FCS: The Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni Society will host its eighth annual Career Mentoring Day, Friday, October 28, at the Alumni Center. A board of directors meeting will follow.

Journalism: The Journalism Alumni Society board of directors met June 11 on campus.

The board discussed long-range initiatives. The group plans to conduct journalism alumni reunions in five-year intervals. The next reunion is scheduled for 2008.

The board also will work to raise awareness of the society among new journalism graduates, and will actively assist the Department of Journalism as requested.

A Professional-in-Residence program will continue to be sponsored by the Journalism Alumni Society annually. The most recent was in April. It included sports media professionals of national prominence. Bob Kravitz, Indianapolis Star; Don Yaeger, '84, Sports Illustrated; and ESPN's Vince Doria were among those involved in the day's events.

The board will participate in department activities during Homecoming Weekend, Friday and Saturday, October 14-15. In planning stages are activities that will place alumni professionals in classrooms and in contact with students for interaction and networking. Saturday events will coincide with official Homecoming Day festivities.

Another agenda item was the official adoption of the group's name as the Ball State Journalism Alumni Society. The title change, from Journalism Alumni Association makes the name consistent with the Ball State University Alumni Association constitutional structure for constituent groups.

The next board meeting is set for Friday, October 14.

MCOB: Approximately 300 Miller College of Business alumni, faculty, and students will gather Friday, September 9 at the Alumni Center for the second annual alumni awards dinner to recognize nine of its outstanding alumni.

Denny Oklak, '77, president and CEO of Duke Realty, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Stefan Anderson, HHD93, chairman of the board for the First Merchants Corporation, will be honored as a distinguished partner.

Awards of distinction will be presented to Eric Foss, '80, president of Pepsi Bottling Group; Randy Pond, '77, senior vice president of operations with Cisco Systems; and Scott Porter, '75, president of Thunderbird Products.

Awards of Achievement will be presented to Dana Berghorn, '77, senior  vice president of sales for Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages; Suzette Brown, '72, president of Brown Associates; Don Dumoulin, '82, vice president and general manager of Roche Diagnostics; and Terry Smith, '76, president of Terrance A. Smith Distributing, East Central Indiana Budweiser Distributor.

The MCOB Alumni Society board of directors will host Dialogue Days for alumni and students, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 11-12, in the Whitinger Business  Building.

Alumni who wish to share their professional experiences with students may contact the Alumni Association.

NREM: Natural Resources and Environmental Management alumni will combine a float trip and their second Adopt-A-River clean-up, Saturday, September 10.

Alumni and their families and friends who are 12 or older and can swim, may join the group to float or to clean the White River segment adopted by the NREM group.

The NREM Alumni Society board of directors will meet Thursday, September 15, at the Alumni Center. After the meeting members will attend the Greening of the Campus presentation by Catherine Gray. All alumni are invited to attend. Details are at www.bsu.edu/greening or by contacting Hugh Brown in the NREM department.

A five-mile bike ride along Cardinal Greenway is planned for Saturday, October 1. NREM alumni, family, and friends are invited to participate.

Black Alumni Society plans biennial reunion

The Black Alumni Society will host its biennial reunion, Friday through Sunday, August 5-7, at the Alumni Center.

Three graduates will be honored during the weekend as outstanding alumni. They are: Sandra Chapman, '86, investigative reporter for WTHR-TV, Indianapolis; Paul Kasambira, MA76EdD80, professor of education at Bradley University, Peoria, IL; and Patzetta Trice, '74, vice president of communications and marketing at British Airport Authority (BAA), Indianapolis.

Friday's events will feature a reception hosted by Ball State President Jo Ann Gora at Bracken House, followed by music, food, and beverages at the Alumni Center.

Saturday morning will consist of a panel-moderated discussion on the topic, "Is Bill Cosby Right?" A picnic lunch, games, and wine-tasting are set for the afternoon.

See the BSUAA Web site for additional reunion details, under upcoming events.