Indiana Association of Adult Day Services, helping spread
the word about similar centers across the state.
No matter how busy she is, McIntosh makes time to
become acquainted with her patrons. “We work together
and play together everyday,” she says. Part of the facility’s
responsibility, McIntosh says, is making the experience
relevant for each participant. “We all had a journey before
we came here. We try to get to know the people they’ve
been all their lives, not who they are when we meet them.”
She offers an example: “Mr. Jason is in his 80s and has
Alzheimer’s, but he was once active in his church and
coached wrestling. We help him relate to those earlier days.”
Reports from the Alzheimer’s Association indicate that
more than 70 percent of people with the disease live at
home where family and friends provide care. According
to McIntosh, statistics suggest that nearly one of every
four people in the nation is a caregiver, and the number is
growing. Day centers like Joy’s House are filling a need for
aging adults to participate in a social environment, while
allowing caregivers temporary relief.
A guest’s day at Joy’s house includes meals, snacks,
activities, special events, and basic personal assistance. For
elderly or disabled individuals needing minimal personal
care, Joy’s House has become a cost-efficient alternative to
nursing homes and in-home care. A scholarship fund exists
to help individuals with supplemental funding. “We’ve never
turned individuals away because they can’t afford it,” says
McIntosh.
Joy’s House helps its clientele recall pleasant past
memories. “When I ask our guests to tell me about their
lives, they don’t brag about the hours they’ve worked or
things they’ve sacrificed,” McIntosh says. “They tell me
about their favorite memories—travels, the day of their
wedding, the birth of their children, family meals around
the dining room table, artwork, their pets, gardening—the
things that really matter in life.
“And I feel like I have finally started to listen to those
words and to capture them in my daily life,” says McIntosh,
a wife and mother of two children. “I play with my kids
more, I laugh with my husband, and I do my best to make
sure that my spirituality and the people I love are at the top
of my list.” ■
Tina McIntosh received the Ball State Alumni Association Graduate
of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award in 2001.
Photos in this feature are courtesy of Tina McIntosh.
across
C A MPUS
Trustees approve new residence hall, student center updates
The Ball State board of
trustees has approved the
hiring of architects and
funding for the construction
of the North Residence Hall
on Neely Avenue, north of the
existing Studebaker Halls, and
upgrades to the L.A. Pittenger
Student Center.
The new residence hall will
house approximately 600
students in double-occupancy
rooms clustered around
semiprivate baths and a
limited number of singleoccupancy rooms with private
baths.
The hall has an estimated
cost of $43.5 million and will
be financed through university
housing and dining renewal
and replacement funds. It will
be designed by CSO Schenkel
Shultz of Indianapolis.
The Estopinal Group,
Jeffersonville, has been hired
as architect for the Student
Center renovation. The
estimated cost is $14.5 million
and will be financed from
the university student center
repair and renewal fund.
The student center was
built in three stages between
1952 and 1961, and very few
changes have been made since.
Ball State remains in spotlight
University repeats ‘Best in Midwest’ honors
The Princeton Review, a New York-based educational services company, has honored Ball State as
one of the “Best Midwestern Colleges.” The online publication profiles public and private schools that
uphold the value of the “best” distinction. Ball State debuted as a “Best Midwestern College” in 2005.
Earlier this year, Ball State was cited by the Princeton Review as one of the “Best 150 Values”
among the most academically outstanding colleges in the nation. The publication praised Ball State’s
nationally recognized programs in architecture, entrepreneurship, journalism, speech pathology,
and telecommunications, in addition to excellent and popular programs in business administration,
criminal justice, and education.
The low cost of tuition, recent increases in financial aid, and success in building a sense of
community also contributed to earning the ranking.
Entrepreneurship program ranks among nation’s best
The undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the Miller College of Business is ranked among
the top ten in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
In the 2007 Best Colleges issue of U.S. News, the Entrepreneurship Center, under the direction
of Larry Cox, is ranked sixth, ahead of such notable business schools as the University of Arizona,
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of California-Berkeley, University of Texas-Austin,
and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Finance program gains notice for teaching quality
The Miller College of Business finance program ranks 11th nationally in a new study gauging
teaching quality.
The honor study, “A Ranking of Teaching Quality in Finance Departments Based on Contributions
in Financial Education Literature,” was conducted by two Western Kentucky University finance
professors and was published in the spring 2006 issue of Advances in Financial Education.
CASE honors interactive student recruitment Web site
Ball State’s interactive student recruitment initiative using blogs and podcasts continues to attract
national attention.
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) bestowed a silver Circle
of Excellence Award upon Ball State in the Web site category for its Experience Ball State site,
www.bsu.edu/reallife.
The site offers interactive multimedia experiences that allow students to post weekly updates of
text, photos, audio, and video.
In addition to replacing
plumbing, mechanical,
and electrical systems, the
comprehensive project will
include enhancements to
more visible features, such as
windows, elevators, interior
finishes, and ceilings.
The entrance will be
redesigned to improve the
usability, function, and meet
Americans with Disabilities
Act standards.
Immersive learning
projects move
to Muncie loft
Ball State will house student
immersive learning programs
focusing on the development
of high-definition
entertainment products,
digital art, and digital
fabrication in a loft in
downtown Muncie.
The research and education
center for the Institute
for Digital Entertainment
and Education (IDEE),
the Institute for Digital
Intermedia Arts and
Animation (IDIAA), and
the Institute for Digital
Fabrication and Rapid
Prototyping (IDFRP) moved
into the recently remodeled
space in September.
The facility will be the site
of workshops, seminars, and
experiments with new types
of media, and will bring top
researchers and executives
from various industries to
Muncie.
The new center also will
serve as a part-time gallery,
featuring exhibitions,
screenings, and performances
of innovative art forms
through the IDIAA.
The site will allow Ball
State to showcase traditional
Ball State Alumnus / November 2006 19
and new student-created art
forms including video, music,
and interactive works. Plans
also call for digital television
screens to be displayed in
windows on the ground floor
to showcase students’ creative
works.
The institutes are a result of
a $20 million grant from the
Lilly Endowment to fund the
Digital Exchange, an initiative
expanding opportunities
for students to participate
in innovative, immersive,
educational experiences. The
institutes and the Muncie
center are administered by
Ball State’s Center for Media
Design (CMD).
J-IDEAS produces DVD
to help high schools
Ball State is distributing
an educational DVD that
focuses on advertising and
marketing to help high school
journalists and instructors
improve the finances of their
publications.
Business of High School
Publications: An Introduction
to the Business-Side Issues of
Student Media is a 75-minute
DVD that was produced
in partnership with Ball
State’s Teleplex and includes
information on advertising,
layout and design, marketing,
distribution, finance, and
career planning.
The DVD was funded by
the Ethics and Excellence in
Journalism Foundation, and
is one of four educational
DVDs created.
Earlier this year, Our Living
History: A Celebration of
Our Constitution won a 2006
Silver Telly Award.
The center has distributed
about 10,000 DVDs to
schools and teachers
nationwide.
20 Ball State Alumnus / November 2006
— Did you know?
Capturing its 18th regional Emmy Award this fall, Ball State has
been nominated 50 times for the honor since 2000.
Innovation Center
to train educators
A center to train future
educators has been established
by combining nationally
ranked programs from the
Teachers College, the College
of Architecture and Planning,
and the Miller College of
Business.
The Center for School
Innovation will have three
main functions. The first will
be to train school leaders
through the university’s
entrepreneurship and
educational leadership
programs, and eventually
offer a degree program that is
currently under development.
In conjunction with the
university’s Building Better
Communities initiative, the
center’s second function
will be to take its expertise
to communities interested
in establishing new school
options including traditional
public, public charter, and
private schools.
The third function will be to
tap into the resources of the
College of Architecture and
Planning and the Center for
Energy Research, Education
and Services (CERES) to help
students and clients make
informed decisions regarding
facilities.
The center’s first
program, the Institute for
Entrepreneurial School
Leadership, was offered this
fall at the Ball State Center in
Indianapolis. Twelve school
leaders from across Indiana
are meeting to explore such
topics as entrepreneurial
thinking and leadership,
innovative curriculum
models, increasing student
achievement, creative and
effective financing, and
strategic planning.
Pipe organ provides “crown jewel”
for world-class music venue
A “crown jewel”
has been installed in
Ball State’s worldclass Music Instruction
Building, thanks to a $1
million gift from David
and Mary Jane Sursa.
Installation of Opus
45, a 50-stop pipe organ
with rich woodwork and a three-manual terraced console,
was added to the Sursa Performance Hall this fall. The
elaborate instrument was built by Goulding and Wood in
Indianapolis. The organ is the first they have built outside a
traditional church setting.
The organ’s pipes, at the back of the stage, are encased
in wood that blends with the hall’s existing woodwork. The
terraced console, which can be stored offstage, is patterned
after French organs of the late-19th century.
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Co-directors for the
center are Rodney Davis,
’69MAE70, associate dean of
the Miller College of Business;
Robert Koester, director of
CERES; and Roy Weaver,
’68MAE71, dean of Teachers
College.
University takes
home two regional
Emmy Awards
Ball State added to its
Emmy Award collection by
bringing home two statuettes
from the 37th annual awards
ceremony in September.
The Emmys won this year
bring the university’s total to
18 over the past six years, 14
in professional categories.
Recipients include Julian
Dalrymple, ’06, in the public
service announcement
category for “Think Smoking
is Sexy?” and Bill Bryant, ’86,
Teleplex producer/director,
and Jason Higgs, Teleplex
graphic designer, in the
commercials category for
“Super Fan.”
MSNBC partners
with student media
Ball State is partnering
with MSNBC, creating
opportunities for studentproduced stories and
student journalists to
appear on the national
cable news network. Under
the agreement, students
working for NewsLink
Indiana, the university’s
converged news project,
and NewsWatch, the
student-managed cable
news program, will be able
to e-mail their news stories
directly to MSNBC.
NewsWatch and
NewsLink Indiana share
production and newsroom
facilities in the Ball
Communication Building.
They collaborate with
student media, including
WCRD-FM, the university’s
student-run radio station,
and The Daily News, the
university’s daily newspaper,
in addition to other student
media outlets on news and
information productions.
beyond the classroom
Homecoming:
Cheers to 80 Years!
he Ball Teacher’s College 1927
Orient recorded the following
account of our first Homecoming,
occurring in the fall of 1926: “A large
crowd cheered the Hoosieroons (later
named Cardinals) to victory in their first
Homecoming game. Scoring started six
minutes after play started, with Shields
going over for the touchdown after
brilliant end runs and line plunges by
the entire backfield. The work of Captain
“Al” Shumm was very noticeable in this
game, for it was his fighting spirit that led
indirectly to the scoring and the holding
of the opponents.”
The final score: Hoosieroons, 13,
Hanover, 0.
By its second year, Homecoming
had become a fixture. According to the
1928 yearbook, “All organizations on
the campus gave their loyal support…
in order that the alumni of the college
might realize the growing spirit of
‘welcome’ which dominates the campus,
both among professors and the students.”
Red and white streamers and signs
decorated campus and its buildings.
Alumni who returned enjoyed a lunch,
followed by a parade through downtown,
and a football game that ended with the
Hoosieroons defeating Defiance College,
27-19. A dance in Ball gym closed the
festivities.
The first two Homecomings set
precedent for what has continued
throughout the 80-year span of
celebrations. Since 1962, Ball State
has enjoyed Homecoming festivities
planned by a student steering committee,
complete with an assortment of events
T
The football game has been the
focal point of Homecoming since
1926. The first team (immediately
above) defeated Hanover, 13-0.
