Dora Lott walks down the street in the downtown of Farmland, Indiana.

Dora Lott of Farmland, Indiana, loves trig, buys vintage and watches “Friends,” but is two years younger than most of her fellow freshmen.

A software executive talks with two Ball State students during their trip to Atlanta.

Seven students in an immersive learning project travel to Turner Classic Movies in Atlanta to help promote older films among younger viewers

Two adults help a young girl as she rides a horse in a barn.

A camp staffed by students in a Ball State immersive learning program is a confidence-builder for more than two dozen Blackford County schoolchildren.

Leslie Adriance, a senior architecture major, stands near a sign for Ball State’s College of Architecture and Planning.

Leslie Adriance, a senior majoring in architecture, has received a $7,000 Udall Scholarship for her work related to the carbon footprint of buildings.

Food blogger Kelsey Jones prepares to photograph the meal before her.

Kelsey Jones, a master’s student in public relations, combs the Muncie food scene and reviews cuisine along her travels across the U.S. and in Cuba.

Graduate student Dylan Kanowski uses a rowing machine at the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n any given day, as many as 3,000 people use the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center, and Dylan Danowski is often one of them. The self-described health nut uses the modern campus athletic and recreational complex — part of a larger complex that also houses facilities for sports teams and classrooms — […]

Serena Salloum, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, talks with a student in a classroom.

Ball State faculty member pushes her students, mostly school administrators seeking a doctorate, to work hard and focus on their jobs and classes.