Ball State
alumnus
A Ball State University Alumni Association Publication / July 2010 / Vol. 68 / No. 1
The
Amazing
Racer
Michael Sapper, ’86,
takes adventure
to its limits
INSIDE: Ball State alumni
welcome international students into
their families. page 10
Ball State
alumnus
editor’s note
Friends can make all the
difference when it comes to experiencing
something new. For international students, arriving on
Ball State’s campus can be intimidating, especially when
it involves a different county, culture, and language.
Ball State alumni and community members are pairing
up with international students through the Rinker
Center for International Programs to help students
get acquainted with American culture and to provide
a support system. Find out more about the lifelong
friends made in “A Unique Family Experience” on
page 10.
Michael Sapper and his adventure racing teammates
take their friendships to a whole new level in “The
Amazing Racer” on page 12.
The Class of 1960 Reunion rejoined friends for two
days on Ball State’s campus in June. Learn more about
alumni events on page 12.
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Photo COURTESY OF LESLIE BAIM
July 2010
Audrey Cen Wang, MA09 (far right), from Korea, and her friendship family ‘mother,’
Leslie Baim, (middle) celebrate Baim’s parents’ 53rd wedding anniversary. Baim’s
parents’ first exchange ‘daughter’ from 33 years ago, Veronica Bacigalupo,
(far left) also returns for a visit from Chile to celebrate the occasion. Baim caught the
international host bug from her parents. See page 10.
features
10 A Unique Family Experience
International students gain ‘families,’
once-in-a-lifetime opportunites, through
Ball State’s friendship family program.
By Cheri Ellefson
12 The Amazing Racer
Michael Sapper, ’86, takes adventure
to its limits.
By Denise Greer
departments
2 Editor’s Note
27 Parting Shot: An Extraordinary Evening with
Jim Davis, ’67LITTD91
eye on the ball
4English Professor Discovers Piece of Baseball History
5New Telescope Opens Skies for Astronomers
8Fully Immersed: Bringing the Big Top to Ball State
alumni connection
15Alumni Events Around Campus and Beyond
17Michael Hall, ’73MA83, Makes an IMPACT
22Class Notes
Ball State Alumnus / Summer 2009 1
eye on the ball
6 Ball State Students Win Prestigious Fulbright,
Udall Awards
7 Lauren A. Koenig Takes Modeling Career
2 Ball State
Alumnus
/ Fall 2009
to
New
York
8 Bringing the “Big Top” to Ball State
Photo courtesy of Lauren A. Koenig
5 New Telescope Opens Skies for Astronomers
Lauren A. Koenig, ’04, poses for Calumet Photography
as her modeling career progresses quickly.
Read her story on page 7.
English Professor
Discovers a Piece
of Baseball History
if any were in existence. During
the times of the Negro Leagues,
the mainstream media shunned the
league; it was hardly ever deemed
newsworthy, and photos of the
Thanks to Ball State professor Geri
Strecker, baseball historians are now
able to take a glimpse into a historic
part of the sport. Strecker uncovered
a cache of unpublished photos
taken at Greenlee Field, home of the
Pittsburgh Crawfords—a premier
baseball team in the Negro Leagues.
“For the first time in 70 years, we
can see the home of some of baseball’s
most famous black players, including
Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, Cool
Papa Bell, and Josh Gibson,” says
Strecker. “Not having these photos
is similar to not having pictures of
Yankee Stadium when Babe Ruth
and Lou Gehring played. It is an
important part of baseball history.”
Strecker noted that when she
began searching for photographs of
the stadium, she wasn’t even aware
“For the first time in
70 years, we can see
the home of some of
baseball’s most famous
black players, including
Hall of Famers Satchel
Paige, Cool Papa Bell,
and Josh Gibson.” —Geri Strecker
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stadiums were never sought after.
Strecker made a startling discovery in
2009 after contacting an architecture
archivist at Carnegie Mellon
University about such photos.
“Luckily, the archive had
unpublished and unmarked photos,”
Strecker says. “My husband Trey, also
an English professor and baseball
historian, and I drove all the way to
Pittsburgh to confirm they were of
Greenlee Field.”
After discovering the photos,
Strecker was able to put together a
much clearer picture of the stadium,
as well as the surrounding landscape.
“For decades, people wondered
what the stadium looked like,” she
says. “We had sketches, but until
the photos were identified, we had
no idea exactly where the stadium
was located in the Hill District
of Pittsburgh, a historic AfricanAmerican neighborhood. Now we
know the dimensions and how it fit
into the residential neighborhood.”
Strecker published “The Rise and
Fall of Greenlee Field: Biography of
a Ballpark” along with the photos in
Blackball: A Negro Leagues Journal in
late 2009. The work has received the
McFarland-SABR Research Award,
given by the Society for American
Baseball Research. l
eye on the ball
New Telescope Opens Skies for Astronomers
Ball State astronomy students see
clearer images of space after gaining
access to a refurbished $250,000
telescope in South America.
In the past, professors or students
hired to do research used a SARA
telescope in Kitt Peak, AZ, remotely
from a Cooper Science building
computer lab. The new sister
telescope sits in Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory in Chile.
The main difference between
the two telescopes is the size of the
mirrors: the Arizona telescope is 36
inches, while the Chile telescope is
24 inches.
“The sky in the Southern
hemisphere is one of the clearest,
darkest spots on the planet,” Gary
Turner, physics and astronomy
graduate student, says. “We’re
actually getting better images from
the telescope in South America, and
the telescope tracks better. It’s kind
of give and take.”
Students and professors are
thankful to get 20-25 nights on the
telescopes a year, according to Ron
Kaitchuck, MS72, physics and
astronomy professor and director of
Ball State’s planetarium. Ball State is
part of a consortium with 13 other
schools to avoid competition for
grant money and viewing time. The
amount of nights are crucial due to
unpredictability in weather patterns.
“If the weather does not cooperate,
astronomers sometimes have to wait
months for another shot.”
Although the telescopes are
Photo taken from the telescope in
Chile. Eta Carina is the bright star
(bottom right). The cloud around is
called the Eta Carina Nebula. The star
is expected to explode as a supernova.
mostly for research, such as
Kaitchuck and Turner’s current
study of planets orbiting other star
systems, astronomers sometimes
enjoy just taking photos.
During a department open house
in April, Turner says, “We had time
on the Southern scope that night,
and all we did was take pretty
pictures. The people coming in
could go ‘ooh and ah.’”
In October 2007, Turner and
others visited the Arizona telescope
at Kitt Peak, which houses the
largest collection of telescopes in the
world. The collection includes the
solar telescope, which is the largest
telescope dedicated to researching
the sun.
“It was really cool to be
there where all these world class
instruments are,” Turner says. l
—Shannon Veerkamp
Listen to Gary Turner explain
why he feels astronomy
is applicable to modern
science and research.
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Photos By ball state photo services
Three Cardinals selected
in MLB Draft
Zach Dygert
Kolbrin Vitek
Three Ball State baseball players have
been selected in the 2010 Major League
Baseball Draft in June. Junior second
baseman Kolbrin Vitek (Bryan, OH/Bryan
H.S.) was taken in the first round by the
Boston Red Sox; redshirt sophomore
right-hander Perci Garner (Dover, OH/
Dover H.S.) was selected in the second
round by the Philadelphia Phillies; and
senior catcher Zach Dygert (Angola/
Angola H.S.) was tabbed by the Houston
Astros in the 22nd round. l
Ball State Students Win Prestigious
Fulbright, Udall Awards
Four Ball State students—a
record number for the university in
a single year—have been awarded
Fulbright scholarships for 2010-11,
while another student has won the
prestigious Udall Scholarship.
Steven Jones, a doctoral
candidate in English literature,
has been awarded a Fulbright
grant to the United Kingdom, the
most competitive of all Student
Fulbright Grant programs. Jones
will use the Fulbright to study the
correspondence of two 20th Century
authors through letters held in the
archives at the National Library of
Wales.
Katherine Kovac, ’10, and Erin
Loch, ’10, have received Fulbright
English teaching assistantships to
Germany, where they will teach
English as a second language to
middle school or high school
students. Kovac also plans to develop
an American literature book club
at her school, and Loch will offer
tutoring services and conversation
sessions that allow students to
practice English skills.
Staci Defibaugh, ’10, who has
just completed a master of arts degree
in linguistics/TESOL, has received
an English teaching assistantship in
Romania, where she will teach English
as a second language at a university
and an educational advising center.
Defibaugh also will create a bilingual
craft circle, focusing on traditional
Romanian embroidery and weaving.
In addition to the students’
Fulbright awards, current senior
Abigail Shemoel is one of 80 students
nationwide to receive a 2010 Udall
Scholarship. The scholarship is
considered the most prestigious in the
nation for undergraduates committed
to environmental careers and/or to
Native American tribal issues.
Shemoel is a landscape architecture
major with a minor in international
resource management. She intends to
pursue her master’s degree in global
affairs in preparation for a career
addressing environmental and
humanitarian challenges
shared by communities
worldwide. She is the fifth
Ball State student—and the
fourth landscape architecture
major—to win the Udall Scholarship
since 2005. l
this just in
Perci Garner
TechPoint has recognized Ball State as one of
Indiana’s high-tech success stories, honoring the
university’s Center for Media Design (CMD)
with a TechPoint Mira Award for “Educational
Contribution to Technology” at its 11th annual
Mira Awards gala in May.
!
