The Amazing Racer Michael Sapper, ’86, Takes Adventure to Its Limits

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BallA Ball State University Alumni Association State 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 editor’s note Ball Statealumnus

Executive Publisher: Edwin Shipley Friends can make all the Issue Editor: Denise Greer difference when it comes to experiencing Communications Assistant: Julie Johnson Alumni Communications Specialist: something new. For international students, arriving on Cheri Ellefson Undergraduate Communications Assistants: Erik Fox, Brandon Rowe, Ball State’s campus can be intimidating, especially when and Shannon Veerkamp it involves a different county, culture, and language. Photographers: Cheri Ellefson, Denise Greer, Mike Hickey, John Huffer, Ball State alumni and community members are pairing Don Rogers, Kate Webber up with international students through the Rinker Front Cover: Design by Denise Greer. Photo courtesy of Michael Sapper Center for International Programs to help students Parting Shot Credit: An Extraordinary Evening with Jim Davis by Ball State get acquainted with American culture and to provide Photo Services 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 2010 Alumni Council Alumni Communications Amazing Racer” on page 12. Officers: Douglas W. Reddington, Advisory Board Chairman; Terry R. Coleman, Chairman- Chairman Holly G. Miller, Thomas D. The Class of 1960 Reunion rejoined friends for two Elect; Jo Ann Johnston, Past Chairman; Cochrun, Anthony O. Edmonds, Thomas days on Ball State’s campus in June. Learn more about R. Wayne Estopinal, Foundation L. Farris, Denise R. Greer, Brian D. Representative; Jennifer J. Budreau, Hayes, Douglas W. Reddington, Edwin alumni events on page 12. Vice Chairman; Frederick E. Cox, Jr., D. Shipley, Marilyn Kay Stickle, Marilyn Send us your feedback about our electronic issue of Vice Chairman; Larry W. Metzing, Vice Weaver Chairman; Kimberley A. Stout, Vice the Alumnus magazine. 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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 July 2010 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 departments 10 A Unique Family Experience 2 Editor’s Note International students gain ‘families,’ 27 Parting Shot: An Extraordinary Evening with once-in-a-lifetime opportunites, through Jim Davis, ’67LITTD91 Ball State’s friendship family program. By Cheri Ellefson eye on the ball 12 The Amazing Racer 4 English Professor Discovers Piece of Baseball History Michael Sapper, ’86, takes adventure 5 New Telescope Opens Skies for Astronomers to its limits. By Denise Greer 8 Fully Immersed: Bringing the Big Top to Ball State

alumni connection 15 Alumni Events Around Campus and Beyond 17 Michael Hall, ’73MA83, Makes an IMPACT 22 Class Notes

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5 New Telescope Opens Skies for Astronomers

6 Ball State Students Win Prestigious Fulbright, nig e . Ko A

Udall Awards n e Laur 7 Lauren A. Koenig Takes Modeling Career f sy o e 2 Ballto StateNew Alumnus York / Fall 2009 oto court

8 h Bringing the “Big Top” to Ball State P Lauren A. Koenig, ’04, poses for Calumet Photography as her modeling career progresses quickly. Read her story on page 7.

if any were in existence. During an English professor and baseball English Professor the times of the Negro Leagues, historian, and I drove all the way to Discovers a Piece the mainstream media shunned the Pittsburgh to confirm they were of league; it was hardly ever deemed Greenlee Field.” of Baseball History newsworthy, and photos of the After discovering the photos, Strecker was able to put together a Thanks to Ball State professor Geri “For the first time in much clearer picture of the stadium, Strecker, baseball historians are now as well as the surrounding landscape. able to take a glimpse into a historic 70 years, we can see “For decades, people wondered part of the sport. Strecker uncovered the home of some of what the stadium looked like,” she a cache of unpublished photos baseball’s most famous says. “We had sketches, but until taken at Greenlee Field, home of the the photos were identified, we had Pittsburgh Crawfords—a premier black players, including no idea exactly where the stadium baseball team in the Negro Leagues. Hall of Famers Satchel was located in the Hill District “For the first time in 70 years, we Paige, Cool Papa Bell, of Pittsburgh, a historic African- can see the home of some of baseball’s American neighborhood. Now we most famous black players, including and Josh Gibson.” know the dimensions and how it fit Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, Cool —Geri Strecker into the residential neighborhood.” Papa Bell, and Josh Gibson,” says Strecker published “The Rise and Strecker. “Not having these photos stadiums were never sought after. Fall of Greenlee Field: Biography of is similar to not having pictures of Strecker made a startling discovery in a Ballpark” along with the photos in Yankee Stadium when Babe Ruth 2009 after contacting an architecture Blackball: A Negro Leagues Journal in and Lou Gehring played. It is an archivist at Carnegie Mellon late 2009. The work has received the important part of baseball history.” University about such photos. McFarland-SABR Research Award, Strecker noted that when she “Luckily, the archive had given by the Society for American began searching for photographs of unpublished and unmarked photos,” Baseball Research. l the stadium, she wasn’t even aware Strecker says. “My husband Trey, also

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2 Ball State Alumnus / Fall 2009 New Telescope Opens Skies for Astronomers

Ball State astronomy students see part of a consortium with 13 other mostly for research, such as clearer images of space after gaining schools to avoid competition for Kaitchuck and Turner’s current access to a refurbished $250,000 grant money and viewing time. The study of planets orbiting other star telescope in South America. amount of nights are crucial due to systems, astronomers sometimes In the past, professors or students unpredictability in weather patterns. enjoy just taking photos. hired to do research used a SARA “If the weather does not cooperate, During a department open house telescope in Kitt Peak, AZ, remotely astronomers sometimes have to wait in April, Turner says, “We had time from a Cooper Science building months for another shot.” on the Southern scope that night, computer lab. The new sister Although the telescopes are and all we did was take pretty telescope sits in Cerro Tololo Inter- pictures. The people coming in American Observatory in Chile. could go ‘ooh and ah.’” The main difference between In October 2007, Turner and the two telescopes is the size of the others visited the Arizona telescope mirrors: the Arizona telescope is 36 at Kitt Peak, which houses the inches, while the Chile telescope is largest collection of telescopes in the 24 inches. world. The collection includes the “The sky in the Southern solar telescope, which is the largest hemisphere is one of the clearest, telescope dedicated to researching darkest spots on the planet,” Gary the sun. Turner, physics and astronomy “It was really cool to be graduate student, says. “We’re there where all these world class actually getting better images from instruments are,” Turner says. l the telescope in South America, and —Shannon Veerkamp the telescope tracks better. It’s kind of give and take.” Students and professors are thankful to get 20-25 nights on the Listen to Gary Turner explain why he feels astronomy telescopes a year, according to Ron Photo taken from the telescope in is applicable to modern Kaitchuck, MS72, physics and Chile. Eta Carina is the bright star science and research. astronomy professor and director of (bottom right). The cloud around is Ball State’s planetarium. Ball State is called the Eta Carina Nebula. The star is expected to explode as a supernova.

