Sutton Foster talks to students before rehearsal for Shrek the musical.

The Tony Award-winning actress and longtime university friend made a Broadway splash in the musical and is co-directing the production opening March 31.

Chris Flook, a telecommunications lecturer at Ball State University, poses with his camera.

Telecommunications lecturer Chris Flook mines scholarly research at Ball State and elsewhere to produce “Native Americans of East-Central Indiana.”

Associate professor Katherine Denker sits in her office with sophomore communication studies major Isa Escobio.

PhD Pathways, founded in 2012, is pointing the way to grad school for a growing number of students who want to come back to teach at Ball State.

Two students grab a bite to eat in a dining hall in Lafollette Complex during Ball State Dining’s energy-saving Dinner in the Dark event.

Dining pursues sustainability through power savings, composting, recycling. Its efforts cut costs, reduce waste, keep food fresh and feed the hungry.

An architecture student builds a shelter she designed during a recent trip she and other students took to California's Death Valley

College of Architecture students tackle the challenge of creating a shelter that’s portable, easy to assemble and can keep people safe in extreme environments.

Ball State students paint signs they plan to use at the 10th annual Ball State Dance Marathon.

The 10th student-run Riley Hospital for Children fundraiser — 1,500 dancers strong and a record haul in its sites — traces its ambition to the original.

Images from the winners of a Ball State Valentine's Day contest are seen in a collage

We asked Cardinal couples on Facebook to share their fateful tales of how Ball State brought them together. Read the seven stories that most made us swoon.