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Students revisit their time at Ball State before spreading their wings.

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AN EARLY FAREWELL Fall 2022 graduates talk about their time on campus and decision to graduate early. 404

Graduating third-year telecommunications major with a concentration in digital video production Emily Moore poses for a portrait Dec. 2 in front of Schafer Tower. AMBER PIETZ, DN

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Graduates share their experiences of receiving their diplomas early.

Hannah Amos, Madelyn Bracken Associate News Editor, Reporter Editor’s note: As Hannah Amos worked under Grace McCormick during her time as News Editor, current News Editor Kyle Smedley interviewed McCormick for this story.

With much of their college experience plagued by COVID-19 and further cut short by their decision to graduate in December, fall 2022 semester graduates have had a different college experience than most.

EmilyMoore,third-year telecommunications major with a concentration in digital video production, said her early graduation comes down to her decision to not stay in Indiana post graduation to better serve her career.

“I felt that it was easier to move-in the beginning of a year versus in the middle of summer. It’s a very busy time,” Moore said.

“I found it was easier to find jobs … in the earlier of the year, more like the January to February range.”

The job market was also a factor for Abigail Warren, fourth-year nursing major with a minor in psychology of human development.

“I feel like I have more job opportunities and that it’s going to be less exhausting,” Warren said. “I can push myself through the next two weeks because it’s my last finals week.”

When Charles Melton, December 2020 graduate, enrolled at Ball State, he made the decision to graduate early, mainly to help him financially. Though his mother was working at Ball State, which gave him a discount, Melton paid his way through college.

He ended up finishing school without needing to take out any loans.

Grace McCormick, May 2022 graduate, flew from the Cardinals nest within three years, also deciding to graduate early due to financial reasons.

Similar to Melton, McCormick decided two weeks into her first year at Ball State she wanted to graduate early. From there, she sat down and planned her schedule accordingly.

“I don’t think it would have worked if I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” McCormick said.

“I’m pretty lucky to know that I’ve wanted to be a journalist, basically, since I was a teenager.”

McCormick felt she didn’t need to be at Ball State for four years, feeling ready for the next step in her career and life.

“I got what I came there for,” McCormick said. “I had leadership positions at The [Ball State] Daily News, on the speech team and had a little bit of a social life too. So, I don’t really know what would have been different, honestly, if I had stayed there all four. I was pleased with the experience.”

After Melton graduated, he took an “off year” where he worked in a factory in Muncie. He felt the job at the factory was a great opportunity.

“That year in the factory, working kind of [a] blue-collar style job is a huge learning experience,” Melton said. “That helps you know more about being a Muncie native, never [having] seen that side of Muncie and being a part of that and participating in learning about that was a great experience.”

At the time, he was only focused on gaining more money for financial stability, and the “off year” gave him time to focus on his media job applications much more than he felt staying in college would have.

Only having to focus on his factory job and doing a job search was much easier to juggle compared to having to do so while also in college, Melton said.

McCormick’s experience with the job search after graduating differs from Melton’s in that while Melton took an “off year,” McCormick felt the job search was “about the same” as other graduates.

The kind of camaraderie that you have with the entire class that you started with? I don’t have that.

I don’t know half the people in my class,” - ABIGAIL WARREN, Fourth-year nursing major with a minor in psychology of human development

Her job search lasted a few months after graduation. She applied for eight to 10 jobs and interviewed for around six.

She felt when it came to this job search, her graduating early wasn’t of much importance.

“Unless I brought it up, nobody cared that I graduated in three years,” McCormick said.

“On my resume, it says that I have a degree … The only thing that anyone cared about was that I was qualified for the job. It didn’t matter if I did it in two, three, six years.”

However, she said she is thankful for the fact she graduated early because the position she has now at Richland Source wouldn’t have been open this upcoming spring.

Melton, however, views that employers do care about applicants who graduate early.

He felt students who graduate early can be a deciding factor in getting a job because he thought it showed determination and passion.

For Warren, as she gets ready to leave the Cardinals behind, graduating early isn’t all positive. Technically, she is graduating late after taking a break before eventually going into Ball

State’s nursing program. She explained a lack of solidarity due to not graduating with those she began her college career with.

“The kind of camaraderie that you have with the entire class that you started with? I don’t have that,” Warren said. “I don’t know half the people in my class.”

For both Warren and Moore, soon-to-be graduates, campus involvement helped them feel like they had a place at Ball State. For Warren, it was through Greek life.

“I think that the thing that’s been most impactful is Phi Mu,” Warren said. “I know that sounds silly, like ‘Sorority life, it’s where you’ll find your sisters,’ but I really did. These people are going to be at my wedding; they’re friends for life.”

Both were heavily involved in various organizations, a highlight for Moore being her involvement in the Frog Baby Film Festival.

Due to COVID-19, however, her experience with the group was limited, as was Warren’s time in Phi Mu. Enzo Lundy, urban and regional planning major, was impacted academically.

“There were times where I lacked a lot of motivation, especially since I was at home,” Lundy said. “Being on campus, seeing other students and students studying and just getting to interact face-to-face with my teachers made a huge difference in how I approach coursework.”

For Moore, this shortened time created a conflict when deciding to graduate early.

“There are people who go here … that I was in high school with and I’m still very close with to this day,” Moore said. “It was a hard decision knowing that I’m not going to be next to them [like] how we were in high school.”

That idea of fellowship and shared experience seems to be the X-factor — the downside for both fall graduates: the idea they won’t be next to the people they came here with. That kind of camaraderie is gone, and Moore, Lundy and Warren said they often feel less important than the “normal” spring semester graduates.

“We already feel like no one’s going to come and nobody cares that we’re graduating because a lot of it is girls and guys that are graduating late like me. Not a lot of people are graduating early,” Warren said.

Even the pinning ceremony for nursing majors has been moved from Emens Auditorium to Pruis Hall which Warren described as “putting lemon in the cut.”

Lundy is also slated to graduate at the end of the fall 2022 semester. He said he doesn’t necessarily feel overlooked but does feel an extra amount of pressure.

“There’s higher expectations for people who graduate early to stick to their word,” Lundy said.

Despite these complications, they have not changed their final verdict. The three will graduate Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. in Worthen Arena.

Tickets are not required, according to Ball State’s website.

Contact Madelyn Bracken with comments via email at madelyn.bracken@bsu.edu. Contact Hannah Amos with comments at hannah.amos@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @Hannah_Amos_394.

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Ball State graduates discuss how inflation is impacting their lives.

Glue-covered hands work away on a colorful project on construction paper. Small untied shoes pitter patter across the classroom.

Markers and crayons roll onto the desks of each student.

As a fourth-year elementary education major at Ball State University, Margaret Stein is finally ready to graduate and start her career.

One of the basic building blocks of teaching is constructing your classroom, and while Stein is excited to begin right away, inflation is adding to an already pressurized time.

It’s widely known teachers don’t make a lot of money, Stein said, and with everything getting more expensive, she’s scared.

According to the International Monetary Fund, inflation measures the expense rate a set of goods has increased over a certain period of time. As of September, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, inflation in most countries rose 10.5 percent in a year. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in June, this was the largest increase of inflation in 40 years, and at the time, it had only gone up by 9 percent. As of October, the inflation percentage in the U.S. has decreased to 7.7 percent.

Erik Nesson, associate economics professor and department chair at Ball State, said inflation isn’t always bad, and economists find small amounts desirable for economic growth.

Too much can hurt consumers though.

“It is really painful for people whose incomes cannot adjust along with the prices,” Nesson said. “So if prices go up by 5 percent, and your income goes up by 5 percent, then you’re at the same place where you started, but that is not how a lot of jobs work.”

According to Education Week, the National Education Association showed the average 2021-22 salary of a teacher increased 1.7 percent from last year, not enough to keep up with inflation.

“Regardless of whether you buy a house … or to rent, that now costs a lot more than it did before,” Nesson said. “That also holds true for just the broader basket of goods that people have to buy. Food, energy, travel: all of those things are certainly more expensive.”

When the prices of necessary items start to increase but the amount of money one is able to spend stays the same, Nesson said a lot of people have to start making tough decisions on how much of their income they can spend.

“Rent as a whole is always something that I’m concerned about,” Stein said.

“Overall, just paying bills and insurance and

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Financially, it’s going to hit students really hard.”

- MARGARET STEIN, Fourth-year elementary education major keeping track of it all is definitely concerning.”

Stein doesn’t get paid for her student teaching, but since she is also a full-time student, there isn’t a lot of time for anything else.

“Keeping up with bills can definitely be intimidating, but we’re making it work paycheck to paycheck, barely,” she said.

That’s a concern for some graduating seniors across the nation with inflation rates on the rise.

Stein said she has donated plasma many times and picked up small jobs to save up and prepare for life after college.

“I think that the graduation overall rate of success is unique to this year because we’re coming towards this end of the [COVID-19] pandemic, and it’s truly not the end because we’re obviously still being impacted every day,” she said. “... Financially, it’s going to hit students really hard.”

Stein said Ball State has pushed out a couple grants to help students during the pandemic, but students still need more.

“I would say that Ball State definitely could have prepared me better,” she said. “I feel that they have done the very minimum, and that minimum level has prepared me to graduate and start, but once I’m about to start … there’s an intimidation factor there. You know, my confidence isn’t as high.”

Stein said Ball State did what they could though.

Ball State has the Career Center to help students with career questions and needs. To aid students worried about financial needs, Ball State also has the Basic Needs Hub, a resource that helps with wellness, food security, housing support and unaccompanied homeless and foster youth. Ball State has emergency grants for those who are struggling with expenses.

6 • GRADUATION EDITION FALL 2022 | BALLSTATEDAILYNEWS.COM One of Stein’s biggest financial concerns is the cost of her classroom. She said it can cost a couple thousand dollars from her pocket.

“Ball State has charged a lot for tuition, and I’ve paid a lot in room and board and taken a lot that way,” Stein said. “... Now I’m expected to start up this additional funding that you didn’t really expect was going to happen.”

According to Adopt a Classroom, on average, it costs teachers $750 to buy their school supplies, with 30 percent of teachers spending over $1,000. This data is from July 2021 though, and in that year, the price of school supplies has increased by nearly 15 percent, according to the Associated Press.

“So with … inflation increasing as much as it is, I’ve seen my pay rate stay at the exact same level, and things are only going up,” Stein said. “… It’s very intimidating, but at the same time, you know, I think it starts us off on a good foot to hopefully start seeing a pay raise for teachers.”

Nesson has a similar concern.

“At Ball State, our salaries go up, usually pretty slowly, so my raises have not kept up with inflation,” he said. “Fortunately for us, we live very close to campus, so we don’t have to drive very much, but we’ve noticed the cost of a lot of our groceries is going up quite a bit …

It’s a lot more expensive than it was before, so we definitely notice prices going up as I’m

It is really painful for people whose incomes cannot adjust along with the prices, so if prices go up by 5 percent, and your income goes up by 5 percent, then you’re at the same place where you started, but that is not how a lot of jobs work.”