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To read more news about Ball State accomplishments
and programs, visit bsu.edu/news.
eye on the ball
Ball State
Goes to China
Visit China through the eyes of
six College of Communication,
Information, and Media students
as they explore the 2010 World
Expo in Shanghai and develop
multimedia projects on Chinese
culture. The group spent six weeks
in China in May and June. Read
their daily blogs and view videos
and a photo gallery at
ballstategoestochina.com.
Ball State Among Green Colleges
Ball State is one of the country’s
most environmentally responsible
colleges, according to The Princeton
Review. The university is one of
only 286 schools in the nation to be
recognized as an eco-friendly campus
by the nationally-known education
service company. The university
was the only public institution
in Indiana to be named to the
“Guide to 286 Green Colleges,”
the first, free comprehensive book
focused solely on colleges and
universities that have demonstrated
an above average commitment to
sustainability. l
alumni headliner
Listen to Koenig share
what she went through
during an outdoor winter
shoot.
“My story is clear that if you really
believe in yourself, you can do it,”
she says. Now, Koenig continues her
story in one of the fashion capitals of
the world. l
—Denise Greer
(From left): Larry Bigbie, Jamie
Broce, LaTasha Jenkins, Sally
Northcroft, and Mindy Stanley will be
inducted into the Ball State Athletic
Hall of Fame this month.
Photo courtesy of laiuren a. koenig
noticed that no matter how much
she exercised, she couldn’t keep a
consistent weight.
Making dietary adjustments to
exclude more than 20 foods, Koenig
began to see results. She lost weight
and her hair, nails, and skin became
more vibrantly healthy. Then she
began to seriously consider modeling.
Capitalizing on her on-camera
telecommunications experience,
It’s not the first time that
Koenig has risen quickly in the
Koenig has ventured into new
modeling world in a short amount
territory. Following college, she
of time, by doing local Chicago
worked in various positions in the
television modeling appearances and
telecommunications industry but had
runway shows and being featured
been laid off. After a bit of persuasion
inpackages for PLUS Model magazine
from her grandmother and getting
and Calumet Photography.
her health in check, Koenig began
With a new public platform, Koenig
modeling in the summer of 2009.
takes time in her radio, television,
Unknowingly, Koenig suffered from
and print media spots to advocate for
food allergies for much of her life,
food allergy blood testing. “The food
receiving a diagnosis in November
allergy blood print is something I talk
2008. “We are talking simple
about very often because I believe
things like eggs, milk, cheese, and
that’s why I am still alive today and
cranberries,” she says. “Being allergic
why I am living a quality life,” she
to certain things like that can throw
says.
your whole digestive system off and
Koenig continues, “As a plus
inflame you from the inside out.”
model, I feel that we do so much for
Though Koenig was a member of
the community. So many women,
the Ball State’s women’s swimming
especially young women, suffer from
team and an avid boxer, she
body issues and even health issues.
Boarding an eastbound
train from Chicago to
New York City in May,
Lauren A. Koenig, ’04,
is moving to the next
step in her plus size
modeling career.
Ball State Alumnus / Winter 2010 5
fully immersed
Bringing the Big Top to Ball State
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS SWADER
For Beth Turcotte, associate professor of theatre,
writing a musical was time intensive.
“You have to be patient,” she says, “to wait for
the stars to align, or the students that can handle
something like that.”
This January, it finally happened. After
receiving an immersive learning grant from the
Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry,
Turcotte and 14 students created an original
musical based off of Cathy Day’s The Circus in
Winter. Set in Lima, the novel features 11 linked
short stories of the Great Porter Circus, which
spends its winters in Indiana, as opposed to Florida.
The musical, with an original script and soundtrack,
is named after the book, and will feature a number
of its stories. The musical is scheduled to premiere
during the 2011-2012 season.
The group received help along the way.
Tony-winning Broadway actress Sutton Foster and
playwrights Ken Dingledine, ’93, and Suzan Zeder
held workshops with the team.
The cast of The Circus in Winter performed a reading
at Sursa Hall in April.
Research and rehearsals
have been the biggest part
of the production.
From visiting the
International Circus Hall
of Fame in Peru, to
readings with Day, the
group has prepared itself
for a full-scale debut.
Two fundraising
performance readings
were held this spring at
Sursa Hall and Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago,
with two more scheduled for July 17 and 18 at
the Ole Olsen Theatre and Circus Hall of Fame
grounds, both in Peru.
After the first readings, the group reworked
the script according to audience response. With a
new group of students this summer, the finishing
touches are being made before sets and costumes are
created, along with a giant puppet elephant in the
style of the landmark Broadway Lion King
adaptation.
Christopher and Justin Swader, brothers and
sophomore theatre design and technology majors,
led the way for creating the set. They plan to use
a barn-like structure and few props to make scene
changes flow with the action and events of the
musical.
“The barn structure also allows for beams of light
to seep into the space, creating both dramatic
shadows and striking stage pictures,” Justin says.
“One idea is to have a pile of crates positioned
along the back of the stage to represent the town of
Lima, Indiana, and when the scene shifts to PHOTO COURTESY OF MAREN RITTER
eye on the ball
A NEW KIND OF TOUR
PHOTO COURTESY OF JUSTIN SWADER
While researching, the group visited the
International Circus Hall of Fame in Peru.
A set design features crates as a New York City skyline.
New York City, the crates would become backlit to
resemble a skyline of the city.”
Ben Clark, composer, worked to reflect the triumph, growth, and pain of the
musical. Banjo, harmonica, and a fiddle will be used
to bring out a small-town feel. Clark says he
channeled the influences of Neil Young and Joni
Mitchell, as well as newer acts like Iron & Wine
while writing.
“The biggest challenge was working up the sheet
music without an arranger. [I spent] lots of time
in front of a computer deciphering rhythms and
harmonies,” he says.
After the stage premiere next fall, The Circus
in Winter will be entered in the Kennedy Center
American College Theater Festival.
“It’s exciting,” Turcotte says. “Wonderful
students. The whole department has been extremely
supportive, as has the dean, and certainly the
president and provost, with the funds they’ve
allotted this project.” l
—Erik Fox
Follow the group as they prepare their on-stage debut at
bsu.edu/thecircusinwinter
Beth Turcotte describes the
ups and downs of creating
an original musical.
Hoosiers and visitors now
have a chance to travel 500
miles in Indiana on a different
track.
The 2010 Indiana 500 Tour,
highlighting 120 destinations
through 20 counties, gives those on a ‘staycation’ the
chance to explore historic sites and hot spots around
the state. A team of 15 students, led by Dick
Shoemaker, instructor of journalism, collaborated with
the Association of Indiana Convention and Visitors
Bureaus to create the tour. The students developed
a Web site, conducted GIS mapping, and established
social media accounts to promote the project.
“For our students,” Shoemaker says, “this was a
wonderful way to learn how to meld classroom
experiences with the latest emerging media
technologies found in many of today’s evolving smart
phones and other portable devices.”
Student-created posters and brochures promoting
the tour will also be placed at visitors bureaus along the
route.
THE COST OF
HUMAN CAPITAL
This spring, 16 students
representing three
colleges witnessed the
effects on company
cultures after mergers and acquisitions. A team led
by Jennifer Bott, associate professor of management,
created a 30-minute documentary and wrote three case
studies based on their findings from several companies,
including St. Vincent Health and Huntington National
Bank.
The documentary, which focuses on positive and
negative stories of employees who went through
mergers or acquisitions, premiered in April at the
Cornerstone Center for the Arts in Muncie. Later this
summer, it will be submitted for packaging as an
educational resource nationwide.
“We interviewed 30 individuals for the documentary,
logging 60 hours of film, and had a team of four
students who created the story,” says Bott. “And the
story we told was their vision.”
All three case studies will be submitted for publication
in case-related research journals.
A Unique Family Experi ence
(Top, left to right) Eric Sanner, ’02,
Utku Oren, MBA10, and Joshua Burton,
’05, spend time with Oren before his
journey home to Istanbul. (Above) The
three enjoy Oren’s favorite American
adventure: roller coasters.
Beyond roller coasters:
Learn what part of
American culture and
history fascinates
Utuku Oren, MBA10.
In the fall of 2008, Utku Oren, MBA10, discovered a slice of American
culture that remains his favorite experience: King’s Island, an amusement
park in Cincinnati, OH.
“The first time he went on a roller coaster, it was the funniest experience
to watch an adult have the reactions of a child,” says Eric Sanner, ’02,
who hosted Oren for nearly two years with his partner Joshua Burton,
’05. “Pure excitement and wonderment over this whole experience. It was
hilarious and fun.”
The trio visited King’s Island twice through the friendship family
program offered at the Rinker Center for International Programs. “I’ve never
seen something or experienced something like that before,” Oren says.
Burton learned of the family program when he began working at the
Rinker Center two years ago, and convinced Sanner, a web developer for
local company nHarmony, to host two students. As international admissions
assistant, Burton aids students with questions and processes admissions
letters. “To actually get to know the students as they’re going through
the process is a nice chance to see the completion of what I started,” says
Burton. Friendship family is not an exchange program. Students live on campus or on
their own, and matches typically meet once a month.
Oren’s initial impression of Muncie, compared to his hometown, Istanbul, Turkey:
small. “I was a little surprised because I didn’t have that big city stuff,” says Oren. “I
was at the same time happy to be here because I had the chance to experience a smaller
community and meet different people and see difference perspectives.”
Oren’s perspective of America changed over time. “I was expecting, because we see
America through movies, New York, or L.A.,” says Oren. “People actually help each
other, people actually care about each other. It’s really nice to see.”