Ball State Alumnus / Winter 2010 3 Three Cardinals selected Ball State Students Win Prestigious in MLB Draft Fulbright, Udall Awards s e ic v

r Four Ball State students—a in linguistics/TESOL, has received e record number for the university in an English teaching assistantship in oto s ph

a single year—have been awarded Romania, where she will teach English e Fulbright scholarships for 2010-11, as a second language at a university stat

ll while another student has won the and an educational advising center. a b prestigious Udall Scholarship. Defibaugh also will create a bilingual Steven Jones, a doctoral craft circle, focusing on traditional otos By h

P candidate in English literature, Romanian embroidery and weaving. has been awarded a Fulbright In addition to the students’ grant to the United Kingdom, the Fulbright awards, current senior most competitive of all Student Abigail Shemoel is one of 80 students Zach Dygert Kolbrin Vitek Fulbright Grant programs. Jones nationwide to receive a 2010 Udall will use the Fulbright to study the Scholarship. The scholarship is Three Ball State baseball players have correspondence of two 20th Century considered the most prestigious in the been selected in the 2010 Major League authors through letters held in the nation for undergraduates committed Baseball Draft in June. Junior second archives at the National Library of to environmental careers and/or to baseman Kolbrin Vitek (Bryan, OH/Bryan Wales. Native American tribal issues. H.S.) was taken in the first round by the Katherine Kovac, ’10, and Erin Shemoel is a landscape architecture Boston Red Sox; redshirt sophomore Loch, ’10, have received Fulbright major with a minor in international right-hander Perci Garner (Dover, OH/ English teaching assistantships to resource management. She intends to Dover H.S.) was selected in the second Germany, where they will teach pursue her master’s degree in global round by the Philadelphia Phillies; and English as a second language to affairs in preparation for a career senior catcher Zach Dygert (Angola/ middle school or high school addressing environmental and Angola H.S.) was tabbed by the Houston students. Kovac also plans to develop humanitarian challenges Astros in the 22nd round. l an American literature book club shared by communities at her school, and Loch will offer worldwide. She is the fifth tutoring services and conversation Ball State student—and the sessions that allow students to fourth landscape architecture practice English skills. major—to win the Udall Scholarship Staci Defibaugh, ’10, who has since 2005. l just completed a master of arts degree this just in 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 Perci Garner Mira Awards gala in May.

T o read more news about Ball State accomplishments ! and programs, visit bsu.edu/news.

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Ball State Goes to China Ball State Among Green Colleges Visit China through the eyes of Ball State is one of the country’s was the only public institution six College of Communication, most environmentally responsible in Indiana to be named to the Information, and Media students as they explore the 2010 World colleges, according to The Princeton “Guide to 286 Green Colleges,” Expo in Shanghai and develop Review. The university is one of the first, free comprehensive book multimedia projects on Chinese only 286 schools in the nation to be focused solely on colleges and culture. The group spent six weeks recognized as an eco-friendly campus universities that have demonstrated in China in May and June. Read by the nationally-known education an above average commitment to their daily blogs and view videos service company. The university sustainability. l and a photo gallery at ballstategoestochina.com.

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noticed that no matter how much “My story is clear that if you really Boarding an eastbound she exercised, she couldn’t keep a believe in yourself, you can do it,” train from Chicago to consistent weight. she says. Now, Koenig continues her Making dietary adjustments to story in one of the fashion capitals of New York City in May, exclude more than 20 foods, Koenig the world. l Lauren A. Koenig, ’04, began to see results. She lost weight —Denise Greer and her hair, nails, and skin became is moving to the next more vibrantly healthy. Then she step in her plus size began to seriously consider modeling. Capitalizing on her on-camera modeling career. telecommunications experience, (From left): Larry Bigbie, Jamie It’s not the first time that Broce, LaTasha Jenkins, Sally Koenig has risen quickly in the Koenig has ventured into new Northcroft, and Mindy Stanley will be modeling world in a short amount territory. Following college, she inducted into the Ball State Athletic of time, by doing local Chicago worked in various positions in the Hall of Fame this month. 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 nig

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allergy blood print is something I talk o 2008. “We are talking simple k about very often because I believe n a. things like eggs, milk, cheese, and e that’s why I am still alive today and aiur

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why I am living a quality life,” she f to certain things like that can throw

says. sy o your whole digestive system off and e 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 oto court

the community. So many women, h the Ball State’s women’s swimming P especially young women, suffer from team and an avid boxer, she body issues and even health issues.

Listen to Koenig share what she went through during an outdoor winter shoot. Ball State Alumnus / Winter 2010 5 fully immersed

Bringing the Big Top to Ball State For Beth Turcotte, associate professor of theatre, Research and rehearsals writing a musical was time intensive. have been the biggest part “You have to be patient,” she says, “to wait for of the production. the stars to align, or the students that can handle From visiting the something like that.” International Circus Hall This anuary,J it finally happened. After of Fame in Peru, to receiving an immersive learning grant from the readings with Day, the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, group has prepared itself Turcotte and 14 students created an original for a full-scale debut. musical based off of Cathy Day’s The Circus in Two fundraising Winter. Set in Lima, the novel features 11 linked performance readings short stories of the Great Porter Circus, which were held this spring at spends its winters in Indiana, as opposed to Florida. Sursa Hall and Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago, The musical, with an original script and soundtrack, with two more scheduled for July 17 and 18 at is named after the book, and will feature a number the Ole Olsen Theatre and Circus Hall of Fame of its stories. The musical is scheduled to premiere grounds, both in Peru. during the 2011-2012 season. After the first eadings,r the group reworked The group received help along the way. the script according to audience response. With a Tony-winning Broadway actress Sutton Foster and new group of students this summer, the finishing playwrights Ken Dingledine, ’93, and Suzan Zeder touches are being made before sets and costumes are held workshops with the team. 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 PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS SWADER The cast of The Circus in Winter performed a reading along the back of the stage to represent the town of at Sursa Hall in April. Lima, Indiana, and when the scene shifts to eye on the ball

A NEW KIND OF TOUR Hoosiers and visitors now have a chance to travel 500 miles in Indiana on a different track. PHOTO COURTESY OF MAREN RITTER The 2010 Indiana 500 Tour, While researching, the group visited the International Circus Hall of Fame in Peru. 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 PHOTO COURTESY OF JUSTIN SWADER A set design features crates as a New York City skyline. technologies found in many of today’s evolving smart phones and other portable devices.” Student-created posters and brochures promoting New York City, the crates would become backlit to the tour will also be placed at visitors bureaus along the resemble a skyline of the city.” route. Ben Clark, composer, worked to reflect the tri- umph, growth, and pain of the musical. Banjo, harmonica, and a fiddle will be used THE COST OF to bring out a small-town feel. Clark says he HUMAN CAPITAL channeled the influences of Neil Young and Joni This spring, 16 students Mitchell, as well as newer acts like Iron & Wine representing three while writing. colleges witnessed the “The biggest challenge was working up the sheet effects on company music without an arranger. [I spent] lots of time cultures after mergers and acquisitions. A team led in front of a computer deciphering rhythms and by Jennifer Bott, associate professor of management, harmonies,” he says. created a 30-minute documentary and wrote three case After the stage premiere next fall, The Circus studies based on their findings from several companies, in Winter will be entered in the Kennedy Center including St. Vincent Health and Huntington National American College Theater Festival. Bank. “It’s exciting,” Turcotte says. “Wonderful The documentary, which focuses on positive and students. The whole department has been extremely negative stories of employees who went through supportive, as has the dean, and certainly the mergers or acquisitions, premiered in April at the president and provost, with the funds they’ve Cornerstone Center for the Arts in Muncie. Later this l allotted this project.” summer, it will be submitted for packaging as an —Erik Fox educational resource nationwide. “We interviewed 30 individuals for the documentary, Follow the group as they prepare their on-stage debut at logging 60 hours of film, and had a team of four students who created the story,” says Bott. “And the bsu.edu/thecircusinwinter story we told was their vision.” All three case studies will be submitted for publication in case-related research journals. Beth Turcotte describes the ups and downs of creating an original musical. A Unique Family Experience 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 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.” N

TO The trio visited King’s Island twice through the friendship family program offered at the Rinker Center for International Programs. “I’ve never UA BUR H

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UR local company nHarmony, to host two students. As international admissions O C s assistant, Burton aids students with questions and processes admissions letters. “To actually get to know the students as they’re going through Photo 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 (Top, left to right) Eric Sanner, ’02, their own, and matches typically meet once a month. Utku Oren, MBA10, and Joshua Burton, ’05, spend time with Oren before his Oren’s initial impression of Muncie, compared to his hometown, Istanbul, Turkey: journey home to Istanbul. (Above) The small. “I was a little surprised because I didn’t have that big city stuff,” says Oren. “I three enjoy Oren’s favorite American was at the same time happy to be here because I had the chance to experience a smaller adventure: roller coasters. community and meet different people and see difference perspectives.” Beyond roller coasters: Oren’s perspective of America changed over time. “I was expecting, because we see Learn what part of America through movies, New York, or L.A.,” says Oren. “People actually help each American culture and other, people actually care about each other. It’s really nice to see.” history fascinates “Muncie,” says Oren, “represents America more then New York or L.A. I think that I Utuku Oren, MBA10. 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 F LESLIE BAIM

