Gora receives Spirit of Chief Munsee Award
By Staff Reports / June 6, 2014Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler honored Ball State president Jo Ann Gora with the Spirit of Chief Munsee Award this morning.
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.
Focusing on youth and youth issues, Muncie’s Black Expo will begin its annual summer celebration 5 p.m. Friday in Heekin Park.
As incoming freshmen begin their orientation this summer, they will be the first class to learn about a law that could help save their lives.
The visitors paced themselves through Ball State’s new greenhouse Saturday, examining the vibrant variety of orchids. However, some people took the time to congratulate an emotional Cheryl LeBlanc, the greenhouse’s curator.
Completion rate of course evaluation forms has ranged in the 60 percent area since Ball State started its grade holding policy two years ago.
Some of the state’s greatest tech thinkers met in Indianapolis to create programs and applications looking to combat some of the city’s largest problems.
Ball State dedicated the next component in transforming its campus. Today, the university hosted a ribbon cutting for the new $1.35 million Dr. Joe and Alice Rinard Orchid Greenhouse.
LOS ANGELES — LeVar Burton’s fundraising effort to bring “Reading Rainbow” to the online masses is a by-the-book success.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a groundbreaking disclosure, Google revealed Wednesday how very white and male its workforce is — just 2 percent of its Googlers are black, 3 percent are Hispanic and 30 percent are women.
Ball State’s summer enrollment has seen an increase of 2.6 percent from last year, or 219 more students. A majority of the students are taking at least one online course.
Indy Chamber will welcome hackers to explore a new open data portal at Indianapolis’ first Indy Civic Hack Day.
Ball State’s new president, Paul Ferguson, will receive nearly double his previous salary when he takes office this August.
After receiving a warm welcome at Ball State, Paul Ferguson returns to a rocky university system that is dipping into reserve funds just to stay afloat.
NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou, a renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, died Wednesday at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 86.
NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune.
A 17-year-old construction project to improve Wheeling Avenue could begin as early as fall 2016.
Paul Ferguson’s toothy smile filled the small reception room at Sursa Hall. The newly announced 15th Ball State president weaved between groups of students, faculty and community members, treating many to a handshake, bumping fists with others and even posing for a couple of selfies.
Ball State’s newest president is getting a head start on his job today by meeting with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, though he won’t take office until Aug. 1.
1. U.S. House passes curbs on NSA surveillance; 2. U.S. reviews Thailand aid, military ties after coup; 3. Boy Scouts formally confirms Gates as president; 4. Facebook expands privacy checkup tool; 5. GM tells Wall Street recalls may last into summer
