Effective Sept. 19, Rashida Willard advances as the Associate Vice President for Inclusive Excellence on Ball State University’s campus. As well as the staff members of the Inclusive Excellence Office, Willard said she is over the moon to be joining the small but sturdy team.
Weather Forecaster Oliver Moster expects a warm up this coming week.
Mike Martin, along with Christina Mann and Kory Gipson, are set to teach a 12-week “Impact X Class” starting September 13, a collaboration between Ball State University’s Entrepreneurship Center, the City of Muncie and the In Place Impact Muncie Initiative, hoping to help Muncie’s entrepreneurial and economic scene grow.
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96.
Ball State’s Office of Community Engagement holds its annual Day of Action Friday, Sept. 9, to help Delaware and surrounding counties with providing basic necessities.
Sept. 7, the Ball State Students Government Association (SGA) hosted former Alumna Jordyn Blythe representing Orr Fellowship. Sen. Andy Hopkins, the chair of the At-Large Caucus, talked about plans to use surveys to bring student issues to light and give them representation.
Sept. 3, 2022, Muncie OUTreach hosted its first Pride festival at Canan Commons Park in downtown Muncie, Indiana. The festival was held from 5-8 p.m. with many vendors lining the street and performers on stage.
On Friday afternoon, Ball State University Police Department (BSUPD) sent out a public safety advisory about bike thefts on campus bike racks and in surrounding neighborhoods.
August 31, the Ball State Student Government Association (SGA) held its first meeting in the ballroom of the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Seven positions were voted in, five of which were voted into the cabinet and two others were promoted to Parliamentarian and Chief of Staff.
Ball State University Police Department (UPD) Chief Jim Duckham said he believes "community policing", establishing relationships with the Ball State and Muncie community, is the best way for the UPD to successfully do their job and make students feel safe.
According to the National Weather Service and The Weather Channel, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued to Delaware County until 8 p.m. August 29.
With August comes a new school year, and schools in Muncie are or will soon be filled with students of all ages, in cafeterias, at bus stops and in school hallways. Families may ask for bus drop-off and pick up times and how the cafeteria works, but they may also ask – ‘will my loved one be safe?’
Ball State's Office of Student Life closes the summer with their Summer Bridge programs, including Jump Start, Accelerate, Brown County Adventure, Cardinal Leadership and Service Seminar (CLASS), Early Start, Nantahala Outdoor Center Adventure and REACH (Retain, Engage, Aspire, Connect, Help) Mentor Program.
August 25, representatives from the Coalition of Women’s Organization awarded six recipients the Vivian V. Conley Award in Muncie City Hall. The awardees are as follows: Bria Zolman, Courtney Jarrett, Janet Stratton, LaTasha Mardis, Suzanne Clem and Krista Garrett.
The Daily News and The Washington Post are looking to hear from college students directly on how the overturn of Roe v. Wade impacts their lives.
A grant worth more than $1.3 million over a three-year span has been awarded to Ball State University from the United States Department of Education August 25. Ball State, along with Muncie Community Schools (MCS) aims to use this grant in its project, Civic Renewal through Education for Agency (CREATE).
As students return to Ball State’s campus, art at the Ned and Gloria Griner Art Gallery in the new exhibit, “Beginnings,” showing art from 2021 freshman students in the School of Art, welcomes them. Work from the exhibit is scheduled to be displayed from August 23-26 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and a reception, with refreshments, is scheduled for 4-6 p.m. August 24.
Days after a shooting near Ball State University's campus in Muncie, Indiana resulted in the death of a 19 year old, Malek S. Williams has been formally charged with Murder and Criminal Recklessness.
