Ball State leadership team to implement 3-year Centennial Commitment plan
By Aric Chokey / February 7, 2015Ball State President Paul Ferguson's newly formed leadership team will carry out his vision for the university which he unveiled Friday.
Ball State President Paul Ferguson's newly formed leadership team will carry out his vision for the university which he unveiled Friday.
The Ball State board of trustees unanimously endorsed President Paul W. Ferguson’s revised vision for Ball State University just hours before the president was set to unveil it.
Students and the community react to President Ferguson's State of the University address.
President Barak Obama focused on the impact two tuition-free years of college would have on future college students and potential employers at his town hall speech in Indianapolis Friday. Obama came to Indiana as part of his nation-wide tour he launched after his State of the Union speech earlier this year.
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Even with the lights and cameras, Paul W. Ferguson maintained the calm and collected composure of someone who was comfortable with talking about how to lead a public university.
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Ball State has challenges. President Ferguson knows that, and at his State of the University address tomorrow, he’ll be sharing where he thinks the university can go in the future. However, he is just one person, and while he’s important, we wanted to know what some of the 20,000 students who live and spend most of their time here think about the state of the university.
The Ball State board of trustees is set to meet at 9 a.m., before President Ferguson gives his State of the University address.
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A shooting Thursday morning in Hartford City, 20 minutes north of Muncie, prompted Blackford County Schools to lock down. The shooting is still under investigation, Kelly Cale, Blackford County Sheriff’s Office dispatch said, however they did not occur at nor were connected to the school.
Ball State's 15th president took office on Aug. 1, 2014 following the resignation of the university's former president Jo Ann Gora. Here is his career before Ball State.
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Students will be able to hear spoken poetry and see the artist’s interpretation of it at Soul Crafted Methods tonight from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center.
Ball State contract faculty could see new titles and the possibility for promotion under a proposal. At last Thursday's Faculty Council a committee charged with reviewing and researching tenure, tenure-track and contract faculty titles found that the university needed to address how the faculty and professional personnel handbook defined and described its contract faculty.
Bernie Hannon is now Ball State's new vice president for business affairs and treasurer. President Paul Ferguson announced the appointment of Hannon, the associate vice president for business affairs, as the new vice president today in an email to the university.