- ERIK NESSON, Professor of economics

sure most consumers do as well.”

Ben Yoder, Ball State alumnus and music teacher for Hamilton Southeastern Schools, has also been affected by growing inflation rates.

“I believe raising the federal minimum wage is something that should’ve been done a while ago, as it hasn’t been keeping up with rising costs of living for quite some time now,” he said. “Regardless of the level of inflation we are dealing with, I think the minimum wage should keep up with the general cost of living,

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which it has not.”

Nesson said often when prices go up, consumers want higher wages, then this becomes a cycle called a “wage price spiral.”

This back and forth can be bad for the economy and cause unemployment, which can then lead to an economic recession.

According to the Reserve Bank of Australia, a recession is “a sustained period of weak or negative growth in real GDP, or output, that is accompanied by a significant rise in the unemployment rate.” Just after Yoder graduated, he went through the 2008 financial crash. He said this caused a recession and led to a decline in revenue for both education and the state.

“If there’s a recession, then employment opportunities for students might not be as abundant as they were before, and that’s obviously a huge concern for people who are coming out of college and looking to find a job,” Nesson said.

He said students should try to control the decisions they can right now by looking at starting salaries and employment prospects.

For those who aren’t graduating soon, Nesson said it’s an important factor that should be considered when choosing a major.

Contact Lila Fierek with comments at lkfierek@bsu.edu or on Twitter @fierek_lila.

YEARLY INFLATION BY THE NUMBERS

12.1% FOOD PRICES

Food at home rose 13.2% since October 2021, while prices for food away from home increased 10.0% over the same period.

16.2% ENERGY PRICES

Energy prices have risen since October 2021 mainly due to gasoline prices, which increased 20.1%.

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BALLSTATEDAILYNEWS.COM | GRADUATION EDITION FALL 2022 • 7 A U.S. Army soldier leans out of a helicopter as it lands March 24 near the Glick Center for Glass. 122 ROTC cadets from Ball State, Indiana Wesleyan and Purdue Fort Wayne will participate in training at Camp Atterbury over the weekend. RYLAN CAPPER, DN

PUSHING YOUR

LIMITS Students in the ROTC talk about their experiences in the program.

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Ball State’s ROTC program turns college students into leaders.

Miguel Naranjo Associate Lifestyles Editor When Maddi Dilds, second-year psychology major at Ball State University, graduated from high school about a year ago, she had some “oddballs” thrown her way, she said. A breakup, separation from her friends and acquaintances and an unfamiliar campus all hung over her head during her first semester at Ball State.

However, when she spoke with two National Guard recruiters in the military recruitment office in the Village, she said she saw value in the monetary and career benefits the Army and National Guard offered through the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).

“There’s a lot of people in the [ROTC] program, so I decided to … join the program to really put myself out there,” Dilds said.

“Get new experiences under my belt, take chances and stuff like that.”

Now, though she is a young member of the ROTC, in the spring 2023 semester, Dilds is taking the position of first sergeant of Alpha company, a term to describe all the students in Ball State’s ROTC program.

She will be leading and directing her peers in their training and assisting officers with administrative tasks for the program.

According to Ball State’s ROTC website, “A cadet at Ball State University is prepared through a challenging four-year curriculum and direct mentorship by established cadre in the profession. Our cadets graduate prepared to enter any organization, work force or even begin graduate level studies. We produce graduates and leaders of character and a sense of service to a cause bigger than individual.”

This is an officer-producing program; a basic officer course that teaches students what they need to know to be an officer in the Army and to take leadership roles.”

- NATHAN DUNN, Recruitment operations officer

Ball State’s ROTC program consists of a series of four basic and four advanced military science courses, accompanying labs, physical training and field training exercises that prepare them for service in the military.

Students who complete all four years of the program graduate with a minor in military science and earn the rank of second lieutenant in the Army.

“This is an officer-producing program; a basic officer course that teaches students what they need to know to be an officer in the Army and to take leadership roles,” Nathan Dunn, recruitment operations officer for the ROTC at Ball State, said.

To this end, the ROTC program mimics the cadet chain of command that exists in the Army to give students the experience of following and working up the chain of command, Dunn said.

“It’s the exact structure they’ll find when they go into whatever branch of the military they choose,” he said.

In military science classes, ROTC and military science students learn about this chain of command and the responsibilities of a soldier in each rank. In advanced levels of military science courses, students study administrative roles at the top of the cadet chain.

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Military science instructor Mark White searches for the helicopter in the clouds March 24 near the Glick Center for Glass. White has worked as a military science instructor for over three years. RYLAN CAPPER, DN

BALLSTATEDAILYNEWS.COM | GRADUATION EDITION FALL 2022 • 9 Students in the program can inhabit these ranks, direct their peers in leadership roles and organize operations and events in administrative roles, Dilds said. Students can take ranks as high as battalion commander, where they begin to serve as a liaison between cadets and cadre, the body of enlisted officers with military experience who advise student leaders in the ROTC. ROTC students also have two-hour lab classes, not unlike chemistry labs or art studio classes, where the entire company gathers to learn practical skills like land navigation, hand-to-hand combat and squad movements, Dunn said. When it is necessary for students to handle a weapon, they use “rubber duckies” — false rifles that do not fire bullets, Dilds said.

“Our [300-level military science students] teach the labs … ‘cause, being an officer, you do a lot of presentations and you do a lot of briefing,” Dilds said. “It’s an admin position — you’re letting [your company] know, ‘This is going to happen.’ You’re teaching things.”

Dunn said this method of students leading their peers and administrating operations in their third year and fourth year is also reflective of operations in the military. Giving students a “taste of being in charge” allows them to develop the skills to lead larger groups of people.

“If [cadets] are going into active duty, they might be put in leadership positions in the Army,” Dunn said. “It’s really about span of control — it’s hard to manage 100 people, so having multiple leaders to keep everyone in line makes it easier on the entire chain.”

The activities an ROTC student participates in is recorded in an Operations Manual Letter (OML) that acts as a resume, Dilds said, describing the cadet’s experience and specialties. If a student plays intramural sports, takes on leadership roles in the ROTC, works as an RA, etc., those add points to their OML that allow them to be considered for higher ranks in the military.

Military science instructor Mark White talks to an ROTC cadet before he boards a helicopter March 24 near the Glick Center for Glass. The cadets flew via helicopter to Camp Atterbury. RYLAN CAPPER, DN

[Yesterday], we ran, like five miles — last semester … I wasn’t able to run two miles straight, barely even one.

There’s things that I didn’t think I was capable of doing that this program helped me do.”

- MADDIE DILDS, ROTC cadet “I want to go to airborne school this summer. Throughout two weeks in the summer … I basically get airborne certified, which is jumping out of planes and parachuting,” Dilds said. “That is also a contribution to the OML.”

According to the Ball State ROTC website, any Ball State student is allowed to take MIL 100 and 200 level courses, but MIL 300 and beyond require the student to commit to eight years of military service.

They have choices as to how to fulfill that commitment, Dunn said.

“Some cadets go into active duty, which is basically military all day, every day, but some can also go into the reserves or the National Guard and gather for training one week a month, two months out of the year,” Dunn said.

He also said the ROTC program prepares cadets for either course of service through the wide range of leadership opportunities.

“If a cadet is, say, a business major, what they’re learning in the ROTC is applicable there too,” Dunn said. “Being punctual, building teams, holding meetings, making decisions — all the skills they learn through their training and schooling will help them in the civilian sector.”

Dilds said her adjustment to the ROTC’s rigorous demands was difficult, first struggling to make it to class after physical training taking place at about 6 a.m. Now, after about a year in the program, she finds her work satisfying, she said.

“I’m not sitting down eating chips on the couch all day,” Dilds said. “[Yesterday], we ran, like, five miles — last semester … I wasn’t able to run two miles straight, barely even one. There’s things that I didn’t think I was capable of doing that this program helped me do.”

Contact Miguel Naranjo by email at miguel.naranjo@bsu.edu or on Twitter @naranjo678.

Ball State ROTC cadets board a helicopter March 24 near the Glick Center for Glass. The cadets performed training exercises in small groups.

RYLAN CAPPER, DN

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Memories of the Stage

Fourth-years Katie Cole and Keith Smith share notable moments performing in their college careers.

Jayda Mann Reporter When Katie Cole came to Ball State University, she said she thought she wanted to be a choreographer. However, her love of performing grew, and now she’s cast as the Sugar Plum Fairy in a production of “The Nutcracker.”

The Department of Theatre and Dance at Ball State will be putting on a production of “The Nutcracker” at Emens Auditorium Dec. 10 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. This will be a collaboration between the Department of Theatre and Dance and the School of Music.

Cole is a Ball State fourth-year dance major with a minor in autism spectrum disorders.

Though her performances at Ball State were a start on her path, Cole explained her future plans to combine her passions with her major.

“My goal after college is to be able to combine two of my favorite things: dancing and traveling,” Cole said. “My ideal job at the moment would be to dance on a cruise ship to fulfill both of those areas.”

Through her experience dancing in the show, she said she learned the power a performance has to an audience.

“Knowing that our performance evoked so many emotions made me want to continue dancing to tell stories and bring the audience on a journey,” Cole said.

She said she had few regrets and would not change anything about her experience, except to “branch out” and meet more people within her department.

“The connections we make in college are very special and having a strong network, especially within our field, is important,” she said. “Some of my favorite memories within classes and shows are the ones that are heavily mixed with dance majors and musical theatre majors. From the beginning of my time at Ball State, I would have intermingled more to create more of these memories, friends and connections.”

My goal after college is to be able to combine two of my favorite things: dancing and traveling.”

- KATIE COLE, Fourth-year dance major

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Cole’s favorite performance was when she was double cast as Emily and Lola in “Valley of the Four Dolls,” she said.

She relished the experience of learning and performing two different roles for the same show.

“Having two roles was very special to me because it was a challenge, yet allowed for me to be fully engaged with whichever role I was playing that show,” Cole said. “Eight of the 10 members of our cast had two roles, so our family was always shifting. This show remains my favorite because of how close our cast became over the process, due to how much we had to rely on each other with all of the shifting of characters. We became a family on and off the stage.”

Like Cole, Keith Smith has also been cast in this year’s production of “The Nutcracker” as the Prince. Smith is a Ball State fourth-year dance major in the Department of Theatre and Dance.

“The most rewarding part for me is exploring the different ways to present my character’s relationship with everyone else’s in the show,” Smith said. “It’s really satisfying as I grow closer to my character and my peers in that way.”

Smith’s experiences led him to want to pursue theatre as a career.

“My experience in the last couple of years has given me more love for performing. I was planning on working towards my choreographic career instantly, but now I think I want to perform for a while first,” Smith said.

He said his favorite role was Buddy in “Valley of the Four Dolls,” and his favorite performance was the finale in “Streets to the Stage.”

Smith believes his experiences helped him grow as a dancer and an actor.

The most rewarding part for me is exploring the different ways to present my character’s relationship with everyone else’s in the show. It’s really satisfying as I grow closer to my character and my peers in that way.”

