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Honors College’s Education Innovations Yield Lasting Rewards

Ball State University’s Honors College began as a program in 1959 and became a college 20 years later. During its nearly 60 years, its alumn...

Hallmarks of Miller College of Business Will Carry Into the Next Century

by Kim Rendfeld10.12.18

Established in 1965, the year Ball State became a university, the Miller College of Business has graduated scholars who’ve become leaders in...

Professor Josh Gruver Battles Food Insecurity in East Central Indiana

by Kate H. Elliott10.10.18

Josh Gruver lives at the intersection of boundless adventure and practical pursuits. “Listen, it hurts a little, having grown up in such ...

Alumni

Miller College Alumnus Mo Bunnell Shares Business-Development Insights at Ball State and Around the World

by Marc Ransford10.24.18

As part of the Centennial Celebration at Ball State, author, trainer and business executive Mo Bunnell, ’90, recently returned to the Miller...

Alumni Find Rewards Helping Students Up the Professional Ladder

by Melissa Kraman10.22.18

After nine rounds of interviews, 2017 finance grad Kyle Callahan didn’t land the internship he originally interviewed for at New York City’s...

Alumna Twanda Young Achieves Rank of Brigadier General

09.28.18

Almost 30 years ago, an Army battalion commander told a young second lieutenant from Darlington, South Carolina, he would make sure she woul...

Empowered

Elementary Ed Majors Teach STEM at Summer Camp, and Kids Love It

by Judy Wolf08.29.18

Undergrads run their own outdoor summer classrooms, creating and teaching lessons that meet state standards to kids on a 41-acre camp.

As Reading Mentors and Role Models, Students Connect With At-Risk Youths

by Kim Rendfeld08.20.18

Since 2016, Ball State professors and students have helped at-risk youths improve reading skills, with the hope for success beyond the class...

Former U.S. Marine’s Education Goals Include Improving Health Care for Vets

by Jennifer Criss08.16.18

Serving as a U.S. Marine for seven years in global hot spots like Somalia and Iraq gave Ball State senior Greg Lane a much bigger perspectiv...

Arts & Culture

“The Giving Tree” Inspires Landscape Architecture Grad’s Award-Winning Street Bench

by Nick Werner10.30.18

At 4:30 a.m. on August 1, a sense of imminent failure overcame Kyle Trulen. He and his wife, Alyssa, had poured their hearts into an inte...

Facing Project Engages Storytelling to Spark Community Change

by Jennifer Criss10.05.18

J.R. Jamison, ’01 MA ’03, has long known the value of telling a compelling story. As a Ball State undergraduate, he combined his geography m...

Using Skills Honed at Ball State, Doug Jones Brings Astounding Characters to Screen

by Judy Wolf09.17.18

Of all the parts in his prolific acting career, Doug Jones is proudest of Amphibian Man in the multiple Oscar-winning “The Shape of Water.” ...

Athletics

Cardinal Football Prepares for Fall Season With Restored Confidence

by Dan Forst07.27.18

When you get knocked down, what do you do? If you’re Ball State football coach Mike Neu, ’94, and his players, the answer’s easy: you get ba...

Cardinal Basketball Icon Chandler Thompson Returns to Muncie

by Dan Forst02.23.18

One of the great names in Ball State men’s basketball history has returned home to Muncie. Chandler Thompson, who lettered three years at...

Charlie’s Reading Challenge Brings Love of Books to Indiana Schools

by Dan Forst01.24.18

In scores of central Indiana schools, Ball State’s reading challenge translates kids’ admiration for Cardinal student-athletes into a passion for books. The program rewards students for reading and also brings the Ball State brand to students and teachers across the area.

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