“Muncie,” says Oren, “represents America more then New York or L.A. I think that I
experienced real America.” l
Audrey Cen Wang, MA09, grew up in Benxi, northeast China, an only child.
Through Ball State’s international friendship family program, she has gained “three siblings
and a whole big extended family,” says Leslie Baim, Cen Wang’s host ‘mother.’ The two-year
match has grown into a mother-daughter experience.
“They basically treat me as a family member,” says Cen Wang. “I’m her daughter and Doug’s
daughter, and I’ve been to almost every family gathering, like Thanksgiving and Christmas.”
Cen Wang has also attended the family’s swimming and cross-country meets. Although the
events have brought her closer to her American family, Cen Wang says, “I was surprised when I
came to the U.S. and found how people value sports and how big sports are in peoples’ lives.”
Baim was also a little surprised when Audrey first arrived in Muncie. “She’s been involved
from the get-go,” says Baim. “I think because of that, it’s made her experience really good
because she jumped in with both feet. That was definitely something I wasn’t expecting.”
When Baim was only 19, her own parents hosted one of many exchange students. “It was 33
years ago, and she’s actually back in the country for a visit. We’ve always stayed in touch with
her, and she’s always been a part of the family.” Baim had such good experiences, she decided to
continue the family tradition.
When Cen Wang returns to China, she will miss her American family most. “I think my
personality grows and I think most things come from [Leslie],” says Cen Wang. “She is very
optimistic. She has negative experiences, but she doesn’t
Skunks and Cardinals:
view it in a negative way. She embraces life. ” l
Listen to what Audrey
Cen Wang, MA09,
finds in her American
backyard rare to China.
Photos COURTESY OF LESLIE BAIM
Photos COURTESY OF JOSHUA BURTON
International Ball State students partner with an American ‘family’ through the Rinker Center
for International Programs. Meet three unique families who bonded over roller coasters, Amish
fairs, holidays, and track meets. By Cheri Ellefson
Audrey Cen Wang, MA09, and
Leslie Baim developed a close
bond through the friendship
family program, and recently
vacationed in North Carolina
with Baim’s extended family.
Photo BY CHERI ELLEFSON
Debra Goens, ’77MA83MAE87, past director of the
friendship family program for 20 years until 2009, partnered
with one student at the program’s inception.This year: eight.
“I enjoy having more than one,” says Goens, foreign
student advisor and immigrant specialist. “It is more of a
family thing.”
After growing close to her ‘family,’ Goens finds it hard to
say goodbye. Luckily, she says, “They don't all leave at the
same time. But when that happens, it’s harder.”
Goens likes to partner with students from different
countries to learn about various parts of the world.
Currently, she’s matched with seven women and one man
from six different countries. The hardest part of keeping a
diverse family says Goens: meals.
“I’ve got a vegetarian. I’ve got Muslims. I’ve got Buddhists.
I’ve got others who don’t eat certain things, and others who
do,” says Goens. “We have to plan for everybody.”
What is easy, though, is keeping in contact with her family
after they leave the Ball State community. “With most of [my
students] I still maintain contact,” says Goens. “Especially now
with Internet. Twenty years ago it wasn’t easy.”
Like Utku Oren, Goens says her students are surprised the
America they see on TV and in magazines and movies is not
exactly real. “They find we don’t look alike,” she says. “We’re a
very diverse culture.”
Phiyanka Bhatlapenumarthi
Phiyanka Bhatlapenumarthi, from India, says the friendship
family program “is the best thing that happened to me at Ball
State.”
Bhatlapenumarthi experienced a lot of culture shock at first.
“Initially, the first and second months I was here, I did not
know how to respond and how to act,” she says. “Deb Goens
really helped us a lot by interacting with us now and then.”
Bhatlapenumarthi says that Goens helped teach her
valuable lessons in what is casual and what is sensitive in the
United States. “After talking to her, she said, ‘you should do
this or ‘you shouldn’t do this’ and that is how I learned.” Before
discussing American ‘slang’ with Goens, Bhatlapenumarthi at
times felt offended.
“It’s very common to say, ‘I don’t care.’ The very same thing,
if you say in India, it’s not that good to say in our country.
It means you’re not giving any value to the person,” says
Bhatlapenumarthi. “I used to think, ‘These people are rude to
me. But later I came to think, no it’s not the case.”
Bhatlapenumarthi hopes to work in the U.S. and obtain
a doctorate degree after she completes her double master’s
degrees in statistics and actuarial sciences.
Google Search:
Listen as Phiyanka
Bhatlapenumarthi
discovers a top notch Ball
State program online.
Debra Goens, ’77MA83MAE87, (middle) strong
advocate and past director of the friendship family
program, partners with eight students, including (left to
right) Hikoyat Salimova, Phiyanka Bhatlapenumarthi,
Rabita Rajkarnikar, and Lucia Bustabad Lagoa.
Rabita Rajkarnikar
The friendship family program has helped Rabita Rajkarnikar,
from Nepal, who is studying urban and regional planning,
immerse herself in American culture.
She has participated in international events in Indianapolis,
like the Middle Eastern festivals, and celebrated the Christmas
and Thanksgiving holidays with Goens. But one experience in
particular stands out.
“I went to an Amish fair and it was a huge cultural
experience altogether," Rajkarnikar says. “The way they live
and the products they make—I never thought there would be
a part of the United States that live like the Amish do.”
Hikoyat Salimova
Hikoyat Salimova, from Uzbekistan, is also studying urban and
regional planning for her master’s degree at Ball State.
She feels at home, thanks to the friendship family program.
“Ball State was sort of a blind choice, because I did not know
much about the university before,” Salimova says. “But I think
I made a good choice, because I met really good people here.”
Like Rajkarnikar, Salimova has also enjoyed standout
experiences, both in Muncie and a few thousand miles away.
“The College of Architecture and Planning is one of the most
interesting places in Muncie, in general, I think,” Salimova
says. “Every time I go there, I really enjoy seeing the work of
students, and I’m really fascinated by how much students can
learn and how much students can do.”
In her second semester at Ball State, Salimova immersed
herself in a world beyond the CAP building for a real
“eye-opening experience,” she says. “I did a study abroad
program, CAP Asia, which was really amazing.” Salimova
visited Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. “I think I got the
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” l
Watch Lucia Bustabad
Logoa, part of Goen’s
‘family,’ explain a unique
culture difference from
Spain and the Midwest.
The Amazing
Racer
Michael Sapper, ’86, takes adventure to its limits
By Denise Greer
Mountain biking, trail
running, canoeing,
repelling, zip lining,
and cliff diving are part
of the enticement for
Michael Sapper, ’86,
an Indianapolis certified
public accountant (CPA),
of his real life “Amazing
Race” athletic career.
Daredevil activities encompass
a fast-growing competitive sport in
America, adventure racing (AR), that
involve navigating while mountain
biking, canoeing, trail running,
and performing thrilling tasks, like
repelling, shooting rapids in a canoe,
and other race surprises, throughout
the day and night.
Sapper participated in just one
adventure race in the fall of 1998
and became hooked. A navigator and
10 Ball State Alumnus / Winter 2010
often captain of his three-person team,
Sapper has competed in five to seven
ARs per year ever since. A former
triathlete, he is accustomed to pushing
his body to its limits, but AR offers
something different. “I totally fell in
love with the sport and the navigation
aspect of it,” he says.
“Because a triathlon is pure
horsepower, the stronger you are
the better you are going to do,” he
continues. “(AR) requires smarts and
planning. You can be a really fast
athlete, but if you are running in the
wrong direction, then it doesn’t matter
much. Being a better navigator, you
can out-navigate teams.”
Adventure races require
considerable concentration for the
race’s duration, according to Sapper.
They vary in time length from six- to
12-hour sprint races and traditional
ARs of 24 hours to expedition races
exceeding 30-plus hours. The object
of AR is to complete the course in
under the allotted time and reach all
or as many checkpoints as possible
with only a map and compass to
guide the way.
A partner in the CPA firm, Sapper
and Bates, LLC., Sapper has been a
member the Indy Rootstock racing
team for more than five years. “A lot
of team dynamics come into play,”
he says, “especially in the long races
when you’ve been racing 18 hours
and it’s three o’clock in the morning
and you still have six hours to go.
Unless you get along with your
teammates, things can get really bad
in a hurry.”
With succinct camaraderie,
Sapper’s racing crew is one of the
best performing Indiana teams. They
have qualified and competed in the
United States Adventure Racing
Association National Championships
in 2002 in Brevard, NC, and 2004
in French Lick.
Sapper races in both wilderness
and urban areas, with activities
specific to its setting. Every race
challenges the team to navigate
through a terrain during the day
Next on
the horizon
and night. “I remember when we
raced in North Carolina in the big
mountains,” he says. “I found their
navigation a lot easier there because
you had pretty distinctive things to
look for with the mountain peaks
and passes. But when you are in
the Hoosier National Forest in the
middle of the night trying to navigate
and everything is the same, it’s harder.
Every hill is 100-foot hill, the trees
are the same, the creeks all look the
same.”
AR has allowed Sapper to
experience thrills he never could
have imagined accomplishing on his
own. “We once did a zip line off a
150-foot cliff into a lake,” he boasts.
“We hit some amazing speeds before
we hit the water. In a race in North
Carolina, we repelled off a 600foot cliff at three in the morning.”
Michael Sapper and his team plan
their night trek through the forest at
2009 Planet Adventure Old School
36-hour expedition race.
