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  • English Alum Editor Adapts to the Newsroom
    April 28, 2023 by

     Allen Warren, a recent graduate of BA in English at Ball State University in 2022, is currently works at WTAE-TV as a Digital Editor. In this interview with Compass Creative, Allen Warren recounts him time at Ball State and how Compass Creative and Cardinal Directions influenced his career. In his time at Ball State, he […]

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  • Ball State Grad On Applying Editing Skills
    April 28, 2023 by

    Isabel Parham, a recent graduate of Ball State University, currently works as a legal editor and codification specialist. She looks back on her time on the Compass Creative team and in Ball State’s English Department as being very valuable in regard to her editing work now. Through the numerous skills she has gained while being at […]

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  • In-Print Festival XVIII: Nights of Review
    April 28, 2023 by

    This year’s In-Print Festival of First Books (eighteenth in the series) took place in the Student Center Ballroom on March 28 and March 29. This event consisted of a few noteworthy writers whose first books were published in the past year. Michael Kleber-Diggs (he/him) debuted his poetry collection Worldly Things in 2021, Jasmine Sawers (they/them) […]

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  • In-Print Festival 2023: Ira Sukrungruang Influences Imagination
    March 24, 2023 by

    Ira Sukrungruang, one of the four authors visiting Ball State for the In-Print Festival of First Books in March 2023, is a poetry, non-fiction, and short story writer whom has published books like This Jade World (2021), Buddha’s Dog & Other Meditations (2018), Southside Buddhist (2014) and Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy (2010), the short story collection The Melting Season (2016), and […]

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  • Creative Writing Alum Spearheads Undergrad Recruitment
    March 3, 2023 by

    Mikayla Galgerud (she/her; they/them) graduated from Ball State in May 2022 with a major in English (Creative Writing), and a double minor in Theatre and Film & Screenwriting. They are currently an Assistant Director of Admissions at Ball State University and travel to the Southwest region of Indiana for undergraduate recruitment. Originally from Nebraska, Mikayla […]

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  • Ball State Alum Advocates for Career Discovery
    February 17, 2023 by

    Gina Klaff graduated from Ball State University in 2020 with a B.A. in Creative Writing and minors in Professional Writing & Emerging Media and Studio Art. She is currently located in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and works as a Communications Specialist for an art supply company. While at Ball State, she was involved with The Broken Plate, Compass Creative, Book Arts Collaborative, and found […]

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  • English Good News 2022
    December 1, 2022 by

    Our friends at the English department have good news to share! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Faculty/Staff Cathy Day presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference in Anaheim, CA on Nov. 20, 2022, on “Illuminating the College English Curriculum and Professional Pathways for English Majors.” This was an invited session, and the panel includes Sarah […]

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