- KEITH SMITH, Fourth-year dance major After Ball State, Smith said he plans on taking a short break from studio training to solidify his plans on how and where he wants to create. He is passionate about performing and choreography.

Director Audra Sokol, who has been working in the Department of Theatre and Dance for 15 years, shared some advice for the future to the graduates leaving the program.

“The biggest piece of advice I would give is to keep your head up, to not be shy, to say yes to a lot of things when you first graduate and those first couple of years [in your career],” Sokol said. “Do things that you didn’t think that you would do before. You never know who you’re going to meet. Get weird, put yourself in different kinds of situations and go down all the paths.”

Contact Jayda Mann with comments via email jayda.mann@bsu.edu

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PLAYERS PROS in the

Former Ball State athletes are making their way in their respective professional sports.

Daniel Kehn Sports Editor

Men’s Volleyball

QUINN ISAACSON Saint-Nazaire Volley-Ball Atlantique

Graduate student setter Quinn Isaacson celebrates a point being scored in NCAA semifinals against Hawaii May 6 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. AMBER PIETZ, DN

In his time with Ball State Men’s Volleyball, Isaacson played 106 matches, accumulating a program record of 3,193 assists and averaging 9.53 assists per set.

In his final year in Muncie, the Cardinals won the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball (MIVA) regular season championship, MIVA Tournament Championship and went to the final four of the NCAA Tournament.

Isaacson was named the 2022 Lloy Ball Award for the nation’s top setter. He currently plays professionally in France with Saint-Nazaire.

Football

BRYCE COSBY Las Vegas Raiders

Cosby spent five years with Ball State Football as a safety playing 57 games. He racked up 391 total tackles, 10 interceptions and 26 passes defended, as Ball State won the 2020 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship and the 2020 Arizona Bowl during his time in Muncie. Cosby was signed by the Las Vegas Raiders in May as an undrafted free agent and has remained on the practice squad.

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Cardinals fifth-year safety Bryce Cosby looks over lineman Oct. 23, 2021, at Scheumann Stadium. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN FILE

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CALEB HUNTLEY Atlanta Falcons

Huntley rushed for 2,902 yards and 21 touchdowns in 33 games with the Cardinals, and he was named to the 2020 All-MAC Third Team, the 2019 All-MAC Second Team and as the 2019 Co-Offensive Player of the Year.

He was signed by the Falcons after going unselected in the 2021 NFL draft, and he was waived in the final roster cuts before signing with the practice squad.

Huntley was elevated to the 53-man roster in the 2022 season, rushing for 347 yards and one touchdown on 71 carries.

Ball State senior running back Caleb Huntley runs the ball and prepares to charge ahead and score in the fourth quarter against Eastern Michigan Eagles Nov. 11, 2020, at Scheumann Stadium. KYLE ATKISSON, DN FILE

Baseball

DREY JAMESON Arizona Diamondbacks

After being selected 34th overall by the Diamondbacks in 2019, Jameson spent time in the minors before playing four games in the 2022 season. In 24.1 innings pitched, Jameson had 24 strikeouts, a 1.48 earned run average (ERA) and three wins. Prior to the MLB, the left-handed pitcher was named 2018 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Freshman Pitcher of the Year, 2019 MAC Pitcher of the Year and All-MAC First Team in 2018 and 2019.

Ball State Baseball pitcher Drey Jameson goes to pitch the ball during a game against the University of Dayton on March 18, 2018, at the Ball Diamond at First Merchant’s Ballpark Complex. BRIANA HALE, DN FILE

Football

DANNY PINTER Indianapolis Colts

Most notable for his trick-play touchdown reception in a 2021 Thursday Night Football game for the Colts against the Jets, Pinter, a guard, is in his third year in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts. After a career with the Cardinals spanning 43 games where he scored two touchdowns, he was selected in the fifth round, 149th overall, in the 2020 NFL draft.

Danny Pinter, former Ball State offensive lineman and NFL draft prospect, sits on the sideline of the Senior Day game against Miami (Ohio) Nov. 28, 2019, at Scheumann Stadium. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN FILE

14 • GRADUATION EDITION FALL 2022 | BALLSTATEDAILYNEWS.COM Second-year journalism major Grayson Joslin poses in front of Shafer Tower by the University Green Dec. 2. Joslin will be graduating in three years, instead of doing the traditional four-year path. JACY BRADLEY, DN

A Different

Path

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After changing my major, I am accelerating my path to graduation.

Grayson Joslin Opinion Editor Grayson Joslin is a secondyear journalism major and writes “Soapbox” for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

I thought my plans in life were so concrete.

From the time I was 10 years old until early this year, my plan was to graduate high school, attend Ball State University for four years, get my bachelor’s in political science and become a politician. The idea that I would dedicate myself to the political realm stemmed from my love of learning about the government and a letter I sent to President Barack Obama that seemed to seal my fate as a dedicated politician representing my fellow Americans.

In late 2013, in the midst of a government shutdown, I wrote to Obama, imploring bipartisanship and the end to nonsense bickering.

I was inspired by Samantha Smith, the American school girl who, in the 1980s, wrote to the Soviet premier about why the tensions between the Soviets and the Americans had reached such a fever pitch. I did not expect to get a response back, but I did.

I ended up getting an interview by our local newspaper, which proclaimed in their headline, “Vote for Grayson Joslin in 2040.” I felt like I had gotten a sign to follow through on my political dreams.

Throughout middle school and high school, my peers and teachers referred to me as “the man who would be president.” I had a passion for helping people. In high school, my teachers suggested my work as the editor for our high school’s newspaper could be a stepping stone for me to seek out journalism in college.

I was surprised; I hesitated to give an answer. I had my whole life planned out; why would I change it on the doorstep of adulthood?

My senior year of high school, I

had a guest op-ed in the Indianapolis Star about the importance of voting in that year’s election, and, in getting published, I felt a rush of excitement I hadn’t felt in a long time.

My work was on the pages of one of the most widely-circulated newspapers in our nation.

Right there, that should have been a sign journalism was my true passion.

There will be stress, there will be difficult nights, there will be less time, but I am confident this will be the right decision for me in the long term.”

But I soldiered on, and in my first year at Ball State, I realized my love for politics was diminishing while my love for journalism was making itself more known. My experience in Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) made me realize that focusing on my political passions now felt more like a chore than something I actually wanted to do. My passion dimmed with each passing week as my enthusiasm for writing for The Daily News increased.

I still had passion for the government and what it does; however, I knew I couldn’t be on the front lines of those policy fights. The newsroom is my happy place now.

I came into this current year of my college experience as a political science and journalism double major; however, I quickly realized my enthusiasm and passion firmly were in journalism. Toward the end of

September, I met with my academic advisor to discuss becoming only a journalism major while dropping political science to a minor.

What I heard in my meeting sent me into a shock.

She told me, with how many credits I had and how many I earned through dual credit classes in high school, I would be able to graduate a year earlier than usual. Instead of spring 2025, I could be turning my tassel in the spring of 2024.

I was met with conflicting feelings of joy and dread; I was excited about the opportunity to be able to jumpstart my career by a year, but I would be missing important learning opportunities. After consideration, I decided to go ahead and commit to graduating in spring 2024, and I am using this opportunity to tell people it is valid to take the road less traveled.

Me being in college is a new frontier for my family. My grandma and my mom went straight to the workforce after graduating. I am a first-generation college student, and it is a mantle I am honored to hold. With that being said, I always expected myself to stay in for four years and venture out into the world with a full college experience under my belt.

I am an only child who has been raised by my single mother with a supportive grandma helping out. I am one of 24 million children being raised by a single parent in the United States, according to Kids Count Data Center, and growing up, I faced an upward battle in my life, especially in an economic sense. My mom, my grandma and I have a very close emotional bond, something I am forever grateful for, and it encourages me to go farther in life.

My mom herself earns below the average for a household in Indiana according to the Census Bureau, yet we are able to have a house over our head. To add, my grandma is as tough as they come; however, she has been on disability since the mid 2000s and relies on her Social Security check every month. Money can be tight for us.

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Graduating in three years or in five years does not make you less of a student than students who took the traditional four-year path.”

My mom persevered through many things in her life, and her dedication and spirit inspires me to become a better person.

However, it hurts my soul to see my mom stress and worry about money. There was a time when she donated plasma after work to help us have extra money to enjoy more things in life. She even considered working a second job.

After my freshman orientation in the heat of July 2021, my mom and I had a discussion on how to pay for college. I could tell how this would be a difficult few years for my mom and I, sitting in her Ford Focus in the McKinley Avenue Parking Garage. On the third floor, sitting in the car while the air conditioning got to work, my mom told me paying for college is not going to be a walk in the park, and even with many scholarships and grants I was grateful to have, we still had to pay a decently-sized bill out of our pockets.

Additionally, an unfinished repair job on our home crippled us financially.

I want to look out for my mom. She has been selfless and her support to help me pay for college has been incredible. Seeing my mom worry about finances makes me worry, and I want to do whatever I can to remove that burden from her shoulders. College loans were the predominant reason why I made the jump to graduate early, not only for my mom, but also for my future self.

Journalist’s salaries extremely fluctuate depending on which part of the country someone is in. The highest median wage is $78,000 in New York, while Indiana’s average salary is almost $46,000, according to BLS Data. Being a journalist is not the comfiest job in the world when it comes to salary, with it falling below the national average wage of all jobs at $61,000 a year, according to Social Security.

With the overall total for four years of tuition, plus board and meals adding up to almost $85,000, even with a good amount of scholarships and grants, I will still have to pay a large amount of loans back.

With me graduating early, it cuts down the amount I will need to pay off and frees me financially. It takes the average college student 20 years to pay off their student loans, according to One Wisconsin Now, and I don’t want my college loans shackling

Second-year journalism Grayson Joslin poses under Shafer Tower Dec. 2. Generations of Cardinals believe in the folklore that if a student walks under Shafer Tower, they will not graduate in four years. Joslin, who is graduating in three years, proves just that. JACY BRADLEY, DN me as I try to move forward in life.

The sand falling through the hourglass of my college years quickens with my decision to graduate early. My plans have been thrown around like a toddler eating cake; I will be taking 18 credit hours for the remaining three semesters. There will be stress, there will be difficult nights, there will be less time, but I am confident this will be the right decision for me in the long term.

And it’s okay if you want to make this decision as well.

A tenth of college students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, will choose to get their bachelor’s degree a year or more early. The reasons vary: finances, completing dual-credit programs in high school or wanting to take a gap break. All of these reasons are valid; this is your future you are planning.

Do not let the traditional structures of college trap you into a four-year plan.

Graduating in three years or five years does not make you less of a student than students who took the traditional four-year path. At the end of the day, there is nothing on the degree you receive that says how many years it took. Put yourself in the driver’s seat of your future.

After all, my journey to this point has already been the opposite of traditional; I went through almost a decade of my life thinking I knew what I wanted to do before I realized what my true passions were.

Now, with a new plan for my future, I am more excited than ever to do what I am passionate about.