Add those to a long list of stunts,
including traversing through Pogue’s
Run, an underground creek culvert
that stretches miles under the city of
Indianapolis.
The pain and exhaustion Sapper
experiences do not compare to the
race’s outcome. “There are plenty
of times where I’m not having a
good time during the race,” he says.
“But that time period after the race
certainly makes it worthwhile for the
sense of accomplishment.” l
Photos for this feature are courtesy of
Michael Sapper.
Sapper plans to race in the
24-hour Planet Adventure
in Indianapolis in August.
The event leads up to Indy
AR, an Indianapolis area
charity race that he has
directed for 10 years, on
September 11 at Bradford
Woods in Martinsville.
Each year for Indy
AR, Sapper develops a
challenging course to test
the physical and mental
toughness of the racers.
“There are a lot of logistics
behind putting on an
adventure race,” he says.
Even if the race is in the
same location, it’s a new
experience each year. “I
create a different set of
maps and different sets of
instructions,” he says. “I have
to test the course to make
sure it all makes sense. Every
checkpoint that we require
people to find all get scouted
and get evaluated for the
potential to get someone
hurt.”
Tests also give Sapper
an opportunity to try out his
challenges. “One year at
Eagle Creek Park, I had my
participants jump off of the
Eagle Creek Dam,” he says
of one of the craziest tasks
he added to his AR course. “It
was high enough that I had a
hard time doing it in practice.
Because of how high it was, I
was shaking a little bit before
I did my test.” l
Listen as Michael Sapper
shares details about his
most difficult adventure
race.
Ball State Alumnus / Winter 2010 11
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 - 9
GO BACKSTAGE AND JOIN THE FUN AS BALL STATE ROCKS
A WEEKEND OF REUNIONS, FESTIVITIES, AND FOOTBALL!
Packages will be available for various alumni-affiliated groups. Look for a
complete list of group reunions in the printed September Alumnus magazine.
For a list of alumni groups, also visit bsu.edu/alumni/homecoming.
2010 Homecoming
Week of Events
Oct.Event Time
Location
3 Flag Football Preliminaries 10 a.m.
Bethel Rec Fields
4 Opening Day Ceremonies 7 p.m. Student Rec Facility
Fireworks 9 p.m.
LaFollette Field
5 Blood Drive 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Pruis Hall
Residence Halls Dinner 5 p.m.
Designated Halls
Talent Search 7:30 p.m. Emens
6 Tailgate Contest 6 p.m.
Scheumann Stadium
Flag Football Championship 7:30 p.m.
Scheumann Stadium
7 Air Jam & Royalty Coronation9 p.m. Emens
8 Bed Race 12:30 p.m. Riverside Avenue
Alumni Awards Dinner 6:30 p.m.
Alumni Center
9 Parade
8:30 a.m.
Downtown/Campus
BSU vs. Western Michigan Noon
Scheumann Stadium
bsu.edu/alumni/homecoming
video
Video By John Roberts, ’96MA97
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A RESERVATION FORM
FOR MORE HOMECOMING DETAILS, VISIT BSU.EDU/ALUMNI/HOMECOMING.
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alumni connection
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15 Events Around Indiana And Beyond
19 Ernie Krug Retires After 29 Years
20 Cardinal Corner
22 Class Notes
Photo By Denise Greer
17 Michael Hall Makes an IMPACT
Where’s Doris (Guske) Barthlow, ’60MA65? She found herself
in a 1950s campus photograph hanging in the Alumni Center
conservatory during the Class of 1960 reunion in June.
Alumni Events
Around Indiana
and Beyond
Alumni Constituent
professional
societies:
CAP: The College of Architecture
and Planning (CAP) Alumni Society
announces the 2010 Alumni Day,
scheduled for Friday, October 22.
Alumni are invited to attend the
full-day symposium. To RSVP or
to participate as a presenter, contact
Patricia Quinn at (765) 285-5859
or pquinn2@bsu.edu. The board of
directors will meet during the event.
CFA: Cardinal Football Alliance
(CFA) alumni board of directors
will meet Saturday, July 31, at
9 a.m., at the Elks Club in Muncie.
CFA will also host the Ray
Louthen Memorial Football
Lettermen Golf & Dinner Outing at
the Elks Club in Muncie Saturday,
July 31. Lunch is at noon, and
shotgun start is at 1 p.m. Cost
is $100, and includes lunch and
dinner, all beverages, cart, and
greens fee. RSVP to the Alumni
Association by Friday, July 23.
For more details, visit
bsu.edu/alumni/
cfaraylouthenmemorialgolf.
FCS: Family and Consumer
Science alumni will gather Saturday,
August 14, for the Symphony on the
Prairie’s presentation of “A Tribute to
Michael Jackson” at Conner Prairie
in Fishers. Gates open at 6 p.m., and
the concert will commence at 8 p.m.
Prior to the concert, a wine and
cheese reception, compliments of
the Ball State Alumni Association,
will begin at 6:30 p.m. The cost is
$17 for adults and $11 for children
2-12. Reservations must be made
by Friday, July 30, to the Alumni
Association.
Journalism: Journalism alumni
and friends will also meet Saturday,
August 14, for the Symphony on the
Prairie in Fishers. Reservations are
requested by Friday, July 30.
Journalism alumni will host a
Meet & Greet with Jim Willis, new
Ball State journalism department
Chairman, “Under the Rock” in
the Rock Bottom Brewery and
Restaurant downtown Indianapolis,
Tuesday, August 17 from 5 p.m. to
7 p.m. The cost is $15 and includes
one beverage and an Hors d’oeuvres
buffet. Reservations are due to
the Alumni Association office by
Wednesday, August 11.
The Journalism Alumni Society
board of directors will meet
Saturday, September 11, at the
Alumni Center.
NREM: The Natural Resources
and Environmental Management
(NREM) Alumni Society invites
interested alumni and friends to
participate in its annual NREM
White River Clean-up at Koteewi
Park in Noblesville, Saturday, August
28 at 10 a.m. To volunteer, contact
the Alumni Association or visit
bsu.edu/events/alumniassoc.
NREM board of directors will
meet Thursday, September 2, at the
Alumni Center at 3 p.m. Members
are invited to attend the pre-game
football rally and cheer on the
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alumni connection
Tom Rutter, ’71; Chuck Dulla, ’74MA85; Brad Johnson, ’84; and Fred Hart, ’75, enjoy beautiful weather at the Kokomo
Golf Outing in June. To view more photos of this and other events, visit bsu.edu/alumni.
Cardinals against Southeast Missouri
State following the meeting.
Nursing: The summer nursing
pinning ceremony will be Friday,
July 23, at 7 p.m., at Pruis Hall.
MCOB: Alumni Miller College of
Business alumni board of directors will
meet Wednesday, July 14, at 2 p.m. at
the Columbia Club in Indianapolis.
Alumni chapters:
Indianapolis: The Greater
Indianapolis Area Chapter will
host an evening at the Symphony
on the Prairie in Fishers at Conner
Prairie Saturday, August 14. The
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
will play “A Tribute to Michael
Jackson.” Gates open at 6 p.m., and
the concert will commence at 8 p.m.
Prior to the concert, a wine and
cheese reception, compliments of
the Ball State Alumni Association,
will begin at 6:30 p.m. The cost is
$17 for adults and $11 for children
2-12. Reservations must be made by
Friday, July 30 to Julie Bradshaw,
’80, at (317) 272-0609.
Thursday, August 19, the chapter
will host Summer Cocktails at the
Omni Severin Hotel, downtown
Indianapolis, from 6:30 p.m. to
DID YOU KNOW?
Alumni events are hosted throughout the U.S. To
view the Alumni Association calendar, visit
bsu.edu/alumni.
8:30 p.m. Interested alumni are
welcome to join the Ball State
Alumni Association and National
Wine & Spirits for a cocktail/wine
tasting with Hors d’oeuvres. Tickets
to the event are $20. Reservations
must be made to Steph Meyers,
’91MA92, by Friday, August 13.
Contact Steph at (317) 750-9055 or
smmeyers@nwscorp.com.
Adams-Wells: The Adams-Wells
Alumni Chapter board of directors will
meet Tuesday, August 31, at 6 p.m.
in Bluffton.
Michiana: The Michiana Alumni
Chapter will host a Golf and Dinner
Outing Monday, July 12, from 11 a.m.
to 8 p.m. at the Elcona Country Club
in Bristol.
The chapter invites alumni and
friends to a 4-H Fair Outing with
special guest Charlie Cardinal, and an
evening concert with The Guess Who,
Saturday, July 24, from 4 p.m. to
10 p.m. in Goshen.
Monday, July 26, the chapter
welcomes fellow alumni and friends
to a Baseball Outing at Coveleski
Stadium in South Bend from 5 p.m.
to 10 p.m. Bring your family to
The Cove to cheer the South Bend
Silverhawks to victory against the
Wisconsin Rattlers. Cost is $1 and free
for children under five.
The chapter will host its annual
Bus Shopping Trip to Woodfield
Mall in Schaumburg, IL, Saturday,
November 13, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
For more information or to make
reservations for Michiana events,
contact the Alumni Association or visit
bsu.edu/events/alumniassoc.
Northeastern: The Northeastern
Alumni Chapter invite fellow alumni
and friends to attend the Three Rivers
Festival Parade Saturday, July 10, from
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Fort Wayne.
The chapter will host a Cardinal
Classic Golf Scramble and Dinner
Wednesday, July 14, at the Cherry
Hill Golf Club in Fort Wayne.