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“They basically treat me as a family member,” says Cen Wang. “I’m her daughter and Doug’s T UR

daughter, and I’ve been to almost every family gathering, like Thanksgiving and Christmas.” O C Cen Wang has also attended the family’s swimming and cross-country meets. Although the s

events have brought her closer to her American family, Cen Wang says, “I was surprised when I Photo 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 Audrey Cen Wang, MA09, and optimistic. She has negative experiences, but she doesn’t Leslie Baim developed a close Skunks and Cardinals: view it in a negative way. She embraces life. ” l bond through the friendship Listen to what Audrey family program, and recently Cen Wang, MA09, vacationed in North Carolina finds in her American with Baim’s extended family. backyard rare to China. N O ERI ELLEFS H Photo BY C

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. Debra Goens, ’77MA83MAE87, (middle) strong advocate and past director of the friendship family Currently, she’s matched with seven women and one man program, partners with eight students, including (left to from six different countries. The hardest part of keeping a right) Hikoyat Salimova, Phiyanka Bhatlapenumarthi, diverse family says Goens: meals. Rabita Rajkarnikar, and Lucia Bustabad Lagoa. “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 Rabita Rajkarnikar do,” says Goens. “We have to plan for everybody.” The friendship family program has helped Rabita Rajkarnikar, What is easy, though, is keeping in contact with her family from Nepal, who is studying urban and regional planning, after they leave the Ball State community. “With most of [my immerse herself in American culture. students] I still maintain contact,” says Goens. “Especially now She has participated in international events in Indianapolis, with Internet. Twenty years ago it wasn’t easy.” like the Middle Eastern festivals, and celebrated the Christmas Like Utku Oren, Goens says her students are surprised the and Thanksgiving holidays with Goens. But one experience in America they see on TV and in magazines and movies is not particular stands out. exactly real. “They find we don’t look alike,” she says. “We’re a “I went to an Amish fair and it was a huge cultural very diverse culture.” experience altogether," Rajkarnikar says. “The way they live and the products they make—I never thought there would be Phiyanka Bhatlapenumarthi a part of the United States that live like the Amish do.” Phiyanka Bhatlapenumarthi, from India, says the friendship family program “is the best thing that happened to me at Ball Hikoyat Salimova State.” Hikoyat Salimova, from Uzbekistan, is also studying urban and Bhatlapenumarthi experienced a lot of culture shock at first. regional planning for her master’s degree at Ball State. “Initially, the first and second months I was here, I did not She feels at home, thanks to the friendship family program. know how to respond and how to act,” she says. “Deb Goens “Ball State was sort of a blind choice, because I did not know really helped us a lot by interacting with us now and then.” much about the university before,” Salimova says. “But I think Bhatlapenumarthi says that Goens helped teach her I made a good choice, because I met really good people here.” valuable lessons in what is casual and what is sensitive in the Like Rajkarnikar, Salimova has also enjoyed standout United States. “After talking to her, she said, ‘you should do experiences, both in Muncie and a few thousand miles away. this or ‘you shouldn’t do this’ and that is how I learned.” Before “The College of Architecture and Planning is one of the most discussing American ‘slang’ with Goens, Bhatlapenumarthi at interesting places in Muncie, in general, I think,” Salimova times felt offended. says. “Every time I go there, I really enjoy seeing the work of “It’s very common to say, ‘I don’t care.’ The very same thing, students, and I’m really fascinated by how much students can if you say in India, it’s not that good to say in our country. learn and how much students can do.” It means you’re not giving any value to the person,” says In her second semester at Ball State, Salimova immersed Bhatlapenumarthi. “I used to think, ‘These people are rude to herself in a world beyond the CAP building for a real me. But later I came to think, no it’s not the case.” “eye-opening experience,” she says. “I did a study abroad Bhatlapenumarthi hopes to work in the U.S. and obtain program, CAP Asia, which was really amazing.” Salimova a doctorate degree after she completes her double master’s visited Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. “I think I got the l degrees in statistics and actuarial sciences. once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” Google Search: Watch Lucia Bustabad Listen as Phiyanka Logoa, part of Goen’s Bhatlapenumarthi ‘family,’ explain a unique discovers a top notch Ball culture difference from State program online. Spain and the Midwest. T h e A m a z ing R a c e r Michael Sapper, ’86, takes adventure to its limits

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Mountain biking, trail often captain of his three-person team, with only a map and compass to Sapper has competed in five to seven guide the way. running, canoeing, ARs per year ever since. A former A partner in the CPA firm, Sapper triathlete, he is accustomed to pushing and Bates, LLC., Sapper has been a repelling, zip lining, his body to its limits, but AR offers member the Indy Rootstock racing and cliff diving are part something different. “I totally fell in team for more than five years. “A lot love with the sport and the navigation of team dynamics come into play,” of the enticement for aspect of it,” he says. he says, “especially in the long races Michael Sapper, ’86, “Because a triathlon is pure when you’ve been racing 18 hours horsepower, the stronger you are and it’s three o’clock in the morning an Indianapolis certified the better you are going to do,” he and you still have six hours to go. public accountant (CPA), continues. “(AR) requires smarts and Unless you get along with your planning. You can be a really fast teammates, things can get really bad of his real life “Amazing athlete, but if you are running in the in a hurry.” Race” athletic career. wrong direction, then it doesn’t matter With succinct camaraderie, Daredevil activities encompass much. Being a better navigator, you Sapper’s racing crew is one of the a fast-growing competitive sport in can out-navigate teams.” best performing Indiana teams. They America, adventure racing (AR), that Adventure races require have qualified and competed in the involve navigating while mountain considerable concentration for the United States Adventure Racing biking, canoeing, trail running, race’s duration, according to Sapper. Association National Championships and performing thrilling tasks, like They vary in time length from six- to in 2002 in Brevard, NC, and 2004 repelling, shooting rapids in a canoe, 12-hour sprint races and traditional in French Lick. and other race surprises, throughout ARs of 24 hours to expedition races Sapper races in both wilderness the day and night. exceeding 30-plus hours. The object and urban areas, with activities Sapper participated in just one of AR is to complete the course in specific to its setting. Every race adventure race in the fall of 1998 under the allotted time and reach all challenges the team to navigate and became hooked. A navigator and or as many checkpoints as possible through a terrain during the day

10 Ball State Alumnus / Winter 2010 T h e A m a z i n g Next on R a c e r the horizon Sapper plans to race in the 24-hour Planet Adventure By Denise Greer 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 and night. “I remember when we Michael Sapper and his team plan adventure race,” he says. raced in North Carolina in the big their night trek through the forest at Even if the race is in the mountains,” he says. “I found their 2009 Planet Adventure Old School same location, it’s a new navigation a lot easier there because 36-hour expedition race. experience each year. “I you had pretty distinctive things to create a different set of maps and different sets of look for with the mountain peaks Add those to a long list of stunts, instructions,” he says. “I have and passes. But when you are in including traversing through Pogue’s to test the course to make the Hoosier National Forest in the Run, an underground creek culvert middle of the night trying to navigate sure it all makes sense. Every that stretches miles under the city of checkpoint that we require and everything is the same, it’s harder. Indianapolis. Every hill is 100-foot hill, the trees people to find all get scouted The pain and exhaustion Sapper and get evaluated for the are the same, the creeks all look the experiences do not compare to the same.” potential to get someone race’s outcome. “There are plenty hurt.” AR has allowed Sapper to of times where I’m not having a Tests also give Sapper experience thrills he never could good time during the race,” he says. an opportunity to try out his have imagined accomplishing on his “But that time period after the race challenges. “One year at own. “We once did a zip line off a certainly makes it worthwhile for the Eagle Creek Park, I had my 150-foot cliff into a lake,” he boasts. sense of accomplishment.” l participants jump off of the “We hit some amazing speeds before Eagle Creek Dam,” he says we hit the water. In a race in North Photos for this feature are courtesy of of one of the craziest tasks Carolina, we repelled off a 600- Michael Sapper. he added to his AR course. “It foot cliff at three in the morning.” 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