Contact Grayson Joslin with comments at Grayson.joslin@bsu.edu or on Twitter @GraysonMJoslin.

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Across the

Atlantic

Kentucky and Iceland are thousands of miles apart, but after five years together, Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir and Anna Clephane created a special bond.

Redshirt senior Anna Clephane (left) and graduate student Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir (right) pose for a photo Oct. 4.

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Anna Clephane and Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir started with Ball State Women’s Basketball in 2018 and have since become best friends.

Kyle Smedley News Editor When entering Taylor Mill, Kentucky, and Keflavík, Iceland, into Google Maps, a projected time of arrival and distance apart in miles doesn’t even show up. Though these places take a flight across the Atlantic Ocean to get there and are thousands of miles apart, they are connected through Muncie, Indiana.

Anna Clephane and Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir came into the Ball State Women’s Basketball program together in 2018, and while some teammates come from different states, these two came from different countries. Although the two shared a dorm room, they didn’t become best friends overnight.

Experiencing the culture shock of leaving her home country, Dís Ágústsdóttir was not only bound by a language barrier but by her introverted personality as well.

However, Clephane wouldn’t let these things get in the way of creating the bond they have today.

“I would say that our friendship is so meaningful because it did take some work,” Clephane said.

“There was no clash. It was never bad blood, but it was just us having to put in that work to get the friendship out of it.”

Eventually, Dís Ágústsdóttir began to come out of her shell to Clephane and her relationship with her made the transition from Iceland to Indiana easier.

“It’s super meaningful, especially with all the technology and stuff I’m able to speak to my family [and] my friends all the time, but having someone here physically is just different,” Dís Ágústsdóttir said.

Head coach Brady Sallee has been with Ball State throughout each of their tenures. While Sallee knew seeing Clephane’s personality wouldn’t be an issue from day one, he remembered how he initially felt Dís Ágústsdóttir was scared to come into his office.

He said not only has he seen Dís Ágústsdóttir grow from being stunted by how shy she was her freshman year to “funnier than hell,” but he has seen the teammates develop a special bond on and off the court through their five years together.

Redshirt senior Anna Clephane runs with the ball in a game against Notre Dame Nov. 20 at Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center in South Bend, Ind., Clephane scored three points during the game. AMBER PIETZ, DN “It’s grown to the point where they’re [as] thick as thieves,” Sallee said. “It’s kind of the fun part of what we do. You bring a kid from Iceland and bring a kid from Kentucky into a program, [and] probably on the outside they look at [each other] and say, ‘We have nothing in common,’ and they become what I’m sure is gonna be lifelong friends.”

Sallee said the two needed each other during their freshman year. Dís Ágústsdóttir needed someone like Clephane, who is extroverted, to help her be herself and bond with the Cardinals, and Clephane needed someone like Dís Ágústsdóttir to help her deal with her first ACL tear.

“I think they ended up probably being in each other’s lives at the right time for the right reason,” Sallee said. “Maybe only the good Lord knows why, but I would say without either one of them, their journeys would have been a whole lot different.”

When Clephane tore her ACL a second time during the 202122 season, Dís Ágústsdóttir again acted as a source of support.

Clephane said she remembered entering her room the day of the injury; Dís Ágústsdóttir had left a gift basket on her bed, further proof her roommate of five years always has her back.

On the court, Sallee said the two are like Yin and Yang, balancing each other out, saying that while Dís Ágústsdóttir is a “sharpshooter” type, Clephane is more of a driveto-the-basket player.

“In our sport especially, I think chemistry is a big thing,” Sallee said. “So when you have two people out there that trust and love each other to the level that Thelma and Anna do, clearly it makes things quite a bit easier.”

Each of them said with being consistent starters on the team, they are able to keep each other level-headed and balance their emotions. They each said if they

It sucks to grow up with someone in a way and go through all these different scenarios with them and then have to kind of say bye to that. That’s gonna really be tough for us.”

- ANNA CLEPHANE, Redshirt senior Graduate student forward Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir shoots a 3-point shot in the game against Wheeling University Nov. 1 at Worthen Arena. BRAYDEN GOINS, DN

BALLSTATEDAILYNEWS.COM | GRADUATION EDITION FALL 2022 • 19 Maybe only the good Lord knows why, but I would say without either one of them, their journeys would have been a whole lot different.”

- BRADY SALLEE, Women’s basketball head coach emotions. They each said if they are having a bad game, they can support and be happy for the other through their game.

“I can read what she does before she does it and vice versa,” Clephane said. “So having that level of trust there, it makes it a lot easier to play with each other.”

Clephane said every year their friendship has grown more and more, to the point where on many holiday breaks, Dís Ágústsdóttir goes home with Clephane to celebrate. Through these experiences, Dís Ágústsdóttir said Clephane’s family has become a second family to her.

In the summer of 2022, the roles reversed and Clephane traveled with Dís Ágústsdóttir to visit the latter’s home country, and her family and friends.

“It was great, just because I had been hanging out with her family, and her seeing where I come from, my friends and my family and [for her to] be able to connect with those people too and see where I come from was really cool,” Dís Ágústsdóttir said.

Looking at each other and laughing, the two recalled camping on this trip, specifically, grilling hot dogs. Clephane said she remembers being camped in between two glaciers with a breathtaking view, but all they were focused on was grilling hot dogs on a portable grill.

Multiple times, Clephane and Dís Ágústsdóttir burst out laughing when asked about their initial meetings with one another, their progression as friends and their favorite memories together.

Conversely, they began shaking their heads and nervously laughing when thinking about how the 2022-23 season is their last together, both saying they are trying to ignore it.

“It sucks to grow up with someone in a way and go through all these different scenarios with them,” Clephane said, “and then have to kind of say bye to that.

That’s gonna really be tough for us.”

While Clephane is a redshirt

senior and still has one more year of eligibility, this is Dís Ágústsdóttir’s final season of eligibility donning the red and white. The Iceland native said she has not only been trying to have as much fun as possible this season, but she is even more driven to win the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship.

“I don’t know if I would say added weight, but definitely knowing that it’s the last season makes it like, ‘Yeah, I wanna win,’” Dís Ágústsdóttir said.

Being at Ball State for 11 seasons and at the collegiate level for 19, Sallee has coached hundreds of players, with those moving on and graduating always being a part of the process. That said, almost half of Sallee’s seasons as Cardinals head coach has seen Clephane and Dís Ágústsdóttir on the roster.

He said for Dís Ágústsdóttir, and eventually Clephane, not having their minutes and presence on the court will be the toughest adjustment for him to make.

“Like all good players, you don’t necessarily replace them, you just figure out a different way to get done what you need to get done, and you just appreciate the heck out of the years you had with them,” Sallee said.

Whether it be moving across the Atlantic Ocean and having to learn a whole new culture or rehabbing through two ACL tears, both Clephane and Dís Ágústsdóttir said they have bonded and grown through these challenges, something their mentor echoed.

“They’ve been through their own adversities for sure, but they’ve not let the adversity define them by any stretch, and they’ve grown because of it,” Sallee said. “I think that’s worth more than any amount of points or any amount of wins.”

Contact Kyle Smedley with comments via email at kyle. smedley@bsu.edu or on Twitter @smedley1932.

Graduate student Thelma Dís Ágústsdóttir looks to pass the ball in an exhibition game against Wheeling University Nov. 1 at Worthen Arena. AMBER PIETZ, DN

Redshirt senior Anna Clephane goes for a basket in an exhibition game against Wheeling University Nov. 1 at Worthen Arena. AMBER PIETZ, DN

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Amazing opportunities await you in the Graduate School at Ball State. Continue your educational journey right here by earning a world-class master’s, doctoral, or specialist degree or certificate in a high-demand field.

Our student-centered faculty, exceptional support, and flexible programs will empower you to excel.

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As the year comes to an end, take a look at some of the best photos our photographers took.

Members of the Ball State University Dance Marathon prepare to race at the Homecoming Bed Races Oct. 21 on Riverside Avenue. GRAYSON JOSLIN, DN

Sophomore Marie Keifer shoots a free throw in a game against Western Kentucky Dec. 2 at Worthen Arena.

Kiefer finished the game with three points. BRAYDEN GOINS, DN

A young Tennessee football fan looks to The Pride of the Southland marching band as they march down Phillip Fulmer Way outside of Neyland Stadium Sept. 1 before taking on Ball State. JACY BRADLEY, DN

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A Ball State student holds up a sign that said “Ho No Mo” unfolded but “Ho Mo” folded and cheers at Cindy Smock, ”Sister Cindy,” during her sermon at North Quad on Ball State’s campus Sept. 12. JACY BRADLEY, DN

A Ball State student cheers at Cindy Smock, ”Sister Cindy,” during her sermon at North Quad on Ball State’s campus Sept. 12. JACY BRADLEY, DN

First-year Code Red dancer Brianna Moye dances on the field before the homecoming game between Ball State and Eastern Michigan Oct. 22 at Scheumann Stadium. AMBER PIETZ, DN

Senior center back Amechi Uzodinma II runs with the football in a game against Western Michigan at Scheumann Stadium Sept. 10. Uzodinma had two solo tackles during the game. EMMA MATLOCK, DN

First-year Kenny Reed swims in the men’s 200 yard butterfly event in a meet against Eastern Illinois University at Lewellen Aquatic Center Oct. 28. JACY BRADLEY, DN

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Alice Cooper performs at Emens Auditorium Sept. 20. Cooper was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. AMBER PIETZ, DN

Members of Hyryder perform at Lazy Summer Home music festival Aug. 19 at Spring Valley Campground in Middletown, Ind. AMBER PIETZ, DN

Three people dress up and pose at the Pride festival at Canan Commons Sept. 3 in downtown Muncie.

