-: Well, a long story, Grandpa went here
after the war, World War II, the GI Bill.
So he got a degree from here.
Mom and Dad fell in love at Ball State.
That's how I got here.
Mom actually works for the University.
So I have quite a background in Ball State University.
But from a chemistry standpoint,
Ball State really prepared me very well
for working in the career, a field that I do work in,
as far as hard skills of chemistry and instrumentation
and titration and things like that.
I actually feel a little bit better
than some of the other people I've talked to
from different programs
in that Ball State actually really,
they give you those experiences,
those hard, tactile experiences with equipment,
instrumentation, what's to be expected
for analytical results, how to get them,
what's proper weighing technique, those type of things.