Vol. XXXVIII, No. 6

October 30, 2009

Faculty Notes

Nicole Etcheson gave a paper on "John Brown's Men" at the Academic Symposium on the 150^th Anniversary of the Raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, October 14-17, 2009.

News from Our Public History Internship Program by Director Michael Doyle

We've recently gotten updates from several Program alumni and students whose completion of the Department's Public History introductory course helped launch them onto the path of professional careers.  Andy Frohberg (B.A., ‘08), Allison DePrey (Hist. 240, ‘06), and Joe Fox (B.S., ‘03) are presently earning Master's degrees at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis in Public History and/or Library and Information Studies.  Andy is doing graduate internships this semester at the Indiana State Archives and the Indiana State Records Advisory Board.  Allison is interning as a reference collections graduate assistant in the Indiana Historical Society Library.  Paige Clary Waters (Hist. 240, '01; B.A. '03; M.A., ‘09), meanwhile, was acknowledged in the credits of Prof. Ron Morris's newest documentary film Making Choices along the Way: the U.S. 31 Corridor in Marshall and St. Joseph Counties.  She is employed as an administrative assistant for sales at C.S. Kern, Inc., the printing firm located in Muncie.  Cathy Draeger-Williams (Hist. 240, '99; B.A. '00; M.S., ‘03) is an archaeologist with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.  She'll be presenting a free public lecture on "Indiana Archaeology" at the Community Center for Vital Aging on Mon., Nov. 4 at 6:30 P.M., which is located on the 2^nd floor of the Cornerstone Center for the Arts in downtown Muncie.  Ryan Shrack (Hist. 240, '07; B.A. ‘09) recently stopped by the Department to show off his three month-old daughter, Annelise.  Ryan started his M.S. degree program in Historic Preservation at Ball State this fall.  Finally, one of our current M.A. candidates, Matthew Stephenson (B.S., ‘07), is employed as adult reference librarian at the Pendleton (Ind.) Community Public Library.

Calendar 

The Promotion and Tenure (P & T) Committee will meet on Friday, October 30 beginning at 3:00 p.m. in BB 201.  It also plans to meet on Monday, November 2 and November 9, in BB 201 beginning at 3:15 pm.

The Advisory Committee will meet November 11, at 3:30 in BB 201.