Coordinated by Matt Momper, ’83,
reservations are due by Wednesday,
July 7. Shotgun start is at 1 p.m., and
lunch is available at noon. The cost is
$75, and includes lunch and a steak
dinner, as well as greens and cart fees.
Alumni reunionS:
Alpha Chi Omega Classes of
1965-70 Alumni: Alpha Chi
Omega alumni from graduating class
years 1965-70 will meet Wednesday,
July 28, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. at the Alumni Center. Cost is
$25 per person. Reservation deadline
is Wednesday, July 21. Contact
the Alumni Association office for
additional information.
alumni connection
Alpha Phi Alumni: Delta Rho
Chapter alumni will reconnect for a
reunion Saturday, July 17, beginning
with registration at 11:30 a.m. at the
Alumni Center. Contact the Alumni
Association for details. Reservations are
requested by Friday, July 9.
Cincinnati-Area Alumni:
Cincinnati-area alumni are invited
to a Cincinnati Reds baseball outing
and picnic tent party Friday, August
27, at the Great American Ball Park
in Cincinnati. Watch the Reds take
on the Chicago Cubs! The ballpark
and picnic tent open at 5:40 p.m. and
food and beverages will be served until
the 7th inning. The game begins at
7:10 p.m.
Cost of the all-inclusive outing
is $55 per person. RSVP deadline is
Wednesday, August 11. Contact the
Alumni Association for details.
Eastern: The Eastern Indiana
Alumni will host a Golf and Dinner
Outing for area alumni and friends
Tuesday, July 20, at the Winchester
Golf Club in Winchester. Shotgun
start is at 1 p.m., and dinner begins at
5:30 p.m. Cost is $28 for members,
$40 for nonmembers, and $8 for
those who would like to enjoy dinner
only. Make a reservation by Thursday,
July 15 to the Alumni Association.
Half-Century Club Alumni:
All alumni who graduated in 1960 or
earlier are invited to attend a reunion
lucheon, Tuesday, September 21, at
the Alumni Center. Members of the
Classes 1940, 1945, and 1950 will
be recognized. To RSVP, contact the
Alumni Association.
Sigma Phi Epsilon: Sigma Phi
Epsilon alumni will host a Golf and
maintain work sites for
the Indiana Manpower
Placement and
Theatre Alumni Classes of
1970-1989: Theatre alumni will
gather for a 1970s and 1980s reunion
at the Alumni Center Saturday, August
7, beginning with a cash bar reception
at 5:30 p.m., followed by a dinner
and program at 6 p.m. Interested
alumni can join in a campus tour at
3 p.m. Reunion reservations, $25,
are due to the Alumni Association by
Friday, July 30.
OF MICHAEL HA
His background as
an editor at the Laredo
Morning Times in Texas
has helped him learn to
build relationships with
companies. He credits this
time passing information
to customers, along with
his ability to network, as
important steps to his
position with IMPACT.
“I’m at a stage where
I can really, if I get things
right, help a whole lot of
people.” l
—Erik Fox
PHOTO COURTESY
Comprehensive Training
(IMPACT) program
in Indianapolis. Hall
administers its northern
and eastern regions of
Indianapolis.
“The rewards are
getting people back on
their feet,” he says of
his role in helping those
on public assistance
find work. “As a team
we have to figure out
what participants’ needs
are, what their barriers
are, and find ways to
overcome those barriers
and get them working.”
LL
alumni leaders
alumni headliner
Michael Hall,
’79MA83, a
business service
representative for
Arbor Education &
Training, pairs up
with companies
and employers to
create and
Dinner Outing Friday, July 9,
with a 1 p.m. shotgun start at
the Wildcat Creek Golf Club in
Kokomo. The $80 cost includes
lunch, dinner, all beverages, and
cart and greens fee. For additional
details, contact Scott Newlund,
’74, at (317) 884-4557 or visit
bsu.edu/events/alumniassoc.
Welcoming
Newborns
Into the Cardinal
Family
The Ball State University
Alumni Association
welcomes newborns into
the Cardinal family. In
partnership with the Ball State Federal
Credit Union (BSFCU), the Alumni Association
administers the “Born to be a Cardinal” program.
Designed for babies from birth to 12
months who are the children or grandchildren
of alumni, the program was established as an
alumni service to recognize the university’s
newest legacies, honor alumni families, and
promote pride in Ball State. It provides the
family with a mechanism to save for college
through the BSFCU.
Cost of basic enrollment is $15. New
members in the basic plan will receive a Ball State
bib, a magnetic photo frame with the “Born to
be a Cardinal” logo, and a $10 custodial account
opened in the child’s name at the BSFCU.
Members may opt to increase the minimum
for their savings plan. Amounts greater than
$15 will be deposited directly into the account.
Enrollment is available through the BSUAA Web
site at bsu.edu/alumni.
Introducing our new members:
Floyd Ford, Muncie, born January 3; Sarah
Riga Ford, ’09, mother; Barbara Dietrich
Ford, ’47, great-grandmother; George Dietrich,
’49MA56, great-grandfather; Deborah Riga,
’78, grandmother.
Rowan Mickler, Yorktown, born April 30; Laura
Mickler, ’06MA08, mother. l
Upcoming Events
Tues., July 6
Meet & Greet with Golf Coach Emeritus
Earl Yestingsmeier, Indiana Golf Hall of
Fame, Franklin
Fri., July 9
Sigma Phi Epsilon Golf and Dinner
Outing, Wild Creek Golf Club, Fort Wayne
Sat., July 10
Northeastern Indiana Alumni Chapter
Three Rivers Festival Parade, Fort Wayne
Mon., July 12
Michiana Alumni Chapter Golf and Dinner
Outing, Elcona Country Club, Bristol
Wed., July 14
Northeastern Indiana Alumni Chapter Golf
and Dinner Outing, Cherry Hill Golf Club,
Fort Wayne
Miller College of Business Alumni Board
of Directors Meeting, Columbia Club,
Indianapolis
Sat., July 17
RALLY
Schedule
September 2 vs.
SE Missouri State
September 11 vs.
Liberty
Celebrate the football October 9 vs.
season in true Western Michigan
Cardinal red and white (Homecoming)
style at our pre-game October 16 vs.
rallies, located at the Eastern Michigan
Alumni Center. Rallies include a buffet, cash bar, November 6 vs.
and are open to all fans. Akron
Pre-registration is required. November 20 vs.
Northern Illinois
For more information visit
www.bsu.edu/alumni/pregame
1970s & 80s Theatre Alumni Reunion,
Alumni Center
Ball State Day at the Indiana State Fair,
Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis
Sat., Aug. 14
Indianapolis Alumni Chapter, Family and
Consumer Science Alumni Gathering, and
Journalism Alumni Gathering, Symphony
on the Prairie, Fishers
Tues., Aug. 17
Journalism Alumni Meet & Greet with
Jim Willis, new Department of Journalism
Chairman, Rock Bottom, Indianapolis
Thurs., Aug. 19
Indianapolis Alumni Chapter Summer
Cocktails, Omni Hotel, Indianapolis
Thurs., Aug. 19-Fri., Aug. 20
1950-63 Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni
Reunion, Campus
Mon., Aug. 23
Michiana Alumni Chapter
Board of Directors Meeting,
Joseph C. Rice Center, Elkhart
Fri., Aug. 27
Alpha Phi Alumni Reunion, Alumni Center
Cincinnati Reds Baseball Outing,
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
Tues., July 20
Sat., Aug. 28
Eastern Indiana Golf and Dinner Outing,
Winchester Golf Club, Winchester
Fri., July 23
NREM Adopt-A-River Clean-up, Noblesville
Tues., Aug. 31
Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Pruis Hall
Adams-Wells Alumni Chapter Board of
Directors Meeting, Bluffton
Sat., July 24
Thurs., Sept. 2
Summer Commencement, Campus
FOOTBALL
Sat., Aug. 7
Michiana Alumni Chapter 4-H Outing
with guests Charlie Cardinal and
The Guess Who, Goshen
Mon., July 26
NREM Board of Directors Meeting,
Alumni Center
Sat., Sept. 11
Journalism Alumni Society Board of
Directors Meeting, Alumni Center
Michiana Alumni Chapter Baseball Outing,
Coveleski Stadium, South Bend
Tues., Sept. 21
Wed., July 28
Fri., Oct. 8
Alpha Chi Omega Reunion of Graduating
Years 1965-70, Alumni Center
Sat., July 31
Cardinal Football Alliance Board of
Directors Meeting, Elks Club, Muncie
Ray Louthen Memorial Football
Lettermen Golf & Dinner Outing,
Elks Club, Muncie
Half-Century Club Reunion, Alumni Center
Homecoming Alumni Awards Dinner,
Alumni Center
Sat., Oct. 9: Homecoming
Homecoming All Alumni Coffee Hour,
University/McKinley Ave.
Homecoming Parade, Muncie
Homecoming Football Game
Homecoming Post-Game Celebration,
Alumni Center
Look for upcoming events at bsu.edu/alumni/events.
Congratulations Ernie on Retirement!
Ernie Krug, ’68MAE73MAE82, Director of Alumni Activities,
retires after 29 years
November 16, 1981 - June 30, 2010
Benny Award Recipient, 2010
Ernie Krug retires after 29 years of service to the
Ball State Alumni Association. A 1964 Burris High
School graduate, he completed an undergraduate
degree in Elementary Education from Ball State in
1968. The Muncie native went on to earn a master’s
degree in Elementary Education in 1973 and a master’s
degree in Educational Administration in 1982, both
from Ball State. Ernie taught one year in Anaheim, CA,
before returning to Delaware County to teach at Royerton
Elementary School and North Del Middle School from 1971
to 1976. He then became principal at Daleville Elementary
School before becoming assistant director of alumni and
development programs at Ball State in 1981. It was 1988
when Ernie became director of alumni activities for the Ball State
Alumni Association.
