Musicians develop skills, life perspective at Music For All
June 22, 2014Wide-eyed high school students packed into Sursa Hall on Saturday for the first day of a national band camp on Ball State’s campus.
Wide-eyed high school students packed into Sursa Hall on Saturday for the first day of a national band camp on Ball State’s campus.
For a small, devoted group of students, Summer Semester serves as a 10-week chance to complete the four-semester foreign language requirement.
While two cases of fraud have made a $13 million dent on long-term reserves, Ball State officials say the university is focused on recovering the assets, holding people accountable and implementing procedures to avoid the situation in the future.
Buses filled with hundreds of high school students will flood campus starting Saturday and will be closely followed by the sound of booming trumpets and snapping drums.
On the heels of their 2014 release, “Helios,” Grammy-nominated band The Fray will perform at Ball State in September.
Early Wednesday morning was just “another day on the job,” a Jokers Wild manager said.
For nearly three years, Ball State kept quiet about being a victim of two multi-million dollar frauds.
A relaxed atmosphere, the smell of food and the sounds of music filled the air this evening.
For nearly three years, Ball State kept quiet about being a victim of a multi-million dollar fraud.
The Ball State police officer arrested Wednesday has offered his resignation.
Check out events in and around campus for the weekend of June 12 through June 15.
The university took home eight regional Emmy Awards on Saturday night. Projects from the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry and Ball State Sports Link took home a few Emmys as well as others from the university.
A Ball State study found 95 percent of university presidents oppose concealed handguns on campus with 91 percent citing accidental shootings of students as the primary concern for their opposition.
Forgetting a charger at home is one less thing to worry about.
As professors begin updating their course calendars and syllabuses, faculty and students at a few universities are adding trigger warnings to protect victims of violence and abuse from being forced to relive the experience in the classroom.The Associated Student Senate at the University of California Santa Barbara recently issued a resolution to mandate warning students when a class will include topics like rape, sexual assault, suicide and graphic violence.Trigger warnings are given to prevent victims of past trauma from being exposed to material that may bring up memories of the experience.
For her decade of service, Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler honored President Jo Ann Gora with the Spirit of Chief Munsee Award.“I can’t think of anybody more deserving,” Tyler said.The outgoing Ball State president received a plaque for the highest award the mayor can give a citizen in a small ceremony Friday morning in City Hall.Gora was honored for “her caring of the citizens of Muncie ... her wisdom and council and her unselfish leadership to her community,” according to the inscription on the plaque.Tyler said the plans to give Gora the award began not too long ago.“I just started thinking about it a [few] weeks ago,” Tyler said.
Many medics, injured “victims” and ambulances came to campus Saturday for an emergency drill, but one element wasn’t on hand — preparation for the type of “active shooter” events that have devastated college campuses.
Ball State’s next president will inherit a university that has lost more than $15 million in yearly research funding since 2009, according to the Ball State Fact Book.
Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler honored Ball State president Jo Ann Gora with the Spirit of Chief Munsee Award this morning.
Negotiations between Muncie and Indiana Michigan Power have yielded new plans for a new substation.