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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 video Residence Halls Dinner 5 p.m. Designated Halls Talent Search 7:30 p.m. Emens 6 Tailgate Contest 6 p.m. Scheumann Stadium

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15 Events Around Indiana And Beyond 17 Michael Hall Makes an IMPACT 19 Ernie Krug Retires After 29 Years 20 Cardinal Corner se Greer i 22 Class Notes Photo By Den 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.

is $100, and includes lunch and Ball State journalism department Alumni Events dinner, all beverages, cart, and Chairman, “Under the Rock” in Around Indiana greens fee. RSVP to the Alumni the Rock Bottom Brewery and Association by Friday, July 23. Restaurant downtown Indianapolis, and Beyond For more details, visit Tuesday, August 17 from 5 p.m. to bsu.edu/alumni/ 7 p.m. The cost is $15 and includes Alumni Constituent cfaraylouthenmemorialgolf. one beverage and an Hors d’oeuvres professional FCS: Family and Consumer buffet. Reservations are due to societies: Science alumni will gather Saturday, the Alumni Association office by CAP: The College of Architecture August 14, for the Symphony on the Wednesday, August 11. and Planning (CAP) Alumni Society Prairie’s presentation of “A Tribute to The Journalism Alumni Society announces the 2010 Alumni Day, Michael Jackson” at Conner Prairie board of directors will meet scheduled for Friday, October 22. in Fishers. Gates open at 6 p.m., and Saturday, September 11, at the Alumni are invited to attend the the concert will commence at 8 p.m. Alumni Center. full-day symposium. To RSVP or Prior to the concert, a wine and NREM: The Natural Resources to participate as a presenter, contact cheese reception, compliments of and Environmental Management Patricia Quinn at (765) 285-5859 the Ball State Alumni Association, (NREM) Alumni Society invites or [email protected]. The board of will begin at 6:30 p.m. The cost is interested alumni and friends to directors will meet during the event. $17 for adults and $11 for children participate in its annual NREM 2-12. Reservations must be made CFA: Cardinal Football Alliance White River Clean-up at Koteewi by Friday, July 30, to the Alumni (CFA) alumni board of directors Park in Noblesville, Saturday, August Association. will meet Saturday, July 31, at 28 at 10 a.m. To volunteer, contact 9 a.m., at the Elks Club in Muncie. Journalism: Journalism alumni the Alumni Association or visit CFA will also host the Ray and friends will also meet Saturday, bsu.edu/events/alumniassoc. Louthen Memorial Football August 14, for the Symphony on the NREM board of directors will Lettermen Golf & Dinner Outing at Prairie in Fishers. Reservations are meet Thursday, September 2, at the the Elks Club in Muncie Saturday, requested by Friday, July 30. Alumni Center at 3 p.m. Members July 31. Lunch is at noon, and Journalism alumni will host a are invited to attend the pre-game shotgun start is at 1 p.m. Cost Meet & Greet with Jim Willis, new football rally and cheer on the alumni connection sXXXXXXXXX Y Photo B

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Cardinals against Southeast Missouri 8:30 p.m. Interested alumni are Bus Shopping Trip to Woodfield State following the meeting. welcome to join the Ball State Mall in Schaumburg, IL, Saturday, Alumni Association and National November 13, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Nursing: The summer nursing Wine & Spirits for a cocktail/wine For more information or to make pinning ceremony will be Friday, tasting with Hors d’oeuvres. Tickets reservations for Michiana events, July 23, at 7 p.m., at Pruis Hall. to the event are $20. Reservations contact the Alumni Association or visit M: COB Alumni Miller College of must be made to Steph Meyers, bsu.edu/events/alumniassoc. Business alumni board of directors will ’91MA92, by Friday, August 13. Northeastern: The Northeastern meet Wednesday, July 14, at 2 p.m. at Contact Steph at (317) 750-9055 or Alumni Chapter invite fellow alumni the Columbia Club in Indianapolis. [email protected]. and friends to attend the Three Rivers Alumni chapters: Adams-Wells: The Adams-Wells Festival Parade Saturday, July 10, from Alumni Chapter board of directors will 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Fort Wayne. Indianapolis: The Greater meet Tuesday, August 31, at 6 p.m. The chapter will host a Cardinal Indianapolis Area Chapter will in Bluffton. Classic Golf Scramble and Dinner host an evening at the Symphony Wednesday, July 14, at the Cherry Michiana: The Michiana Alumni on the Prairie in Fishers at Conner Hill Golf Club in Fort Wayne. Chapter will host a Golf and Dinner Prairie Saturday, August 14. The Coordinated by Matt Momper, ’83, Outing Monday, July 12, from 11 a.m. Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra reservations are due by Wednesday, to 8 p.m. at the Elcona Country Club will play “A Tribute to Michael July 7. Shotgun start is at 1 p.m., and in Bristol. Jackson.” Gates open at 6 p.m., and lunch is available at noon. The cost is The chapter invites alumni and the concert will commence at 8 p.m. $75, and includes lunch and a steak friends to a 4-H Fair Outing with Prior to the concert, a wine and dinner, as well as greens and cart fees. cheese reception, compliments of special guest Charlie Cardinal, and an the Ball State Alumni Association, evening concert with The Guess Who, Alumni reunionS: will begin at 6:30 p.m. The cost is Saturday, July 24, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Goshen. Alpha Chi Omega Classes of $17 for adults and $11 for children 1965-70 Alumni: Alpha Chi 2-12. Reservations must be made by Monday, July 26, the chapter welcomes fellow alumni and friends Omega alumni from graduating class Friday, July 30 to Julie Bradshaw, years 1965-70 will meet Wednesday, ’80, at (317) 272-0609. to a Baseball Outing at Coveleski Stadium in South Bend from 5 p.m. July 28, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 Thursday, August 19, the chapter p.m. at the Alumni Center. Cost is will host Summer Cocktails at the to 10 p.m. Bring your family to The Cove to cheer the South Bend $25 per person. Reservation deadline Omni Severin Hotel, downtown is Wednesday, July 21. Contact Indianapolis, from 6:30 p.m. to Silverhawks to victory against the Wisconsin Rattlers. Cost is $1 and free the Alumni Association office for for children under five. additional information. DID YOU KNOW? The chapter will host its annual Alumni events are hosted throughout the U.S. To view the Alumni Association calendar, visit bsu.edu/alumni. alumni connection