Ernie’s commitment to the BSUAA, its services and programs administered
to alumni, and his involvement with alumni and friends has been invaluable
in his nearly three decades of service. He has administered 1,161 alumni
events outside Delaware County and has seen 92,800 graduate during his
tenure.
Ernie has served as the liaison to all of the BSUAA alumni regional
chapters. From 1981 to 1988 he annually administered 12 regional
alumni telefunds raising more than $1 million each year with over 23,000
alumni donors, achieving an alumni giving percentage of 32.4%.
He also has worked with the College of Architecture and Planning Alumni
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guidance to, the Alumni Ambassadors program. Geographic territories in
which he coordinated events include Florida, Texas, parts of Ohio, and many
Indiana counties.
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|1930|
In Memoriam
Mildred M. (Coppess) Tate, ’30,
Decatur, December 31, 2009.
Garnet A. (Smith) Merckx, ’31,
Huntington, March 30.
George W. Ludington, ’34,
Angola, May 6, 2009.
Muriel G. Mahoney, ’34, Sarasota,
FL, January 2.
John M. Bauman, ’35, Roswell,
NM, March 23.
Armella J. (Elliott) Crist, ’35,
Medford, WI, February 24.
Evelyn F. (Cron) Yingst, ’35,
Muncie, March 18.
Vivian L. (Wells) Goodnight, ’38,
Lebanon, March 1.
Irma M. (Greive) Thieman, ’39,
Buffalo, MN, March 10, 2009.
|1940|
In Memoriam
Rebecca E. (Jones) Barber, ’40,
Wyandotte, OK, February 16.
Estella E. (Reed) Blevins, ’40,
Franklin, February 21.
Arthur W. George, ’40,
Indianapolis, March 18.
Alice L. (Wise) Miller, ’40,
Kettering, OH, April 1.
Juanita A. (Waite) Replogle, ’40,
Muncie, March 4.
Maxine I. (Reed) Storms, ’41,
Gainesville, GA, February 11.
Mary O. (Griffith) Winzenread,
’41, Las Cruces, NM, March 7.
Robert C. Davis, ’42, Deland, FL,
April 28.
Angeline V. (Yovich) Karsnak, ’42,
Yorktown, April 21.
Virginia (Rink) Turley, ’42, Sandy,
OR, April 17.
Rosemary (Walter) Gishler,
’43MA68, Granite Bay, CA,
February 20.
Marjorie J. (Brock) Rea, ’43, Palm
Harbor, FL, March 27.
Martha J. (Craig) Stivers,
’43MA68, Scottsville, VA,
March 10.
Norman J. Kirk, ’44, Muncie,
April 19.
Geraldine Stalbaum, ’44MA55,
La Porte, April 5.
Muriel J. (Garrett) Rosenblatt,
’45, Pacific Grove, CA, March 19.
Mabel K. (Anderson) White,
’45MA63, Bluffton, February 26.
Joyce N. Diggins, ’46, Kendallville,
March 6.
Barbara (Simes) Heeter, ’46,
Yorktown, March 12.
Alice M. (Miedema) Nitsch, ’46,
Indianapolis, April 25.
Norma J. (Haynes) Rockwell,
’46MA63, Anderson, March 31.
Meri H. (McReynolds) Salyer,
’46MA66, Muncie, March 13.
Dorothy J. (Schlotzhauer) Sawyer,
AA46, North Manchester, October
31, 2009.
Mary J. (Brickley) Rowe, ’47,
Lenoir City, TN, March 17.
Elizabeth J. (Wolf ) Buckles, ’48,
Spokane, WA, February 23.
William M. Waddell, ’48,
Frankfort, May 1.
Nellie E. (White) Carteaux, ’49,
Avilla, May 11.
Sarah J. Grannis, ’49, Atlanta, GA,
March 4.
Jean L. (Lung) Sanders, ’49MA56,
Michiana Shores, March 18, 2009.
Gordon E. Williamson, ’49MA51,
Muncie, March 20.
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22 Ball State Alumnus / July 2010
|1950|
News
Donald C. Lacy, ’54MA58,
Muncie, has written a new book,
With an Attitude of Gratitude: A
Personal/Professional Memoir.
Ruth (Lyons) Brookshire,
’56MA73, Mooreland, has
authored Founding Families: The
Beginnings of Barrows Crossing
and also a short story and novella
collection, From the Cornfield
Ghetto.
Ralph L. Place, ’58, Muncie,
Professor Emeritus of Physics
and Astronomy at Ball State,
received a Teacher Who Made a
Difference Award at the University
of Kentucky.
In Memoriam
Myra “Nell” (Bartholomew)
Dinsmore, ’50, Simi Valley, CA,
June 16, 2009.
Howard E. Hill, Jr., ’50, Naples,
FL, April 14.
Margaret R. (Taylor) Hubbard,
’50MA54, Indianapolis, May 3.
Patricia L. (Downhour) McCully,
’50, Kokomo, April 16.
Fred S. Potter, ’50, Fort Wayne,
March 3.
Audrey L. (Snider) Carpenter,
’51, Alexandria, February 23.
John T. Cook, ’51, Winchester,
March 8.
Alva Cox, ’51, Paoli, February 19.
Mary E. (Italiano) Thrash, ’51,
Muncie, March 20.
Mary L. (Hahn) Weiss, ’51MA62,
Naples, FL, March 13.
Janice R. (Burns) Kelly, ’52, Ojai,
CA, February 27.
Jack J. Marlow, ’52, Jacksonville
Beach, FL, April 19.
Phyllis J. (Shoup) Milchak, ’52,
Portage, May 20.
Dick E. Shreve, ’52, Huntington,
WV, March 25.
Kermit O. Burrous, ’53,
Indianapolis, May 26.
Marjory B. (Bayne) Marsh,
MA53, Blackburg, VA, April 30.
Georgia F. (Neihardt) Pope,
’53MAE55, Muncie, May 21.
M. Lucille (Rees) Beckham, ’54,
Yorktown, March 12.
Patricia J. (Finnegan) Lundy, ’54,
Bloomington, April 17.
John P. McCarthy, ’54, Lutz, FL,
February 16.
Robert G. Meek, ’54MA61, Great
Falls, MT, February 21.
Lawrence E. Riehle, ’54,
Greenwood, May 8.
Alice E. (Pursley) Rinard,
’54MA63, Indianapolis, April 5.
William M. Tyndall, ’54, Boston,
February 24.
Marshall N. White, Jr., ’54,
Springfield, VA, January 6.
Ralph R. Cook, ’56MAE78,
Muncie, March 15.
Lowell G. Dirrim, ’56, Muncie,
April 25.
Lois R. (Hamilton) Fitzpatrick,
’56, Whiteland, May 12.
David H. Orner, ’57, Eustis, FL,
February 17.
John A. Whitcraft, ’57, Reno, NV,
March 5.
George W. Addison, ’58MA62,
Cambridge City, April 17.
Jack W. Apple, ’58MA62,
Syracuse, April 27.
Roy D. Blount, ’58MA61,
Losantville, May 12.
Nancy E. (Miller) Caton, ’58, San
Diego, CA, May 19.
Dorothy L. (Teter) Fordyce, ’58,
Winter Haven, FL, April 29.
John J. Nead, ’58, Indianapolis,
March 11.
Teresa D. (Desiderio) Novel,
’58MAE63, Chicago, IL, May 10.
Michael F. Paluch, ’58MA63,
Muncie, May 8.
Judith A. (Knotts) Rydzinski, ’58,
Sarasota, FL, March 26.
Gary D. Thomas, ’58MA68,
Dunkirk, April 28.
John L. Coons, ’59, Corona Del
Mar, CA, February 14.
Carol A. (Jurgenson) Farn, ’59,
Old Greenwich, CT, March 13.
Richard H. Knarr, MA59, North
Manchester, April 6.
Robert E. Sandoe, ’59, Muncie,
February 18.
Patricia A. (Vittorio) Schuler,
AA59, Portage, February 14.
James A. Smith, ’59MA60,
Glenwood, IL, February 15.
Joyce A. Thurston,
AA59BS60MAE65, Carmel,
April 28.
Sylvia C. (Rupe) Vanskyock, ’59,
Muncie, April 16.
|1960|
News
Cynthia C. (Knaack) Danis,
’64MA70, Sarasota, FL, has
retired after more than 40 years of
teaching.
Howard A. Wilkison, ’62,
Greensburg, competed and
won the Master’s Basketball
Association’s National Senior
Championship in the 70+ division
and was tournament MVP.
In Memoriam
Merle W. Betterman, MA60,
Mount Prospect, IL, March 1.
Larry L. Dorton, ’60, Gaston,
May 22.
Thomas A. Wood, ’60, Baltimore,
MD, March 30.
Charles F. Eck, ’61,
Fredericksburg, VA, April 23.
Freddy L. Halberstadt,
’61MAE79, Connersville,
March 11.
Louise (Fox) Jones, ’61MA67,
Burlington, WI, April 23.
Charles E. McConnell, Sr.,
’61MA72, Anderson, April 17.
Larry F. Darby, ’62, Washington,
D.C., May 18.
David P. Gemmer, MA62,
Corunna, February 22.
