Former Ball State University quarterback Joey Lynch was named the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at St. Joseph's College Tuesday. Prior to taking the new position at St. Joseph's College, Lynch was going to be a Ball State graduate assistant football coach for the upcoming season.
Lilly Endowment Inc. announced Monday Ball State University exceeded its private gift goals for an endowment program and received $2.59 million in matching money from the company. Lilly donated a total of $96.5 million to 28 Indiana colleges and universities as part of the endowment's Special Initiative to Strengthen Philanthropy for Higher Education Institutions.
Ball State University approved the opening of two charter schools and closed another, while two university-sponsored virtual charter schools seek alternative options after being denied funding by the Indiana General Assembly. The Anderson Preparatory Academy and the Dr.
All Ball State University student employees will make at least $5.85 an hour after July 19 because of a federal minimum wage increase plan passed on May 24. The plan will increase the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour by 2009 in a three-step process. The current campus minimum wage is $5.
The Indiana General Assembly Friday approved a $41.8 million grant to Ball State University for a project that will replace four boilers on campus. Jim Lowe, director of engineering and operations at Ball State, said the General Assembly approved the money two years ago, but Ball State had to present a plan showing it could replace the boilers for a lower price than a third-party contracting company could before it could receive the money.
Gov. Mitch Daniels was recognized by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Friday for his efforts to improve the health of Indiana residents through the INShape Indiana program. SummerFit, an INShape Indiana program, sends Hoosiers weekly e-mails with health and fitness guidelines coordinated by a points system.
Brady Hoke scurried around the bright new field turf of Schuemann Stadium with his whistle in hand, shouting out instructions as he taught the game of football. The only thing missing from a typical football practice were fully padded players. Instead, Hoke's audience was women from the Muncie community.
A new Indiana driver's license format was introduced Friday at the BMV License Branch in Pine Valley, Ft. Wayne. BMV branches in Anderson, Connersville, Greenfield, and Liberty will introduce the new license Tuesday, and the remaining Indiana branches will begin distributing the new license in August.
The College of Architecture and Planning selected Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco as its new dean. Vasquez de Velasco, who is executive associate dean and director of outreach at Texas A&M University, will take over the Ball State University position on Aug. 1.
Two days after the Minnesota Twins drafted him, the biggest question for Kyle Heyne is whether he'll sign a contract. Heyne did not sign with an agent prior to the draft, giving him the option to return to Ball State University for his senior season. Unlike athletes who are selected in the NFL and NBA drafts, Heyne can choose to decline the Twins' contract offer and return to Ball State for his final year of eligibility without any NCAA sanctions.
For Josh Caldwell and Travis Harvey, owning a record store is about more than selling music. Caldwell, who is reopening Village Green Records as the new owner after the store's two-month absence, and Harvey - who works at the store - feel they owe a greater debt to their community.
Anthropology students have discovered the foundation of a structure they believe to have been a guesthouse near a Cambridge City museum. The students, led by anthropology professor Mark Groover, are in Cambridge City as part of the National Road Historical Archaeology Field School.
Ball State University football players aren't the only people benefitting from the newly-renovated Scheumann Stadium. Saturday, the first-ever women's football clinic took place at the new stadium. The clinic was the football team's effort to reach out to women in the community and benefit a good cause at the same time.
In a move that could have long-lasting ramifications for Indiana's criminal justice system, a Lawrenceburg judge denied Tommy Pruitt's request for a new trial Friday. This clears the way for Pruitt to face the death penalty for the murder of a Morgan County sheriff's deputy in 2001.
One night I found myself in a not-smoky bar, terribly underage but due to the fact that I am a woman I was served alcohol. It's the unspoken rule that all men wish they could employ. I was at a table with very good friends, cute new boys and in the background you could clearly hear the not-so-talented voices of Ann Arbor's best karaoke.
Ball State's Electronic Field Trip programs, which allow schoolchildren to visit national parks and museums and interact with experts, have been recognized as recipient of a 2007 TechPoint Mira Award. The EFT programs won the award in the category of "Education Contribution for Technology-Department/Program/Team" and beat out finalists from Purdue University and Rose-Hulman Ventures.
For a coach who didn't have a lot to say about his team's schedule, coach Dave Boos said he is happy with it. Entering his first season as the Ball State University women's volleyball team's head coach, Boos said former coach Randy Litchfield completed a majority of his 2008 schedule, which was released last week, through previous agreements with schools before Boos was hired in January.
Long waits and crowded lines could be reduced at the Atrium Food Court and Woodworth Dining if a new Web-order pickup system is successful. The system, which will be fully implemented in Fall Semester, will let students and faculty use their meal points to order food on the Ball State University Dining Web site and schedule a pickup time.
Outside seating, a higher occupancy and an additional bar are among the amenities that will be added to the Giant Locker Room when it moves later this summer, owner Scott Dalton said. The sports bar will move two blocks from its location on the corner of University Avenue and Martin Street to 1813 W.