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Congratulations to the

Ball State University

Class of 2022

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Yesenia Varela, BA Kathryn Verslype, BS Cierra Jo West, BS Abigail Joy Willans, MA Kate Anne Winckler, MA Joseph M. Wiseman, BA Kari Elisabeth Wissel, MA Lydia M. Wood, BS Antonio Dominic Worley, BS O’Brian Elijah Yarde, MA Yuang Zhou, BA

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Abel-Raul F. Alejandre, BS Cera Micheal Batt, BS Lauren A. Burns, BS Me’Shelle P. Carter, BA Cameron Hans Clevenger, BM Shelby Jean Collins, BS Erin Christine Davis, MM Andrew J. Dorough, BFA Peter Ellis Douglas, DA Tara Marie Douglas, BME Dulale Dulale, DA Kylie R. Edwards, BFA Anthony Payne Faulds, BS Emily Gallagher, MM Dallyss D. Hamrick, BFA Joshua P. Hovis, BM Adam D. Howard, BFA Jurena N. Howard, BS Phoebe Noele Jacobs, BFA Oswald Johnson, DA Kendall Chris Joseph, MM Alec Michael Kosla, BM Ryan Timothy Lovell, DA Andrew David Martin, DA Steven M. Moeller, MM Samantha Leigh Parker, BS Anne Ward Satre, BA Eamon Frank Anthony Schiro, BFA Allison C. Smiley, BFA Alex William Stanton, BS Alexander James Stombres, MM Benjamin Graham Taubert, BME Emelie Michele Wallin, BA Xinran Wang, DA Jillian Elaine Young, BS Christian Zepeda, BME

Miller College of Business • • • • • • •

Alexis M. Adams, BS Mark Agre, MBA Kaidyn Chad Alexander, BS Daygen Lane Armstrong, BS Andre Ricardo Askew, BS Gretchen Bankert, MBA Noah Scott Bannister, BS

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Keegan F. Bartrom, BS Sage E. Beckley, BS Nathaniel Walter Behrens, BS Gavin Will Benedict, BS Rebecca Anne Boerigter Lengyel, MBA Jeffrey T Bohlin, BS Ali Theresa Brady, MBA Nathan C. Brant, BS Glen P. Breerwood, MBA Luke Samuel Bryant, BS Kearra Dominique Calhoun, BS Allyssa Maria Calvo, MBA Tyra Louise Campbell, MBA Jacob Michael Carlisle, BS Logan B. Carmack, BS Bryce J. Chastain, BS Amandeep S. Chera, MBA Ashley Chitwood, MBA Samuel J. Clark, BS Joshua Clary, BS Nolan Thomas Clay, BS Austin Cole, BS Michael Creely, MBA Wesley G. Crouch, BS John Raymond Cullinan, BS Robert Louis D’Anjolell, MBA Regina R. D’Orazio, MBA Isabela Maria Dagon, BS Amaia Daniel, BS Jeffrey P. Davis, BS Jeremiah Nathan Davison, MBA Jared Andrew Delph, BS Madalyn M. Denny, BS Ryan Desai, MBA Shamus Joshua Driver, MBA Alexis Raquel Dunigan, BS Gary Ernest, MBA Bradley Eugene Fellows, MBA Ian Michael Fox, BS Jackson M. Frederick, BS Dillon Gregory Freiberger, BS Jake Hunter Froman, MBA Kevin Dylan Gaskill, BS Autumn Gates, MBA Karina Alexandria Gonzalez, BS Jackson R. Hackett, BS Claire A. Harvey, BS Meredith R. Haskett, BS Daniel Tyler Hawkins, BS Chad Lee Hedge, BS Jacob Rocky Hege, BS Braeden David Hilbish, BS Macey M. Hinshaw, BS Hailey Nicole Holding, BS Mary Elizabeth Isaacs, MA Garrett Michael Johnson, BS Bhanuprakash Kandimalla, MBA Colleen R. Kehl, BS

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Sean Robert Kelty, MBA Kendal B. Kendrick, MBA Jacob W. Knapp, BS Kevin Lucas Kohler, MBA Gregory Konkle, MBA Grace Maranda Kumler, BS Emily M. Lahey, MBA Michelle Nicole Lehmann, MBA Samuel Lawerence Lewis, BS Kai Tong Lim, BS Noah Joseph Linville, BS Anne Marie Logan, BS Candi M. Lorenzo, MBA Karina Lozano, BS Kyle William Mallers, MBA Casey Mann, MBA Lauren McKenzie Marciniak, MBA Joseph Dean Martinez, MA Ashley Mason, MBA Nancy J. May, BS Jack Mathew McCracken, BS Mitchell McDivitt, BS Maxwell McKee, MBA Erika Monae McKey, BS Dalton Might, BS Collin Wayne Miller, BS Jennifer Miller, MBA Marcus Morrow, BS Amrit Mylvaganam, MBA Melissa L. Narlock, BS Garrett K. Neal, BS Kaleb R. Nine, BS Tyler Ochs, MBA Emanuel Duran Olvera, BS Carson Pearce, MBA Rachel M. Perry, BS Zachary Dylan Peters, BS Betsy Michelle Powell, MBA Grant Thomas Randle, MBA Paul Travis Reffitt, BS Michelle Lynn Reichart, MBA Dylan Rickman, BS Devin Bryce Rizzotte, BS Joshua W. Robbins, MBA Sherry Inez Robertson, BS Bryant William Robinson, BS Lauren R. Robinson, BS Chance Wesley Roddy BA George Roddy, BS Michael Albert Rodriguez, BS Ryan Leigh Romack, MBA Noah Phillip Schneider, BS Jeffrey P. Serafini, BS Kenneth Martin Shields, MBA Jacob S. Silvers, BS Emily Paige Simmons, MBA Kyler L. Simmons, BS Kendalyn S. Skiles, BS

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Melissa Ann Slyh, BS Rylee Stout, BS Brody Strunk, MBA Thomas Charles Swift, BS Simon N. Swinford, BS William Jackson Thornburgh, BS Chloe A. Tobin, BS Hollin Totman, BS Alexander C. Tsaparikos, BS Casey Daniel Vance, BS Ethan J. Wagner, BS Megan J. Wagner, BS Tyler D. Welch, BS Ariyana S. Whatley, BS Alivia L. White, BS Samuel J. White, BS Christian Thomas Whitesel, BS Zachary D. Wiggins, BS Devon Lashawn Williams, MBA Brittany M. Wills, BS Qian Wu, BS Noah Zamansky, MBA Caleb Zapata, BS

Sciences & Humanities • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Benjamin Christopher Adesso, BS Faisal Hamad Alharbi, PHD Jeremiah Jacob Arakaki-Lemmon, BS Haley Farrell Armogida, BS Alexis G. Armstrong, BS Joseph Gyamerah Asante, MS Alyson Ann Austin, MPA Delaney Kay Bankston, BS Katelyn M. Bash, BS Seth Aaron Belcher, BS Eric J. Bembenek, BS Emily R. Bergel, MS Anisa G. Biehl, BS Noah Hunter Bische, BS Shelby D. Blaich, BS Frank D. Bogan, MS Claire Patricia Brackett, BS Joshua R. Brandon, BS David Keith Brewer, BA Margo Brines, PHD Kennedy N. Brumfield, BS Tara Lynn Buck, PHD Sydney Paige Burris, BS Adrianna N. Burton, BS Julia Calzada, BA Marco Antonio Capulin Temozihui, BS Isaac William Carcare, BS Mia Isabel Carter, BS Paichens Chamberlain, BS Kassidy M. Chase, BS Kuo Hao Chen, PHD Hannah Jo Clark, BS Emily M. Cole, BS

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Matthew A. Cole, MS Clayton C. Coll, BS Cora Jewell Conatser, BS Brynna E. Connolly, BA Jasmine R. Contreras, BS Brenna R. Cope, BS Ronika K. Cross, BS Jakob Cummins, BS Bethany Joy Darby, MS Brookelynn Deaton, MA Jacob A. Dillingham, BS Angela Doherty, BA Mary Margaret Doty, BS Brandon Dunn, MS Kelsey Briana Dunn, BS Edward Thomas Dziennik, BS Andrea Lynne Eads, MA Matthew Early, MA Jay Charles Edwards, BS Kennedy E. Edwards, BA Lora Angeli Estera, MS Emma Elizabeth Eveslage, BS Jackeline Michelle Fain, MS Nickolas James Fauser, BS Zachary Lewis Fernandes, MS Emily Josephine Fisher, BS Alexander Benjamin Fivecoats, MS Jaclyn A Flandermeyer, BS Parker F. Fletcher, MA EmaLee D. Fodge Franklin, BS John Alan Foster, MPA Erica Dee Fox, MA Ky’Lie K. Garland-Yates, BA Kayla B. Garmon, BA Jacob Kenneth Garrison, AA Haley G. Gaynor, BS Lisa Geraci-Civiletto, MA Jaymi R. Godfrey, MS Kaylee Lynn Gollifer, BS Tara G. Goodell, BS Krysta Dawn Gray, BS Jonathan Michael Greene, BS Jordan Lynn Griggs, BS Andrew Robert Hakes, MA Mercedes J. Hannon, BS Karen Marie Hansen-Morgan, MA Christian T. Harding, BS Catherine E. Hart, BA Elizabeth Bailey Hartman, BS Joseph C. Hartman, BS Ryan Hartsook, BS Abigail A. Hawkins, BS Daniel G. Hazen, BS Ethan Heicher, PHD Benjamin M. Hettler BA Abigail M. Hilliard, BS Kyleigh Breanne Hindsley, BS Beckett Michael Hochstetler, BA

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Luke D. Holsinger, BS Benjamin Scheffler Houchin, BS Zachary A. Houser, BA Jeremy Curtis Houston, BS Mason Elijah Janowski, BS Logan Kyle Johnson, BS Madeline Arielle Johnson, BS Mariah A. Johnson, MA Mary Joan Johnson, BS Matthew David Johnson, BS Elizabeth G. Jolly, BA Carly Lynne Jones, BS Emily Morgan Katz, BA Maria Ann Kelly, BS Elizabeth Mary Louise Kereny, BA Elizabeth Paige King, BS Angela Renee Kramer, MA Matthew Alexander Kuehn, BS Taylor A. Kuhns, BS Tyler Joseph Laity, BS David J. Lakanen, MA Lauren N. Latham, BS Jacob Thomas Lauve, MA Nancy Thi Le, BA Kaylee Rose Swank Leary, BS Camryn Elizabeth Leatherman, BS DeBoris Leonard, MS Christian Nathaniel LeRose, BS Austin Allen Lewis, BS Sierra C. Lewis, BS Ellie Nicole Longenberger, BS Kayla Lorenzo, BA Payton Lowry, BS Sydney N. Lundy, BS Kaylee K. Luttman, BS William R. Mables, BS Andreyana V. Martin, BS John H. Matthews, BS Robin Joy McClaren, MA Breanna L. Mccool, BS Trent D. McKenzie, BS Belinda Lynn McNeill, MPA Kiera N. Mcwhinney, BS Nona Mehrnia, MS Tyler J. Melser, BS Nicole E. Merino, BA Nicholas Cole Meulen, BA Hunter James Miller, BA Timothy M. Miller, BS Easton Michael Minthorn, BS Cole J. Mitchell, BS Aaliyah Marie Morrison, BS Jordan J. Morrison, BS Amanda Mortensen, MA Kristin Lee Nicholson, BS Kali Alyse O’Dell, MS Kenneth Onyango Ochieng, BS