Homecoming is a special
time each year for alumni
to return to their alma
mater for reunions, award
presentations, and a
weekend of festivities.
Eugene White (upper
left) was one of last year’s
Distinguished Alumni
Award recipients.
2006 Homecoming Events
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Decorating Contests
Talent Search
Music on McKinley
Air Jam
Alumni Awards Dinner
Royalty
Ball
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beyond the classroom
for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and
the community of Muncie.
The parade, football game, and royalty
coronation have been mainstays, but
other events have come and gone from
the agenda. Some, like attempting the
world’s longest conga line, achieving
the world-record kissing attempt, or
stuffing a record number of people into
a phone booth, were in keeping with
the times. Others—a bed race, Air Jam,
and Scholarship Talent Search, to name
a few—have been staples for more than
two decades.
Homecoming weekend would not
be complete without honoring our
exceptional graduates. For many years
we’ve been doing just that, and our 2006
Distinguished Alumni Wil Davis, Jane
Hardisty, and Chuck Lazzara led the cast
that also included Benny and GOLD
award recipients.
This year, during the week of October
16-21, we participated in games,
experienced fine entertainment from
our students, heard music on McKinley
complete with fireworks, and enjoyed
the traditional bed race, parade, preand post-game celebrations, and the
football game.
Although the outcome of the game
didn’t favor the Cardinals—Western
Michigan won 41-27—the spirit
continued in the tradition established
long ago. We brought together a campus
and its alumni, and embraced the
Muncie community as we cheered
■
80 years of Homecoming.
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The parade dates to the 1920s and
has included floats, bands, campus,
community, and alumni involvement.
Student activities have
preceded Homecoming Day
since the early 1960s. World
record attempts, the Fun Run, a
bed race, Air Jam, Musical Revue,
and relay games through the
years are depicted here.
college close-up
Honoring
Ball State’s
professors
WES JANZ
Outstanding Teaching Award
by Allison Davis
“Being a professor is a great opportunity—it’s a life of asking
questions,” says Wes Janz, associate professor of architecture
and the 2006 Outstanding Teaching Award recipient.
Explaining his approach to teaching, Janz says, “I’m not a
teacher who believes I’m the expert or authority. I try to help
students find their path to knowledge, [a path] that will be important as they do their life’s
work.”
Janz engages his students through immersive learning, coordinating local and overseas
projects, and providing larger perspectives on real-world issues and concerns. “I’m
trying to find questions, and approaches to those questions,” he says. “The world can be a
problem-solution place.”
One effort through which Janz has involved students is the design-build projects in
Sri Lanka and Buenos Aires, Argentina. He also is co-director of CAPAsia, a ten-week
field study focusing on custom-developed, collaborative design, and planning projects in
South Asian cities. Next semester, Janz will be a fellow with the Virginia B. Ball Center for
Creative Inquiry, leading a group of students to study homelessness, shelter possibilities,
and waste use, locally and globally.
Recently, Janz received a $10,000 grant from the Ruth Mott Foundation and the
Research Institute of the Genesee County Land Bank. “The grant is supporting my work
with graduate students in Flint, Michigan on how to reduce the amount of waste that is
taken to the landfill when a house is torn down,” he says.
Janz explains his approach to teaching through his chosen field. “Architecture is a
means, to me, to have my colleagues and my students, and even myself, figure out who we
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are and who we should be in the world.”
Ball State honored
eight faculty members
in August for their
dedication and
contributions to the
university and its
students. The recipients,
selected by their
colleagues, each received
a monetary award
from the George and
Frances Ball Foundation
and a plaque from the
Alumni Association to
commemorate their
achievements.
The faculty,
representing diverse
departments, have a
combined total of more
than 137 years of service
to the university.
ROBERT KOESTER
Outstanding Administrative Service Award
by Sarah Kincheloe
Robert Koester intended to teach at Ball State for one year; but a
combination of exceptional students, colleagues, and opportunities
in administration have kept him at the university for 32 years.
The recipient of the 2006 Outstanding Administrative
Service Award, Koester is the Director of the Center for Energy
Research, Education, and Service (CERES), chairman for the
Ball State Council on the Environment (COTE), and professor of
architecture. He earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of
Kentucky and his master’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Koester continues on page 24
Photos for this feature by
Ball State Photo Services.
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Koester continues
Koester views his
administrative post as an
opportunity for action.
“Working across
disciplinary lines, I’ve been
able to make things
happen,” he says.
One way his position as
an administrator overlaps
with his teaching is when
students choose from
CERES courses,
workshops, and retreats.
As a professor Koester
enjoys interaction with
students and views
teaching as “an
opportunity to learn.
There’s a challenge in
teaching. You walk the line
between creative enterprise
and technical enterprise.”
In his teaching, Koester
embraces a three-part
philosophy: enable
students to explore; be
specific in introduction;
and allow students to apply
their new knowledge.
“Students don’t engage
unless they identify with
the content and find
ownership,” he says. “They
need guidance to find
meaning, and in applying,
they find closure.”
For Koester, teaching has
become a source of pride,
as students have informed
him of the impact he has
had on their learning
experience.
In turn, he values
collaboration with his
colleagues and what can
be accomplished from
working together. “It’s
inspiring to watch a
project yield something,”
he says.
As an educator, Koester
is honored to have had
an impact. And as an
administrator, he is
grateful to be recognized
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ROBERT PAPPER
Outstanding Research Award
by Denise Greer
Robert Papper, professor of telecommunications and 2006
Outstanding Research Award recipient, places responsibility upon
himself to see that, “every TV news and major radio news director
[in the nation] see Ball State’s name again and again.”
Through his efforts with the annual Radio and Television News
Directors Association (RTNDA), Papper has become a catalyst
in separating Ball State from other telecommunications schools
as one of the nation’s top broadcasting programs. He conducts
RTNDA’s annual survey, among the most cited research projects
in the industry.
A trailblazer, Papper wrote the proposal for what is now
NewsLink Indiana. He also has worked with the Department of
Journalism and the College of Communication, Information, and Media to develop and
promote convergence among broadcast, print, and online media studies.
Papper has spent 17 years working in broadcast and radio news and takes a
professional’s approach to teaching. “I approach classes as a manager or an editor working
with young reporters,” he says.
“I am very demanding of my classes,” adds Papper. “A student who gets a good grade
from me never has any question about whether or not it was earned.”
In his 14th year at the university, Papper currently teaches writing skills classes. At the
beginning of each semester, he explains his course. “I start most classes on the first day
telling students that [the course description] may say that it is a class in writing, but really,
at its core, it is a class in thinking, analyzing, and problem-solving,” he says.
While Papper strives to mold future broadcast elites, he continues in his commitment
to evoke what will showcase Ball State’s assets in telecommunications, an integral factor in
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gaining him this year’s faculty research honor.
FRANCIS PARKER
Outstanding Faculty Academic Advisor Award
by Sarah Kincheloe
Francis Parker’s office door is always open. Unveiling a space
filled with awards, books, and railroad models, it is also a wellknown invitation to students seeking course advice, historical
discussions, and everyday small talk.
“We’re a fairly small program and close to all of our students,”
Parker says. “The advising role lets me know my students
one-on-one.”
Parker, professor of urban planning, is the recipient of the 2006 Outstanding Faculty
Advisor award. Receiving his bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in Connecticut
and his master’s and doctorate from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he
specializes in planning history, law, and theory, in addition to transportation.
Early in his career, Parker divided his time between two professions, one in urban
planning and one in teaching. After receiving his doctorate in 1970, he chose to focus on
teaching. “I love to collect information and pass it on,” he says.
Serving as the department chairman from 1976-86, Parker remembers classes within the
program being scattered in different buildings across campus. More than 20 years later, he is
pleased to have been a part of the growth and physical unification of the department. Parker
also helped establish urban planning as an undergraduate degree in 1985, and has been
essential in substantially increasing the graduation rate of master’s candidates.
Parker draws his inspiration from family friend, Anthony Lord, of Asheville, North
Carolina, an architect. It was Lord who introduced Parker to the urban planning field.
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REBECCA PIERCE
ROBERT PRITCHARD
Outstanding Faculty
Service Award
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
by Denise Greer
“I’m just living the dream,” says Robert Pritchard,
assistant professor of journalism, who has taught at Ball
State for five years. Pritchard teaches public relations
production design, production and public relations
planning, management, and case reviews, while advising
Ball State’s Public Relations Student Society of America
and Cardinal Communications, a full-service, studentrun communications agency.
For his extraordinary efforts, Pritchard was honored
this fall with Ball State’s 2006 Outstanding Junior Faculty
Award.
Considering his role to be more than a classroom
instructor, Pritchard also takes on the responsibility
of mentoring his
students. He provides
opportunities that
allow room for trial
and error, believing
that sometimes
one learns more
from failures than
successes.
Pritchard decided
to teach after serving
ten years in the Navy
and while earning
his master’s degree
in public relations
at Ball State. He says
he was influenced by
leaders and mentors in his military career, his wife, and
through talks with Melvin Sharpe, professor emeritus of
journalism.
Admittedly energetic, Pritchard says his family has
always been driven and passionate; however, he also is
motivated by his students. “My inspiration comes from
those moments when students finally understand, and
the light bulb goes off over their heads,” he says.
Pritchard’s students not only inspire him, they also
are his reward. “My biggest payday is when a student
comes back to say, ‘Thank you,’” says Pritchard. That
is exactly what happened during Ball State’s May 2005
commencement, when one of his students crossed
the stage after receiving his diploma to give Pritchard
a hug—the first of many to be given that day by his
graduating students.
As a teacher and mentor, Pritchard is enabling his
students to fulfill their dreams as he is fulfilling his own,
making it clear why he was honored as one of this year’s
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finest faculty.
“To teach is to touch a
life forever” is inscribed
on a plaque in the office of
Rebecca Pierce, associate
professor of mathematics and
the 2006 Outstanding Faculty
Service Award recipient.
The saying has been
an important part of her
philosophy. It was given to
Pierce by cadets at the end
of a math course she taught
at Grissom Air Force Base
soon after she began at Ball
State in 1991. Pierce says that
the memento reminds her,
“When you do teach, you
have an impact on people.”
Pierce says teaching is not
about just “imparting the
knowledge, but rather being
a facilitator for students to
learn.”
She requires her students to
not only grasp mathematical
Parker continues
“He cared for how towns
looked,” says Parker, adding
that Lord also pointed out
“the things that matter.”
And while Lord has
provided inspiration,
Parker says interacting with
students and seeing them
succeed has become his
motivation.
With the desire to enrich
his students’ lives, Parker is
happy to keep an open door.
A representative student
expresses appreciation.
“Finding an open office
door is the most comforting
sight when a student needs
help from a professor. A
virtual symbol of reliability,
the office of Dr. Parker
is a place where answers
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happen—and fast.”
by Katherine Tryon
concepts, but also to write
and articulate well. “[In
my own education], what I
found lacking was professors
asking me to write,” she
says, adding that writing is
very important in the math
field, especially in the area of
statistics.
Pierce has a particular
interest in teaching gifted
students. As a fellow with
the Center for Gifted Studies
and Talent Development,
she is able to work with
young mathematicians. She
has directed the “Big M,” a
summer residential program
at Ball State for gifted fifthand sixth-graders, for the
past eight years.
