Author Archive for: jncriss
Entries by Jennifer Criss
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 […]
In Memoriam | Spring/Summer 2019
Submit an “In Memoriam” entry 1930s Ruby N. (Rector) Webb, ’35, Anderson, Indiana, December 12, 2018. Miriam D. (Hill) Clevenger, ’37, Fort Wayne, Indiana, December 20, 2018. Frances E. (Flora) Sigler, ’39, Bradenton, Florida, February 27. 1940s Marjorie E. (Rust) Denton, ’40, MA ’61, Wake Forest, North Carolina, March 8. Dorothy J (Crabill) Couden, ’41, New Castle, Indiana, January 6. […]
Facing Project Engages Storytelling to Spark Community Change
J.R. Jamison, ’01 MA ’03, has long known the value of telling a compelling story. As a Ball State undergraduate, he combined his geography major with a minor in creative writing , intending to one day become a travel writer. Now, he is collaborating with bestselling author Kelsey Timmerman on The Facing Project, using storytelling to help communities […]
Former U.S. Marine’s Education Goals Include Improving Health Care for Vets
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]erving as a U.S. Marine for seven years in global hot spots like Somalia and Iraq gave Ball State senior Greg Lane a much bigger perspective on the things that really matter, he said. “While I served our country, my chief purpose was to help those in need, to protect those who weren’t able to […]