Category: Alumni

From Thesis to Freelance Opportunity

July 26, 2020 by CAP

Connor Mullins, B.Arch 2020, found a way to negotiate pandemic-era job uncertainties: He’s operating a freelance business, Capture LLC, that provides architectural design and visualization services. Based in Muncie, he works remotely with clients and hopes to relocate soon. We checked in with him after watching his thesis video (below) which we wanted to share […]

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Fate, friendship, and balance shared by two alumni creates success

June 18, 2020 by Denise Jones

After graduating from the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State, Pat Pasterick ’83 teamed up with Ron Dick ’82, to form a collaborative team that ultimately turned into a successful multi-faceted design and engineering firm named Design Collaborative. Surprisingly, as students, they lived in the same residence hall, ate at the same locations, […]

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CAP alumna shares company’s strategies and personal approach to working at home

May 1, 2020 by CAP

We asked alumni to share how they were handling the COVID-19 crisis and adapting to working at home. Alumna Denise Blankenberger, BArch ‘16, a designer at Payette, shares her experience how Payette is handling the crisis and how she tries to stay motivated while working remotely. “I work at Payette in Boston, a firm of roughly […]

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CAP alumnus leads movement to 3D print medical masks

April 21, 2020 by cap

By Marc Ransford, Ball State University Blog When the COVID-19 pandemic struck northern California, recent Ball State University architecture alumnus Ege Yener turned to the organizational and teambuilding skills he learned in college to assist the area’s healthcare workers and emergency responders. Armed with only an Excel spreadsheet and an Instagram account, he started a movement to use […]

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CAP Alumni are Moving the City Forward with Improved Transit

January 16, 2020 by Denise Jones

On September 1, IndyGo opened the long-awaited Red Line – the city’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) service. The Red Line runs 13 miles through the densest part of the city, providing access to 50,000 residents and nearly 150,000 jobs – nearly one in every four jobs in all of Marion County. Riders are offered […]

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