Pierce has a passion
for seeking equitable
opportunities for females
in mathematics. Working
with the late Bernadette
Perham, she was integral
in establishing a math day
at Ball State. Perham and
Pierce received a grant
from the National Science
Foundation’s Model Projects
for Women and Girls to help
bring high school women to
campus for a program that
increases career awareness
and skills development.
Driven by the motivation
to see all of her students
succeed, Pierce concludes
that what she likes about
teaching most is, “the fact
that there is a beginning
and an end, and an
opportunity to revise and
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HERBERT STAHLKE
Outstanding Faculty
Award
by Sarah Kincheloe
An African artifact
on his desk and artwork
displayed across his walls
demonstrate that Herbert
Stahlke is as culturally
well-rounded as he is
professionally respected.
Having founded Ball State’s Intensive English Institute,
as well as reorganizing the master’s programs and
establishing doctoral programs in applied linguistics,
Stahlke is an expert in language study.
He specializes in African linguistics, phonology,
historical and comparative linguistics, history of English
and technology, and higher education at both the
graduate and undergraduate levels.
Stahlke received his bachelor’s degree from Concordia
University in Fort Wayne. After serving in the Peace
Corps, he attended UCLA, where he received his master’s
and doctoral degrees. The director of graduate studies for
the Department of English, Stahlke is this year’s recipient
of the Outstanding Faculty Award.
Stahlke speaks humbly of his honor. “There are many
people who have done great things [for the university].
One of the things that I truly appreciate about this award
is the recognition that it brings the graduate programs,”
he says.
Inspired by his father, who was a multi-lingual
Lutheran pastor, Stahlke has been fascinated with
linguistics since a young age. He remembers always
wanting to be a teacher.
Now living his dream, Stahlke stays motivated by
students, who, he says, are “endlessly interesting and
always coming up with insights and ideas.”
He also finds motivation through his research and
administrative duties. “I love learning new things
through research, discovering something no one has seen
before, or working out the details of something already
found. And as an administrator, I like to help solve
problems for my students.”
Stahlke says that his Ball State experience has been
diverse and positive. Among his most enjoyable
memories is working with the Ball Brothers Foundation
to develop an Internet program for Selma Middle School
during the 1990s. The program established Selma as the
first public middle school in Indiana, and one of the first
in the country, to have Internet access.
Having been significantly involved in teaching,
research, administration, and development in the
community, Stahlke has proven himself an outstanding
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faculty member and an asset to the university.
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HANS STURM
Outstanding Creative Endeavor Award
by Katherine Tryon
“The notes on the page are just a map, and the
performer must give life to those notes,” says Hans
Sturm, a professor of music and the recipient of the 2006
Outstanding Creative Endeavor Award.
Sturm illustrates this philosophy through his recent
project, an instructional DVD, Art of the Bow, which has
generated international attention. The DVD demonstrates
the revolutionary bow technique of the famous French
bassist Francois Rabbath, using technology to capture
motion and 3-D animated graphics.
Sturm collaborated with Eric Dugan, assistant
professor of physical education and director of the
biomechanics laboratory at Ball State, to produce the
DVD. Released in April 2005, Art of the Bow has grossed
more than $40,000. Sturm is currently working on the
follow-up to Art of the Bow, called Art of the Left Hand,
which features Rabbath’s intricate left-hand technique.
Throughout a successful
performing career, Sturm
has contributed to more
than 20 recordings with
musicians such as the Pro
Arte String Quartet, Mimmi
Fulmer, and Joan Wildman.
He is currently the principal
bassist for the Muncie
Symphony Orchestra.
While performing has
been influential in his
professional life, Sturm says
he is grounded through his
work as a teacher. “A performer’s life can be very restless,”
says Sturm. “Teaching allows me to continue to perform
and work on projects while having a home base.”
Sturm was drawn to teaching early. “I grew up in the
culture [of teaching],” he says, explaining that his father
was a professor at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania
and his mother, a high school English teacher.
He gathers inspiration from the environment around
him, from walks in the woods and sunsets to students
and colleagues. One of his more memorable moments
was opening a concert for Steve Tyrell, whose band
included Lyman Medeiros, a student Sturm had taught
during his first year at Ball State. “Opening for a student
was the greatest thing,” he says, claiming that his students
serve as inspiration.
With such a passion for music, Sturm enlivens his
students and his projects just as he gives life to the notes
on a page. His energy is evident, setting him apart and
earning him the 2006 Outstanding Creative Endeavor
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SIDELINES
Ball State announces 2006-07 men’s basketball schedule
Ball State’s 2006-07 men’s
basketball schedule has
been announced, and the
Cardinals will travel from
coast-to-coast this season.
The 30-game schedule is
highlighted by trips to Las
Vegas, NV, to play Kansas
and Western Kentucky, a
trip to Washington D.C. to
meet with Georgetown, and
a match-up with Oklahoma
State on a neutral court in
San Diego, CA.
The Georgetown contest
will take first-year coach
Ronny Thompson back to his
alma mater to coach against
his brother, John Thompson
III. It also marks Thompson’s
2006-07
Men’s Basketball Schedule
Date
Opponent
Location
Nov. 11
Nov. 19
Nov. 21
Nov. 24
Nov. 25
Nov. 27
Dec. 2
Dec. 6
Dec. 9
Dec. 16
Dec. 19
Dec. 22
Dec. 30
Jan. 6
Jan. 9
Jan. 13
Jan. 16
Jan. 19
Jan. 24
Jan. 28
Jan. 31
Feb. 3
Feb. 7
Feb. 10
Feb. 13
Feb. 17
Feb. 22
Feb. 25
March 1
March 4
March 7
March 8
March 9
March 10
NORTHERN COLORADO
PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M
CHATTANOOGA
Kansas
Western Kentucky
at Georgetown
INDIANA STATE
at Butler
Oklahoma State
VALPARAISO
TEMPLE
at Tennessee State
at Indiana
TOLDEO
at Western Michigan
EASTERN MICHIGAN
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
at Central Michigan
KENT STATE
OHIO
at Bowling Green
at Akron
BUFFALO
at Miami
at Northern Illinois
at ESPN Bracket Buster
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
at Eastern Michigan
at Toledo
WESTERN MICHIGAN
MAC First Round
MAC Quaterfinals
MAC Semifinals
MAC Championship
Muncie
Muncie
Muncie
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Washington, D.C.
Muncie
Indianapolis
San Diego, CA
Muncie
Muncie
Nashville, TN
Bloomington
Muncie
Kalamazoo, MI
Muncie
Muncie
Mt. Pleasant, MI
Muncie
Muncie
Bowling Green, OH
Akron, OH
Muncie
Oxford, OH
DeKalb, IL
TBA
Muncie
Ypsilanti, MI
Toledo, OH
Muncie
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
For ticket information, contact the BSU Athletics Ticket Office at
1-888-BSU TICKETS or online at www.ballstatesports.com.
return to the program his
father, John Thompson, built
to national prominence.
Ronny Thompson played at
Georgetown from 1989-92,
and was assistant coach for
the school from 1999-2003.
A 14-game home
schedule opens Saturday,
November 11 at Worthen
Arena against Northern
Colorado, before two
straight games in Muncie
against Prairie View A&M
Sunday, November 19, and
UT-Chattanooga Tuesday,
November 21, in the first
games of the Las Vegas
Holiday Invitational. Other
non-conference home
games include Indiana State,
Valparaiso, and Temple.
A new 16-game MidAmerican Conference
schedule begins Saturday,
January 6, 2007 vs. Toledo
in Muncie. The 2007
First Energy MAC Men’s
basketball tournament opens
Wednesday, March 7, with all
teams playing at Cleveland’s
Quicken Loans Arena.
Scheumann Stadium
Renovation Update
Ball State has awarded Shook Construction a $13.7
million contract to renovate Scheumann Stadium. The
company has a base that includes clients in the states
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and Kentucky.
The stadium renovation will include the following:
enclosing the north end with a grass seating area; a larger
and improved communications center; club level seating
with approximately 180 seats and access to restrooms
and concessions; 16 individual entertainment suites; new
restroom facilities; new concessions areas; a new ticket
office; improved disabled accessibility; and brick and
wrought iron fencing to architecturally match existing
facilities.
In addition, a new synthetic grass playing surface is
expected to be installed prior to the 2007 season, which will
be awarded to a company under a separate contract.
John B. and June M. Scheumann were honored last fall
when the stadium was named in their honor after
a $4 million donation to the Drive to Distinction
Campaign. John Scheumann, ’71, is a former Ball State
football letterwinner.
The new press box and entertainment suites will
be named the Paul L. and Patricia L. Kozel Stadium
Communications Center. A longtime business executive,
Paul, and his wife, Patricia, made a $1.25 million gift to the
Drive for Distinction Campaign. In addition, the John W.
and Janice B. Fisher Football Training Complex was named
in the honor of the Fishers, who are longtime benefactors of
the university.
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Ball State
fun facts
— Did you know?
Ball State’s women’s field hockey team holds the Mid-American
Conference record for most wins, with 16 of the league’s
24 championships.
BSU hires compliance director
Kyle Brennan, director of compliance at Texas
Christian University, has been named Ball
State’s director of Athletics Compliance and
Eligibility. Brennan began in Texas Christian’s
office of compliance in April 2005. He was responsible for
the daily operations of the compliance office and supervised
the exit interview process for TCU. In addition, Brennan was
responsible for initial and continuing eligibility certification,
student-athlete financial aid, NCAA Clearinghouse for
student-athletes, monitoring systems for NCAA rules and
regulations, and education programs for athletics staff
members. Prior to TCU, Brennan served as a compliance
assistant at Northern Illinois and as an undergraduate sports
law instructor.
A 1998 graduate of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI,
Brennan obtained his law degree from the University of
Denver.
Brown promoted to deputy AD
Ken Brown, who is in his 16th year at Ball
State, has been promoted to deputy athletics
director. Brown will continue to handle the
athletics department’s finances and will add
day-to-day supervisory duties for football and men’s basketball
to his responsibilities.
Brown obtained his bachelor’s degree from Eastern
Kentucky and master’s degrees from Xavier and Ohio
universities.
Lane named head track, field,
cross country coach
Todd Lane has been named interim head coach
for the Ball State women’s track and field and
cross-country teams for the 2006-07 season. He
has served as assistant coach for both teams the past two years.
Lane helped the Cardinals to a third-place finish at the 2006
Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships. He
assisted Ball State to a second-place finish at the 2006 MAC
Indoor Championships.
Hollomon joins women’s
basketball coaching staff
Rekha Hollomon, who has spent the last two
seasons as an assistant coach at Eastern Illinois,
has joined the Ball State women’s basketball
staff. Last season Hollomon served as the Eastern Illinois post
coach. She also was the team’s guard coach during the 2004-05
season.
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Richards earns Irving Award
Ball State head men’s tennis
coach Bill Richards has been
honored with the 2005-06 Irving
Winningest Coach Award.
The award was initiated by
the Irving family of Muncie
to annually honor Ball State’s
winningest coach for that
particular year. This marks the
second straight and the fourth
overall time Richards has
received the award.
Compiling the most wins
in school and Mid-American
Conference (MAC) history, Richards began his 35th year at the
helm of Ball State’s successful men’s tennis program this fall.
He led the 2006 Cardinals to their 19th MAC title. The 2006
Ball State squad finished the season with a 19-7 overall record,
capping the program’s 17th undefeated regular-season league
ledger. The Cardinals concluded the campaign ranked 65th
nationally in the final ITA NCAA Division I collegiate tennis
rankings.
