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Each Electronic Field Trip is the result of collaboration
and hard work from a lot of people, but most of the production
is handled by a crack team at Ball State University. This
full-time staff plans and executes each field trip, from
designing websites to planning the live television show.
So now, without further ado, allow us to pull back the curtain
and introduce those responsible (though rarely accountable)
for each Electronic Field Trip:
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JACQUIE BRADBURN
Assistant Director
Playing the part of Jeff's right hand is Jacquie, whose primary goal is to help teachers take their students beyond the classroom. She's so committed to this goal that she seeks out the most unconventional places to do her work, from a privy pit in Philly to a horse trailer in Hawai'i. Now THAT'S thinking outside the box! When she's back in the office, though, Jacquie spends most of her time working with our teacher groups to develop curriculum for each EFT.
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AARON CULLISON
Animation and Media Coordinator
Aaron spent four years studying Star Trek lore at The Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago. In his spare time, he also picked up a degree in media arts and animation. Known as "The Dragoon" to his friends (and plenty of other names to the rest of us), he quests for a rival geek who can best him in Star Trek trivia. Even though said geek was discovered deep in the forests of Washington, Aaron's quest continues.
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KELLY HAUN
Registration Coordinator
By day, Kelly handles all the registrations for the EFT program. But by night, she transitions to her alter ego: volunteer firefighter! Though it may seem like an unlikely combo, we've found her lifesaving tactics to be quite effective on the ailing EFT database. And whenever our office has a fire drill, she gets to carry Jeff down 10 flights of stairs to safety. (Also when Jeff is ready to go home at the end of each workday.)
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STEVE SCHULER
Manager of Interactive Media
Need to know why your webpage displays upside down or the Green Lantern's secret identity, just ask our resident programmer/comic book guy, Steve. Steve originally went to Ball State for a degree in Telecommunications. Once he graduated, he didn't know what else to do so he stayed. The university ended up giving him a Masters Degree in Information Science for his good attendence. While Steve is a newcomer to the EFT team, he's done his share of travel, living in such places as Washington, D.C., until he finally returned to his Ball State roots.
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BRANDON SMITH
Script writer/Director
Brandon graduated from Ball State University in 2001 with a degree in telecommunications, and he went on to get a master's degree in communication at Temple University in Philadelphia. He soon grew weary of big-city excitement and yearned to return to the simplicity of Muncie, Ind., so he joined the EFT team as the mastermind behind the live broadcasts.
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