July 2016 Ball State graduate Brooke Van Hook poses outside Community Hospital Anderson, where she works.

Brooke Van Hook’s nursing skills are one part of patient care in a hospital’s emergency room, and she was ready to contribute after graduating in July.

Tribune Showprint owners Kim and Rob Miller, a Ball State alumnus, stand in front of one of the presses inside their Muncie-based shop.

Kim and Rob Miller, who own the oldest continuously operating U.S. letterpress, are printing posters for carnivals, festivals and fairs across the country.

Teacher Amanda Thorner is seen in her third-grade classroom at Noble Crossing Elementary School.

Amanda Thorner and a colleague led the district’s first classroom that blends special education students full time with their typical peers.

Urban planning majors Nate Robert-Eze (left) and Josh Sims are seen selling merchandise from their fashion label, 2eze.

Juniors Josh Sims and Nate Robert-Eze promote a theme of unity and learn about entrepreneurship after launching 2eze Apparel.

Several students are seen working during Phonathon last fall.

Fundraising calls that generate hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for the university also stir conversations about a shared love of Ball State.

Attendees at a September Book Arts Collaborative workshop spend time creating their own 100-page, hard-backed blank books.

Working out of an old Muncie warehouse, professors immerse 17 students from diverse academic backgrounds in the craft of making books.

Julia Woodworth Gillespie stands outside Woodworth Complex with her daughter Sara Cina.

Julia Woodworth Gillespie, wondering what had become of her family name, finds it carved into stone outside Woodworth Complex, which is named for her aunt.