Richards has amassed a career coaching mark of 519-275,
making him one of the most successful coaches in the history of
men’s collegiate tennis in the country.
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BUZZER
Men’s Basketball: Julien
“Skip” Mills, a senior
forward, has been selected
to the All Mid-American
Conference Preseason
Team.
Men’s Volleyball: Junior
outside attacker Nick Meyer
(Cincinnati, OH/Moeller
H.S.) has been named to the
2005-06 ESPN The
Magazine Academic
All-District V University
Division Men’s At-Large
First Team.
Women’s Basketball:
Junior guard Julie DeMuth
(Merrillville/Merrillville
H.S.) has been named to
the preseason All-MidAmerican Conference West
Division First Team.
Women’s Golf: Senior golfer
Kallie Harrison garnered a
Ball State school record for 18
holes with her second-round
71 finish at the 2006 Ron
Moore Invitational played
at Highlands Ranch Golf
Course outside Denver, CO,
in September. Her first- and
third-round scores of 75 gave
her a 54-hole total of 221, also
a BSU school record. Harrison
tied for 17th overall at the
event to lead the Cardinals.
Women’s Volleyball: Nicole
Martin (Carmel/Carmel H.S.),
a 5-11 setter, has transferred
from Arkansas to Ball State
and will compete on the
women’s volleyball team as a
junior, beginning in 2007.
A Reunion of Friends
by Laura Ford
W
hen Norman Jones met with long-time friend
and teammate Wilbur E. Davis while passing
through Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the fall of
2005, it occurred to both men that it was time to reunite
with other former basketball team members from their
days at Ball State.
“[Wilbur and I] met in November. I had just
published a book titled Growing Up in Indiana: The
Culture and Hoosier Hysteria Revisited. The book
discusses in detail our playing days,” says Jones. “While
meeting about the book, Wilbur and I thought it would
be a good idea to have a reunion for the teams we played
on, so we began to organize one.”
After acquiring contact information, making several
phone calls, and sending out two different mailings,
with assistance from the Alumni Association, Jones
and Davis found that many of their former teammates
wanted the chance to reunite. The reunion was hosted
by the Alumni Association on campus at the Alumni
Center, September 8-9, with 47 alumni and family
members, representing athletes from the 1955-59
basketball seasons, in attendance.
Teammates returned from all over the United States.
James Harris, from the class of 1957, drove more than
4,000 miles, coming from his home in Delta Junction,
Alaska.
“I came back to see my old teammates,” says Harris,
who was glad to receive a call from Davis inviting him
to attend.
Harris had not visited campus in 49 years. His
former teammates and the campus quad were the only
distinguishable elements he recalled from his days as a
student.
Former Cardinal athletes reunite on campus. (Front row): Norm Jones,
Bill O’Neal, David Horn, Norman Smith, Tim Brown, Terry Schurr, Dave
Skelton, Loren Grabner, and Ronald Jenks. (Back row): Donald Clark,
Jim Harris, Ted Fullhart, Larry Perry, Robert Stewart, Wil Davis, Al Cook,
and Richard Oldham. The teams played in Ball Gymnasium.
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1956-57
1955-56
1958-59
1957-58
Tim Brown, former Cardinal football standout and pro-football
runnning back, joins Wil Davis, Al Cook, Jim Harris, and Norm Jones.
Albert Cook, Jr., traveled from his home in La Mesa,
California. Cook, who graduated in 1959, was surprised
by the appearance of the campus. “I could not believe
the physical growth,” Cook says. “If memory serves me
correctly, the campus was about three blocks long in 1959.
[Today it’s] absolutely breathtaking.”
Davis last returned to campus about 11 years ago, and had
seen some of the campus updates. Returning to Ball Gym at
that time, he remembered its appearance as being much the
same as when he played there.
“I could picture coming up the stairs from our dressing
room,” says Davis. “The gym was the same. I recognized
everything to the detail, except there had been some areas
painted. But for the most part, it was just like I remember it.”
In 1997, in an effort to preserve history and better-utilize
space, Ball Gymnasium underwent extensive renovation.
The gym served as the home court for the Cardinals from
1925-63. Since that time, two other courts have been built,
Irving Gym in 1962, and Worthen Arena, the current home
for the Cardinals, in 1991.
Apart from physical improvements to campus, there were
other, perhaps more personal changes the former players
noticed.
Racial tensions had been high the last time many of the
players were together, the Civil Rights movement on its
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The men attended the Ball State vs. Indiana University football
game and a pre-game reception. Gathering at the pre-game are Bob
Stewart, Wil Davis, Larry Perry, Ted Fullhart, Ronald Jenks, David Horn,
and Richard Oldham.
way. And, as Davis comments, he and Jones found this
was another reason to reunite their teammates: To create a
friendship and bond among them that didn’t, and couldn’t,
exist during their years on the court.
“There was warmth among the guys at the reunion [that
didn’t exist] when we were in school playing together,” Davis
says. “We had different life associations [then] and came to
feel differently about things, as well as times changing. [This
time] there was a special bond and, almost to the man, you
could feel it.”
For these men, the reunion provided an opportunity to
become friends without the barriers that once separated
a team and a society. The two days were filled with
reminiscing, introducing families, and catching up on nearly
five decades of life events.
Davis believes the gathering achieved even more than
anticipated. He concludes: “Reunions come and go, [but] the
reunion we had, was not only unique, [it was] priceless.” ■
The reunion recognized the 1955-59 teams. The 1955-56 varsity
team ended their season 11-12, the 1956-57 team was 16-7,
undefeated at home, and won the NAIA district basketball
tournament. The 1957-58 team finished 12-10, and the 1958-59
team, 5-14. All four teams were coached by Jim Hinga.
Photos by Ball State Photo Services and the Alumni Association.
sports feature
baseball • men’s basketball • women’s basketball • cheerleaders and code red dancers • cross country
field hockey • football • men’s golf • women’s golf • gymnastics • soccer • softball • swimming and diving
men’s tennis • women’s tennis • track and field • men’s volleyball • women’s volleyball
For the love
of the Cardinals
by Denise Greer
T
hroughout its 45-year history, Cardinal
Varsity Club (CVC) has supported Ball State’s
intercollegiate athletics program through generous
monetary contributions and participation at sporting
events for all of the university’s 19 Division I-A teams.
Jerry Peirson, director of Athletic Development and
executive director of CVC, defines the club’s role. “CVC
is basically the fund-raising arm of Ball State athletics,”
he says. “We try to create relationships with anyone who
has an interest in athletics with the idea of gaining their
support in a variety of ways—through donations, season
ticket purchase, and coming to events.”
Athletics Director Tom Collins agrees and explains
the impact the booster
organization has on
intercollegiate athletics.
“CVC helps bridge gaps
in funding for all athletic
programs,” he says. “The
Cardinal Varsity Club
supports our scholarship
costs and helps us stay
competitive in the MidAmerican Conference.”
Collins adds that support
from CVC also provides
resources for necessities
not funded through the
university budget.
Senior quarterback Joey Lynch discusses
the 2006 football season with Mark Hood,
a 1977 Ball State graduate and member
of the CVC board of directors.
The idea of forming an athletics booster organization
emerged in the late-1950s. Ball State was a member of
the Indiana Collegiate Conference, competing with such
institutions as Butler, Wabash, and Indiana State. In
conjunction with a rise in enrollment, there also was a surge
in athletic emphasis, and by 1956 groundwork for outside
athletic support had been laid.
Ed Shipley, executive director of the Alumni Association,
explains. “As Ball State was moving from a college to a
university, there became more of a need for a booster
organization to involve people and raise money.”
Robert Primmer, then coordinator of Scholarships
and Student Aid, administered the first fund-raising
effort for athletics scholarships in 1956. The solicitation
was coordinated through the Alumni Association, with
Robert Linson as executive director. In 1959, an Alumni
Association athletics committee officially established a
“booster club” and by the end of that year, 154 members had
joined, contributing $1,800.
Just three years later, when CVC became the college’s
official booster organization, its 332 members donated
$5,698.
Now more than 2,000 strong, Cardinal Varsity Club gives
time and substantial monetary support for all intercollegiate
sports programs at the university. During the 2005-06 fiscal
year, the organization helped generate more than $3,440,599
in contributions. Much of that total was collected for “Drive
to Distinction”, the stadium expansion campaign.
While CVC gifts assist numerous aspects of particular
sports, a large percentage is designated for scholarships,
allowing Ball State to attract high-caliber student-athletes.
“There are nearly 40 scholarships that have been established
in memory or in honor of someone,” Peirson says,
explaining that scholarships have been established to honor
Ball State alumni, friends, employees, and long-time fans.
Ball State Alumnus / November 2006 31
sports feature
baseball • men’s basketball • women’s basketball • cheerleaders and code red dancers • cross country
field hockey • football • men’s golf • women’s golf • gymnastics • soccer • softball • swimming and diving
men’s tennis • women’s tennis • track and field • men’s volleyball • women’s volleyball
“There’s something special about the camaraderie
when you are all watching the game together.”
—Alice Cheney
Active membership in CVC comes by making an annual
gift to any of a number of athletic funds within the Ball
State University Foundation. There are seven levels of
membership, from the Booster level at $100 annually to the
Hall of Fame level at $10,000 or more annually. Each level
offers a variety of benefits, including parking passes for
events, Cardinals Illustrated subscriptions, and hospitality
room invitations.
Peirson, along with CVC coordinator Susan Hargis,
facilitates day-to-day operations at the university.
Governing the organization is a 24-member volunteer board
that meets monthly. Alice Cheney is this year’s president.
Serving her second
four-year term
on the executive
board, Cheney
says participation
with athletic events
is an important
component of the
club. “We try to
do something for
as many sports as
we can,” she says.
“We encourage
members to attend
Board of Trustee member Greg
all the events.”
Fehribach and Judy Barnes, CVC
member, talk with Fehribach’s son,
Members get an
Dan Woody, a BSU student who
inside perspective
works in athletics.
of Ball State sports
through events such
as football and basketball kick-off activities at the start of
each season. Athletes and coaches attend the events. “It’s fun
to have a chance to interact with the athletes,” says Cheney,
who calls the events “positive and motivational.”
CVC members back the Cardinals on game days,
whether the contests are at home or away. For away games,
the club organizes bus trips or hosts watch parties at
local restaurants. “There’s something special about the
camaraderie when you are all watching the game together,”
Cheney says.
The club also coordinates activities such as Hoops
for Scholars, a pro/celebrity golf outing, and an online
auction, providing visibility and generating interest in the
organization.
Since 2000, CVC has conducted the Hoops for Scholars
campaign during men’s and women’s basketball games.
Individuals and businesses pledge money based upon points
scored at a given game. The donations are applied toward
scholarships. Other activities are pre-game dinners for
women’s basketball and volleyball, and the Cardinal Cooks
program, providing lodging and meals for athletes during
breaks in the academic year.
A more recent event is the annual online auction.
CVC members gather memorabilia and autographed
merchandise to sell through the organization’s Web site.
“The Internet is a way of life anymore so we thought, ‘why
not try it?’” Cheney says. She adds that the auction has been
successful, generating bids from as far as Great Britain.
The pro/celebrity golf outing in the spring assists in
further fund-raising for all Ball State sports. Cheney says
the outing includes, “a celebrity on each team, whether it be
a coach, or a pro from another golf course.”
Cardinal Varsity Club has filled a need in athletics,
providing interaction with athletes and coaches, creating a
bond of camaraderie, and supplying support to all athletics
programs.
