With more than 6 million children and youth in special education programs, the high demand for special education continues. The United States Department of Education has reported a shortage of qualified special education teachers for the current academic year.
Christian Campus House, a non-denominational church, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016. First opened in 1966, the Christian Campus House is an on-campus church which offers men’s, women’s and international student ministries. Student parishioners also participate in community service and mission trips.
Gov. Mike Pence’s State of the State address Jan. 12 was not met with positive feedback from some legislators and constituents — especially his views on religion and LGBT rights.
Ball State, as well other other higher education institutions, continues to be an effective lobbying force.
British actor Alan Rickman, a classically-trained stage-star and sensual screen villain in the "Harry Potter" saga and other films, has died. He was 69.
Most of campus is having power outages — including Letterman Building, Robert Bell and LaFollette Complex, said Lindsey Neeley, work control at Ball State Facilities Planning and Management. "Most of campus [is out], there's only a few select that are still up," Neeley said.
Sixteen Ball State students traveled to Ferguson, Mo., to interview citizens about their impressions of recent events after the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer in 2014.
The university has continued to show interest in the participation of the FCC spectrum auction. Ball State could make up to $277 million by selling its broadcast rights to air WIPB.
Members of Ball State’s landscaping department worked to clear the roads and sidewalks on campus of snow and ice from 4:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Jan. 12 while students attended their second day of classes.
With no winner yet of the largest Powerball lottery in world history, the jackpot has gone up to $1.5 billion with a cash value of $930 million, according to Powerball’s website. The winner will be announced Jan. 13, but the odds are not in your favor to win this drawing. For the grand prize of $1.5 billion, the odds of winning are 1 in 292,201,338.
The Powerball prize is higher than ever. What could $1.4 billion buy the winner?
Local Muslim leaders and Ball State students hosted a panel discussion to educate the public about the Islamic culture and Muslim religion on Jan. 12 at Cornerstone Center for the Arts.
Woody/Shales residence halls in LaFollette Complex will not be reopening for students in Fall 2016, according to an email the university sent out on Jan. 12.
University police saw no shortage of crime during Winter Break, with the numbers of break-ins and thefts rising to 14 incidents — more than the previous three years. The University Police Department responded to 11 calls for burglaries, an increase from seven calls from break 2014 and zero calls from break 2013. The break-ins reflected in the data only include calls UPD responds to, and does not include burglaries the Muncie Police Department may have responded to.
HotBox Pizza, an Indiana chain restaurant, opened its first Muncie location in the Village on Jan. 4. Suzanne Flynn, along with her husband Bryan Flynn, co-own the restaurant. They decided to manage the Muncie location because of its proximity to their home in Fishers and their desire to open a second store.
Ball State students have braved the cold for the past three years at the start of spring semester. This semester was no different, with Delaware county under a travel advisory on Tuesday and Muncie under a Winter Weather Advisory from the National Weather Service. The travel advisory is because of poor road conditions.
Construction for a $25.9 million immersive living/learning laboratory was supposed to start in 2015, but its spot on the edge of campus remains empty.
After receiving more than 1,200 ideas and 1,400 students logging on to vote on ideas, the My Voice campaign is working on choosing which ideas to pursue. A group of five Digital Corps students are currently working with Digital Corps director Brandon Smith and Stuart Sipahigil, senior strategist for enterprise user engagement, to form Charters for Change, which will identify the problems.
Local Muslim leaders and Ball State students will come together through a panel discussion to educate the public about the Islamic culture and Muslim religion.
The Indiana General Assembly started its 2016 session on Jan. 5. Here is a breakdown of some proposed bills students should keep an eye on this spring.
