Robert Dirden, Ball State assistant teaching professor of theatre, plans and prepares for a performance Oct. 28 at the Muncie Civic Theatre. Dirden is one of four Ball State faculty members nominated for the Muncie Mayor's Arts Awards of 2021. Ally Haymaker, DN
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Ball State faculty and graduate students reflect on being nominated for Muncie’s fourth biennial Mayor’s Arts Awards

Robert Dirden, Ball State assistant teaching professor of theatre, walked through the doors of the Muncie Civic Theatre as a 16-year-old in 1989 and wanted to help create sets and design shows. With theater experience from Muncie Central High School and a calling to create, Dirden said he helped the theater with whatever it needed, including painting sets, building props and sewing costumes.



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The Limberlost State Historic Site is dedicated to preserving Hoosier author, photographer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter’s legacy. According to Inside Indiana Business, Stratton-Porter is Indiana’s most-read female author. Aimed Photography via Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Photo Provided
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Ball State alumnus Shaun Payne serves as site manager for Limberlost State Historic Site

In Geneva, Indiana, there is a home that once belonged to Indiana author Gene Stratton-Porter named Limberlost State Historic Site. Stratton-Porter’s family moved to the cabin in Geneva in 1888, and she lived there for 18 years. She wrote six of her 12 novels at this house, including “Freckles” and “A Girl of the Limberlost,” along with five of her nature books, according to the Limberlost State Historic Site.



Sam Miller, director of Undergraduate Studies for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the University of Notre Dame, speaks during the “Creating a Sustainable Society,” webinar Oct. 26. Miller shared examples of companies around the U.S. and explained their sustainable business practices. Eli Houser, Screenshot Capture
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'Creating a Sustainable Society' webinar provides in-depth look at sustainability across US

The Ball State College of Health and the American Dairy Association, Indiana Inc. sponsored “Creating a Sustainable Society,” a webinar series on modern sustainability practices, Oct. 26. With speakers from multiple areas of expertise including architecture, agriculture and business, the series aims to explain the problems and solutions being implemented across the world to combat climate change and unsustainable industry practices.




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