“We’re just a bunch of devoted fans,” says Cheney. But
CVC fills more than the spectator seats. These “devoted
fans” continue to contribute financial resources, providing
much-needed support for quality programming, all for the
love of Ball State sports. ■
Photos for this feature by Ball State Photo Services.
baseball • men’s basketball • women’s basketball • cheerleaders and code red dancers • cross country
field hockey • football • men’s golf • women’s golf • gymnastics • soccer • softball • swimming and diving
men’s tennis • women’s tennis • track and field • men’s volleyball • women’s volleyball
32 Ball State Alumnus / November 2006
CLASSNOTES
In Memoriam
Evalyn G. (White) Ebrite, ’24,
Muncie, July 25.
1930s
In Memoriam
Florence R. (Thornburg)
Kidder, ’34, Punta Gorda, FL,
August 7.
E. Braxton Bonewitz, ’39MA47,
Atlantic Beach, FL, May 4.
Robert E. Hippensteel, ’39, Fort
Smith, AR, September 12, 2005.
1940s
In Memoriam
Mark Murfin, ’40, Rogers, AR,
September 21.
Anna Marie (Ramsey) Abner,
’40, Knightstown, August 6.
DeLana K. (Southard) Peden,
’43, Marion, September 1.
Wilma A. Minniear, ’44,
Durham, NC, April 26.
Margaret L. (Sigmon) Myers,
’44, Lebanon, September 17.
Juanita J. Smith, ’45, Muncie,
September 4.
Nadyne E. (Wann) Bertalan,
’45, Indianapolis, August 22.
Margaret G. (Gregory)
Huffman, ’46, Muncie,
September 8.
Walter L. Nelson, Jr., ’47,
Muncie, July 24.
J. Caroline (Pressler) Potter,
’47, Warsaw, August 11.
Delmer L. Bunnell, ’49, Warsaw,
April 1.
Nancy E. (DeRolf) Watson, ’49,
Greenwood, August 20.
June M. (Hurley) Shumaker, ’49,
Daleville, October 13.
1950s
News
Norman L. Taylor, ’51MA52,
Naples, FL, set the Florida state
long jump record in track and
field competition for the 75-79
age division.
Faye A. Scott, ’52MA66,
Bremen, retired from teaching
physical education after 28 years.
In Memoriam
H. Juanita (Graham) Hughes,
’50, Logansport, September 17.
Robert T. Gallamore, ’51,
Indianapolis, September 21.
B.H. “Bill” Larimore, ’51,
Muncie, August 27.
Anna M. (Flatley) Thurston, ’52,
Carmel, August 7.
Martha V. (Snyder)
Sharp, ’52MA61, Greenwood,
September 26.
James R. Windlan, ’52MAE65,
Anderson, September 26.
Kenneth C. Eckert, ’53, San
Pierre, September 5.
David J. Neuhouser, ’53,
Houston, TX, September 14.
P. Christina (Stone) Conn,
’53MA60, Muncie, September 13.
Virginia L. (Byers) Rushton, ’55,
Daleville, August 8.
Mary R. (Hodson) Allen, ’55,
New Castle, March 26.
Claren J. Neuenschwander,
MA55, Berne, January 26.
Donald P. Wright, MA55,
Big Bear Lake, CA, August 17.
James H. Boehnlein, ’56,
South Bend, July 26.
Louis A. Kessler, ’57, Bakersfield,
CA, September 14.
James W. Rusby, ’57MA64,
Salem, OR, August 9.
Ross L. Kuszmaul, MA58,
Michigan City, September 1.
Frances H. (Smith) McCormick,
MA58, Terre Haute, September 17.
Buster Taylor, ’58MA61,
Fremont, September 11.
Bonnie J. (Walston) Cossette,
’58, Ludington Woods, MI,
September 1.
Patricia M. (Todd) DeWitt,
’59MAE66, Rushville,
September 26.
News
1960s
Mary Jane (Baker) Smith,
’62MA66, Fort Wayne, recently
retired from the Jay Schools
Corporation after 31 years in
education. She was a speech/
language pathologist and special
education teacher and now owns
MJ’s Bookmark in Auburn.
Diane M. (Schenk) Van Buskirk,
’64, Northampton, MA, has
received an addiction counselor
certificate from Westfield State
College in Westfield, MA. She is
a part-time substance abuse
counselor.
John W. Conley III, ’65MA74,
Kokomo, has retired from
Northwestern High School
in Kokomo after 41 years in
education. He spent the last ten
years in administration.
Ronald A. Sendre, ’65MA68,
HIGHLIGHT
Mark Weaver
by Laura Ford
courtesy, Mark Weaver
1920s
Mark Weaver at PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
For Mark Weaver, ’00, the simple enjoyment of sports
and the passion it brings has led to a successful career at
PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The manager of
security/service operations for the ballpark, Weaver says he
enjoys every aspect of his work.
“I love working at PNC Park,” he says. “Most people go to
an ordinary office or building, but I get to go to a ballpark
every single day.”
Weaver laid the groundwork for his current role by
studying sports administration while at Ball State and
interning with the Indianapolis Indians. After graduation,
he worked with the minor league organization as the
operations assistant until an opportunity arose to work
at PNC Park. He began as the facility coordinator for the
Pirates organization in July of 2001.
Weaver oversees several components that allow the park
to function smoothly. He maintains 3,000 IDs, supplies
keys, changes locks, and is in charge of all security 24-hours
a day, seven days a week.Weaver also works with about
2,000 service employees per game and is one of three staff
members to lead training sessions for 3,500 employees
annually.
With 81 home games, Weaver’s presence is constantly
required. During the All-Star game this past July, Weaver
says his workload nearly doubled. There is no exception
in the off-season, with special events from concerts and
weddings to private parties and meetings occurring at the
park.
“There’s always something new and interesting going on,
and it’s not always a baseball game,” Weaver says. “It keeps
us busy year-round.”
Though his job keeps him too busy to watch the Pirates
play at home, Weaver is enthralled by the happenings that
each game brings. “It’s long hours when the team is in
town,” he says, adding that a 14-hour day is not uncommon
when the Pirates play at home. But his love of the game and
the conducive surroundings bring enough satisfaction no
matter how long the day.
And, yes, Weaver is in fact a Pittsburgh Pirates fan.
Ball State Alumnus / November 2006 33
HIGHLIGHT
Michael Holman
courtesy, Michael Holman
by Katherine Tryon
Michael Holman, ’78MAE85,
strength and conditioning
instructor at Lawrence Central
High School in Indianapolis,
had a landmark 2005-06 school
year. Holman was named
BSUAA Coach of the Year
for the fifth time, National
Federation of High School
Athletes Coach of the Year,
Indiana Association of Track
and Cross Country’s Boy’s
Track Coach of the Year, and
Michael Holman times his
was inducted into the National
athletes on the track at
Federation of High School
Lawrence Central.
Athletes Hall of Fame. He also
was appointed to the United States coaching staff for the
World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Moscow,
Russia.
While in Russia, Holman trained athletes for the long jump,
triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put. As a result
of the coaches’ and athletes’ hard work, the American team
earned more medals at the 2005 World Indoor Championship
than previous years.
“Russia was an amazing experience,” Holman says. “To
work with some of the finest athletes in the world, many of
whom had already achieved medals in Olympic and World
Championship competitions, was a highlight of my career.”
Currently, Holman teaches weight training classes and
organizes Lawrence Central’s after-school weight program
for its athletic teams during the school year. During the
summer, he travels to San Diego, CA, to lead training camps
for emerging coaches and national top-ranking athletes at
the Olympic Training Center. Holman works with the United
States Olympic Committee and USA Track and Field, the
governing body of the sport, to develop medal-winning
athletes at international events.
Humbled by all the honors, Holman credits Ball State for
providing him the building blocks he needed to succeed. “The
education classes, professors, and curriculum were the best. I
was nurtured as a young, developing educator and coach,” says
Holman. “BSU provided the foundation for my professional
development and attitude toward being a life-long learner.”
Clare, MI, is compiling a history
of Central Michigan University’s
sports medicine and athletic
training education programs.
William A. Hawkins, ’67,
Brentwood, TN, retired as
managing partner for Tennessee
and Mississippi at Deloitte &
Touche.
Louis R. Russell, ’67MA72,
Columbus, retired after 38
34 Ball State Alumnus / November 2006
years in high school education.
He taught 34 years at Columbus
North High School and served as
athletic director during the past
ten years.
Douglas Forker, ’68, Jacksonville,
FL, retired as senior vice president
at JP Morgan Chase after 33 years.
Bernard L. Hayes, ’69EdD73,
Logan, UT, retired after 33 years
at Utah State University as a
professor of elementary education
and department head. Suzanne
(Stoops) Huber, ’69, Noblesville,
was named a Distinguished
Hoosier. A teacher at Noblesville
High School, she is president of
Ball State’s Family and Consumer
Sciences Alumni Society board of
directors.
In Memoriam
John M. Crabbs, MA60,
Phoenix, AZ, August 13.
Harold E. Owings, ’60, Sun
Valley, CA, May 16.
Mary M. (Rudig) Luker,
’61MAE75, Muncie, September 22.
Darryl W. Stults, MA61,
Richmond, August 14.
Phyllis A. (Terhune) Welches,
MA61, Markle, August 21.
Tommy V. Foltz, ’62MA64,
Fort Wayne, May 4.
Connie R. (Meyer)
Klingelhoffer, ’64, Sharonville,
OH, February 1.
Janet C. Mitchell, ’64MA68,
Powder Springs, GA,
September 20.
Don G. Townsend, MA65,
Columbus, September 21.
Marilyn L. (Danley) Kemble,
MAE71, Lafayette, September 5.
Thelma D. (Kennedy)
Martzall, ’66MAE70,
Indianapolis, September 13.
Marsha E. (Myers)
Eppert, ’66MAE71, Yorktown,
September 28.
Sandra A. (Soames) Lintner, ’66,
Kokomo, August 14.
Priscilla (Davidson) Hawley,
MS67, Richmond, August 15.
Doyle D. Younce, MA67,
Indianapolis, August 8.
Judith A. (Blaskovich) Butala,
’69, Chatsworth, CA, October 11.
Linda C. Brinkerhoff, ’69,
Portland, August 9.
Doris T. (Child) Lewis,
’69MAE73, Petroleum, August 21.
James T. McCafferty, ’69,
Anderson, September 20.
News
1970s
Teresa A. Robinson, ’70,
Marietta, GA, retired after 36
years as a teacher and assistant
principal in the Cobb County
School District. She is a patient
advocate at Kennestone Wellstar
Hospital.
James L. Taflinger, ’70,
Indianapolis, was recently
installed as the 76th commander
of the International Association of
Legions of Honor. Members of the
association are military veterans
and those currently serving in the
armed forces.
Wayne Leonard, ’73LLD04,
New Orleans, LA, is the CEO
of Entergy. He is a member of
the Ball State Miller College of
Business Executive Advisory
Board.
Donald J. Walton, ’73, Edon, OH,
earned his 300th win as head
volleyball coach at the Edon
Northwest Local School District.
Martha C. (Church) Lutz,
74MA76, Juno Beach, FL, retired
after 31 years of elementary
music education in Elwood. She
is a music teacher for the Palm
Beach City School District in
Wellington, FL.
Linda L. (Claycomb) De Roche,
’74, Dover, DE, recently published
The Student Companion to Willa
Cather. She is a professor of
English and American studies at
Wesley College.
