Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) held its weekly meeting Nov 3. SGA Vice President Chiara Biddle introduced new senator Brian Truell. Truell is a member of the accounting club at Ball State, an Eagle Scout and is part of the Dean’s Student Advisory Council for the Miller College of Business.
Robert Dirden, Ball State assistant teaching professor of theatre, walked through the doors of the Muncie Civic Theatre as a 16-year-old in 1989 and wanted to help create sets and design shows. With theater experience from Muncie Central High School and a calling to create, Dirden said he helped the theater with whatever it needed, including painting sets, building props and sewing costumes.
In a campus-wide email Nov. 3, Ball State staff announced plans for two in-person commencement ceremonies for fall 2021 graduates scheduled for Dec. 18 in Worthen Arena.
People of all ages came out to Ball State alumnus Governor Davis’ memorial Monday night at Sight and Sound Music Center.
In Geneva, Indiana, there is a home that once belonged to Indiana author Gene Stratton-Porter named Limberlost State Historic Site. Stratton-Porter’s family moved to the cabin in Geneva in 1888, and she lived there for 18 years. She wrote six of her 12 novels at this house, including “Freckles” and “A Girl of the Limberlost,” along with five of her nature books, according to the Limberlost State Historic Site.
In fall 2019, Parker Hickey, senior acting major, was approached by Jacki Walburn, a senior at the time, who was looking for any opportunity to be an activist and to be more sustainable, whether it be through organizing climate strikes or painting theater sets.
“What does our call to Beneficence mean to you?” Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns ends each episode of his podcast by asking this question, whether he is speaking with a New York Times bestselling author, a Grammy and Academy award winner or the CEO of Project Lead the Way.
The Ball State College of Health and the American Dairy Association, Indiana Inc. sponsored “Creating a Sustainable Society,” a webinar series on modern sustainability practices, Oct. 26. With speakers from multiple areas of expertise including architecture, agriculture and business, the series aims to explain the problems and solutions being implemented across the world to combat climate change and unsustainable industry practices.
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted unanimously, with one abstention, Oct. 26 to endorse kid-size doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5- to 11-years-old.
Ball State administrators celebrated the new Multicultural Center with a ribbon-cutting Oct. 23, approximately two years after they broke ground on the construction site in 2019.
Senior nursing major Kate Mahnensmith participated in the third Bed Race of her college career Oct. 22. Mahnensmith, a member of Ball State’s all-girl cheerleading squad, won the independent female category with her team.
Ball State held its annual Air Jam in Emens Auditorium Oct. 21 as part of Homecoming Week. The event saw 14 teams from student organizations across campus compete in a lip sync and dance competition.
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On Thursday, Oct. 21, Susana Rivera-Mills, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, delivered a lecture in the Teachers College titled “The Path to Peace and Social Justice.”
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, Ball State’s Health Promotion and Advocacy sponsored the “Save Your Beers For Another Day” event to bring awareness of alcohol and safe drinking to students.
One of Kate Avila’s favorite memories from working in Ball State’s Speech-Language Clinic is from when a client made a birthday cake and shared it with her supervisor and student clinician.
Students gathered in the Burkhardt Building Oct. 20 to attend a lecture by 2014 Ball State alumnus Qais Faqiri. The lecture, titled “Centralization of Power and the Collapse of Afghanistan,” was hosted by the Global Studies Association (GSA) and focused on the history of Afghanistan leading up to the evacuation of U.S. troops Aug. 30, as well as Faqiri’s own flight from the country Aug. 23.
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) met for its second meeting of the month, where senators voted on two amendments, were introduced to one more and SGA President Tina Nguyen gave her first “State of the Senate” address of the year.
Tests, essays, projects, work and social activities — the list goes on. College students deal with a number of things that can cause stress every day, and pressures from school are among the top reasons for stress, according to the Jed Foundation. As these responsibilities begin to build up, it can be hard for students to find ways to care for themselves.
The Annual Student Scholarship Talent Search returned to Pruis Hall, signaling the beginning of student festivities for Ball State’s fall 2021 Homecoming.
