About BSU Business Fellows

During the 2007-08 academic school year, students representing 12 majors from five different colleges on the campus of Ball State University have been helping Indiana Foodways Alliance Executive Director Susan Haller with a variety of tasks that need to be accomplished with the start-up of a new nonprofit organization. Ball State issued a news release regarding the students' involvement in the project (read more).

Teams and their members are as follows:

Graphics Team
Wesley Jeffers, graphic design, Bourbon, IN
Matthew Patty, geography/geographic information systems, Farmland, IN
Julia Payton, photojournalism, Springfield, OH*
Richard Hughes, magazine, Rome City, IN**
Allison Reynolds, journalism graphics, Martinsville, IN

Marketing Team
Annette Campbell, entrepreneurship, Clinton, MD
Jizhong Chen, computer science, China
Haijian Cao, computer science, China**
Jamie Kistinger, marketing, Merrillville, IN
Katherine Singleton, urban planning, Paoli, IN*
Jeremiah Wills, sociology, graduate, New Castle, IN
Amanda Getchel, news-editorial, Lafayette, IN**
Sarah Moreland, magazine, Indianapolis

Public Relations Team
Kimberley Jackson, public relations, Fishers, IN*
Julie McConnell, public relations, graduate student, Muncie, IN
Meghan Reiser, communication studies, Crete, IL
Susan Senninger, geography/tourism, Celestine, IN (outside
Jasper, Ind.)
Hillary Tribbett, public relations, Lafayette, IN


Video Team
Jan Bender, telecommunications, Poseyville, IN*
Lauren Holditch, culture anthropology, graduate student, Cincinnati
Starla Loyd, telecommunications, Indianapolis
Kyle Ramsy, telecommunications, St. John, IN
Ryan Thedwall, telecommunications, Indianapolis
Nick Wilhoit, telecommunications, Carmel**

*Fall Semester team member only
**Spring Semester team member only

As part of their work for Business Fellows, each team member was asked to write why they were attracted to the Indiana Foodways Alliance Business Fellows project. Interestingly enough, each student had a food story to tell. To read their stories, click on their names.

The overall goal of the Business Fellows team for the Indiana Foodways Alliance is to identify culinary community assets to strengthen local businesses and community economic development efforts.

Some of the team’s responsibilities include creating and adding content to the Indiana Foodways Alliance's Web site, producing broadcast-quality food stories, creating culinary trail maps, developing plans for fundraisers, creating and designing a quarterly newsletter, developing a food-photography resource library, developing a database that lists Indiana-made foods, designing printed materials and more.

For more information about Indiana Foodways Alliance, contact:
Susan Haller, Executive Director
Phone:  317-579-1940
infoodway@sbcglobal.net
www.indianafoodways.com

Background:
The Business Fellows program at Ball State University consists of a faculty mentor and student team engaged in an on-site, problem-based project with an Indiana business or organization. The goals of a Business Fellows project should be to assist the partner organization in improving services, increasing business, developing new job opportunities, improving quality, or improving competitiveness.

The Business Fellows program is open to all Ball State juniors, seniors and graduate students from all academic majors. Business Fellows are required to commit an average of 10 hours a week to their projects for either a semester or two semesters. The Business Fellows project, coordinated by Ball State’s Career Center and funded by Lilly Endowment Inc., gives students the opportunity to engage in intense applied work experiences during the school year.

Benefits for students include:

1. Practical experience in their career field
2. Developing skills employers seek
3. Increasing marketability
4. Expanding their network with Indiana employers, alumni, faculty and students
5. Connecting with job opportunities in Indiana
6. Earning money while gaining experience

Faculty Mentors:
Sheryl Swingley, M.A., news-editorial instructor and internship coordinator
Department of Journalism
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 46306
Phone: 765-285-8688
Fax: 765-285-7997
sswingley@bsu.edu

Becky McDonald, Ph.D., assistant professor, public relations
Department of Journalism
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 46306
Phone: 765-285-8209
Fax: 765-285-7997
bamcdonald@bsu.edu

For more information about Business Fellows, contact:
Nicole Feldhues, Business Fellows Project Manager
Phone: 765-285-2430
nfeldhues@bsu.edu

www.bsu.edu/careers/fellows