Alpha Phi Alumni: Delta Rho Eastern: The Eastern Indiana Dinner Outing Friday, July 9, Chapter alumni will reconnect for a Alumni will host a Golf and Dinner with a 1 p.m. shotgun start at reunion Saturday, July 17, beginning Outing for area alumni and friends the Wildcat Creek Golf Club in with registration at 11:30 a.m. at the Tuesday, July 20, at the Winchester Kokomo. The $80 cost includes Alumni Center. Contact the Alumni Golf Club in Winchester. Shotgun lunch, dinner, all beverages, and Association for details. Reservations are start is at 1 p.m., and dinner begins at cart and greens fee. For additional requested by Friday, July 9. 5:30 p.m. Cost is $28 for members, details, contact Scott Newlund, Cincinnati-Area Alumni: $40 for nonmembers, and $8 for ’74, at (317) 884-4557 or visit Cincinnati-area alumni are invited those who would like to enjoy dinner bsu.edu/events/alumniassoc. to a Cincinnati Reds baseball outing only. Make a reservation by Thursday, Theatre Alumni Classes of and picnic tent party Friday, August July 15 to the Alumni Association. 1970-1989: Theatre alumni will 27, at the Great American Ball Park Half-Century Club Alumni: gather for a 1970s and 1980s reunion in Cincinnati. Watch the Reds take All alumni who graduated in 1960 or at the Alumni Center Saturday, August on the Chicago Cubs! The ballpark earlier are invited to attend a reunion 7, beginning with a cash bar reception and picnic tent open at 5:40 p.m. and lucheon, Tuesday, September 21, at at 5:30 p.m., followed by a dinner food and beverages will be served until the Alumni Center. Members of the and program at 6 p.m. Interested the 7th inning. The game begins at Classes 1940, 1945, and 1950 will alumni can join in a campus tour at 7:10 p.m. be recognized. To RSVP, contact the 3 p.m. Reunion reservations, $25, Cost of the all-inclusive outing Alumni Association. are due to the Alumni Association by is $55 per person. RSVP deadline is Friday, July 30. Wednesday, August 11. Contact the Sigma Phi Epsilon: Sigma Phi Alumni Association for details. Epsilon alumni will host a Golf and

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In Journalism Alumni Gathering, Symphony partnership with the Ball State Federal Fri., July 9 on the Prairie, Fishers Credit Union (BSFCU), the Alumni Association Sigma Phi Epsilon Golf and Dinner administers the “Born to be a Cardinal” program. Outing, Wild Creek Golf Club, Fort Wayne Designed for babies from birth to 12 Tues., Aug. 17 Journalism Alumni Meet & Greet with months who are the children or grandchildren Sat., July 10 of alumni, the program was established as an Jim Willis, new Department of Journalism Northeastern Indiana Alumni Chapter Chairman, Rock Bottom, Indianapolis alumni service to recognize the university’s Three Rivers Festival Parade, Fort Wayne newest legacies, honor alumni families, and Thurs., Aug. 19 promote pride in Ball State. It provides the Mon., July 12 Indianapolis Alumni Chapter Summer family with a mechanism to save for college Michiana Alumni Chapter Golf and Dinner Cocktails, Omni Hotel, Indianapolis through the BSFCU. Outing, Elcona Country Club, Bristol Cost of basic enrollment is $15. New Thurs., Aug. 19-Fri., Aug. 20 members in the basic plan will receive a Ball State Wed., July 14 1950-63 Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni bib, a magnetic photo frame with the “Born to Northeastern Indiana Alumni Chapter Golf Reunion, Campus be a Cardinal” logo, and a $10 custodial account and Dinner Outing, Cherry Hill Golf Club, opened in the child’s name at the BSFCU. Fort Wayne Members may opt to increase the minimum Mon., Aug. 23 Michiana Alumni Chapter for their savings plan. Amounts greater than Miller College of Business Alumni Board Board of Directors Meeting, $15 will be deposited directly into the account. of Directors Meeting, Columbia Club, Joseph C. Rice Center, Elkhart Enrollment is available through the BSUAA Web Indianapolis site at bsu.edu/alumni. Fri., Aug. 27 Introducing our new members: Sat., July 17 Cincinnati Reds Baseball Outing, Alpha Phi Alumni Reunion, Alumni Center Floyd Ford, Muncie, born January 3; Sarah Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Riga Ford, ’09, mother; Barbara Dietrich Ford, ’47, great-grandmother; George Dietrich, Tues., July 20 Sat., Aug. 28 ’49MA56, great-grandfather; Deborah Riga, Eastern Indiana Golf and Dinner Outing, NREM Adopt-A-River Clean-up, Noblesville ’78, grandmother. Winchester Golf Club, Winchester Tues., Aug. 31 Rowan Mickler, Yorktown, born April 30; Laura Fri., July 23 Adams-Wells Alumni Chapter Board of Mickler, ’06MA08, mother. l Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Pruis Hall Directors Meeting, Bluffton Sat., July 24 Thurs., Sept. 2 Summer Commencement, Campus NREM Board of Directors Meeting, Michiana Alumni Chapter 4-H Outing Alumni Center with guests Charlie Cardinal and The Guess Who, Goshen Sat., Sept. 11 Journalism Alumni Society Board of FOOTBALL Schedule Mon., July 26 Directors Meeting, Alumni Center September 2 vs. SE Missouri State Michiana Alumni Chapter Baseball Outing, Tues., Sept. 21 Coveleski Stadium, South Bend September 11 vs. Half-Century Club Reunion, Alumni Center RALLY Liberty Celebrate the football Wed., July 28 season in true October 9 vs. Fri., Oct. 8 Western Michigan Alpha Chi Omega Reunion of Graduating Homecoming Alumni Awards Dinner, Cardinal red and white Years 1965-70, Alumni Center style at our pre-game (Homecoming) Alumni Center rallies, located at the October 16 vs. Alumni Center. Rallies Eastern Michigan Sat., July 31 Sat., Oct. 9: Homecoming include a buffet, cash bar, November 6 vs. Cardinal Football Alliance Board of Homecoming All Alumni Coffee Hour, and are open to all fans. Akron Directors Meeting, Elks Club, Muncie University/McKinley Ave. Pre-registration is required. November 20 vs. Homecoming Parade, Muncie Ray Louthen Memorial Football Northern Illinois Homecoming Football Game Lettermen Golf & Dinner Outing, Homecoming Post-Game Celebration, Elks Club, Muncie For more information visit Alumni Center www.bsu.edu/alumni/pregame 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 Society, the Nursing Alumni Society, and the Teachers College Alumni Association. Additionally, Ernie has worked closely with, and provided guidance to, the Alumni Ambassadors program. Geographic territories in which he coordinated events include Florida, Texas, parts of Ohio, and many Indiana counties.

Ernie and his wife, Gayle, ’84MAE88, reside in Muncie. Ernie’s son, John, an attorney, and daughter-in-law, Ji-Young, ’MM03DA09, live in Chesterton. Although Ernie will miss working with alumni volunteers, the countless number of alumni whose lives he has touched will feel his absence even stronger. In retirement Ernie plans to spend more time at his lake home and, perhaps, play in a few golf outings rather than plan them.

What are your fondest “Ernie” memories? Join in the Go to the Official Ball State Alumni Association Facebook group page at facebook.com. Click discussions and reply to the conversation! discussion: “What are your favorite memoriesBall of StateBall Ernie State Alumnus Krug?” Alumnus / July Tell / 2010July us 2010 20 how Ernie kept you connected to the Alumni Association.

