Staying Active to Battle Health Challenges
Ball State graduate, Steve Gilbert, is using boxing, mountain-climbing, and marathon-running to fight back Parkinson’s
Dan, ’85, brings a passion for sports to his management of Ball State athletics graphics projects, which can be seen in glorious color in places such as Scheumann Stadium and Worthen Arena. He also supports various campus partners, including Business Affairs and the award-winning Graduate School. He covers the Cardinals for Ball State Magazine. It’s a natural fit.
All three of the women’s basketball coaching assistants played for Ball State.
Mick Tidrow, ’18 MA ’20, is the new Voice of the Cardinals. Named to the position in July 2022, Mr. Tidrow serves as the radio play-by-play voice for all Ball State football and men’s basketball games, and select ESPN+ broadcasts.
Bestowed with an honorary Doctor of Laws in December, Dick Emens continues to
honor his father’s Ball State legacy through the Emens Leadership Scholarship program.
For many years, Ball State athletic teams are part of annual holiday effort to help local families.
When Jillian Hacker, ’18, started last July as outreach services coordinator at Forté Sports Medicine and Orthopedics in Indianapolis, little did she know her first day would hold a huge surprise.
Grace Hollars, ’19, knew from the time she was a child that she was destined for big things in the world of photojournalism.