Harriet R. Jardine, MA74,
Macon, GA, has been promoted
to full professor of psychology at
Macon State College.
Vicky L. (Mains) Jones, ’75,
Lafayette, is the 2006 Edgar M.
Easley Outstanding Teacher of the
Year by the National Commission
on Adult Education.
Susan K. (Galvin) Newbold,
’76, Columbia, MD, has
completed her doctoral degree
at the University of Maryland in
Baltimore.
Nancy S. (Weatherford)
Farley, ’76MAE78EdS81, Cicero,
was recently promoted to director
of transportation and title one
for the Anderson Community
Schools.
Daniel Desfosses, MA77,
Fogelsville, PA, retired as an
actuary at Andesa Services
Incorporated in Allentown, PA.
He is an insurance consultant.
John E. Taylor, ’77, Indianapolis,
has been selected as chairman of
Bingham McHale’s Private Equity
and Emerging Business team in
Indianapolis.
Lou A. Wieand, MA77, Arcata,
CA, served as a Fulbright
scholar and lecturer at the
University of Macau in China.
She is a professor of psychology
at Humboldt State University in
California.
Jean Wilfong, ’78, New Palestine,
has opened a bed and breakfast.
She is a former member of the
Miller College of Business Alumni
Society board of directors.
Anita L. (Cork) Irvin, ’79,
Newnan, GA, was named
catering director for the Federal
Reserve Bank in Atlanta, GA. Her
husband, Dwayne “Pete” Irvin,
’80, is the Coca-Cola national
accounts sales manager with
MeadWestvaco in
Atlanta, GA.
Marriages
Carole S. (Richardson), MA78,
Convoy, OH, to Richard Macklin,
Jr., September 2.
In Memoriam
Marilyn D. (Johnson)
Taylor, MAE71, Greenwood,
September 20.
Clarence W. Mark, MAE71,
Greenville, OH, August 1.
Alan W. Bryant, ’73,
Indianapolis, September 21.
Sharon L. (Clements) Ludwig,
MAE73, Longmont, CO,
September 20.
Alfred L. Conkling, MA73,
Hollister, CA, August 15.
Charles C. Leyes, MA73,
Prosperity, SC, February 16.
Mark W. Winchester, ’73, New
Castle, August 29.
Robert J. Berry, ’74, Greencastle,
September 19.
Jeffrey A. Hammond, ’74,
Indianapolis, September 20.
Louise A. Rossi, MAE74,
Oldenburg, September 11.
Ronald W. Casey, MA75EdD85,
Lafayette, August 14.
Stanislaw J. Kasprzyk, ’76,
Phoenix, AZ, August 3.
Miriam M. (Ingram) Fuller,
MAE76, Roanoke County,
August 8.
Michael J. Holmes, ’77,
Hamilton, August 15.
Charles S. Markovich, ’77,
Hobart, August 20.
Ivan F. Young, II, ’77, Cincinnati,
OH, May 14.
Becky (Bennett) Horning,
MAE79, Columbus, OH,
August 30.
Rocky M. Keyes, ’79, Baytown,
TX, August 5.
News
1980s
Amy S. Ahlersmeyer, ’80,
Zionsville, is the chairman and
CEO of Hetrick Communications
Incorporated in Indianapolis.
Amy is a former recipient of Ball
State’s Benny Award and the Ball
State Journalism Alumni Award.
Theodis B. Brown, ’80, East
Chicago, is the dean of students
at East Chicago Central High
School.
Corine M. (Little) Carr,
’80BS82MS84EdD98, Muncie,
is the 2006 Indiana Dietetics
Association president. She runs
a practice focused on nutrition.
Alex N. Moral, MA80, Springfield,
IL, has joined Trustmark
Voluntary Benefit Solutions as
vice president and actuary. He
is a certified employee benefit
specialist with the International
Foundation of Employee Benefit
Plans.
Gregory A. Danner, ’81, Granger,
has been promoted to senior vice
president of affiliated business
at the Teacher’s Credit Union in
South Bend.
Dennis E. Hensley, PhD82,
Fort Wayne, has published
his 50th book, The Power of
Positive Productivity. The book
is an update of his originally
published book, Positive
Workaholism.
Gerald A. Justice, ’82,
Indianapolis, has published Knock
My Socks Off.
Mary A. Keleher, ’82, Carmel,
was promoted to CFO at Hetrick
Communications Incorporated in
Indianapolis.
Kelly L. (Thomas) Updike,
’82, Fort Wayne, was recently
appointed executive director of
the Historic Embassy Theater in
Fort Wayne.
John P. Beringer, ’83, Hanover,
MA, retired from the Gillette
Company after 22 years. He
is now the national accounts
manager with Cadbury/Adams.
Scott M. Black, ’83, New
Palestine, has been promoted
to vice president of business
development for Clarian Health
Partners in Indianapolis.
Norman S. Carlson, ’83,
Evansville, is the director of
continuous improvement for
Atlas Van Lines.
Jill S. (Keenan) Boggs, ’83,
Fremont, is director of brand and
integrated marketing at Tri-State
University in Angola.
Lisa A. (Lattimer) Miniear, ’83,
Indianapolis, was named 2006
Physical Education Teacher of
the Year for Secondary Schools
by the Indiana Association for
Heath, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance. She has
taught Franklin Central High
School for 22 years.
Kenneth K. Lining, ’83, Batavia,
IL, has joined Buck Consultants
in Chicago, IL, as director,
consulting actuary of retirement.
He completed his MBA at
Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea,
OH.
Kevin D. Reed, ’83, Indianapolis,
was recently appointed
chairman-elect of AACN
Certification Corporation.
He is director of clinical
operations in neuroscience and
critical care at Clarian Health
Partners, Methodist Hospital, in
Indianapolis.
Peter J. Collins, ’85, LaPorte, has
been appointed music director/
conductor of the South Bend
Youth Symphony Orchestra
Incorporated in South Bend.
Lisa M. (Hullinger) York, ’86,
Fishers, is manager of centerhead
administration and community
relations for Sallie Mae.
Kym Y. (Miyata) Eisgruber, ’86,
Powder Springs, GA, is principal
at Mabelton Elementary School
in Mabelton, GA.
Carolyn R. (Bennett) Alvey, ’87,
Richardson, TX, was named a
finalist for Best PR Practitioner
at the Dallas Ad League (DAL)
Eagle Awards. She is vice
president of public relations at
Aardvark Studios in Dallas, TX.
Gary S. Granell, ’87, Crystal
Lake, IL, is a special education
teacher and coach of the 2006
Illinois state high school boys’
volleyball champions at Main
Township School 207.
New Additions
Frank Piacente, Jr., ’82, and his
wife Marit, Lake Forest, CA,
triplet girls, August 11.
Gail M (Bryant) Blackburn, ’88,
and her husband Jay, Carmel, a
daughter, June 26.
Tammy K. (Gates) Goodyear,
’88, and her husband John,
Fishers, a daughter, August 31.
In Memoriam
Lottie E. (Saunders) Knight,
MA80, Hampton, VA, August 26.
Lee F. Willmann, ’80MA82,
San Antonio, TX, March 21.
Alice E. (Duke) Young, MA83,
Kokomo, August 5.
Larry E. Huffman, MA85,
Washington, July 1.
Donald A. Orem, ’85,
Greenwood, September 4.
Sandra K. Tribby, ’88,
Indianapolis, August 13.
1990s
News
J. Marshall Davis, MS90,
Galveston, TX, has been named
president of the Historic
Landmarks Foundation in
Galveston.
Stephen M. Long, ’90,
Alexander City, AL, has earned a
master’s of building construction
from Auburn University. He has
published a booklet, Historic
Route: Selma to Montgomery
National Historic Trail.
Kaylene M. (Matthias) Smith,
’90, Fort Wayne, has been named
training education coordinator
for the Northeast and Michiana
Councils of Associate Builders
and Contractors of Indiana.
She is a member of Ball State’s
Northeastern Indiana Alumni
Chapter board of directors.
Nic H. Niccum, ’91, Las Vegas,
NV, was published in the 2006
Arcitecture of Las Vegas magazine
for his design concept, re-tracT.
Brian L. Greene, ’92, McKinney,
TX, has been promoted to
vice president of planning and
allocation for the JC Penney
Company in Plano, TX.
Jessica L. (Herbert) Plummer,
’92, Brooklyn, NY, is vice
president for the environmental
group Willis of New York in
New York City. Her husband,
Robert A. Plummer, ’92,
Brooklyn, NY, is the director of
indicator services with Corzen
Incorporated, with offices in
New York City.
Kirk M. Ray, ’92, Fort Wayne,
has been named chief executive
for St. Joseph Hospital.
Wiliam M. Brown, ’93,
Indianapolis, has been named
associate partner at Browning
Day Mullins Dierdorf in
Indianapolis.
Michelle A. Laidlaw, ’93,
Playa del Rey, CA, recently
joined Team One, a subsidary of
Saatchi and Saatchi, as account
supervisor of special events and
promotions.
Pamela J. (Hook) Fry-Leever,
’94MA96, Fort Myers, FL, is the
co-owner and president of Leever
Products. She has invented an
all-purpose cutting tool, The
Cutting Edge.
Jennifer A. (Sandman) Pugh,
’94, Muncie, is the 2006 Director
of Career Services of the Year at
Indiana Business College.
Andrew E. Stoner, MA95,
Ball State Alumnus / November 2006 35
Indianapolis, recently published
a biography of former Indiana
Governor Frank O’Bannon,
Legacy of a Governor: The Life of
Indiana’s Frank O’Bannon.
David W. Eppley, ’95, Cambridge,
MA, is co-chairman of Boston
Bar Association’s Family Law
Section. He is an attorney at
Rackermann, Sawyer & Brewster,
P.C. in Boston.
John M. Hayden, ’95 Wilton
Manors, FL, is the producer for
7News at 11, WSVN Miami.
Morgan C. Jones, Jr., ’96,
Liberty Township, OH, has
earned his MBA from Case
Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, OH.
Karen R. M. (Mounts) Koch,
’97, Yorktown, is the practice
manager for Interventional Pain
Care, LLC, in Muncie.
Darby J. Straw, ’97, Muskegon,
MI, is the national sales manager
for Interior Concepts in Spring
Lake, MI.
Angelia L. White, ’97, Muncie, is
the publisher of Hope for Women
magazine.
Xiao Wang, PhD98, Fort Lauderdale,
FL, is a professor of English at
Broward Community College in
Pennbroke Pines, FL.
Gina L. (Gresh) Behrman,
’99MA03, Muncie, has been
promoted to manager of
corporate communications at
Saint-Gobain Containers in
Muncie.
Erik S. Mroz, ’99, Sherman Oaks,
CA, has accepted a position with
Resolution Law Group, P.C. in
Woodland Hills, CA.
Marriages
Lance A. Wildoner, ’94,
West Lafayette, to Courtney
(Rhode), June 17.
Phillip A. Kraus, ’97, Columbia,
SC, to Anne (Now), June 3. He
is the assistant swim coach at the
University of South Carolina in
Columbia.
Stacey A. (Miller), ’98,
Plymouth, to John A. Jackson,
July 22.
New Additions
Rebecca (Beer) Mervar, ’90,
Fort Wayne, and her husband
David L. Mervar, ’91, a daughter,
June 25.
John F. Bratton, ’91MAE05,
Fishers, and his wife Patricia, a
daughter, August 2.