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Angeline V. (Yovich) Karsnak, ’42, Georgia F. (Neihardt) Pope, Yorktown, April 21. ’53MAE55, Muncie, May 21. |1930| Virginia (Rink) Turley, ’42, Sandy, |1950| M. Lucille (Rees) Beckham, ’54, OR, April 17. Yorktown, March 12. In Memoriam Rosemary (Walter) Gishler, News Patricia J. (Finnegan) Lundy, ’54, Mildred M. (Coppess) Tate, ’30, ’43MA68, Granite Bay, CA, Donald C. Lacy, ’54MA58, Bloomington, April 17. Decatur, December 31, 2009. February 20. Muncie, has written a new book, John P. McCarthy, ’54, Lutz, FL, Garnet A. (Smith) Merckx, ’31, Marjorie J. (Brock) Rea, ’43, Palm With an Attitude of Gratitude: A February 16. Huntington, March 30. Harbor, FL, March 27. Personal/Professional Memoir. Robert G. Meek, ’54MA61, Great George W. Ludington, ’34, Martha J. (Craig) Stivers, Falls, MT, February 21. Angola, May 6, 2009. ’43MA68, Scottsville, VA, Ruth (Lyons) Brookshire, Lawrence E. Riehle, ’54, Muriel G. Mahoney, ’34, Sarasota, March 10. ’56MA73, Mooreland, has Greenwood, May 8. FL, January 2. Norman J. Kirk, ’44, Muncie, authored Founding Families: The Alice E. (Pursley) Rinard, John M. Bauman, ’35, Roswell, April 19. Beginnings of Barrows Crossing ’54MA63, Indianapolis, April 5. NM, March 23. Geraldine Stalbaum, ’44MA55, and also a short story and novella William M. Tyndall, ’54, Boston, Armella J. (Elliott) Crist, ’35, La Porte, April 5. collection, From the Cornfield February 24. Medford, WI, February 24. Muriel J. (Garrett) Rosenblatt, Ghetto. Marshall N. White, Jr., ’54, Evelyn F. (Cron) Yingst, ’35, ’45, Pacific Grove, CA, March 19. Springfield, VA, January 6. Muncie, March 18. Mabel K. (Anderson) White, Ralph L. Place, ’58, Muncie, Ralph R. Cook, ’56MAE78, Vivian L. (Wells) Goodnight, ’38, ’45MA63, Bluffton, February 26. Professor Emeritus of Physics Muncie, March 15. Lebanon, March 1. Joyce N. Diggins, ’46, Kendallville, and Astronomy at Ball State, Lowell G. Dirrim, ’56, Muncie, Irma M. (Greive) Thieman,’39, March 6. received a Teacher Who Made a April 25. Buffalo, MN, March 10, 2009. Barbara (Simes) Heeter, ’46, Difference Award at the University Lois R. (Hamilton) Fitzpatrick, Yorktown, March 12. of Kentucky. ’56, Whiteland, May 12. Alice M. (Miedema) Nitsch, ’46, David H. Orner, ’57, Eustis, FL, Indianapolis, April 25. February 17. Norma J. (Haynes) Rockwell, In Memoriam John A. Whitcraft, ’57, Reno, NV, ’46MA63, Anderson, March 31. Myra “Nell” (Bartholomew) March 5. |1940| Meri H. (McReynolds) Salyer, Dinsmore, ’50, Simi Valley, CA, George W. Addison, ’58MA62, ’46MA66, Muncie, March 13. June 16, 2009. Cambridge City, April 17. In Memoriam Dorothy J. (Schlotzhauer) Sawyer, Howard E. Hill, Jr., ’50, Naples, Jack W. Apple, ’58MA62, Rebecca E. (Jones) Barber, ’40, AA46, North Manchester, October FL, April 14. Syracuse, April 27. Wyandotte, OK, February 16. 31, 2009. Margaret R. (Taylor) Hubbard, Roy D. Blount, ’58MA61, Estella E. (Reed) Blevins, ’40, Mary J. (Brickley) Rowe, ’47, ’50MA54, Indianapolis, May 3. Losantville, May 12. Franklin, February 21. Lenoir City, TN, March 17. Patricia L. (Downhour) McCully, Nancy E. (Miller) Caton, ’58, San Arthur W. George, ’40, Elizabeth J. (Wolf) Buckles, ’48, ’50, Kokomo, April 16. Diego, CA, May 19. Indianapolis, March 18. Spokane, WA, February 23. Fred S. Potter, ’50, Fort Wayne, Dorothy L. (Teter) Fordyce, ’58, Alice L. (Wise) Miller, ’40, William M. Waddell, ’48, March 3. Winter Haven, FL, April 29. Kettering, OH, April 1. Frankfort, May 1. Audrey L. (Snider) Carpenter, John J. Nead, ’58, Indianapolis, Juanita A. (Waite) Replogle, ’40, Nellie E. (White) Carteaux, ’49, ’51, Alexandria, February 23. March 11. Muncie, March 4. Avilla, May 11. John T. Cook, ’51, Winchester, Teresa D. (Desiderio) Novel, Maxine I. (Reed) Storms, ’41, Sarah J. Grannis, ’49, Atlanta, GA, March 8. ’58MAE63, Chicago, IL, May 10. Gainesville, GA, February 11. March 4. Alva Cox, ’51, Paoli, February 19. Michael F. Paluch, ’58MA63, Mary O. (Griffith) Winzenread, Jean L. (Lung) Sanders, ’49MA56, Mary E. (Italiano) Thrash,’51, Muncie, May 8. ’41, Las Cruces, NM, March 7. Michiana Shores, March 18, 2009. Muncie, March 20. Judith A. (Knotts) Rydzinski, ’58, Robert C. Davis, ’42, Deland, FL, Gordon E. Williamson, ’49MA51, Mary L. (Hahn) Weiss, ’51MA62, Sarasota, FL, March 26. April 28. Muncie, March 20. Naples, FL, March 13. Gary D. Thomas,’58MA68, Janice R. (Burns) Kelly, ’52, Ojai, Dunkirk, April 28. CA, February 27. John L. Coons, ’59, Corona Del Jack J. Marlow, ’52, Jacksonville Mar, CA, February 14. Beach, FL, April 19. Carol A. (Jurgenson) Farn, ’59, Phyllis J. (Shoup) Milchak, ’52, Old Greenwich, CT, March 13. Portage, May 20. Richard H. Knarr, MA59, North WHAT’S NEW? Dick E. Shreve, ’52, Huntington, Manchester, April 6. Do you have news about marriage, jobs, family additions, or deaths? WV, March 25. Robert E. Sandoe, ’59, Muncie, visit: bsu.edu/alumni Kermit O. Burrous, ’53, February 18. e-mail: [email protected] Indianapolis, May 26. Patricia A. (Vittorio) Schuler, call: (765) 285-1080 Marjory B. (Bayne) Marsh, AA59, Portage, February 14. mail: Editor, Ball State University Alumni Association MA53, Blackburg, VA, April 30. Muncie, IN 47306-0075 James A. Smith, ’59MA60,

22 Ball State Alumnus / July 2010 Glenwood, IL, February 15. Charles F. Eck, ’61, Kenneth E. Hattery, MA64, Peru, Joyce K. (Thomas) Oakerson, Joyce A. Thurston, Fredericksburg, VA, April 23. April 15. ’69MAE73, Winchester, March AA59BS60MAE65, Carmel, Freddy L. Halberstadt, Jay N. Milhollin, ’64MAE69, 29. April 28. ’61MAE79, Connersville, Albany, April 29. William A. Prosser III, MA69, Sylvia C. (Rupe) Vanskyock, ’59, March 11. Richard A. Moore, ’64, Carmel, Southport, NC, May 19. Muncie, April 16. Louise (Fox) Jones, ’61MA67, May 14. Burlington, WI, April 23. Ronald L. Weaver, MA64, Charles E. McConnell, Sr., Muncie, March 12. ’61MA72, Anderson, April 17. Sue A. (Salyer) Dice, ’65, Larry F. Darby, ’62, Washington, Connersville, March 4. D.C., May 18. Edward Fugate, ’65, Little Rock, |1970| | | David P. Gemmer, MA62, AR, March 27. 1960 Corunna, February 22. Franklyn D. Brinkman, Sr., ’66, News News Edward J. Miller, ’62, Columbia Muncie, February 21. Sharon L. (Pugh) Christman, Cynthia C. (Knaack) Danis, City, March 18. Raymond L. Hendrick, MA66, MM70, Chantilly, VA, is associate ’64MA70, Sarasota, FL, has Elizabeth C. (Jones) Sprague, Indianapolis, March 22. professor and chair of the vocal retired after more than 40 years of ’62MA67, Anderson, March 4. Thomas R. Koebcke,’66MA76, division of the Benjamin T. teaching. George W. Stallings, MA62, Selma, May 2. Rome School of Music at The Huntington, March 15. Dianna S. (Jackson) Norris, Catholic University of America, Howard A. Wilkison, ’62, Roger L. Sturgeon, ’62, Seymour, ’66MA72, Missouri City, TX, Washington D.C. She was Greensburg, competed and March 10. March 18. awarded the Excellence in won the Master’s Basketball Alice C. (Caldwell) Brimberry, Lynn A. Bowers, ’67, New Castle, Teaching Award in 2009 and has Association’s National Senior ’63, Littleton, CO, November 21, February 18. been accepted into the Marquis Championship in the 70+ division 2009. John L. Davis, ’68MA70, and Commonwealth Who’s Who and was tournament MVP. Sandra S. Marshall, ’63, Muncie, March 8. in America. Indianapolis, May 4. Lucille M. (Stedman) Beach, Mary E. (Bond) Napier, MA63, ’69MAE71, Topeka, KS, April 10. Niel C. Ellerbrook, ’70, In Memoriam Evansville, has retired as the Merle W. Betterman, MA60, Frankfort, March 10. Gerald A. Edwards, MA69, chairman and chief executive Mount Prospect, IL, March 1. Merl L. Wise, MA63, Chesterfield, Zionsville, January 10. officer of Vectren Corporation. He Larry L. Dorton, ’60, Gaston, May 5. Samuel C. Morris, MAE69, is a 2001 Distinguished Alumni May 22. David L. Cooper, ’64MA67, Connersville, April 23. Award recipient. Thomas A. Wood,’60, Baltimore, La Porte, March 23. MD, March 30. alumni profile: Beats the Odds

