The longest active dean on campus is stepping down from his position and will be replaced beginning July 1. John Jacobson was named the Dean of Teachers College on Friday, replacing Roy Weaver, who has worked as dean for the past 16 years at Ball State University.
The long time voice of the Cardinals will be inducted into the Indiana Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October. Morry Mannies has been the Ball State University play-by-play announcer for men's basketball and football since his freshman year at Ball State in 1956 and was named an inductee to the hall of fame last week.
OK, we know this is probably not how you would want to spend a summer. Rather than returning to your warm bed at home, going to a foreign country or even relaxing somewhere on a beach, you get to spend the summer at Ball State - where the closest thing there is to a beach are the sand volleyball courts by Noyer Complex.
The Ball State University basketball team will have to start the 2009-10 season short-handed after losing two scholarships. The NCAA released its Academic Progress Rate Report, which cited the basketball team fell below the required score of 925, scoring 873.
The entire Mid-American Conference baseball season came down to a three-game series for Ball State University. Trailing the University of Toledo by one game, the Cardinals played host to the Rockets on the final weekend of the regular season. The winner of the series would take the MAC-West crown and the two seed in the MAC Tournament.
The Ball State University women's track and field team ended its season with a sixth place finish in the 2009 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Akron this weekend. Host Akron won the meet with 147 points.
Elizabeth Milian was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V First Team on Monday.
While away at college, many students find comfort and companionship in owning a pet. But for some, the commitment to their animals only lasts as long as the school year. During this time of the year, the Muncie Animal Shelter has an increase in the number of pets being abandoned either at the shelter or on the street, Julie Smith, office manager for the shelter, said.
A Ball State University men's golfer is looking to take his off-season training to a new level after a recent tournament. Anthony Novak will compete in U.S. Open sectional play May 25 in Purchase, N.Y., in hopes of qualifying for the mid-June tournament.
In art, the element of scale is often disregarded. However, in an effort to emphasize the importance of scale, The Ball State University Museum of Art opened their latest exhibition, "A Matter of Size." The Museum of Art hosted the exhibition's preview this past Saturday.
Brother, can you spare $3.8 Million? If the city of Muncie is a human body with a failing heart, then Ball State University is the expensive, top-of-the-line pacemaker that has kept that body alive. But now, not only is the heart failing, but so are the kidneys, lungs and nearly every other vital organ in an already broken body.
One of the greatest gifts in life is learning. The idea of processing new information, then applying it to a situation is beautiful and enriching. I have always been the student who eagerly asked questions in school and tries to see the importance in every subject.
Insurance, tenure and honorary degrees were just some of the topics on the agenda at the Ball State University Board of Trustees meeting on May 14. Student's health insurance policies were discussed at the meeting, and they decided to retain the same coverage.
John Jacobson from Stephen F. Austin University was named dean of Ball State University's Teachers College on Friday.
With an 8-6 win against Toledo on Friday Ball State clinched the MAC West Division title for the first time since 2005.
With national and state officials in attendance, Ball State had its ceremonial groundbreaking for new geothermal system Saturday.
More than 800 people packed the auditorium of the Horizon Convention Center Thursday night at the premiere of "My Name is Jerry," featuring Ball State University graduate Doug Jones and other Hollywood actors.
The Robert Bell Building was evacuated today because one of the building's elevator motors malfunctioned and started to smoke, Muncie Fire Department Lt. Chris Spencer said. The Muncie fire department originally responded to an elevator entrapment in the building, but Spencer said the trapped individuals were released.
For the past four years, senior Katherine Barnet has been told that, with a nursing degree, she would be able to write her own ticket into the field of her choice. As it turns out, that ticket may lead to a position she doesn't necessarily want to be in. She said she's been searching every other day or so for job openings and putting in applications, but has not had any interviews.
The Honors College and the College of Sciences and Humanities are doing something different with the Emens Lecture Series by presenting a symposium of student work. The Constructing Identities Symposium will take place Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Student Center.