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Erich H Ong, BS Kaden Micheal Ortiz, BS Colby M. Owens, BS Cathy Renee Parks, BA Natalee N. Parsons, BS Leah Huynh Pham, BS Benjamin Pittsley, BS Jane M. Plitt, BS Sydnie Cheree Porter, BS Parker G. Post, BS Brooke Mckenna Pritchett, BS Elisha G. Privett, BS Laura Ann Reaume, BS Daija Kai Reese, BS Blake Austin Richards, BS Margarita Rios, BA Andrew Rosenbloom, MA Ian Stewart Rumler, BS Jessica Renee Runkle, BS Hannah M. Sako, BS Jacob Bryce Samuelson, BS Gabriela M. Sander, BS Casey Mae Savoldi, BS Olivia Marie Scales, BA Charles M. Scott-Spencer, BS Juliana Diana Serna, BS Viena Sharma, MS Brayden Alexander Sheffer, BS Corri A. Shepherd, BS William Joseph Shipe, BS Morgan Skyleigh Shryock-Holland, BA Cathy J. Siebert MA Jia Eileen Simpson, BA Natalie Lane Smiley, MA Alexis A. Smith, BS Alyssa Jade Smith, BS Brayden William Smith, BS Riley C. Smith, BA Hayden Thomas Snider, BS Tod Stewart, MA Madesyn Jo Stigler, BS Allison Lyn Studenmund, BS Madylin Ann Suda, BS Lillian Mae Sutton, BS Mikayla A. Taylor, BS Laurynn Janae Thieme, MS Emily K. Thompson, BS Madison Rae Tincher, BS Grant Brian Topping, BS Tiffani Ashley Torres, BS Kaelyn Maikal Townsend, BA Kelli Marie Turkupolis, MA Trey Daniel Uetrecht, BS James Cameron Vincent, BS Bailey Michael Walker, BS Catelin J. Weaver, BS Douglas Edward Weinert, BA

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Jessica Lynn Weir, PHD Macy Jaye Wells, BS Colten James Wetherbee, BS Kylie Nicole Whipple, BA Emily Grace Whitehead, BS Brandon M. Whitsit, MA Kaylee Nichole Wise, BS Angel Subreea Adilah Woods, BA Emilee Woodward, BS Hailey Morgan Wren, BA Michael Payton Wyrick, BS Katelyn S. Zeiger, BS Ella M. Zumbaugh, BS

Teachers College • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Destiny Aaron, MA Samantha Jean Adauto, MA Faisal Mohammed A. Aljohani, MA Hailey Allen, MA Meghan Renee Allen, MAE John P. Alsop, MA Courtney Althouse, MA Samantha Jane Alverson, MA Julia Alves, MA Mallory Alveti, BS Sandy Amador, MA Nicole Anacay, MA Hunter R. Anderson, MA Samantha Nicole Andrews, MA Selena Antunez, MA Anneliese Marie Apostolico, MA Ashley Alexis Arce, MA Diana Arias, MA Katrina Marie Arnold, MA Jacob Russell Arrington, MA Rebecca Ann Atterberry, BS Molly Erin Aussieker, MA Melinda Autry, MA Lindsey Elizabeth Ayala, MA Kari E. Bailey, BA Ashley J. Baker, MA Elizabeth Baldassarre, MA Samantha Bani, MA Brandon Banta, BS Demi Barber, MA Jessica Nicole Barker, MAE Jessica D. Barnette, MA Hannah Sofia Baron, MA Ali Marie Bartus, MA Kelsie Rachelle Baumann, MA Keana Marie Baylis, BS Dustin Eli Beatty, BS Brian Christopher Becker, MA Karlee Beebie, MA Caleb Joseph Begle, MAE Joseph Belanger, MA Allison Belcher, MA

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Siera A. Bergeron, MA Eleanor Zoe Bings, MA Kyleigh N. Blackmer, BS Kelly C. Blakely, MA Kaylin M. Bledsoe, BS Katie Michelle Blevins, MA Mackenzie Bly, MA Abigail L. Boerner, MAE Saige Bourdon, MA Dana Sue Boyd, MAE Bethany Brand, MA Marie Breden, MA Ashley Adele Breedlove, MA Chris Andrew Brewer, MAE Norma Angelica Briseno, MA Jennifer Brock, BS Davida Brookbank, MA Sonia Jean Brooks, MA Emily Brothers, MA Kathleen Suzanne Brown, MA Caitlin Brunner, MA Jessica Anne Bruti, MA Cheri L. Bryan, MA Jessica Jane Bryan, BA Alexandria C. Bryant, MA Tran Ngoc Bui, MA Robbynn Carmelita Bukowski, MA Monica Bunkley, MA Hannele Alexandra Burch, MA Cierra Danielle Burford, MA Caitlin Bush, MA Brooke Bussink, MA Erin Jean Butcher, MA Alisha Butler, MA Denise O. Cabell, MA Kristen Call, MA Meredith Ann Callaghan, MA Matthew Kyle Campbell, MA Justin John Canlas, MA Alexandria Nichole Carlisle, BS Kristina Carmona, MA Joshua Paul Carmouche, MA Shannon Carroll, MA Paola Solange Carter, BS Andrea L. Castellon, MA Savannah Leigh Castillo, MA Shalonda LaToya Chandler, BS Sydney C. Chapa, MA Hilario Ciprian, MA Marianne Clancy, MA Tyler D. Clark, MA Molly Anna Coffman, MA Kylie N. Colwell, BS Nicole L. Colwell, MAE Nicole L. Colwell, MA Christiana A. Conley, MA Cami Marie Conner, MAE

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Jamie M. Connor, BS Emily Rae Connovich, MA Sean Cooley, MA Julia A. Coons, BS Katelyn R. Cooper, BS Brittney Corley, MA Regina Jane Cosby, MA Heather Coudret, MAE Halee Renee Cox, MAE Kyndall Marie Cox, BS Taylor Renee Crawford, BS Camille Marilyn Crockett, MA Caymen Crouch, MA Veronica Cruts, MA Kelsey Dalie, MA Jennifer Lena Danielson, MA Tiffany Darr, MS Hannah E. Darst, BS Victoria Michelle Daugherty, MA Emily Jo Davis, MA Indalia De Jesus-Stahl, MA Israel Dearborn, BS Nicole Ann Denman, MA Sean Stuart Denny, MA Kelsey Leeanne DeRoos, MA Lucy Dewitt, MA Josie L. Dickerson, BS Bailie R. Dillingham, MA Erika R, DiNatale, MA Alana Dison, MA Sarah Jane Dittman, MA Mariah R. Dobson, BS Kristi Michelle Spears Dowty, EDS Abigail Doyle, MA Katherine Mary Drees, MA Alexis Durel, MA Elizabeth Eakright, MA Kayla Kristine Edgmon, MA Lisa Marie Ellickson-Albert, MA Richard Duane Emery, MA Morgan Ereon, BS Amanda Escue, MA Elizabeth K. Essig, BS Chelsey Lynne Evangeliste, MA Kelsey Lee Fafinski, MA Dustin Monroe Fairchild, MAE Marin Faraj, MA Michael Farmer, MA Rabiya Farooqui, MA Amanda N. Fernandez, MA Nicole Kathryn Fiegen, MA Gabrielle Figueiredo, MA Alyson Filippini, MA Grace Michelle Fisher, MA Kaylee Fisher, BS Gabrielle Flores, MA Meghan E. Forgey, BA

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Justin Daniel Forte, MA Madison R. Forte, BS Kristina E. Foss, MA Autumn LM Francisco, MA Amber Kay Franklin, MA Amy Ann Fulkerson, MAE Leigh Ann Fuller, MA Kyle Purmort Gagliardi, MA Cassandra Gaines, MA Jamie Brynn Gaither, PHD Dylan Galbiati, MA Brittany D. Gallardo, MA Elena Gandara, MA Jessica Gann, MA Kamryn Garcia, MA Robert James Gassmann, MA Stephanie M. Gayton, MA Kalyn Marie Gebhardt, PHD Janell D. Geiger, MA Karin Gabrielle Gilbert, MA Christina Marie Gillis, MA Taylor Storie Glaser, MA Sarah Gomes, MA Ricardo Gomez, MA Jessica Gonzalez, MA Kevin Gonzalez, MA Stephanie Gonzalez-Fierros, MA Kai Gordon, MA Shavette L. Grady, MA Keelie Love Gragido, MA Courtney Nicole Gray, BS Jennifer Ellen Greene, EDD Nicole Greene, MA Courtney Danielle Greer, MA Olivia Kaitlin Griffeth, MA Kristin Griffis, MA Andrea R. Grigg, MA Andrea Groves, MA Hayley Gust, MAE Esmeralda Gutierrez, MA Carina Mae Guzman, MA Aimee M. Hagg, MA Laurin M. Hall, BS Tiara R. Halliburton, BS Kiley Harmon, MA Erin Harper, MA Amy Harris, MA Cameron J. Harris, BS Daija Harris, MA Morgan Taylor Harrison, MA Anastacia Marie Harrold, BS Sarah Hartsough, MA Jillian Hayes, BS Deanne J. Hearst, MA Alyssa Henderson, MA Ashlynn Kate Hepler, BS Luz Denise Herrera, MA

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Madeline Renee Hicks, BS Kimberly Ann Highley, MA Haley Hjelseth, MA Cara Michelle Hogue, MA Emily Anne Hollowell, MA Autumn Horrell, MA Sarah Elizabeth Horrell, MA Chanie M. Hoyt, BS Keelin Hunter, MA Bree Lynn Huskins, MA Lakin Hymel, MA Penny Jean Inskeep, MAE Jennifer Lynn Irby, MA De’Auvion Jackson, MA Alexis Bessie Inez James, MS Eric Lee Jameson, MA Andrea Sathym Janek, MA Sarah Jarakji, MA Jasmine Jaramillo-Soto, MA Kathryn Michaela Jay, MA Sebastian Jennison, MA Laura Jester, BS Jessica Dee Johnson MA Kayla Nicole Johnson, MA Peyton Leigh Johnson, MA Rachel Ann Johnson, MA Grace E. Jones, BS Katelyn Elizabeth Jones, MA Nechelle Patrice Jones, MAE Samantha Jo Ann Jones, MA Rachael Elizabeth Jordan, MA Walter D. Juarez de Leon, MA Pauline Muikia Kagimbi, MA Keriann Grace Kauffman, MA Nourhan Kazan, MA Shaianne Kealoh, MA Alexis Keeley, BS Victoria Nicole Kennedy, MA Elizabeth Ann Kitchen, MAE Julie Klusas Gasper, MA Rachel Knuttel, MAE Samantha Koslowski, MA Kathryn Claire Kraft, MA Abigail Kuhn, MA Audrey Renee Kusbel, MA Kaitlin Rose Lacey, MA Andria Laney, MA Lauren J. Langness, BS Ashton T. LaPorte, MA Casie Ann LaRose, MA Shante Larry, MA Karen Lasko, MA Emily Laurx, MA Nekashay Kacey-ann Lawson, MA Rachel Layng, MA Whitney Layne Leanhart, MA Hyeseok Lee, MAE Brooke Nicole Lemmon, PHD