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Gwen L. Barclay-Toy, MA76, Collinsville, IL, August 31, 2009. A FITTING MEMORIAL Raleigh, NC, has been named Richard A. Wiltshire, ’73, Timothy Maude, MA80, will forever be remembered coordinator of English for Noblesville, April 5. for his service and sacrifice in the U.S. Army. academic and professional Leona G. (Perry) Gartside, MA74. On May 27, the Human Resource Center for purposes in the Center for the Ash Grove, MO, Global Learner at Durham March 14. Excellence Building in Fort Knox, KY, was named in Technical Community College in James S. Horner, AA74, Gulfport, Maude's honor after a public Durham, NC. FL, February 8, 2009. memorial and ribbon-cutting Harriet J. (Lehmer) Schwomeyer, ceremony. Pamela K. (Minor) Howard, ’76, MAE74, New Albany, May 26. Maude was killed in the College Park, GA, has retired after Leland E. Spaulding, ’74, 33 years teaching social studies at Montpelier, March 16. September 11, 2001 terrorist Griffin High School and has also Mary B. Vandenberg, ’74MM76, attack on the Pentagon, where represented Griffin as Teacher of Grand Haven, MI, March 11. he was the U.S. Army deputy the Year, three times. Phyllis H. (Adams) Glaser, MA75, chief of staff for personnel. He Las Vegas, NV, April 26. received several decorations Carl L. Chapman, ’77, Mary O. (Jackson) Juzang, MA75, Newburgh, is CEO of Vectren Philadelphia, PA, during his more than 35 years Corporation in Evansville. March 14. of service, including the Bronze Joyce A. (Cochran) Little, ’75, Star and the Legion of Merit. Mary Kaylene (Martin) Bloomington, February 14. The Lieutenant General Timothy J. Maude Complex Emmrich, ’78MLS83, Morocco, Stephen R. McClung, MA75, is a three-story, multi-winged red brick facility, and the a court appointed special advocate Princeton, KY, November 2, 2009. Nancy J. (Delp) Miller, largest single building project in Fort Knox’s history. It (CASA) for the Newton County Circuit Court, is employed as the ’75MAE83, Yorktown, May 13. is one-sixth the size of the Pentagon and the largest Director of the Newton County Mary H. (Holliday) Morgan, office building in Kentucky, according to the Fort Knox Public Library. MAE75, West Lafayette, April 17. Public Affairs Office. Muzetta M. (Moore) Thrower,’75, Reno, NV, April 1. ICLASS Secondary Level Teacher In Memoriam Raymond K. Wicker, MAE75, of the Year for 2009. Hillard Felty, ’70, Muncie, Rushville, May 6. Patrick J. Mark, April 23. Garth F. Cone, MA76, Alexandria,

’70MAE78EdS81EdD88, Randall L. McGriff,’72MA77, Lola L. (Erne) Sparks, MAE70, March 23. Simpsonville, SC, has been named La Porte, has retired from teaching Markleville, May 6. David W. Cramer, MA76, Placitas, one of five finalists for Middle after 37 years. Robert D. Maney, Jr., ’70, NM, March 25. School Principal of the Year in South Paxton, IL, February 23. Richard H. Greene, MA77, Carolina. He is currently principal William E. Mihalo, ’73MA74, Patrick S. Quirk, ’70, Muncie, Mishawaka, April 21. of Hughes Academy of Science and Munster, works in system April 16. Charles A. Anders, MAE78, Technology, Greenville, SC. administration support at the Carolyn L. (Barber) Hodel, Connersville, May 10. Computation Institute at the MA71, Bakersfield, CA, April 29. Louis A. Corso III, ’78, Mary A. (Mitchell) Wilkinson, University of Chicago and Thomas R. McLaughlin,MA71, Hammond, April 2. ’70MAE71, Fort Wayne, was Argonne National Labs. Dayton, OH, January 12. Katherine L. Horn, ’78, named Northwest Allen County Robert L. Pyle, MA71, Madison, Montgomery Village, MD, Schools 2009 Teacher of the Year. Susan K. (Galvin) Newbold, WI, July 17, 2009. March 30. Mary is currently teaching second ’76, Franklin, TN, is associate Marcia L. (Miller) Blair, Nancy A. Reynolds, ’78, Marion, grade at Oak View Elementary. professor of nursing informatics at MAE72, Rushville, May 5. April 1. Vanderbilt School of Nursing and Harold D. Harrison, MA72, Tyna R. Landgrebe, ’78MAE83, Reena D. Evans, ’72, Indianapolis, was selected as a 2010 HITMen Muncie, April 21. Conway, SC, April 14. retired after 27 years of teaching in and Women for improving patient Jessie S. Swope-Langford, public schools. She was honored by care through health information MA72, Greentown, February 20. IFLTA as 2009 Secondary Foreign technology. She is also a past Merilyn F. Price, MA72, Language Teacher of the Year for recipient of the Outstanding Richmond, April 26. the state of Indiana and was the Nursing Alumni Award. Marlin D. Thompson,EdD72, Ansonia, OH, April 28. |1980| Diana S. Hanson, ’73MA78, NEED MORE INFORMATION? Jackson, TN, April 17. News Contact the Alumni Association Donn L. Walling, ’73, Frankfort, Karen D. (McClurg) Jones, Phone: (765) 285-1080 Toll free: (888) I-GO-4-BSU May 15. ’80MA86, Muncie, works for Fax: (765) 285-1414 E-mail: [email protected] Ernest F. Wentzel, MA73, Marion General Hopsital as Web: bsu.edu/alumni