Julia M. (Keisling) Stauffer, ’91,
Plymouth, and her husband Richard
J. Stauffer, ’89, a son, May 18. Julie
is a youth ministry director and
Richard is an elementary school
guidance counselor.
Sara C. (Nowak) Emmick,
’91, and her husband Joe,
Crawfordsville, a son, August
4. Sara writes curricula for the
NCAA Stay in Bounds program.
Sonya J. (Schultz) Maldeney-Cull,
’92, and her husband John, Fort
Wayne, a daughter, August 24.
Sonya is the regional account
manager for the Fort Wayne
Newspapers.
Scott L. Whisenhunt, ’92, and
his wife Christina, Romulus, MI,
a son, August 11. Scott is a sales
manager for Adcom Worldwide
in Detroit.
Eldred R. (Alexander) ColemanJones, ’93, and her husband Curt,
Muncie, a daughter, July 12.
Rya (Adams) Meo, ’94MA96,
Fort Wayne, and her husband
Vincent Meo, ’94, a daughter,
May 1. Vincent teaches at New
Palestine Elementary and Rya is a
speech pathologist for First Steps.
Jennifer (Martzell) Pemberton,
’94, Houston, TX, and her
husband Christopher K.
Pemberton, ’92MA94, a son,
November 30, 2005. Christopher
is a network administrator for
Intertek Caleb-Brett in Houston,
TX. Jennifer is a second-grade
teacher in the Spring Independent
School District. Kerry L. (Escue)
Weidler, ’95, and her husband
John, Cameron, NC, a son,
March 13.
Donald K. Michell, Jr., ’95, and
his wife Kelly, Fort Wayne, a
daughter, March 20.
Heather M. (Bradley) Wells, ’96,
and her husband Scott, Louisville,
KY, a daughter, November 9,
2005.
Lisa A. (Cross) Price, ’96, and
her husband Max, Carmel, a
son, December 12, 2005. She is
a senior corporate counselor at
ADESA, Inc. in Carmel.
Rebecca J. (Richter) Engelman,
’96, and her husband Dustin, Fort
Wayne, a son, August 8.
Loretta L. (Rodenbeck) Wofford,
’96, Saint Louis, MO, and her
husband Mike, a son, July 6.
Traci L. (Weasner) Berlingieri,
’97, and her husband Joe, Dallas,
GA, a son, July 26.
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’97, and her husband, Michael
W. McGraw, ’97, Indianapolis, a
daughter, April 28.
Timothy J. Thompson, ’97,
Concord, NH, and his wife
Jessica, a son, September 2.
Michael W. VanFleet, ’97MS01,
and his wife Shannon, Miramar,
FL, a daughter, September 17.
Carie M. (Brennan) Tagorda, ’98,
Hurst, TX, and her husband
Maynard, a daughter, June 22.
Lisa M. (Gebken) Thibault,
MA98, and her husband Michael,
Indianapolis, a daughter, July 25.
Melissa A. (Wiens) Fait, ’98, and
her husband Patrick, Noblesville,
a daughter, August 18.
Jessica L. (Barr) Niccum, ’99,
and Thomas E. Niccum, ’99,
Westfield, a son, September 12.
Jennifer C. (Bossard) Foraker, ’99,
and her husband Jeffrey D. Foraker,
’98, Lake Zurich, IL, a daughter,
August 16.
Barbara M. (Rode) Bubp, ’99,
and her husband Marcus, Fort
Wayne, a son, April 3.
David N. Slater, ’99, and his wife
Greta, Indianapolis, a daughter,
July 14. David is an architect at
MSKTD and Associates.
Annette (Stansberry) Gentrup,
’99, and her husband Brian P.
Gentrup, ’98, Indianapolis, a son,
August 29.
In Memoriam
Rebecca A. (Barnes) Hedges,
’91MAE98, Bryant, August 13.
Richard C. Wolfe, ’94, Muncie,
September 11.
News
2000s
Carrie E. (Martin) Purgason, ’00,
Columbus, OH, is the customer
loyalty coordinator in circulation
marketing for The Columbus
Dispatch newspaper. She and her
husband Adam are the founders
and owners of Consultant Depot
Incorporated.
Tabitha N. Edwards, ’01,
Louisville, KY, has been named
communications and PR
specialist for Goodwill Industries
of Kentucky.
Joseph R. Jamison, ’01MA03,
Muncie, has been promoted
to associate executive director
of Indiana Campus Compact
at Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis.
Kirk A. Conrad, ’02, Dallas, TX,
has been named a fellow of
Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) in
Arlington, VA.
Kathleen M. (Farver) Hetrick,
’02, Muncie, is associate attorney
at Frisch and Welch in Muncie.
Justin A. Morris, ’03, Brooklyn,
NY, has been named music
director for HSR in New York,
NY.
Robert L. Phelps, ’03, South
Bend, is a teacher at the Porter
County Career and Technical
Center in Valparaiso.
Jeffrey L. Van Vactor, ’03,
Plymouth, is the project manager/
health manager for Van Vactor
Contruction, LLC.
Alyssa M. (Bott) Van Vactor,
’04, Plymouth, is a second-grade
teacher at Jefferson Elementary in
Plymouth.
Joseph T. Marcum, ’04,
Indianapolis, is business
development director for Quest
Environmental and Safety
Products in Fishers.
Eric A. Sorg, ’04, Orlando, FL,
has been promoted to fashion
design and merchandising
program chairman for the
International Academy of Design
and Technology in Orlando.
Nicholas R. Zuniga, ’04, San Antonio,
TX, has joined Texas A&M
University as coordinator of
marketing and outreach in the
office of Greek life.
Holly J. Frantz, ’05, Daytona
Beach, FL, is a high school special
education teacher in Daytona.
Ryan C. Hammonds, ’05,
Greenfield, is a staff accountant
at BKD, a CPA advisory firm in
Indianapolis.
Charles C. Kemper, MLA05,
Charlotte, NC, has joined
the planning department of
LandDesign, an urban planning,
civil engineering and landscape
architecture company in
Charlotte, NC.
Raun A. Love, ’05, Indianapolis,
has been named an associate with
CSO Schenkel Schultz Architects
in Indianapolis.
Robert W. Garvey, ’06,
Kalamazoo, MI, is on the staff of
Norwegian Cruise Line America
in Hawaii.
Kyle J. Isfalt, ’06, Baltimore, MD,
has joined the staff of GWWO,
Inc./Architects.
Nicholas W. Loudon, MA06,
Lafayette, is a member of the
faculty of Francis Marion
University in Florence, SC. He
teaches physics.
Michelle S. Moody, ’06,
Yorktown, works at the Indiana
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Upcoming Events
2 Class of 1957 Reunion
Social Committee Meeting
8 NREM Alumni Society
Board of Directors Meeting
8 NREM Alumni Society
Alumni and Friends Reception
13 Michiana Alumni Chapter
Board of Directors Meeting
15 Adams-Wells Alumni Chapter
Board of Directors Meeting
16 MCOB Alumni Society
Board of Directors Meeting
24 Football Pre-game Rally
BSU vs. Kent State
27 Basketball Pre-Game Outing
BSU vs. Georgetown
2 Michiana Alumni Chapter
Chicago Bus Shopping Trip
2 Black Alumni Society
Board of Directors Meeting
11 Chicago Area Alumni
Rock Bottom Brewery Outing
12 Nursing Alumni Society
Board of Directors Meeting
Alumni Center
13 Alumni Council
23 NREM Alumni Society
Board of Directors Meeting
23 NREM Internship Day
25 Northeastern Alumni Chapter
Board of Directors Meeting
27 Journalism Alumni Society
Board of Directors Meeting
6-7 MCOB Alumni Society
Dialogue Days
3 Journalism Alumni Society
Awards Luncheon
Board of Directors Meeting
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State House as a legislative
assistant.
Amanda M. Morrison, ’06,
Manchester, NH, is coordinator
for Vex Challenge, a robotics
competition for high schoolers at
For Inspiration and Recognition
of Science and Technology
(FIRST).
Justin T. Patterson, ’06, Westfield,
has been highlighted in the Wall
Street Journal as a 2006 Wall Street
Journal Student Acheivement
Award winner.
Eli H. Smith, ’06, Key Largo, FL,
is a dolphin therapist at Island
Dolphin Care in Key Largo.
Ryan C. Tirre, ’06, Lloyd Harbor,
NY, has joined the event
marketing department at Lehman
Brothers, Inc. in New York City.
Amanda L. (Wells), ’00, Auburn,
to John Blackman, May 20.
Amanda is an elementary art
teacher with the Fort Wayne
Community Schools.
Trisha A. (Lilly), ’01, Leicester,
NC, to Tom Moser, ’02, April 7.
Jessica A. (Schilling), ’01,
Noblesville, to Shawn Miller,
June 24.
Kelly J. (Wright), ’01MA06,
Raleigh, NC, to Peter Kirkwood,
’01, June 10. Kelly is the assistant
director of the study abroad
program at North Carolina State
University.
Danielle R. (Black), ’02,
Louisville, to Jodie E. Lynch,
MBA02, June 3.
Megan A. (Clayton), ’02,
Indianapolis, to Jason J.
Drummond, September 2.
Megan is a leasing administrator
for medical real estate in
Indianapolis.
Katie (Coble), ’02MURP05,
to Scott D. Wilken, MURP03,
Peoria, AZ, June 24.
Wendi R. (Dilts), ’02MAE06,
Fort Wayne, to Justin Walborn,
August 5.
Laurel P. (Griffin), ’02, Evansville,
to Bradley Meny, October 14.
Tammy M. (Keirn), ’02, Warsaw,
to Brad Sprunger, May 13.
Marriages
Nathan C. Brim, ’00,
Indianapolis, to Laura (Tharp),
July 29.
Brent M. Farrell, ’00,
Indianapolis, to Pennylane
(Pazderk), July 8. Brent
is a physical therapist for
Physiotherapy Associates in Fort
Myers, FL.
Carrie L. (Prazeau), ’00,
Columbus, to Josh Scherschel,
June 3.
Kimberly S. (Kulwicki), ’02, South
Bend, to John Martz, February 18.
Lori A. (Sherman), ’02, Marion,
to Nathan Messer, May 20.
Katie M. (Wampler), ’02, Bourbon,
to Abdon Ortiz, June 23.
Nathan W. Wyss, ’02, Fort
Wayne, to Megan (Gorndt),
September 9.
Michelle A. Doll, ’03, Carmel, to
Aaron M. Huber, ’04, September
23.
Sarah E. (Jack), ’03, Indianapolis,
to Edward Gable, September 16,
Ginger (Lippert), ’03, Wauconda,
IL, to Kevin Olsen, ’03, August
12.
Jennifer J. (Long), ’03, Livonia,
MI, to Ron Tackett, August 26.
Kristen M. (Saile), ’03, Moose,
WY, to Samuel N. Dragoo, ’04,
August 4.
Cara L. (VanArsdale), ’03,
Kenosha, WI, to Ken Babel, June
17.
Jade R. Winchell, ’03, Santa
Claus, to Tracy (Davby), June
18, 2005. Jade is a teacher and
football coach at Perry Central
School Corporation in Leopold.
Laura J. (Daul), ’04, Sarasota, FL,
to Jeff La Liberte, ’04, July 22.
Gail L. (Koch), ’04, to Nickolas
A. Werner, ’03, Muncie, October
7. Gail and Nickolas are reporters
at the Muncie Star Press.
