[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his past September, Bryan Mattingly, ’91, took advantage of a unique opportunity to capture a portrait of Ball State alumni at work. Mattingly was in Sonoma, Calif., preparing for his job as technical director of the Verizon IndyCar Series “a couple days before the season finale and championship race,” he recalled. “I realized that we […]
Architecture Student Hopes to Make Her Passion a Career
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]eonna Huddleston started drawing at age 5 by tracing coloring books with her brother at their home in Indianapolis. Now a freshman at Ball State University, she loves drawing so much, she does it in her free time. Eventually, she hopes use her architecture major and business minor to start her own architectural firm, where […]
Many Among IndyCar TV Crew Launched Careers at Ball State
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his past September, Bryan Mattingly, ’91, took advantage of a unique opportunity to capture a portrait of Ball State alumni at work. Mattingly was in Sonoma, Calif., preparing for his job as technical director of the Verizon IndyCar Series “a couple days before the season finale and championship race,” he recalled. “I realized that we […]
African American Studies Minor Returns to Ball State
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]imon Balto joined Ball State’s history department in 2015 with a mission in mind: to bring back the university’s African American Studies minor. “We’re a growing institution with an increasing number of minority students,” Balto said of Ball State, “and because we live in an increasingly diverse world, employers want students who can think in a broader […]
Educators’ First Book Wins Award
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]atricia Clark and Eva Zygmunt, PhD ’03, knew Schools Within the Context of Community (SCC) was a story that would resonate with other educators. SCC, begun in 2009, is an immersive, community-engaged teacher preparation program that places candidates in the community for a full semester of integrated coursework. In addition to classroom work, the teacher candidates work with community mentors to […]
Ball State Receives $1.43 Million to Address Early Childhood Education Teacher Shortage
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rom the time she was a little child, Paige Misner had a big dream. She wanted to teach. In middle school, she became slightly scared off by downbeat comments some teachers shared about their profession. But the Fort Wayne resident didn’t remain discouraged long. After a transformative high school internship helping low-income children in a […]
Outstanding Faculty Winner Shares International Coaching Knowledge With Students
Students in Lawrence Judge’s coaching education classes learn from a man who’s helped top athletes at the pinnacles of their careers. He tells students that the medal-winning Olympic and Paralympic athletes he’s coached have “cracked the code … giving attention to every detail, leaving nothing to chance and having 100 percent commitment.” The same might […]
Building on Legacy
As Ball State University’s 17th president, Geoff Mearns sets the course for our next 100 years.