When Joe Trimmer wrote the proposal in 1999 that would change Ball State’s curriculum, he didn’t want to present it.
Trimmer, who had been a English professor at Ball State for 30 years, just wanted to write it.
Joe is a professor of English and director of the Virginia Ball Center for Creative Inquiry (VBC) at Ball State University, which focuses on immersive learning. Photo provided, Ball State University
Then-president John E. Worthen had asked Trimmer to write a proposal for a new way of learning at Ball State.
“This assignment, was a writing assignment I thought,” Trimmer said, but explained Worthen wanted him to present it. “I said I will come and explain what I have written, but when you guys start talking money, I will leave.”
When Trimmer presented the proposal to potential funder Virginia Ball, he didn’t expect what came next.
Contact Liz Rieth with comments at ejrieth@bsu.edu or on Twitter @liz_rieth.
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