Edward J. Miller, ’62, Columbia
City, March 18.
Elizabeth C. (Jones) Sprague,
’62MA67, Anderson, March 4.
George W. Stallings, MA62,
Huntington, March 15.
Roger L. Sturgeon, ’62, Seymour,
March 10.
Alice C. (Caldwell) Brimberry,
’63, Littleton, CO, November 21,
2009.
Sandra S. Marshall, ’63,
Indianapolis, May 4.
Mary E. (Bond) Napier, MA63,
Frankfort, March 10.
Merl L. Wise, MA63, Chesterfield,
May 5.
David L. Cooper, ’64MA67,
La Porte, March 23.
Kenneth E. Hattery, MA64, Peru,
April 15.
Jay N. Milhollin, ’64MAE69,
Albany, April 29.
Richard A. Moore, ’64, Carmel,
May 14.
Ronald L. Weaver, MA64,
Muncie, March 12.
Sue A. (Salyer) Dice, ’65,
Connersville, March 4.
Edward Fugate, ’65, Little Rock,
AR, March 27.
Franklyn D. Brinkman, Sr., ’66,
Muncie, February 21.
Raymond L. Hendrick, MA66,
Indianapolis, March 22.
Thomas R. Koebcke, ’66MA76,
Selma, May 2.
Dianna S. (Jackson) Norris,
’66MA72, Missouri City, TX,
March 18.
Lynn A. Bowers, ’67, New Castle,
February 18.
John L. Davis, ’68MA70,
Muncie, March 8.
Lucille M. (Stedman) Beach,
’69MAE71, Topeka, KS, April 10.
Gerald A. Edwards, MA69,
Zionsville, January 10.
Samuel C. Morris, MAE69,
Connersville, April 23.
Joyce K. (Thomas) Oakerson,
’69MAE73, Winchester, March
29.
William A. Prosser III, MA69,
Southport, NC, May 19.
|1970|
News
Sharon L. (Pugh) Christman,
MM70, Chantilly, VA, is associate
professor and chair of the vocal
division of the Benjamin T.
Rome School of Music at The
Catholic University of America,
Washington D.C. She was
awarded the Excellence in
Teaching Award in 2009 and has
been accepted into the Marquis
and Commonwealth Who’s Who
in America.
Niel C. Ellerbrook, ’70,
Evansville, has retired as the
chairman and chief executive
officer of Vectren Corporation. He
is a 2001 Distinguished Alumni
Award recipient.
Kevin Douglas
West, ’92, was
speechless when
they announced
his short film,
Mother’s Milk, a Grand
REMI award winner at
the 43rd WorldFest
Houston International Film
Festival. The marketing
and advertising executive
with more than 18 years
experience beat out
200 other selected films
from more than 4,000
submissions.
The short film looks into
the need for human milk to
be given to premature infants
in the neonatal intensive
care units. Filming for a
subsequent documentary,
which West believes HBO will
pick up, wraps this summer.
West’s career in commercials
with Shell Oil Company
and Direct Energy certainly
prepared him for his own film
work.
“If you can create a
human emotion such as
laughter, or tears even, in a
commercial enterprise, you
get people hooked to a brand
and something they won’t
forget,” West says.
“I think that’s the best sort of
advertising you can do as a
marketer, to get consumers
hooked on your brand.
“For companies and
corporations, you’re trying
to get an audience to go
buy their product or go sign
up for their service. But in
entertainment or personal
film work, you’re really trying Photo Courtesy of kevin douglas west
alumni profile: Mother’s Milk Beats the Odds
to do one of two things: you
either want people to laugh
hysterically or you want
them to cry.”
The film also premiered
at other film festivals this
year, including Sundance
and Cannes. l
—Erik Fox
Listen to Kevin West discuss some details of
working on his documentary.
Ball State Alumnus / July 2010 23
Photo by gerry lynn
A FITTING MEMORIAL
Timothy Maude, MA80, will forever be remembered
for his service and sacrifice in the U.S. Army.
On May 27, the Human Resource Center for
Excellence Building in Fort Knox, KY, was named in
Maude's honor after a public
memorial and ribbon-cutting
ceremony.
Maude was killed in the
September 11, 2001 terrorist
attack on the Pentagon, where
he was the U.S. Army deputy
chief of staff for personnel. He
received several decorations
during his more than 35 years
of service, including the Bronze
Star and the Legion of Merit.
The Lieutenant General Timothy J. Maude Complex
is a three-story, multi-winged red brick facility, and the
largest single building project in Fort Knox’s history. It
is one-sixth the size of the Pentagon and the largest
office building in Kentucky, according to the Fort Knox
Public Affairs Office.
Patrick J. Mark,
’70MAE78EdS81EdD88,
Simpsonville, SC, has been named
one of five finalists for Middle
School Principal of the Year in South
Carolina. He is currently principal
of Hughes Academy of Science and
Technology, Greenville, SC.
Mary A. (Mitchell) Wilkinson,
’70MAE71, Fort Wayne, was
named Northwest Allen County
Schools 2009 Teacher of the Year.
Mary is currently teaching second
grade at Oak View Elementary.
Reena D. Evans, ’72, Indianapolis,
retired after 27 years of teaching in
public schools. She was honored by
IFLTA as 2009 Secondary Foreign
Language Teacher of the Year for
the state of Indiana and was the
ICLASS Secondary Level Teacher
of the Year for 2009.
Randall L. McGriff, ’72MA77,
La Porte, has retired from teaching
after 37 years.
William E. Mihalo, ’73MA74,
Munster, works in system
administration support at the
Computation Institute at the
University of Chicago and
Argonne National Labs.
Susan K. (Galvin) Newbold,
’76, Franklin, TN, is associate
professor of nursing informatics at
Vanderbilt School of Nursing and
was selected as a 2010 HITMen
and Women for improving patient
care through health information
technology. She is also a past
recipient of the Outstanding
Nursing Alumni Award.
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24 Ball State Alumnus / July 2010
Gwen L. Barclay-Toy, MA76,
Raleigh, NC, has been named
coordinator of English for
academic and professional
purposes in the Center for the
Global Learner at Durham
Technical Community College in
Durham, NC.
Pamela K. (Minor) Howard, ’76,
College Park, GA, has retired after
33 years teaching social studies at
Griffin High School and has also
represented Griffin as Teacher of
the Year, three times.
Carl L. Chapman, ’77,
Newburgh, is CEO of Vectren
Corporation in Evansville.
Mary Kaylene (Martin)
Emmrich, ’78MLS83, Morocco,
a court appointed special advocate
(CASA) for the Newton County
Circuit Court, is employed as the
Director of the Newton County
Public Library.
In Memoriam
Hillard Felty, ’70, Muncie,
April 23.
Lola L. (Erne) Sparks, MAE70,
Markleville, May 6.
Robert D. Maney, Jr., ’70,
Paxton, IL, February 23.
Patrick S. Quirk, ’70, Muncie,
April 16.
Carolyn L. (Barber) Hodel,
MA71, Bakersfield, CA, April 29.
Thomas R. McLaughlin, MA71,
Dayton, OH, January 12.
Robert L. Pyle, MA71, Madison,
WI, July 17, 2009.
Marcia L. (Miller) Blair,
MAE72, Rushville, May 5.
Harold D. Harrison, MA72,
Muncie, April 21.
Jessie S. Swope-Langford,
MA72, Greentown, February 20.
Merilyn F. Price, MA72,
Richmond, April 26.
Marlin D. Thompson, EdD72,
Ansonia, OH, April 28.
Diana S. Hanson, ’73MA78,
Jackson, TN, April 17.
Donn L. Walling, ’73, Frankfort,
May 15.
Ernest F. Wentzel, MA73,
Collinsville, IL, August 31, 2009.
Richard A. Wiltshire, ’73,
Noblesville, April 5.
Leona G. (Perry) Gartside, MA74.
Ash Grove, MO,
March 14.
James S. Horner, AA74, Gulfport,
FL, February 8, 2009.
Harriet J. (Lehmer) Schwomeyer,
MAE74, New Albany, May 26.
Leland E. Spaulding, ’74,
Montpelier, March 16.
Mary B. Vandenberg, ’74MM76,
Grand Haven, MI, March 11.
Phyllis H. (Adams) Glaser, MA75,
Las Vegas, NV, April 26.
Mary O. (Jackson) Juzang, MA75,
Philadelphia, PA,
March 14.
Joyce A. (Cochran) Little, ’75,
Bloomington, February 14.
Stephen R. McClung, MA75,
Princeton, KY, November 2, 2009.
Nancy J. (Delp) Miller,
’75MAE83, Yorktown, May 13.
Mary H. (Holliday) Morgan,
MAE75, West Lafayette, April 17.
Muzetta M. (Moore) Thrower, ’75,
Reno, NV, April 1.
Raymond K. Wicker, MAE75,
Rushville, May 6.
Garth F. Cone, MA76, Alexandria,
March 23.
David W. Cramer, MA76, Placitas,
NM, March 25.
Richard H. Greene, MA77,
Mishawaka, April 21.
Charles A. Anders, MAE78,
Connersville, May 10.
Louis A. Corso III, ’78,
Hammond, April 2.
Katherine L. Horn, ’78,
Montgomery Village, MD,
March 30.
Nancy A. Reynolds, ’78, Marion,
April 1.
Tyna R. Landgrebe, ’78MAE83,
Conway, SC, April 14.
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Karen D. (McClurg) Jones,
’80MA86, Muncie, works for
Marion General Hopsital as
class notes
administrative director for human
resources, education and employee
health.