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Maria Leopardi, MA Weixing Li, MA Nicholas Liddick, MA Hannah Lin, MA Molly F. Lindzy, BS Kenton R. Little, MA Anne Marie Llewellyn, MA Kayla Brooke Long, MA Christina Marie Lonosky, MA Emma Grace Loomis, BS Danielle Nikole Lopazanski, MA Leslie Lopez, MA Abigail C. Lowe, MA Brynna Lunde, MA Lauren Magreta, MA Morgan Mains, MA Jessica Maldonado, BS Kyle Martin Manning, MA Brandi T. Martin, MA Kelly Jean Martin, MA Brenda Lee Martinez, MA Megan Rose Martinez, MA Elizabeth Mayo, MA Audra Jean McAllister, MA Alexa R. Mcallister, BS Michelle Lee McCarter, MA Madison M. Mccool, BS Jocelyn Gayle McCray, MA Lori McDermott, MA Robert Stuart McElroy, PHD McKalynn K. McGee, BS Laurie McSweeney, MA Kyle Howard Mealy, EDS Brittney Leeann Mellinger, BS Deena L. Merrill Greto, MA Rebecca Metzger, MA Catherine Mikos, BS Anna Miller, MA Kelsi Gabrielle Miller, MA Madison Jane Miller, BS Ann Nicole Mobley, BS Janice Montes, MA Paula Alejandra Montes Fuentes, MA Hadley C. Moritz, BA Kendal Morris, MA Mitchell R. Mosbey, MAE Haley M. Mosier, MA Riley Paul Moulton, BS Mackenzie Clare Mullins, BS Sarah Jessica Murzyn, MA McKenna Christian Musgrave, MA Katherine Marie Nail, MAE Heather Nasuti, BS Andrea Neff, MA Shawn Neier, BS Madelyn Rae Nicholson, MA Anne Cathryne Niehaus, BS

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Hannah Nikirk, MA Melissa B. Noon, MA Darcey Noelle Nordman, MA Lindsey Nichole Norris, MA Brianna Nicole O’Brien, MA Bailey O’Keeffe, MS Kate O’Malley, MA Jessica Obremski, MA Keri A. Olsen, MA Randall Christian Oswalt, MA Charles O. Ozukwe, MA Codi Papcke, MA Raegan A. Patton, BS Antonette Louise Payne, EDD Madison Isabel Pearl, MA Michelle Renee Pennell-Madden, BS Madeline O. Penney, MA Alyssa Breann Petty, MA Evan Pfeifer, MA Jenna Marie Pittenger, PHD Emily A. Piwko, BS Hsi Hsi Poe, BS Alexis Jordan Porter, MA Amanda Powell, MA Lyndsay Powell, MA Alejandra Isabel Puentes, BS Joshua Z. Puia, MA Christina Maria Pulley, MA Brooke Elizabeth Quirk, MA Leonor Ramirez, MA Jessica M. Ramos, MA Lauren Elizabeth Read, MA Landa Ann Maria Reeder, MA Christopher Anthony Reilly, MAE DeOsha A. Rendell, MA Cassondra Renee Revilla, BS Maureen Margaret Richards, MA Mireya Rivera, MA Jonathan Lee Roberts, MA Kaitlin Robison, MAE Natalie Aideth Robles, MA Isabelle Edith Robyn, MA Mary Helen Rocha, MA Karlee White Rodgers, MA Destinee Marie Rodriguez, MA Jewelyn Marie Roy, BS Marilee Runnion, MA Amy Marie Runyon, MS Harrison Joseph Ruschak, BS Adam M. Russell, EDD Eyorusalem Sahlom, MA Samuel Eli Salatich, MA Nelly D. Salgado, MA Hope Marie Sanders, MA Carolina America Sandoval, MA Abraham Antonio Sardinas, MA Meagan M. Sarver, MA

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Traci M. Sasser, MA Delaney Michelle Sawyer, MA Rebecca Schaub, MA Sheila M. Schuh, MA Tyler J. Schwartz, MAE Haley Teresa Scribner, MA Jordan-Emily Senephansiri, MA Hannah Sexton, MA Adam Wayne Seyfried, MAE Michel Shay, MA Sabreen Sheikhali, MA Amber D. Shepherd, MA Michelle Elizabeth Shinkle, MA Samantha Shomaker-Mahan, MA Andrew Shores, MAE Mila Shrestha, MA Christina Shunnarah, MA Molly Siehr, MA Jillian Jenee Simmons, MA Lisa Ann Simon, MA Haylee Smith, MA Jasmine Smith, MA Jessica Corinne Smith, MA Sarah A. Smith, MA Sydney Claire Smith, MA Eva Rose Snowden, BS Sarah Gayle Solinski, MAE Tanikka Marie Sparks, MA Scott Robert Speheger, MAE Kathryn Grace Speidel, MA Julie Cressey Spradling, MAE Michal Lane Stacy, MA Danielle A. Staley, MA Shannon Stanley, MAE Rebecca Lynn Statton, MA Margaret Johanna Stein, BS Victoria Stepaniak, MA Bridget Sulek, MA Samantha Jean Summerfield, MA Gabrielle Nicole Sutton, MA McKenzie Sweet, MA Robert Alan Sylvester, EDS Savannah B. Talbot, MA Hiba Syeda Tauheed, MA Joshua Lawerance Taylor, BS Melissa Taylor, MA Katherine Leigh Thatche, MA Jacob Joseph Thomas, MA Brianna E. Thompson, BS Paola Tinajero Gallegos, MA Amanda Corrine To, MA Lilia Mary Veronica Tomkus, MA Andrew Shaun Truitt, MA Chandleur Tubbs, BS Megan Ashley Tucci, MA Meredith Louisa Tucker-Alexander, MA Kelli Marie Turkupolis, MA

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Ashleigh Ulrich, MA Stephanie Kay Lumapas Urquiola, MA Leticia Vaba, MA Sarah F. Valdez, MA Kelsi N. Valencia, MA Anna Valentic, MA Arianna Valero, MA Mikayla Labrillazo Van Arsdale, MA Kaylee Vannatta, MA Samantha Lynn VanWinkle, MA Arlyne Grace Vargas, MA Amanda Danielle Vasilak, MAE Audriana Amanda Vassel, MA Jesse Veloz, MA My H. Vo, MA Jennifer Wade, MA Chris William Walker, EDS Christopher J. Walker, EDS Katherine M. Walker, BS Amanda Louise Walsh, MA Alyssa Marie Wareham, MA Kelsey Wargel, MA Krysta Irene Watkins, MA Vivica D. Watkins, BS Kaylee Christine Wells, BS Xiaofan Wen, MA Samuel Michael White, MAE John T. Whybrew, MA Adiyah M. Williams, BS Nathan Willis, MA Ashley L. Wilson, MA Alison Winiarski, MS Megan Marie Withrow, MA Jennifer Wittmer, MA Alfred Wong, MA Angela Michelle Wright, MA Ashley Wright, BS Qianhan Xiong, MA Haley Nicole Yeary, BS Jami Yurcak, MA Samantha Marie Zauflik, MA Kelsey Zerkel, MA Qi Zhou, MA Hallie B. Zolman, MA

University College • • • • • • • • • • • •

Emily Marie Ashby, BGS Hayden Kathleen Bailey, BGS Christina N. Bangma, BGS Amalya Benhaim, BGS Alexander Edward Bennett, BGS Lily Catherine Brunner, BGS Haleigh Anne Canan, BGS Hannah R. Causey, AA Kassandra M. Conner, BGS Nickolas Crawford Craft, BGS Makayla Dawn Cranfill, BGS Ryan Jen’e Crump, BGS

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Paige M. Dillard, AA Makenna L. Eisenhut, BGS Teya Lynne Enerson, BGS Sabreena Dawn Ferguson, BGS Megan M. Ford, BGS Kelly Gaines, AA Wade G. Garrett, BGS Danyel Gibbs-Dale, AA Elizabeth Rose Greimann, BGS Caige Anthony Harris, BGS Esther Grace Hedin, AA Micayla L. Helm, BGS Allison Sue Hicks, BGS Madyson C. Hicks, BGS Lindsey Hormell, BGS Caitlin Huston, BGS Jordan B. Key, BGS Ava C. Kimmel, BGS Eve Nicole Kopsolias, BGS Vincent Michael Landfair, BGS Ilda A. Lemuz-Dominguez, BGS Erica Miles, BGS Jeremy T. Mueller, BGS Destiny Michelle Napier, BGS Stressca Nathaniel, BGS Megan Renee’ Newby, BGS Jashona Ryanne Nunley, BGS Chelsie E. Oleksy, BGS Kelly Osip, BGS Anthony Paul Pardue, BGS Kimberly Jo Parker, BGS Tyler Martin Lee Potts, BGS Olivia N. Reed, BGS Amber Lynn Riggin, AA Jose Manuel Rodriguez, BGS Janis A. Rudisill, BGS Megan Ann Scott, BGS Andrea Vernetta Sharpe, BGS James M. Shaughnessy, BGS Corrionna Lee’Ann Sivils, BGS Samuel Brien Smith, BGS Joseph J. Southard, BGS Ivory J.D. Clark Suggs, BGS Marissa Nicole Sweatland, BGS Leigh Ann Taft-McCoy, BGS Amy Elizabeth Kelsey Taylor, BGS Helen A. Trudell, BGS Kaliq J. Turner, AA Yoheinz Tyler, BGS Kyle Ullom, BGS Amechi John Uzodinma, BGS Colby A. Wagoner, BGS Rachel L. Wechter, BGS Zanita L. Whitley, BGS Avonne Camille Wyatt, AA Emily Zeddis, BGS Cheryl Lynn Zimmerman, BGS

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Kayla, no words can explain how proud of you we all are! You have worked so hard for your successes and we cannot wait to continue watching you follow your passions.

We love you!

Love Mom, Dad, Jordan, and Brooke

Daygen Armstrong Congratulations, Daygen!

We are so proud of you and all your hard work. There is a bright future awaiting you and we will continue to cheer you on. We love you!

Mom, James and Wesley

Abbigail Ayers

Sage Beckley

Congratulations, Sage!

We are so proud of your accomplishments and excited to see where your future takes you!

Enjoy every moment!

I am so proud of you! Proud that you kept at this journey even when it was hard. Proud that you believed in yourself and put in the hard work and dedication to reach this dream. I can’t wait to see what you do next.

Love you, Mom

Love, Mom & Dad JOSEPH BELANGER

Joseph Belanger

My love, I am very proud of you for finishing your Masters degree. You always strive to learn new things and make something extraordinary out of the ordinary. Because you are an incredibly persevering, generous and brilliant person, I know you will accomplish everything you set out to do. Congratulations!

MY MASTER JOEY: Joy to my doggy world, you are one softhearted and strong-willed soul, Overly determined to reach your goal, I saw how you juggle school and work, Everyday with you is an adventure, completing your MASTERS gives you a brighter future. You will always be my handsome Master.

ILSE

We are all so very proud of you, Joey. May all your dreams come true. Best wishes for your future!

Mom, Dad, Peter and Madeline

We are su-purr proud of you!

Congratulations on degree #2!

Love, Matthew, Binx, Phil, and Toast

Class of 2022

Joseph Belanger

Caitlin Brunner

Arielle

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Shalonda Chandler

Congratulations on reaching a new milestone! We're proud of what you achieved and it's a privilege to watch you grow into the person you have become today. Have faith in how far you can go and put God first. Follow your heart, as it will always knows the way!

