Ball State Recreation Services employees Jessica Allardt, Ben Peak and Jason Tucker take part in the On the Road With the Cardinals wellness challenge.

On the Road with the Cardinals enters its second year, as 90 teams each walk up to 5,366,000 steps — the distance to Ball State’s away football games.

Junior Savannah Lundgren stops for a photo during a walking expedition through a South African game reserve.

Ball State junior Savannah Lundgren is making the most of her time at the state’s only university with a zoology concentration.

Melanie Ozbun, a team lead manager at Goodwill on Muncie's south side, talks with a colleague and Jose Reyes, a fellow in the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative.

The Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative has brought 10 social and business entrepreneurs to campus for four weeks of hands-on experience and training.

Two glass pumpkins are seen at an annual Glass Guild Pumpkin Sale at the Alumni Center.

The fall event for glass working/sculpture students, which also subsidizes their career-building opportunities, sells out in less than two hours.

Incoming freshmen on an Outdoor Pursuits trip in 2015 post for a photo at Smoky Mountain National Park.

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff rent equipment and take trips through Ball State’s outdoor recreation office each year.

Members of Ball State’s marching band perform at the football team’s Sept. 17, 2016, home opener, against Eastern Kentucky.

An unprecedented overhaul, valued at more than $500,000, equips Ball State’s “Pride of Mid-America” musicians with new drums, horns and piccolos.

A student involved with Late Night at Ball State talks about the weekly event.

Saturday’s weekly bash at the Student Center continues to build on a 15-year mission of alcohol-free fun with an always-changing array of activities, movies and crafts.