David Abernathy, ’81, Elwood,
a 2004 Benny Award recipient, is
vice president of VIA Credit Union
in Marion.
Rebecca M. (Baltas) Morgan,
’84, Littleton, CO, is the on-air
fundraising producer for Colorado
Public Radio in Denver.
Darrell T. (Lane) Cascio, MA84,
Sarasota, FL, is a security attendant
at the John and Mable Ringling Art
Museum.
Casey E. Nichols, MA87,
Sacramento, CA, was named
secondary teacher of the year by the
Rocklin Unified School District for
2009-10.
Vincennes, December 27, 2009.
Dale O. Burnett, MAE88,
Anderson, May 2.
Douglas A. Paschke, ’88, Opelika,
AL, July 17, 2009.
Peter Pisek, AA88, Brownsburg,
May 13.
Kevin D. Durcholz, ’89,
Indianapolis, May 15.
Michael G. Chasteen, ’89MPA96,
Galveston, May 7.
Nicole A. (Riggs) Simpson,
’89MAE96, Connersville, May 24.
|1990|
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Vicki L. (Dobbs) Eastman,
MAE90, North Manchester, has
completed a doctor of philosophy
degree at Ball State.
In Memoriam
Amanda L. (Wroblewski)
Brandenburg, ’98, Trinity, FL,
twin girls, February 15.
Marriages
Eric J. Patton, ’98, and Nickole
D. (Burton), ’04, Fishers, a son,
April 2.
Aaron M. Schultz, ’98, to
Kimberly D. (Spicer), March 20.
The couple lives in Jonesboro. They
also had a son April 22.
Kristi D. (Boatman), ’99, to
Scott Timmons, May 14. Kristi
is a commercial interior design
consultant and owner of Interior
Design, Incorporated. The couple
resides in Brownsburg.
New Additions
Brent M. Comer, ’95, and his wife
Pamela, Scottsburg, a daughter,
March 24.
Stephen “Brett” Dalton, ’95, and
his wife Hope, a son, May 6. They
reside in Carbon.
Mary J. (Circle), ’99MA01, and
Tyler V. Ewing, ’01, Muncie, a
daughter, April 16.
Katherine (Herbst), ’99, and
Seth A. Foltz, ’00, Greenfield, a
daughter, July 19, 2009.
In Memoriam
Stanley A. Grezlik, MA90, Avon,
March 15.
Iris A. (Houser) Jones, ’90,
Mooreland, April 4.
Christopher Rayman, ’90,
Brownsburg, February 8.
Kathleen A. (Lekovich) Jones,
’91, New Albany, March 11.
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David M. Hua, ’91MBA00, New
John D. McPherson,
Castle, earned a doctorate in higher
’88MA89EdD99, Muncie, has
been named director of scholarships education from Ball State.
and financial aid at Ball State.
Melissa J. (Brandenburg)
Smurdon, MA93, Indianapolis,
Dave W. Fox, ’89, Avon, has
has been promoted to director of
retired from Illinois Department
financial aid at Butler University.
of Corrections and will pursue a
full-time photography business,
Paul Voos, ’93, Baltimore, MD,
Lordscapes Photography.
has been promoted to chair
of the graduate department of
landscape architechture, School
Kimberly M. (Tutza) Aspacher,
of Architechture + Planning at
’81, Fort Wayne, February 19.
Morgan State University.
Robert N. Owens, MS81,
Cincinnati, OH, April 8.
Erinn A.M. (McKee) Hannigan,
David Dishman, ’83, Muncie,
’95, Hebron, KY, is an associate for
April 10.
the firm, Strauss & Troy, practicing
Mary L. Morgan, ’83,
in the field of domestic relations.
Indianapolis, March 22.
Barbara A. Muldoon, MA83,
James C. Lake, ’95, Jeffersonville,
Bushnell, FL, May 5.
was selected as Business First’s Forty
Rick J. Warthan, AA83,
under 40 winner for 2009.
Vincennes, April 9.
Michael V. Druding, ’84,
Christopher D. Cook, ’96MBA02,
Noblesville, March 11.
Muncie, has been promoted to
Kathryn E. (Houchin) Costello,
senior vice president, treasurer, and
’85, Naperville, IL, April 16.
chief finanial officer of MutualFirst
Cathy A. (Taylor) Hodson,
Financial and MutualBank.
MA86, Anderson, February 27.
Janet L. Hochstetler, ’87, Bedford,
Lori R. Rowland-Day, ’98,
April 25.
Chicago, IL, won the grand prize
Debra K. Sivley, MA87,
in a short story contest through
Good Housekeeping magazine with
her short story, “Layers of Love,”
published in the May 2010 issue.
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Anna M. Holz, AA90BS97,
Anderson, April 14.
Rebecca J. (Harper) Crum,
MA98, Indianapolis, March 17.
Randall S. Rivelli, AA99,
Zionsville, March 16.
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Jordan M. Marshall, ’02, Brighton,
MI, is assistant professor of plant
biology at Indiana UniversityPurdue University Fort Wayne.
Alan M. Rucker, ’02MA03,
College Park, MD, was named
assistant director of transporation
services at the University of
Maryland. He is a 2010 G.O.L.D.
award recipient.
Jeffrey L. Van Vactor, ’03,
Noblesville, is employed with Pratt
Corporation in Indianapolis as an
installation project manager.
Brian W. Starkel, ’08, Bluffton,
OH, is director of student activities
at Defiance College.
Lydia H. (Mastey), ’08, to Kevin
W. Robertson, ’07, April 10. The
couple resides in Plainfield.
Lindsay J. (Spaulding) Jones,
’05, and her husband Christopher,
Plainfield, a son, March 15.
Logan K. (Fischer-Smith) Lee,
’09, New York, NY, is employed
with the boutique public relations
firm Coburn Communications, Inc.
Mallory M. (Vaillancourt), ’09,
to Kenneth Sallaz, July 10. The
couple resides in Fort Wayne.
Erin A. (Buchta) Porro, ’06, and
her husband Aitor, Plainfield, a
daughter, October 16, 2009.
Ebony B. Strong, ’09, Indianapolis,
is sports assistant for Hamiton
County Sports Authority and a
member of the Ball State Alumni
Council.
New Additions
Jill A. (Jackson), ’01, and Eric S.
Eicher, ’98, Fishers, a son,
April 18.
Steven M. Kloote, ’07, and
Elizabeth A. (Brewer), ’07,
Brownsburg, a son, May 12.
Derek A. Wilson, ’10, has been
named the best college newspaper
columnist in the country by the
National Society of Newspaper
Columnists.
Marriages
Christy D. (Johnson), ’03, to
Carl Falk, March 19. She is a
first grade teacher and the couple
resides in Fort Myers, FL.
Emily R. (Brunette), ’04, to Chad
Mitchell, March 13. The couple
resides in Orange Beach, AL.
Jeremy M. Waterbury, ’03, Grand
Rapids, MI, was line producer for a
feature film, The Frontier Boys, shot
in Charlevoix, MI.
Keith T. Anderson, ’05, to
Katharine (McFarland), June 5.
The couple lives in Morris, IL.
Stephanie M. (Coomes) Zuniga,
’04, College Station, TX, is project
supervisor for the Department of
Information Technology at Texas
A&M University.
Rebecca S. (Jones), ’05, to Justin
Harp, July 18, 2009. Rebecca
is a project manager for Ascend
Integrated Media and the couple
resides in Overland Park, KS.
James R. White, ’05, Lafayette,
has been promoted to multi-unit
loss prevention manager for Sears
Holding Corporation (Kmart)
at the Pendleton Pike store in
Indianapolis.
Jennifer L. (Bierck), ’06, to
Blake Haan, September 19, 2009.
Jennifer teaches English at Central
Catholic Junior Senior High
School and the couple resides in
Lafayette.
Alex N. Wenning, MA06,
Fairborn, OH, has been promoted
to associate director of the
university honors program at
Wright State University in Dayton.
Elizabeth J. (Guiley), ’06,
to Richard Z. Martin, ‘07,
November 21, 2009. The couple
lives in Tampa, FL.
Kelsey L. Corbin, ’07, Muncie, has
been promoted to assistant women’s
basketball coach at Ball State.
Jennifer K. (Rice), ’07, to Derek
F. Dial, ’09, April 30. Jennifer is a
2010 G.O.L.D. award recipient.
The couple lives in Carmel.
Monica (Palmer), ’02, and
William B. Craig, ’01, Chicago,
IL, a daughter, April 15.
Benjamin J. Reiff, ’02, and his
wife Kelly, Palm Harbor, FL, a
daughter, March 29.
Troy D. Ware, ’02, and Jennifer
L. (Kempf ), ’04, Noblesville, a
son, April 29.
Jamison S. Sills, ’03, and Erin
Marie L. (Whitacre), ’05,
Lexington, KY, a son,
October 14, 2009.
Alicia C. (May), ’07, and Dustin
J. Woolsey, ’06, Jeffersonville, a
daughter, April 8.
In Memoriam
Amy E. Fawcett, MA00, Lake
Dalton, WI, May 14.
Bonnie H. (Blaisdell) Gross,
MA01, Grand Prairie, TX,
March 14.
Kevin D. Miller, ’01, Fort Wayne,
March 12.
Wayne A. King, AA06,
Pendleton, March 26.
Kevin J. Kerrigan, ’09, Anderson,
April 8.
Jennifer L. (Minter) Wendelken,
’04, and her husband James,
Columbus, a son, March 20.
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