Mom, Dad, and James

Elliot Charleboiss

Congratulations, son! You are a remarkable young man in every sense and I am very proud of you. Since you were young, you have worked hard by dedicating and disciplining yourself for the game you love... football. Those character traits will serve you well wherever you go. Go fearless.

LOVE ALWAYS, MOM

Lucy DeWitt Congratulations, Lucy!

Cady and I are so very proud of you and your accomplishments!

Your passion and heart for those you work with everyday is truly inspiring. Can’t wait to see what God has in store for your future!

Love, Mom and Cady

Taylor Eaheart Congratulations! Your hard work, sacrifice and tenacity have led you to this amazing accomplishment! Nursing is not what you do. It is who you are and you were born to be a nurse, Taylor! We are so very proud of you!

Love you to the moon and back!

Philippians 4:13

Mom, Dad & Ryleigh

Blake Chapman Congratulations, Blake!

We are so proud of all your accomplishments. There have been some ups and some downs but you conquered them all. Here’s to a bright future wherever life leads. We will always be your biggest fans!

Love always, Mom, Dad, and Ben

Jack Cullinan

Congrats to “The Amazing Jack Cullinan.” Throughout your life you have set your eyes on the prize and strived to achieve. Once again you have surpassed all obstacles and beat all expectations. You truly are AMAZING! All our love from your ENTIRE family. Chirp! Chirp!

La Familia

TAYLOR EAHEART Congratulations on graduating from the Ball State nursing program! All of your hard work has paid off and I can’t wait to see what else God has in store for you!

I know you will do great things at Northwestern Memorial Hospital!

I’m in love with you, always <3

YOUR LOVE

Taylor Eaheart A good nurse is knowledgeable, skilled and able. A GREAT nurse looks beyond the physical needs to the mental, emotional & spiritual. A GREAT nurse eases the suffering of the patient with bravery, kindness & compassion. You are definitely going to be a GREAT nurse. Congratulations!

Love, The Huely's

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Taylor Eaheart Dear Taylor, At 3 years old you were one of my nurses.

Many years later, you gave yourself a challenge & beat it head on by graduating with a nursing degree. Grandpa & I are so proud of you! I'm excited for your next adventure at Northwestern Hospital!

Love Always!Gram Eaheart

JAY EDWARDS Congratulations, Jay Edwards. We are so proud of you!! You focused, did the work and moved forward.

Your light is BRIGHT and full of promise. You have our full support and we look forward to seeing you progress in your future endeavors.

Taylor Eaheart Taylor, do you know what makes your graduation extra special? It's having watched you grow up, sharing amazing memories with you, and knowing all the challenges you've worked through to get to this day. You did it, girl!

Northwestern Hospital is lucky to have you! We're so proud of you!

Aunt Trish & Uncle Daryl

Elizabeth Essig

We love you!

Congratulations, Lizzie! We are so proud of you and know that you will be an amazing teacher!

We love you so much and can’t wait to see what your future holds!

DAD, MOM & ORIN

Love, Mom, Dad, Elaina, and Matt

Alyson Filippini Dear Aly, we are so proud of you and how hard you have worked to complete your Master’s Degree. You are kind and really care about helping your persons served. We wish you the best in everything your future holds.

Quiara Goggans Congrats, Qui! We are so proud of you.

We can’t wait to see all the places you will go in life. The sky is the limit. Your display of perseverance & dedication are a wonderful foundation for success. We love you so much!

Mom & Dad

Love, Mom and Dad

Kristin Griffis It may be cliché but words cannot express the pride/ awe, I carry, in what you have completed. You made it look as smooth as a drive to the baseline.

I love you! -Husband • You did it! -Kait • I’M SO PROUD OF YOU! -Mom • You will be a great BCBA! -Morgan & Cheryl

Abigail Hilliard Congratulations! We are so proud of you! What an amazing accomplishment.

You have reached one of your goals and worked so hard. We are lucky to have you as a daughter and sister.

Mom, Doug & Trevor

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De'Auvion Jackson

Congratulations, Dee Dee! I am so proud of you and all of your accomplishments. Your hard work towards your Master’s Degree has paid off. I am proud of the young lady you have become.

Just remember you are and will always be MY SUNSHINE...

Love you!Your extremely proud mother, Sherita Jenkins

De'Auvion Jackson De'Auvion - All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them, and you, De'Auvion Jackson, did just that! We are extremely proud of your achievements and accomplishments. We love you!

Love, PaPa and NaNa

De'Auvion Jackson

Congratulations, De'Auvion, for getting your Masters Degree! I wish you nothing but the best.

With God by your side you will go far in life and accomplish great things. THE WORLD IS YOURS, GO GET IT! Granny is so proud of you. I love you very much.

Love you, Granny De'Auvion Jackson We are so proud of you and all of your accomplishments! We're amazed by your determination and hard work. Go out into the world and make them know the name De'Auvion Jackson! We love you!

Love, Aunt Chloe & Unc Kyle

Eve Kopsolias

De’Auvion Jackson

Congratulations, De’Auvion for earning your Masters Degree! You are a perfect example of what you can accomplish through trusting in GOD, hard work, determination and sacrifice. We wish you nothing but continued success. You have a bright future ahead of you. We are so proud.

Love you, Uncle Phonso, Aunt Tanya, Kierra and London

Sydney Larrson Congratulations, Sydney!

Thank you for all of your hard work here at The McKinley Avenue Agency.

We know you are going to do great things!

The McKinley Avenue Agency

We are so proud of you for following your dreams, sticking to your ideals and becoming the beautiful confident women you are today. Know that we will always love you and are always here for you.

Love always, Mom and Dad

EVAN LINDE

Congratulations on your degree! You worked hard and finished early! I am so proud of you can’t wait to see what else you accomplish in your lifetime! I love you!

MOM

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Nancy May I know it wasn’t easy, but I also know that you truly earned it! May your future be bright and full of opportunities. I am so very proud of you! I love you!

Congratulations, you did it!

We couldn't be more proud of you Vincent.

The day you accepted BSU, graduation day seemed so far away. Your determination, passion and character led you to the success you've achieved. Continue following your heart and your dreams.

We love you so much and that doesn't say enough.

Mom

Dad, Mom, Julia & Anthony

Catherine Mikos We’re so proud of you, and honored to celebrate graduation day with you! We knew you could do it! Best of luck on your new beginnings!

Congrats and may all your dreams come true!

Lots of love, Mom & Dad

Tara & Jeremy Mueller Congratulations!

We are extremely proud of you both and love you always.

We can’t wait to see where your next adventure will take you.

The Douglas’ Family

Emily Moore

To my kind, compassionate, loving daughter, whom I stand in awe of every day: you make me proud in the way you live your life, and all that you have accomplished.

I am your biggest fan, and I look forward to the promising future that is ahead for you!

Love, Mom

Melissa Narlock Words cannot describe how proud we are of you, Melissa Narlock, for achieving your goal of graduating college with exceptional grades. You are a talented young woman whose hard work and dedication serves as an example to others.

Any employer would be gifted to have you as an employee.

Jeff & Dawn Narlock

We are so proud of your hard work and accomplishments.

We always knew you would be destined for great things. Now, you have the tools to achieve any dream you desire. We can't wait to see what you do and where life takes you. We love you, always and forever.

Shalynn Overholser

Jeff, Lorie, Preston & Mackenzie Overholser

Rachel Perry

Congratulations, Rachel Perry! You did it! You are graduating from BSU. You’ve worked so hard for this.

You make me proud every single day. I know your Dad is looking down on you, amazed at the young woman you’ve become. You go girl!

All My Love, Mom

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Emily Piwko To our amazing daughter: You make us so proud with all your hard work and dedication to your education. We can’t wait to see where this world takes you!

Love always, Mom and Dad

Lauren Read We love the lifetime of memories you’ve given us. We’re inspired by the journey you’ve taken, with both highs and the lows that have made your spirit stronger and your heart wiser. We admire the person you’ve become: independent, capable and an inspiration to others.

Congratulations! Continue to be FEARLESS!

JACOB SAMUELSON What a long, strange road it has been. We knew Ball State was the right place for you and now you get to look beyond Muncie for your next adventure and responsibility. We are so happy with your accomplishment. We love you and want the best for you. Congratulations!

JB AND SUSIE SAMUELSON

Noah Schneider

Love, Mom, Tom and Nana

Congratulations!

You're ready to take on the world with your incredible knowledge, wonderful personality and kindness! We are SO proud of you!

We know, as you graduate, you have so much to give the world.

We wish you the very best!

Dad, Mom & Sarah

Alex Stanton II

Alexis Tackett

Dad & Mom

Love You, Mom, Dad and Jaidyn

We are so happy for you on this outstanding achievement. You have always given us a reason to walk with our heads held high.

As you move forward in life, we hope you take with you all that you learned and use it to make all your dreams come true.

Emily Thompson Congratulations on graduation, my love. Even after seeing all of your effort, long hours and stressful nights your dedication continues to astound me.

I can’t wait to watch your success continue, and feel your passion grow. Three blue stars rise on the hill. I love you.

Ethan and Spero

Congratulations on your graduation and your new job! We are so proud of you, and know that you are going to be a fantastic SLP, and touch countless lives! Remember to keep your eyes on God, and to keep being you!

Lilia Tomkus You did it! Always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger and smarter than you think, and loved more than you’ll ever know.

We are beaming with pride on your accomplishments.

Congratulations Lilia on earning your Masters Degree!

Love, Mom, Dad, Masha & Will

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Anna Valentic

Anna Valentic

A simple congratulations simply won’t suffice for an accolade such as this. You are absolutely amazing.You inspire me to do better everyday. Your dedication and unmatched work ethic has propelled you to achieve what many cannot.

I love you. Congratulations!

CONGRATULATIONS on your master’s degree!

We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see what’s next… go get ’em tiger!

Love, Mom, Dad, and Joey

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Abby Warren

I know you will be the teacher that the kids remember when they look back on their childhood.

Cla

Mom and Dad

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Congrats Zachary! Wishing you the best as you step ahead towards new opportunities in life. Be proud of this moment! You deserve it for all that you have achieved. May all your future dreams be fulfilled and may you always find yourself happy.

We love you!

I love you, Mom

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ZACHARY WIGGINS

I wish for you a lifetime of love, laughter and learning.

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To our amazing daughter: From your first breath until your last, no one will ever be more proud of you than we are. There are no words to express the tremendous, faithful, intelligent, funny, caring woman you have become. God truly does have great plans for you!

I am so proud of you!

First we would like to thank you for saving us a little cash from graduating a semester early. Your are an amazing daughter and we wish you the best. So look out world the coolest teacher is coming your way.

Love Mom and Dad

MOM, NATALIE, AND ERIC Congratulations,

Caleb!

Your hard work and dedication have led to this moment and achievement.

We are very proud of you and look forward to seeing what the future holds for you. Take advantage of every opportunity. We wish you the very best.

Love you always!

Dad, Mary, Evan, Joshua, and Ryan

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Reach your goals.

Earn your next degree here.

Continue your Ball State journey with the amazing opportunities and support that await you in our world-class graduate programs.

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