Ball State regularly hosts travel abroad opportunities to an average of 65 countries. Since spring 2020, Ball State hasn't sent any students abroad due to the pandemic and security risks. Rinker Center for Global Affairs, Photo Provided
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Awaiting Adventure: Ball State student, faculty detail struggles of planning to study abroad during COVID-19

For junior exercise science major Zander Lichosik, the past two years have been a frustrating waiting game. In his freshman year, Lichosik applied to the U.K. Fulbright Summer Institute (FSI) scholarship. He was supposed to study abroad in Scotland in summer 2020. But, like many other college students impatiently waiting to travel overseas, a global pandemic put Lichosik’s plans on pause.




Assistant lecturer of media design Leo Caldwell poses for a photo Feb. 20 near Shafer Tower. Grace Duerksen, DN
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Ball State professors reflect on their experiences in the LGBTQ community.

It’s the first day of classes at Ball State. Leo Caldwell, assistant lecturer of media design, is ready to welcome a new group of students to his classes, prepared to teach them all he knows about journalism and design. Students file into the classroom, filling the empty desks around the room and preparing themselves for what they are about to learn in Caldwell’s class.  However, during Caldwell’s introduction, he includes a detail students may not know about him — Caldwell is transgender.








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