Rinard Orchid Greenhouse staff shares orchid collection history

As Erica Forstater, the assistant for the Dr. Joe & Alice Rinard Orchid Greenhouse, walks to the “Cool House” section in the back, she searches for Pleurothallis orchids, which have tiny blooms often smaller than her fingernail.  

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David Owsley Museum of Art celebrates women artists for 100th anniversary of 19th amendment

In the David Owsley Museum of Art’s (DOMA) galleries, Lillian McClung, a senior ceramics and art history major, and Robert LaFrance, director of the DOMA, set up Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics, the pattern glaze matching the pattern of Perle Fine’s painting “Impact” hung on the wall.   

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On the Clock: David Owsley Museum of Art student workers provide visitors with a cultural education

An hour before the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) opens to the public, senior art history and studio art major Marie Dickison arrives to flip on all the museum’s lights across its galleries.  

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Muncie Origins: Sea Salt and Cinnamon educates community about vegan lifestyle

Amanda Reninger, president of Sea Salt and Cinnamon, said the best and easiest way to invite people into the vegan community is to hand them a cupcake.  

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Ball State’s Field Station and Environmental Education Center works to better Muncie’s environment

When she was in high school, Erica Forstater said, she participated in the Student Conservation Association (SCA), a non-profit group whose members protect and restore land throughout the U.S. 

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David Owsley Museum of Art exhibit 'Mexican Modernity' highlights Mexican artists, styles

Through colorful paintings, drawings, prints and vintage photographs, the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) works to tell the stories of modern Mexican artists in its newest exhibit, “Mexican Modernity: 20th Century Paintings From The Zapanta Collection.”  

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