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administrative director for human Vincennes, December 27, 2009. Good Housekeeping magazine with Amanda L. (Wroblewski) resources, education and employee Dale O. Burnett, MAE88, her short story, “Layers of Love,” Brandenburg, ’98, Trinity, FL, health. Anderson, May 2. published in the May 2010 issue. twin girls, February 15. Douglas A. Paschke, ’88, Opelika, David Abernathy, ’81, Elwood, AL, July 17, 2009. Eric J. Patton, ’98, and Nickole Peter Pisek, Marriages D. (Burton), a 2004 Benny Award recipient, is AA88, Brownsburg, Aaron M. Schultz, ’98, to ’04, Fishers, a son, vice president of VIA Credit Union May 13. Kimberly D. (Spicer), March 20. April 2. Kevin D. Durcholz, in Marion. ’89, The couple lives in Jonesboro. They Mary J. (Circle), Indianapolis, May 15. also had a son April 22. ’99MA01, and Rebecca M. (Baltas) Morgan, Michael G. Chasteen, ’89MPA96, Tyler V. Ewing, ’01, Muncie, a ’84, Littleton, CO, is the on-air Galveston, May 7. Kristi D. (Boatman), ’99, to daughter, April 16. Nicole A. (Riggs) Simpson, fundraising producer for Colorado Scott Timmons, May 14. Kristi Katherine (Herbst), Public Radio in Denver. ’89MAE96, Connersville, May 24. is a commercial interior design ’99, and Seth A. Foltz, consultant and owner of Interior ’00, Greenfield, a Darrell T. (Lane) Cascio, MA84, Design, Incorporated. The couple daughter, July 19, 2009. Sarasota, FL, is a security attendant resides in Brownsburg. at the John and Mable Ringling Art Museum. |1990| In Memoriam New Additions Stanley A. Grezlik, MA90, Avon, Casey E. Nichols, MA87, News Brent M. Comer, ’95, and his wife March 15. Sacramento, CA, was named Vicki L. (Dobbs) Eastman, Pamela, Scottsburg, a daughter, Iris A. (Houser) Jones, ’90, secondary teacher of the year by the MAE90, North Manchester, has March 24. Mooreland, April 4. Rocklin Unified School District for completed a doctor of philosophy Christopher Rayman, ’90, 2009-10. degree at Ball State. Stephen “Brett” Dalton, ’95, and Brownsburg, February 8. his wife Hope, a son, May 6. They Kathleen A. (Lekovich) Jones, John D. McPherson, David M. Hua, ’91MBA00, New reside in Carbon. ’91, New Albany, March 11. ’88MA89EdD99, Muncie, has Castle, earned a doctorate in higher been named director of scholarships education from Ball State. and financial aid at Ball State. Melissa J. (Brandenburg) Dave W. Fox, ’89, Avon, has Smurdon, MA93, Indianapolis, retired from Illinois Department has been promoted to director of ALUMNI ID CARD of Corrections and will pursue a financial aid at Butler University. full-time photography business, Lordscapes Photography. Paul Voos, ’93, Baltimore, MD,

has been promoted to chair ALUMNI of the graduate department of In Memoriam 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, CHARLIE CARDINAL ’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. SAVE was selected as Business First’s Forty at the area’s finest establishments Rick J. Warthan, AA83, under 40 winner for 2009. Vincennes, April 9. Michael V. Druding, ’84, Christopher D. Cook, ’96MBA02, Noblesville, March 11. EXPLORE Muncie, has been promoted to the vast world of the University Libraries 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. DISCOVER MA86, Anderson, February 27. the challenging fitness and recreation facilities Janet L. Hochstetler, ’87, Bedford, Lori R. Rowland-Day, ’98, April 25. Chicago, IL, won the grand prize Debra K. Sivley, MA87, visit: www.bsu.edu/alumni in a short story contest through

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Anna M. Holz, AA90BS97, Brian W. Starkel, ’08, Bluffton, Lydia H. (Mastey), ’08, to Kevin Lindsay J. (Spaulding) Jones, Anderson, April 14. OH, is director of student activities W. Robertson, ’07, April 10. The ’05, and her husband Christopher, Rebecca J. (Harper) Crum, at Defiance College. couple resides in Plainfield. Plainfield, a son, March 15. MA98, Indianapolis, March 17. Randall S. Rivelli, AA99, Logan K. (Fischer-Smith) Lee, Mallory M. (Vaillancourt), ’09, Erin A. (Buchta) Porro, ’06, and Zionsville, March 16. ’09, New York, NY, is employed to Kenneth Sallaz, July 10. The her husband Aitor, Plainfield, a with the boutique public relations couple resides in Fort Wayne. daughter, October 16, 2009. firm Coburn Communications, Inc. Steven M. Kloote, ’07, and Ebony B. Strong, New Additions Elizabeth A. (Brewer), ’09, Indianapolis, Jill A. (Jackson), ’01, and Eric S. ’07, is sports assistant for Hamiton Eicher, ’98, Fishers, a son, Brownsburg, a son, May 12. |2000| County Sports Authority and a April 18. member of the Ball State Alumni Alicia C. (May), ’07, and Dustin J. Woolsey, News Council. Monica (Palmer), ’02, and ’06, Jeffersonville, a Jordan M. Marshall, ’02, Brighton, William B. Craig, ’01, Chicago, daughter, April 8. MI, is assistant professor of plant Derek A. Wilson, ’10, has been IL, a daughter, April 15. biology at Indiana University- named the best college newspaper Purdue University Fort Wayne. In Memoriam columnist in the country by the Benjamin J. Reiff,’02, and his Amy E. Fawcett, MA00, Lake National Society of Newspaper wife Kelly, Palm Harbor, FL, a Dalton, WI, May 14. Alan M. Rucker, ’02MA03, Columnists. daughter, March 29. Bonnie H. (Blaisdell) Gross, College Park, MD, was named Troy D. Ware, ’02, and Jennifer MA01, Grand Prairie, TX, assistant director of transporation L. (Kempf), ’04, Noblesville, a March 14. services at the University of Marriages son, April 29. Kevin D. Miller, ’01, Fort Wayne, Maryland. He is a 2010 G.O.L.D. Christy D. (Johnson), ’03, to March 12. award recipient. Carl Falk, March 19. She is a Jamison S. Sills, ’03, and Erin Wayne A. King, AA06, first grade teacher and the couple Marie L. (Whitacre), ’05, Pendleton, March 26. Jeffrey L. Van Vactor,’03, resides in Fort Myers, FL. Lexington, KY, a son, Kevin J. Kerrigan, ’09, Anderson, Noblesville, is employed with Pratt October 14, 2009. April 8. Corporation in Indianapolis as an Emily R. (Brunette), ’04, to Chad installation project manager. Mitchell, March 13. The couple Jennifer L. (Minter) Wendelken, resides in Orange Beach, AL. ’04, and her husband James, Jeremy M. Waterbury, ’03, Grand Columbus, a son, March 20. Rapids, MI, was line producer for a Keith T. Anderson, ’05, to feature film,The Frontier Boys,shot Katharine (McFarland), June 5. in Charlevoix, MI. The couple lives in Morris, IL.

Stephanie M. (Coomes) Zuniga, Rebecca S. (Jones), ’05, to Justin ’04, College Station, TX, is project Harp, July 18, 2009. Rebecca Support your alumni magazine supervisor for the Department of is a project manager for Ascend Publishing and mailing the Ball State Alumnus is an Information Technology at Texas Integrated Media and the couple ever-increasing cost. Your tax-deductible gift for the A&M University. resides in Overland Park, KS. magazine will ensure that alumni around the world will continue to stay up-to-date on their alma mater. James R. White, ’05, Lafayette, Jennifer L. (Bierck), ’06, to has been promoted to multi-unit Blake Haan, September 19, 2009. In honor of Charlotte Shepperd, director emeritus loss prevention manager for Sears Jennifer teaches English at Central of alumni communications, the Shepperd AA Catholic Junior Senior High Holding Corporation (Kmart) Communications Fund (#402) is dedicated to at the Pendleton Pike store in School and the couple resides in the advancement of the The fund is Indianapolis. Lafayette. Alumnus. administered through the Ball State University Alex N. Wenning, MA06, Elizabeth J. (Guiley), ’06, Foundation. alumnus

Richard Z. Martin, BallA Ball State University Alumni A Fairborn, OH, has been promoted to ‘07, ssociationState Publication / Ma y 2010 / Vol. 67 / No. 4 to associate director of the November 21, 2009. The couple Contributions are appreciated and may be sent university honors program at lives in Tampa, FL. to the Ball State University Foundation, Muncie, Wright State University in Dayton. Indiana, 47306-0075. Be sure to indicate Fund Jennifer K. (Rice), ’07, to Derek #402 in your correspondence. Kelsey L. Corbin, ’07, Muncie, has F. Dial, ’09, April 30. Jennifer is a been promoted to assistant women’s 2010 G.O.L.D. award recipient. Immersive Learning basketball coach at Ball State. The couple lives in Carmel. in the JUNGLE

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