Where to volunteer in Muncie this summer
By Devan Sticka / May 10, 2017Want to spend the summer giving back to the community? Here are some opportunities to do volunteer work in Muncie.
Want to spend the summer giving back to the community? Here are some opportunities to do volunteer work in Muncie.
TJ Harmon earned his first win of the season after throwing 7.1 scoreless innings Tuesday.
With the Mid-American Conference tournament beginning this week, the Ball State softball team prepares to face an unfamiliar foe. No. 5 Ball State (30-26, 14-10 MAC) will take on No. 4 Kent State (27-25, 15-9 MAC) in the opening round of the conference tournament.
Senior outfielder Matt Eppers earned Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week honors after accumulating a batting average of .500 during Ball State's sweep of Toledo this past weekend. One of his six hits of the weekend came in the bottom of the ninth, where Eppers hit a walk-off single to left center field to give the Cardinals a 7-6 win in the final game of the series. During the series, Eppers went 6-12 with two doubles, three RBIs and four runs. This isn't the first time Eppers has seen success against MAC opponents either. On top of earning his second weekly MAC award, Eppers leads the MAC in batting average (.425) and runs scored (24) in conference play. Upcoming, Ball State (25-22, 12-9 MAC) will plays its final regular season home games of the year against Fort Wayne on Tuesday and Western Carolina during a three-game series this weekend.
State lawmakers have agreed to fully fund phase two of Ball State’s Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) and Health Professions Facility Expansion Project.
Ball State baseball completed a three-game sweep over Toldeo while softball finished its regular season dropping two of three games to Western Michigan. Baseball After getting its Friday game pushed back, Ball State (25-21, 13-5 MAC) swept Mid-American Conference West opponent Toledo (14-33, 7-11 MAC) in three straight games. Saturday's doubleheader included a wins by the score of 5-3 and 10-5, respectively. In the first game, early run support by senior first baseman Caleb Stayton and pitcher Colin Brockhouse, who hit a solo home run in the second inning, aided Brockhouse en route to his third win of the season. In the second game, the Cardinals bounced back from a 5-0 deficit in the first two innings to score five runs in both the fifth and eighth innings.
Ball State's Board of Trustees plan to adopt a 1.25 percent increase in base tuition for Indiana residents – the lowest increase in 41 years.
After 28 years of service, the Board of Trustees approved the naming of Hollis E. Hughes Jr. Assembly Hall in the Alumni Center on Friday in honor of the trustee who retired in December.
Apparently, now you can ask Nicki Minaj to help pay for college.
The Mamma Mia Farewell Tour performed at John R. Emens Auditorium on May 3. The famous Broadway classic was written by British playwright Catherine Johnson.
Claire Boenitz first realized she was gay in the seventh grade. Ever since then, she’s had to change how she approaches other people.
Ball State is home to one of the oldest entrepreneurship programs in the nation. On April 21, the Ball State Entrepreneurship program celebrated 33 years and honored the founder of the program, Donald Kuratko. The program, which took place at the Horizon Convention Center, also celebrated alumni and this year’s graduating class.
One of Indiana’s oldest appliance stores is going out of business. HH Gregg filed for bankruptcy at the end of March and is closing all 88 stores.
Nostalgia goes through Ball State students as one of LaFollette’s buildings is going to be torn down this summer.
These sandwiches are easy, classy and super delicious. That's pretty much the same philosophy we've used for Dinner for 2ish these last two years.
Upon entering Krider Nurseries, World’s Fair Garden or Krider Garden, visitors can have their own personal guide as they explore the pathways. All they need is a mobile phone capable of accessing the Internet.
For the first time, the Muncie community received direct answers about what is going to happen in the fall for Muncie Community Schools (MCS).
Due to the recent weather, this years Spring Commencement is moving to Worthen Arena. Interim President Terry King informed the Ball State community via email today that commencement, while it will still begin at the previously scheduled time of 10 a.m., will move from its usual location in the Quad. "In the best interest of our graduates and their families, we are moving Saturday's commencement ceremony to Worthen Arena," King said in an email.
The Delaware County Fairgrounds hosted the 11th annual Autism Awareness Festival this weekend. Muncie citizens gathered inside Heartland Hall and Memorial Building for festivities that included bounce houses, silent auction items, photo booths, free lunch, games, and information booths with resources focused on raising a child with autism.
Pollen season is here and it has hit with a force. According to Accuweather, this season started early and had some of the highest counts of pollen in recent years. Pollen allergies, often referred to as hay fever, affect millions of Americans each year. Unfortunately, we are feeling these effects a lot sooner than usual. Pollen season typically starts in April, but this year many people felt the affects as early as March.
