Ball State offering online master’s courses

Ball State University is partnering with an online learning platform to offer two master’s degree courses.

Starting in the fall semester, Ball State University and Coursera will together offer online classes for master’s degrees in computer science and data science.

Admission will be performance-based, with no prerequisites or application required for admittance, according to a press release from the college. The programs will be developed and taught by faculty from Ball State’s College of Sciences and Humanities. Both courses are built for learners with non-technical backgrounds, emphasizing hands-on learning experience.



Visiting author

A historian and writer will be visiting the village this weekend.

Alan Gaff, author of “Bayonets in the Wilderness” and most recently “Field of Corpses: Arthur St. Clair and the Death of an American Army”, will present information from his latest book starting at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Nazarene Family Center, 401 E. Boundary St., Fort Recovery. Gaff’s discussion will highlight events of the battle in 1791 between Native Americans and the United States Army.

Admission is free. Gaff’s books will be available for sale at the event. For more information, call (937) 295-3764 or (937) 423-5364.



Contacting alumni

Portland High School Alumni Committee is looking for some of its graduates. The group needs contact information for the following alumni:

•Class of 1953: Connie Farris Overlander, Mary Fowler David, Barbara Hardmon, Delores Nelson Strong, Sally Yeager, Alice Johnson Toman

•Class of 1958: Robert Holly, Madonna Brown Uleman

•Class of 1968: Linda Twigg Phillips, Larry Phillips

•Class of 1973: Ruth E Ashcra , Debbie Benne , Martha Clear-Howard, Sharon Davidson, Jerry Gaut, Mike LeMaster, Juana Haydee Lopez Vargas, Deonna J Peace, Sandra Snyder Beumer, Sandra K Wentz-Ridgeway, Gary D Wilson, Harry Ziegler

Send information to [email protected], or mail to Portland High School Alumni, PO Box 218, Portland, IN 47371.

Medical residency

A Portland local has been matched with a medical residency in Louisville.

Emily Current was matched with a pediatrics clinical residency at the University of Louisville during Marian University’s annual Match Day, a ceremony for matching students with their post-doctoral medical speciality training.

She’ll continue her career in Kentucky after she graduates from Marian University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine on May 8.



Volunteers needed

EverHeart Hospice is looking for volunteers.

The nonprofit organization offering hospice and palliative care is recruiting volunteers to help with patients in west central Ohio and east central Indiana. EverHeart Hospice is in need of hair stylists, barbers, notaries and veterans.

Its reach extends to patients in Darke, Mercer, Van Wert, Allen, Auglaize, Paulding, and Shelby counties in Ohio, and Jay, Randolph, and Wayne counties in Indiana.

To learn more about the organization or how to volunteer, call the office at (800) 417-7535 and ask for volunteer coordinator Beverly Baltes.