Shawnette L. (Pierce), ’04,
Muncie, to James Hummer,
September 16.
Amy M. (Reuter), ’04, Fishers, to
Andrew Newport, ’04,
September 16.
Amarah L. (Wilkinson), ’04, to
Bradley Anderson, ’03, Lafayette,
December 10, 2005. Bradley is
a Purdue University firefighter
and Amarah is a radiologic
technologist at InnerVision AMI
in Lafayette.
Angela L. (Gidley), ’05,
Indianapolis, to Shaun M. Ryan,
’03, September 30.
Hilary R. (Johnson), ’05,
Noblesville, to Aaron Seegers,
September 2.
Brook Jan (Kistler), ’05, Marion,
to Cheyenne E. McNutt, May 11.
Erica N. (Riggle), ’05, Muncie, to
Thomas Newhard, September 2.
Lauren E. (Shaffer), ’05,
Cleveland, OH, to Nicholas P.
Ferro, ’03, July 28. Nicholas is a
medical student at Ohio College
of Podiatric Medicine. Lauren
is a pediatric dietician at the
Cleveland Clinic.
Sara J. (Stephenson), ’05, Hubert,
NC, to Ethan Mahoney, July 1.
Lindsey M. (Tischendorf),
’05, Tampa, FL, to Robert
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Amanda L. (Cotrell) Hill, ’00,
Shirley, and her husband Michael,
a son, April 8.
Lisa (Franke), ’00, Columbus,
and her husband Jeffrey R.
Bergman, ’96, a son, July 14.
Amber D. (Morrow) Kindberg,
’00, and her husband Todd,
Pewaukee, WI, a son, May 20.
Kimberly A. (Scaringe) Wiesmann,
’00, and her husband Jason, a
daughter, August 17.
Andrea K. (Fulda) Fowler, ’01,
Pewaukee, WI, and her husband
Brian S. Fowler, ’01, a daughter,
August 15.
Amanda K. (Goins)
Grubb, ’01, and her husband
Adam, Sarasota, FL, a daughter,
July 28.
Olivia D. (Griner), ’02, Lakewood,
CO, and her husband Paul D.
Geiger, ’02, a daughter, July 24.
Kris S. (New) Berry, ’02, Muncie,
and her husband Ryan Berry, ’04,
a son, June 18. Kris is a teacher at
Yorktown Elementary School.
Brandy J. (Masters) Renz, ’03,
and her husband Ben, a son,
October 5.
Morgan (White) Shearer, ’04,
Kokomo, and her husband Craig
R. Shearer, ’04, a daughter,
August 14.
Nan M. (Schamerloh) Miller,
’05, and Justin M. Miller, ’05, Tempe,
AZ, a son, August 18. Justin was
recently promoted to program
coordinator with the Arizona
Humanities Council, state affiliate
of the National Endowment for
the Humanities.
In Memoriam
Nicholas G. Brenner, ’01, Chicago,
IL, September 30.
Jeffrey M. Litten, ’04, Muncie,
August 20.
Rebecca L. Reichert, ’05,
Mentor, OH, October 14.
Ball State Alumni recognized as
“Indy’s Best and Brightest”
In September, Junior Achievement honored 100 young professionals as “Indy’s Best and Brightest.”
Thirteen of those recognized are graduates of Ball State. Ten recipients, age 40 and under, were
selected from ten different industry categories. The graduates are acknowledged for outstanding
accomplishments in their professional field and within their community.
Jason Bria, ’96
Further Education: Indiana University School of Law, JD
As the associate general counsel of Lauth Property Group, Bria counsels
colleagues on risk mitigation, drafting and reviews, and negotiates legal
matters dealing with pre-construction, development, and construction
operations. He also is an active member of the Heartland Film Festival.
Shawn Curran, ’92
Curran is the founder and president of Curran Architecture, a full-service
architectural firm in Noblesville. Aside from his firm, Curran serves on
the architectural review committee for Saxony Development for the Town
of Fishers Development Department. He also raises funds for Harrison
Parkway Elementary School and volunteers for the Southeastern Swim Club.
Matthew Griffin, ’98
Griffin divides his time between his job as the planning administrator for
the City of Carmel and his position as president and CEO of GriffInvent,
Inc. The Baker’s Edge baking pan, his most recent invention, was aired on
HGTV’s I Want That!, and can also be seen on the HGTV Web site.
Best & Brightest
Goodknight, June 23.
Shawna M. (Wilson), ’05,
Muncie, to Richard C. Spaulding,
’06, May 16.
Michelle Gwaltney, ’90MA94
In 2005 Gwaltney was promoted to senior vice president of the
counseling and addictions services division of Family Service of Central
Indiana. Following her promotion she has obtained $1.3 million in new
grants and contracts for her division. She also has received credit for
advancing her company’s Employee Assistance Program and serves as the immediate
past-president of the Employee Assistance Professional Association of Indiana.
Richard J. Hall, ’89
Further Education: Northwestern University School of Law, JD
As a partner for Barnes and Thornburg LLP, Hall serves as bond counsel
regarding the issuance of tax-exempt debt. He also advises private
and governmental entities on economic development incentives. Hall
works on high-profile projects within the state and local government, and private
entities. Recently, he negotiated an incentive package for the Indiana-based Honda
manufacturing plant and is now on the team to work on finances concerning the
new Colts stadium and convention center expansion. Hall serves as a member of the
Ball State Alumni Council.
Kelly Hartman, ’89MA91
The president and CEO of Insights Consulting Inc., Hartman developed
a team that currently supports about 700 Indiana residents who have
developmental disabilities. She has played a large role in establishing the
Indiana Association of Behavioral Consultants (IABC), a statewide trade
organization representing more than 25 agencies. Within IABC, Hartman served as
the inaugural president and on the executive board. In 2007 she will be president for
the second time.
David Holt, ’93,
Further Education: University of Notre Dame, MBA
Holt is the vice president of workforce development policy and federal
relations for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. In his role he has aided
in educational achievements through the Indiana General Assembly and
has served as chief of staff for Carol d’ Amico for the U.S. Department of Education.
He also is involved in the Charter School Association of Indiana, All Children Matter,
and grassroots political efforts.
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LaVeda Howell, ’91
Further Education: Indiana Institute of Technology, MBA
Director of global diversity at Brightpoint, Howell
has been a key player in revamping the firm’s human
resources department. She has been recognized for
her global diversity-training program, which is now an element
of the company’s hiring process. Howell has led charitable
contributions for the company, bringing in more than $100,000
to be donated to the community.
Kostas A. Poulakidas, ’92
Further Education: American University School of
International Service, MA; I.U. School of Law, JD
Poulakidas, an attorney for Krieg DeVault LLP, is the
deputy commissioner of the Indiana Department
of Local Government Finance. Poulakidas, a GOLD award
recipient from the Alumni Association, serves on the board
of National Collegiate Conference Association and the
Indianapolis Film Festival board. He also is on the Indiana
Avenue Cultural District community development committee.
He has been honored as a Sagamore of the Wabash.
Shonda Russell, ’94
Further Education: Kennesaw State, MPA99
Through her position as the community affairs
manager of WXIN FOX 59/WTTV, Russell created
“FOX 59’s Student Spotlight Award,” an award given
to high school students who show dedication to public service.
Russell has served as executive producer of the “We Will Not
Forget” vignettes, a tribute to local civil rights leaders, and
currently produces the “Focus on Central Indiana” community
affairs program.
Celeste Stanley, ’00
As the National Sales Promotion Unit Leader of
OneAmerica Financial Partners, Stanley earned
nearly 20 industry awards for outstanding campaigns
and received awards for individual professional
contributions. She volunteers with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and
United Way.
Patrick Tamm, ’96
In 2005, Tamm, a public affairs specialist for Ice
Miller LLP, represented the City of Indianapolis at
the Indiana General Assembly for the stadium and
convention center expansion project. He has been
recognized by a prominent hotel trade association for his work
to repeal the complimentary room tax as its governmental affairs
program of the year.
Daniel Zygmunt, ’02MS03
Zygmunt has recently moved up to director of
operations of the asset-management business
department at Telamon Corporation, a
telecommunications equipment service. Beginning as
a project manager for Telamon, Zygmunt successfully worked
with a major client on installation of telecommunication
equipment in cities throughout Florida.
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3. Fruit of the Loom T-shirt, 100% cotton. In red (T5) or grey (T6) with “Ball State University‘’ silkscreened on left chest. (S, M, L, XL, XXL)
$10.38
4. Ball State fringed throw, depicting various scenes of campus, with Beneficence in the center. Natural with red accents, 100% cotton, 50”X69”, (TH1).
$59.95
5. Cardinal windshirt. In red with red trim with Ball State logo silkscreened (W1). (S, M)
$48.00
6. Assorted hats. Black with white “B” (H1); red with Cardinal logo (H3); red with “Ball State” and Cardinal logo (H4); stone with “Ball State” and
$14.95
Cardinal logo (H5); charcoal with “Ball State” and Cardinal head logo (H6); red with “Ball State University Alumni” and Benny logo (H7);
stone with “Ball State Alumni” (H8); and stone with “Ball State” (H9).
$29.95
7. Sweatshirt by Cotton Exchange. Red with “Ball State University”embroidered in white (S6). (S, M, L, XL).
8. Brushed light blue denim long-sleeved shirt. Button-down collar. BSUAA logo on left pocket. In men’s (M, L, XL, XXL). In women’s (S, M, L, XL, XXL)
$34.95
9. T-shirt, 100% cotton. In red with black and white logo (T4). (S, M,L, XL, XXL)
$10.38
10. BSU “Hoodie.” Red with “BSU Cardinals” embroidered (S10) and BSU sweatshirt, grey with “BSU Cardinals” embroidered (S9) (S, M, L, XL, XXL)
$36.99
11. Ball State University, An Interpretive History. A narrative look at the university, authored by Ball State professors Anthony Edmonds and Bruce Geelhoed.
$29.95
12. Kids short sleeved t-shirt by Third Street Sportswear, 100 % cotton. In red with “Ball State” in black and white writing (K1). In grey with “Ball State in black
$9.43
and red writing (K2). (6-18 mos., 2T-Youth XL) Also available in adult sizes from Fruit of the Loom (T7) (RED only).
13. Kids “Hoodie” by Third Street Sportswear, cotton/poly blend. In red with “Ball State Cardinals” written in black and white. “Ball State” is printed inside the
$21.95
hood lining in red (K3). (2T-Youth XL)
14. Bib with snap fastener by Third Street Sportswear, cotton/spandex. In red with “Ball State” written in white (K4).
$7.55
15. Kids short-sleeved t-shirt by Third Street Sportswear, 100% cotton. In red with “My First Ball State T-Shirt” in white writing and Charlie Cardinal logo
$9.43
in the middle. (NOTE: Projected ship date for this item is 11/20/06) (K5).
16. License plate frame by Stockdale. In mirrored chrome with “ALUMNI” and “BALL STATE” (L1). In chrome with “ALUMNI” and “BALL STATE” reflective lettering
$12.95
on black background with Charlie Cardinal logo (L2).
17. 60” Hurricane Golf Umbrella. In red and white with Ball State Alumni Association logo (U1).
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Inside This Issue
On the scene
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College close-up
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Sports feature
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Terry Jackson, Jr., won the instrumental category of the 2006 Homecoming Scholarship Talent
Search. The Talent Search has been a Homecoming fixture for 22 years. This year’s Homecoming
celebrated 80 years of tradition at Ball State. For more on Homecoming, see page 21.
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