Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal
For so many graduates, Ball State played such a memorable role in their lives that they want to maintain and strengthen the valuable connections they made at the University.
Author Archive for: jncriss
Entries by Jennifer Criss
Ball State Alumni in Memoriam (Notices Received Spring 2020)
The Ball State University community was saddened to learn of the passing of alumni through notifications received during the Spring 2020 semester.
Cardinal Pride: News Notes About Our Alumni
We’re full of Cardinal Pride in our Ball State alumni as we share news of their milestones and accomplishments.
Class Notes | Fall/Winter 2019-20
Submit a Class Notes entry Editor’s Note: The following class notes reflect news about Ball State alumni that was received and processed prior to the start of 2020. 1940s A 100th birthday celebration was held at the Student Center in October for Martha (Shelley) Ervin, AM ’43, who resides in Muncie. President Geoffrey S. Mearns attended as did Martha’s Lucina […]
Alum Works Hand-in-Flipper With Her 500-Pound Best Friends
Neptune, a 6-year-old California sea lion, had a harrowing youth. In 2015, he was found stranded and starving on a California beach. Further examination showed hooks embedded in his front flippers and bullet fragments in his head. Neptune is now happy, well-fed, and in a forever home, thanks to the Georgia Aquarium and marine animal […]
Class Notes | Spring/Summer 2019
Submit a Class Notes entry 1950s John C. Board, ’58, Helena, Montana, editor of A Special Relationship: Our Teachers and How We Learned, has been an educator in and out of classrooms for more than 60 years. In 2001, he began volunteering at Helena’s Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, putting his masters of library science degree to work […]
